diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd-config.c b/daemon/libvirtd-config.c
index 8b95969373..6781e059ee 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd-config.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd-config.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ daemonConfigFilePath(bool privileged, char **configfile)
     } else {
         char *configdir = NULL;
 
-        if (!(configdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory(geteuid())))
+        if (!(configdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory()))
             goto error;
 
         if (virAsprintf(configfile, "%s/libvirtd.conf", configdir) < 0) {
diff --git a/daemon/libvirtd.c b/daemon/libvirtd.c
index 943fef4834..c74cd43092 100644
--- a/daemon/libvirtd.c
+++ b/daemon/libvirtd.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ daemonPidFilePath(bool privileged,
         char *rundir = NULL;
         mode_t old_umask;
 
-        if (!(rundir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(geteuid())))
+        if (!(rundir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory()))
             goto error;
 
         old_umask = umask(077);
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ daemonUnixSocketPaths(struct daemonConfig *config,
             char *rundir = NULL;
             mode_t old_umask;
 
-            if (!(rundir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(geteuid())))
+            if (!(rundir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory()))
                 goto error;
 
             old_umask = umask(077);
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ daemonSetupLogging(struct daemonConfig *config,
                                 LOCALSTATEDIR) == -1)
                     goto no_memory;
             } else {
-                char *logdir = virGetUserCacheDirectory(geteuid());
+                char *logdir = virGetUserCacheDirectory();
                 mode_t old_umask;
 
                 if (!logdir)
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static int migrateProfile(void)
     int ret = -1;
     mode_t old_umask;
 
-    if (!(home = virGetUserDirectory(geteuid())))
+    if (!(home = virGetUserDirectory()))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virAsprintf(&old_base, "%s/.libvirt", home) < 0) {
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ static int migrateProfile(void)
     }
 
     /* if the new directory is there or the old one is not: do nothing */
-    if (!(config_dir = virGetUserConfigDirectory(geteuid())))
+    if (!(config_dir = virGetUserConfigDirectory()))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (!virFileIsDir(old_base) || virFileExists(config_dir)) {
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (privileged) {
         run_dir = strdup(LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/libvirt");
     } else {
-        run_dir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(geteuid());
+        run_dir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory();
 
         if (!run_dir) {
             VIR_ERROR(_("Can't determine user directory"));
diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 8900011c1e..ba504c0591 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ virConnectGetConfigFilePath(void)
                         SYSCONFDIR) < 0)
             goto no_memory;
     } else {
-        char *userdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory(geteuid());
+        char *userdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory();
         if (!userdir)
             goto error;
 
diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index cea87c2448..5f3132c4cd 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ networkAutostartConfigs(struct network_driver *driver) {
  */
 static int
 networkStartup(int privileged) {
-    uid_t uid = geteuid();
     char *base = NULL;
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC(driverState) < 0)
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ networkStartup(int privileged) {
         if ((base = strdup (SYSCONFDIR "/libvirt")) == NULL)
             goto out_of_memory;
     } else {
-        char *userdir = virGetUserCacheDirectory(uid);
+        char *userdir = virGetUserCacheDirectory();
 
         if (!userdir)
             goto error;
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ networkStartup(int privileged) {
         }
         VIR_FREE(userdir);
 
-        userdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory(uid);
+        userdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory();
         if (virAsprintf(&base, "%s", userdir) == -1) {
             VIR_FREE(userdir);
             goto out_of_memory;
diff --git a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
index 3d732ab12c..efb9182fb4 100644
--- a/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
+++ b/src/nwfilter/nwfilter_driver.c
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ nwfilterDriverStartup(int privileged) {
         if ((base = strdup (SYSCONFDIR "/libvirt")) == NULL)
             goto out_of_memory;
     } else {
-        uid_t uid = geteuid();
-        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory(uid);
+        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory();
         if (!base)
             goto error;
     }
diff --git a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
index dc2a95f9b3..5136fbc11e 100644
--- a/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
+++ b/src/phyp/phyp_driver.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ openSSHSession(virConnectPtr conn, virConnectAuthPtr auth,
     int ret;
     char *pubkey = NULL;
     char *pvtkey = NULL;
-    char *userhome = virGetUserDirectory(geteuid());
+    char *userhome = virGetUserDirectory();
     struct stat pvt_stat, pub_stat;
 
     if (userhome == NULL)
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 39b27b18b0..1864959d29 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -523,11 +523,10 @@ qemudStartup(int privileged) {
                         "%s/lib/libvirt/qemu/dump", LOCALSTATEDIR) == -1)
             goto out_of_memory;
     } else {
-        uid_t uid = geteuid();
         char *rundir;
         char *cachedir;
 
-        cachedir = virGetUserCacheDirectory(uid);
+        cachedir = virGetUserCacheDirectory();
         if (!cachedir)
             goto error;
 
@@ -542,7 +541,7 @@ qemudStartup(int privileged) {
         }
         VIR_FREE(cachedir);
 
-        rundir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(uid);
+        rundir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory();
         if (!rundir)
             goto error;
         if (virAsprintf(&qemu_driver->stateDir, "%s/qemu/run", rundir) == -1) {
@@ -551,7 +550,7 @@ qemudStartup(int privileged) {
         }
         VIR_FREE(rundir);
 
-        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory(uid);
+        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory();
         if (!base)
             goto error;
         if (virAsprintf(&qemu_driver->libDir, "%s/qemu/lib", base) == -1)
diff --git a/src/remote/remote_driver.c b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
index 5c87561383..299cd69434 100644
--- a/src/remote/remote_driver.c
+++ b/src/remote/remote_driver.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ doRemoteOpen (virConnectPtr conn,
     case trans_unix:
         if (!sockname) {
             if (flags & VIR_DRV_OPEN_REMOTE_USER) {
-                char *userdir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(getuid());
+                char *userdir = virGetUserRuntimeDirectory();
 
                 if (!userdir)
                     goto failed;
diff --git a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
index 7440c7a97a..bf9208890e 100644
--- a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
+++ b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ static int virNetTLSContextLocateCredentials(const char *pkipath,
         /* Check to see if $HOME/.pki contains at least one of the
          * files and if so, use that
          */
-        userdir = virGetUserDirectory(getuid());
+        userdir = virGetUserDirectory();
 
         if (!userdir)
             goto out_of_memory;
diff --git a/src/secret/secret_driver.c b/src/secret/secret_driver.c
index f3fcce2332..49ca29b6ee 100644
--- a/src/secret/secret_driver.c
+++ b/src/secret/secret_driver.c
@@ -1012,8 +1012,7 @@ secretDriverStartup(int privileged)
         if (base == NULL)
             goto out_of_memory;
     } else {
-        uid_t uid = geteuid();
-        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory(uid);
+        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory();
         if (!base)
             goto error;
     }
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_driver.c b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
index fd762c0443..88f3809064 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_driver.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ storageDriverStartup(int privileged)
         if ((base = strdup (SYSCONFDIR "/libvirt")) == NULL)
             goto out_of_memory;
     } else {
-        uid_t uid = geteuid();
-        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory(uid);
+        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory();
         if (!base)
             goto error;
     }
diff --git a/src/uml/uml_driver.c b/src/uml/uml_driver.c
index 65f9cbc9fb..219246dcbb 100644
--- a/src/uml/uml_driver.c
+++ b/src/uml/uml_driver.c
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ cleanup:
 static int
 umlStartup(int privileged)
 {
-    uid_t uid = geteuid();
     char *base = NULL;
     char *userdir = NULL;
 
@@ -418,7 +417,7 @@ umlStartup(int privileged)
     if (!uml_driver->domainEventState)
         goto error;
 
-    userdir = virGetUserDirectory(uid);
+    userdir = virGetUserDirectory();
     if (!userdir)
         goto error;
 
@@ -434,7 +433,7 @@ umlStartup(int privileged)
                         "%s/run/libvirt/uml-guest", LOCALSTATEDIR) == -1)
             goto out_of_memory;
     } else {
-        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory(uid);
+        base = virGetUserConfigDirectory();
         if (!base)
             goto error;
 
diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c
index ee48504b72..a744ed62ae 100644
--- a/src/util/util.c
+++ b/src/util/util.c
@@ -2305,19 +2305,16 @@ static char *virGetGroupEnt(gid_t gid)
     return ret;
 }
 
-char *virGetUserDirectory(uid_t uid)
+char *virGetUserDirectory(void)
 {
-    return virGetUserEnt(uid, VIR_USER_ENT_DIRECTORY);
+    return virGetUserEnt(geteuid(), VIR_USER_ENT_DIRECTORY);
 }
 
-static char *virGetXDGDirectory(uid_t uid, const char *xdgenvname, const char *xdgdefdir)
+static char *virGetXDGDirectory(const char *xdgenvname, const char *xdgdefdir)
 {
-    const char *path = NULL;
+    const char *path = getenv(xdgenvname);
     char *ret = NULL;
-    char *home = virGetUserEnt(uid, VIR_USER_ENT_DIRECTORY);
-
-    if (uid == getuid())
-        path = getenv(xdgenvname);
+    char *home = virGetUserEnt(geteuid(), VIR_USER_ENT_DIRECTORY);
 
     if (path && path[0]) {
         if (virAsprintf(&ret, "%s/libvirt", path) < 0)
@@ -2335,25 +2332,22 @@ static char *virGetXDGDirectory(uid_t uid, const char *xdgenvname, const char *x
     goto cleanup;
 }
 
-char *virGetUserConfigDirectory(uid_t uid)
+char *virGetUserConfigDirectory(void)
 {
-    return virGetXDGDirectory(uid, "XDG_CONFIG_HOME", ".config");
+    return virGetXDGDirectory("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", ".config");
 }
 
-char *virGetUserCacheDirectory(uid_t uid)
+char *virGetUserCacheDirectory(void)
 {
-     return virGetXDGDirectory(uid, "XDG_CACHE_HOME", ".cache");
+     return virGetXDGDirectory("XDG_CACHE_HOME", ".cache");
 }
 
-char *virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(uid_t uid)
+char *virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(void)
 {
-    const char *path = NULL;
-
-    if (uid == getuid ())
-        path = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+    const char *path = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
 
     if (!path || !path[0]) {
-        return virGetUserCacheDirectory(uid);
+        return virGetUserCacheDirectory();
     } else {
         char *ret;
 
@@ -2551,7 +2545,7 @@ error:
 #else /* HAVE_GETPWUID_R */
 
 char *
-virGetUserDirectory(uid_t uid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+virGetUserDirectory(void)
 {
     virUtilError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
                  "%s", _("virGetUserDirectory is not available"));
diff --git a/src/util/util.h b/src/util/util.h
index f5fa87659f..b45f2b986b 100644
--- a/src/util/util.h
+++ b/src/util/util.h
@@ -228,10 +228,10 @@ char *virGetHostname(virConnectPtr conn);
 
 int virKillProcess(pid_t pid, int sig);
 
-char *virGetUserDirectory(uid_t uid);
-char *virGetUserConfigDirectory(uid_t uid);
-char *virGetUserCacheDirectory(uid_t uid);
-char *virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(uid_t uid);
+char *virGetUserDirectory(void);
+char *virGetUserConfigDirectory(void);
+char *virGetUserCacheDirectory(void);
+char *virGetUserRuntimeDirectory(void);
 char *virGetUserName(uid_t uid);
 char *virGetGroupName(gid_t gid);
 int virGetUserID(const char *name,
diff --git a/src/util/virauth.c b/src/util/virauth.c
index 92ecb7c18a..5412ca6538 100644
--- a/src/util/virauth.c
+++ b/src/util/virauth.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ int virAuthGetConfigFilePath(virConnectPtr conn,
         }
     }
 
-    if (!(userdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory(geteuid())))
+    if (!(userdir = virGetUserConfigDirectory()))
         goto cleanup;
 
     if (virAsprintf(path, "%s/auth.conf", userdir) < 0)
diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c
index 4492a2b539..d273c25bf9 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.c
+++ b/tools/virsh.c
@@ -15674,8 +15674,7 @@ cmdCd(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     }
 
     if (vshCommandOptString(cmd, "dir", &dir) <= 0) {
-        uid_t uid = geteuid();
-        dir = dir_malloced = virGetUserDirectory(uid);
+        dir = dir_malloced = virGetUserDirectory();
     }
     if (!dir)
         dir = "/";
@@ -19872,7 +19871,7 @@ vshReadlineInit(vshControl *ctl)
     stifle_history(500);
 
     /* Prepare to read/write history from/to the $XDG_CACHE_HOME/virsh/history file */
-    userdir = virGetUserCacheDirectory(getuid());
+    userdir = virGetUserCacheDirectory();
 
     if (userdir == NULL) {
         vshError(ctl, "%s", _("Could not determine home directory"));