diff -r b13b5a9a337d -r ab8660547d34 pidgin/gtkutils.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Wed Oct 09 01:58:19 2019 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Wed Oct 09 02:02:56 2019 +0000
@@ -608,8 +608,7 @@
 {
 	char *filename = NULL;
 
-	filename = g_build_filename(purple_user_dir(), G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
-	                            "accels", NULL);
+	filename = g_build_filename(purple_config_dir(), "accels", NULL);
 	purple_debug(PURPLE_DEBUG_MISC, "accels", "saving accels to %s\n", filename);
 	gtk_accel_map_save(filename);
 	g_free(filename);
@@ -623,8 +622,7 @@
 {
 	char *filename = NULL;
 
-	filename = g_build_filename(purple_user_dir(), G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
-	                            "accels", NULL);
+	filename = g_build_filename(purple_config_dir(), "accels", NULL);
 	gtk_accel_map_load(filename);
 	g_free(filename);
 }