diff --git a/kinit/lnusertemp.c b/kinit/lnusertemp.c
index aa55d412e..b53af5dbe 100644
--- a/kinit/lnusertemp.c
+++ b/kinit/lnusertemp.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
      return 1;
   }
 
-  tmp = getenv("KDETMP");
+  tmp = getenv("TDETMP");
   if (!tmp || !tmp[0])
     tmp = getenv("TMPDIR");
   if (!tmp || !tmp[0]) 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   }
   else if (strcmp(argv[1], "cache") == 0)
   {
-    tmp = getenv("KDEVARTMP");
+    tmp = getenv("TDEVARTMP");
     if (!tmp || !tmp[0]) 
       tmp = "/var/tmp";