diff --git a/scripts/.autocomplete.__init__ b/scripts/.autocomplete.__init__
index 4d2bb30..9a8a0d9 100644
--- a/scripts/.autocomplete.__init__
+++ b/scripts/.autocomplete.__init__
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ fi
 unfunction $funcs[@]:t 2> /dev/null
 builtin autoload -UWz $funcs[@]
 
-local -P xdg_data_home=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}
+local -P xdg_data_home=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}
 
 local -P zsh_data_dir=$xdg_data_home/zsh
 [[ -d $zsh_data_dir ]] ||
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ local -P old_logdir=$xdg_data_home/zsh-autocomplete/log
 [[ -d $old_logdir ]] &&
     zf_rm -fr -- $old_logdir
 
-local -P logdir=${XDG_STATE_HOME:-~/.local/state}/zsh-autocomplete/log
+local -P logdir=${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/zsh-autocomplete/log
 [[ -d $logdir ]] ||
     zf_mkdir -p -- $logdir
 local -Pa older_than_a_week=( $logdir/*(Nmd+7) )
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ typeset -g _autocomplete__log_pty=$logdir/$date.pty.log
 
 typeset -g _autocomplete__ps4=$'%D{%T.%.} %e:%N:%I\t%? %(1_,%_ ,)'
 
-local -P zsh_cache_dir=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-~/.cache}/zsh
+local -P zsh_cache_dir=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/zsh
 [[ -d $zsh_cache_dir ]] ||
     zf_mkdir -pm 0700 $zsh_cache_dir
 
diff --git a/scripts/.autocomplete.compinit b/scripts/.autocomplete.compinit
index bbcac1d..bcaea54 100644
--- a/scripts/.autocomplete.compinit
+++ b/scripts/.autocomplete.compinit
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ compdef() {
 
   typeset -gU FPATH fpath=( ~zsh-autocomplete/functions/completion $fpath[@] )
   typeset -g \
-      _comp_dumpfile=${_comp_dumpfile:-${ZSH_COMPDUMP:-${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-~/.cache}/zsh/compdump}}
+      _comp_dumpfile=${_comp_dumpfile:-${ZSH_COMPDUMP:-${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/zsh/compdump}}
 
   if [[ -v _comps[-command-] && $_comps[-command-] != _autocomplete.command ]]; then
     zf_rm -f $_comp_dumpfile
diff --git a/scripts/.autocomplete.config b/scripts/.autocomplete.config
index a2825e1..01bd7fa 100644
--- a/scripts/.autocomplete.config
+++ b/scripts/.autocomplete.config
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ typeset -g ZLE_SPACE_SUFFIX_CHARS=$'|&<>-+'
 builtin zstyle ':completion:*' use-cache yes
 builtin zstyle -e ':completion:*' cache-path _autocomplete.config.cache-path
 _autocomplete.config.cache-path() {
-  reply=( "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-~/.cache}/zsh/compcache" )
+  reply=( "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/zsh/compcache" )
 }
 
 builtin zstyle -e ':completion:*' completer _autocomplete.config.completer
diff --git a/scripts/.autocomplete.recent-dirs b/scripts/.autocomplete.recent-dirs
index b009fd8..7f53af1 100644
--- a/scripts/.autocomplete.recent-dirs
+++ b/scripts/.autocomplete.recent-dirs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ zmodload -F zsh/parameter p:commands p:dirstack p:functions
 
     local __=''
     builtin zstyle -s :chpwd: recent-dirs-file __ ||
-        builtin zstyle ':chpwd:*' recent-dirs-file ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/zsh/chpwd-recent-dirs
+        builtin zstyle ':chpwd:*' recent-dirs-file ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/zsh/chpwd-recent-dirs
     builtin zstyle -s :chpwd: recent-dirs-max __ ||
         builtin zstyle ':chpwd:*' recent-dirs-max 0