diff --git a/configuration.c b/configuration.c
index e6a3841324..afb1d6e2ce 100644
--- a/configuration.c
+++ b/configuration.c
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ static struct config_path_setting *populate_settings_path(
    SETTING_PATH("core_options_path",
          settings->paths.path_core_options, false, NULL, true);
    SETTING_PATH("libretro_info_path",
-         settings->paths.path_libretro_info, false, NULL, true);
+         settings->paths.path_libretro_info, false, NULL, false);
    SETTING_PATH("content_database_path",
          settings->paths.path_content_database, false, NULL, true);
    SETTING_PATH("cheat_database_path",
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
index 722e1c595c..e7313ee038 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
@@ -1825,8 +1825,8 @@ static void frontend_unix_get_env(int *argc,
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO], base_path,
          "core_info", sizeof(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO]));
 #else
-   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO], base_path,
-         "cores", sizeof(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO]));
+   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO], "@libretro_info_path@",
+         "", sizeof(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO]));
 #endif
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_AUTOCONFIG], base_path,
          "autoconfig", sizeof(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_AUTOCONFIG]));