--- a/src/util/rc.js
+++ b/src/util/rc.js
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ function getRcPaths(name: string, cwd: string): Array<string> {
     pushConfigPath(CONFIG_DIRECTORY);
     pushConfigPath(home, '.config', name, 'config');
     pushConfigPath(home, '.config', name);
-    pushConfigPath(home, `.${name}`, 'config');
-    pushConfigPath(home, `.${name}rc`);
   }

   // add .yarnrc locations relative to the cwd
--- a/src/registries/yarn-registry.js
+++ b/src/registries/yarn-registry.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import NpmRegistry from './npm-registry.js';
 import {stringify, parse} from '../lockfile';
 import * as fs from '../util/fs.js';
 import {version} from '../util/yarn-version.js';
+import {getConfigDir} from '../util/user-dirs';
 
 const userHome = require('../util/user-home-dir').default;
 const path = require('path');
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export default class YarnRegistry extends NpmRegistry {
   ) {
     super(cwd, registries, requestManager, reporter, enableDefaultRc, extraneousRcFiles);
 
-    this.homeConfigLoc = path.join(userHome, '.yarnrc');
+    this.homeConfigLoc = getConfigDir();
     this.homeConfig = {};
   }