diff --git a/files/home/.profile b/files/home/.profile
index ed2a5e8..70c5c6b 100644
--- a/files/home/.profile
+++ b/files/home/.profile
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ export DOTFILES=${DOTFILES:-"$HOME/.dotfiles"}
 
 # Initialise and load Node
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
-if [ -z "$NVM_DIR" ]; then
-    export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
-    mkdir -p "$NVM_DIR"
-fi
+export NVM_DIR=${NVM_DIR:-"$HOME/.nvm"}
+mkdir -p "$NVM_DIR"
 
 _dots_load_nvm() {
     [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" --no-use
diff --git a/script/install.d/12-node.sh b/script/install.d/12-node.sh
index 0aedaf9..296bbb7 100644
--- a/script/install.d/12-node.sh
+++ b/script/install.d/12-node.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #   Configure Node.js.
 #
 
-NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
+NVM_DIR=${NVM_DIR:-"$HOME/.nvm"}
 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && source "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
 
 nvm_version="0.40.3"