diff --git a/_cli/zsh/.zshenv b/_cli/zsh/.zshenv
index f0be057..a8072f1 100644
--- a/_cli/zsh/.zshenv
+++ b/_cli/zsh/.zshenv
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 skip_global_compinit=1
-export XDG_CACHE_HOME=/tmp/${USER}-cache
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME=$HOME/.cache
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config
 export XDG_DATA_HOME=$HOME/.local/share
 export XDG_STATE_HOME=$HOME/.local/state
diff --git a/_cli/zsh/.zshrc b/_cli/zsh/.zshrc
index 86ad478..ae20c12 100644
--- a/_cli/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/_cli/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # prepare directories
-if [[ ! -L ~/.cache ]]; then
-  rm -rf ~/.cache
+if [[ -L $XDG_CACHE_HOME ]]; then
+  rm -rf $XDG_CACHE_HOME
   mkdir -p $XDG_CACHE_HOME
-  ln -sf $XDG_CACHE_HOME ~/.cache
 fi
 mkdir -p $XDG_DATA_HOME/zsh
 mkdir -p $XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh