diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/ApplicationPathHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/ApplicationPathHelper.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index ac55693fa2..0000000000
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/ApplicationPathHelper.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Configuration;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-
-namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Mono
-{
-    public static class ApplicationPathHelper
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the path to the application's ProgramDataFolder
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
-        public static string GetProgramDataPath(string applicationPath)
-        {
-            var useDebugPath = false;
-
-#if DEBUG
-            useDebugPath = true;
-#endif
-
-            var programDataPath = useDebugPath ? 
-                ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DebugProgramDataPath"] : 
-                ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ReleaseProgramDataPath"];
-
-            if (System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
-            {
-                programDataPath = programDataPath.Replace("%ApplicationData%", Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData));
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                programDataPath = programDataPath.Replace("%ApplicationData%", "/var/lib");
-            }
-            
-
-            programDataPath = programDataPath
-                .Replace('/', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar)
-                .Replace('\\', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
-
-            // If it's a relative path, e.g. "..\"
-            if (!Path.IsPathRooted(programDataPath))
-            {
-                var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(applicationPath);
-
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
-                {
-                    throw new ApplicationException("Unable to determine running assembly location");
-                }
-
-                programDataPath = Path.Combine(path, programDataPath);
-
-                programDataPath = Path.GetFullPath(programDataPath);
-            }
-
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(programDataPath);
-
-            return programDataPath;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/EmbyServer.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/EmbyServer.csproj
index cafee872b8..480b422bc2 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/EmbyServer.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/EmbyServer.csproj
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.bundle_e_sqlite3" Version="1.1.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.core" Version="1.1.11" />
     <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.provider.sqlite3.netstandard11" Version="1.1.11" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.5.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Program.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Program.cs
index 3bcfff9831..21de06ccc1 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Program.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/Program.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ using Mono.Unix.Native;
 using ILogger = MediaBrowser.Model.Logging.ILogger;
 using X509Certificate = System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate;
 using System.Threading;
+using InteropServices = System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Mono
 {
@@ -87,12 +88,26 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Mono
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(programDataPath))
             {
-                programDataPath = ApplicationPathHelper.GetProgramDataPath(applicationPath);
+                if (InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(InteropServices.OSPlatform.Windows))
+                {
+                    programDataPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // $XDG_DATA_HOME defines the base directory relative to which user specific data files should be stored.
+                    programDataPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("XDG_DATA_HOME");
+                    // If $XDG_DATA_HOME is either not set or empty, $HOME/.local/share should be used.
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(programDataPath)){
+                        programDataPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), ".local", "share");
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
+            programDataPath = Path.Combine(programDataPath, "jellyfin");
+
             var appFolderPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(applicationPath);
 
-            return new ServerApplicationPaths(programDataPath, appFolderPath, Path.GetDirectoryName(applicationPath));
+            return new ServerApplicationPaths(programDataPath, appFolderPath, appFolderPath);
         }
 
         private static void RunApplication(ServerApplicationPaths appPaths, ILogManager logManager, StartupOptions options)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/app.config b/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/app.config
deleted file mode 100644
index a93871625f..0000000000
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono/app.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<configuration>
-  <appSettings>
-    <add key="DebugProgramDataPath" value="%ApplicationData%/jellyfin-debug/" />
-    <add key="ReleaseProgramDataPath" value="%ApplicationData%/jellyfin/" />
-  </appSettings>
-</configuration>
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