diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index 4e8b043821..714bd83af9 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -2893,6 +2893,7 @@ QString getUserHome()
  * Returns a directory location where persistent data shared across applications can be stored.
  * This method returns the old non-XDG-compliant root path where to store config files and application data.
  */
+#if defined(FC_OS_WIN32)
 QString getOldGenericDataLocation(QString home)
 {
 #if defined(FC_OS_WIN32)
@@ -2908,6 +2909,7 @@ QString getOldGenericDataLocation(QString home)
 
     return home;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*!
  * \brief getSubDirectories
@@ -3119,17 +3121,6 @@ void Application::ExtractUserPath()
     boost::filesystem::path config = findPath(configHome, customHome, subdirs, true);
     mConfig["UserConfigPath"] = pathToString(config) + PATHSEP;
 
-    std::vector<std::string> oldsubdirs;
-    getOldDataLocation(mConfig, oldsubdirs);
-    boost::filesystem::path appData = findPath(getOldGenericDataLocation(homePath), customData, oldsubdirs, false);
-
-    // If in new location user.cfg doesn't exist but in the old location then copy it
-    boost::filesystem::path oldUsercfg = appData / "user.cfg";
-    boost::filesystem::path newUsercfg = config / "user.cfg";
-    if (boost::filesystem::exists(oldUsercfg) && !boost::filesystem::exists(newUsercfg)) {
-        boost::filesystem::copy(oldUsercfg, newUsercfg);
-    }
-
 
     // User cache path
     //