diff --git a/racket/src/gracket/grmain.c b/racket/src/gracket/grmain.c
index e5b02fb1f2..7ee42fc938 100644
--- a/racket/src/gracket/grmain.c
+++ b/racket/src/gracket/grmain.c
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ static void pre_filter_cmdline_arguments(int *argc, char ***argv);
 #endif
 
 #define UNIX_INIT_FILENAME "~/.gracketrc"
-#define WINDOWS_INIT_FILENAME "%%HOMEDIRVE%%\\%%HOMEPATH%%\\gracketrc.rktl"
-#define MACOS9_INIT_FILENAME "PREFERENCES:gracketrc.rktl"
+#define WINDOWS_INIT_FILENAME "<home-dir>\\gracketrc.rktl"
 #define INIT_FILENAME_CONF_SYM "gui-interactive-file"
 #define DEFAULT_INIT_MODULE "racket/gui/interactive"
 #define USER_INIT_MODULE "gui-interactive.rkt"
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/main.c b/racket/src/racket/main.c
index 03fc930a6b..0ecb01826d 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/main.c
+++ b/racket/src/racket/main.c
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ extern Scheme_Object *scheme_initialize(Scheme_Env *env);
 
 #ifndef UNIX_INIT_FILENAME
 # define UNIX_INIT_FILENAME "~/.racketrc"
-# define WINDOWS_INIT_FILENAME "%%HOMEDIRVE%%\\%%HOMEPATH%%\\racketrc.rktl"
-# define MACOS9_INIT_FILENAME "PREFERENCES:racketrc.rktl"
+# define WINDOWS_INIT_FILENAME "<home-dir>\\racketrc.rktl"
 # define INIT_FILENAME_CONF_SYM "interactive-file"
 # define DEFAULT_INIT_MODULE "racket/interactive"
 # define USER_INIT_MODULE "interactive.rkt"