diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/dirs.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/dirs.py
index 172d29c78..be8beb59d 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/dirs.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/dirs.py
@@ -42,36 +42,15 @@ def user_config_dir() -> Path:
         return Path(os.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", os.path.expanduser("~/.config")))
 
 
-def user_data_dir() -> Path:
-    if sys.platform == "win32":
-        return Path(os.getenv("APPDATA", os.path.expanduser("~\\AppData\\Roaming\\")))
-    elif sys.platform == "darwin":
-        return Path(os.path.expanduser("~/Library/Application Support/"))
-    else:
-        return Path(os.getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME", os.path.expanduser("~/.local/share")))
-
-
-def clan_data_dir() -> Path:
-    path = user_data_dir() / "clan"
-    if not path.exists():
-        log.debug(f"Creating path with parents {path}")
-        path.mkdir(parents=True)
-    return path.resolve()
-
-
 def clan_config_dir() -> Path:
     path = user_config_dir() / "clan"
-    if not path.exists():
-        log.debug(f"Creating path with parents {path}")
-        path.mkdir(parents=True)
+    path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     return path.resolve()
 
 
 def clan_flakes_dir() -> Path:
-    path = clan_data_dir() / "flake"
-    if not path.exists():
-        log.debug(f"Creating path with parents {path}")
-        path.mkdir(parents=True)
+    path = clan_config_dir() / "flakes"
+    path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     return path.resolve()
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/webui/api_inputs.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/webui/api_inputs.py
index 105c82273..be3cd0990 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/webui/api_inputs.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/webui/api_inputs.py
@@ -4,21 +4,13 @@ from typing import Any
 
 from pydantic import AnyUrl, BaseModel, Extra, validator
 
-from ..dirs import clan_data_dir, clan_flakes_dir
+from ..dirs import clan_flakes_dir
 from ..flakes.create import DEFAULT_URL
 from ..types import validate_path
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class ClanDataPath(BaseModel):
-    directory: Path
-
-    @validator("directory")
-    def check_directory(cls: Any, v: Path) -> Path:  # noqa
-        return validate_path(clan_data_dir(), v)
-
-
 class ClanFlakePath(BaseModel):
     flake_name: Path
 
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/fixtures_flakes.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/fixtures_flakes.py
index cc0ce0738..c50b382b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/fixtures_flakes.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/fixtures_flakes.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def create_flake(
     template = Path(__file__).parent / flake_name
 
     # copy the template to a new temporary location
-    flake = temporary_home / ".local/share/clan/flake" / flake_name
+    flake = temporary_home / ".config/clan/flakes" / flake_name
     shutil.copytree(template, flake)
 
     # lookup the requested machines in ./test_machines and include them
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/temporary_dir.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/temporary_dir.py
index 026998206..841952d0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/temporary_dir.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/tests/temporary_dir.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def temporary_home(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Iterator[Path]:
     else:
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="pytest-") as dirpath:
             monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(dirpath))
-            monkeypatch.setenv("XDG_DATA_HOME", str(Path(dirpath) / ".local/share"))
+            monkeypatch.setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", str(Path(dirpath) / ".config"))
             monkeypatch.chdir(str(dirpath))
             log.debug("Temp HOME directory: %s", str(dirpath))
             yield Path(dirpath)