diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.c b/src/sdl/i_system.c
index 51f708d0..c4d971f7 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_system.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ typedef LPVOID (WINAPI *p_MapViewOfFile) (HANDLE, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, SIZE_T);
 
 // Locations for searching the srb2.srb
 #if defined (__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined (UNIXCOMMON)
-#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION1 "/usr/local/share/games/SRB2Kart"
+#define DEFAULTWADLOCATION1 "@wadlocation@"
 #define DEFAULTWADLOCATION2 "/usr/local/games/SRB2Kart"
 #define DEFAULTWADLOCATION3 "/usr/share/games/SRB2Kart"
 #define DEFAULTWADLOCATION4 "/usr/games/SRB2Kart"
@@ -3646,47 +3646,6 @@ static const char *locateWad(void)
 	if (((envstr = I_GetEnv("SRB2WADDIR")) != NULL) && isWadPathOk(envstr))
 		return envstr;
 
-#ifndef NOCWD
-	I_OutputMsg(",.");
-	// examine current dir
-	strcpy(returnWadPath, ".");
-	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
-		return NULL;
-#endif
-
-
-#ifdef DEFAULTDIR
-	I_OutputMsg(",HOME/" DEFAULTDIR);
-	// examine user jart directory
-	if ((envstr = I_GetEnv("HOME")) != NULL)
-	{
-		sprintf(returnWadPath, "%s" PATHSEP DEFAULTDIR, envstr);
-		if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
-			return returnWadPath;
-	}
-#endif
-
-
-#ifdef CMAKECONFIG
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-	I_OutputMsg(","CMAKE_ASSETS_DIR);
-	strcpy(returnWadPath, CMAKE_ASSETS_DIR);
-	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
-	{
-		return returnWadPath;
-	}
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-	OSX_GetResourcesPath(returnWadPath);
-	I_OutputMsg(",%s", returnWadPath);
-	if (isWadPathOk(returnWadPath))
-	{
-		return returnWadPath;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	// examine default dirs
 #ifdef DEFAULTWADLOCATION1
 	I_OutputMsg(","DEFAULTWADLOCATION1);