diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ae4910..96b4229 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,15 +13,9 @@ add_library(tox SHARED
     src/tox-weechat-friend-requests.c
 )
 
-if (PREFIX)
-    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${PREFIX})
-else()
-    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /usr/local/lib/weechat)
-endif()
-
 # remove lib prefix
 set_target_properties(tox PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 
 target_link_libraries(tox toxcore)
 
-install(FILES build/tox.so DESTINATION plugins)
+install(FILES build/tox.so DESTINATION ~/.weechat/plugins)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae6fe26..0928d5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Tox-WeeChat requires [libtoxcore][3] to work. After getting it, install Tox-WeeC
     $ cmake ..
     $ make install
 
-This places `tox.so` in `/usr/local/lib/weechat/plugins`. If you don't have root access or otherwise would like to install it locally, replace the cmake command above with this one: `cmake -DPREFIX=$HOME/.weechat ..`.
+This places `tox.so` in `~/.weechat/plugins`.
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ Copyright (c) 2014 Håvard Pettersson <haavard.pettersson@gmail.com>.
 [1]: http://weechat.org
 [2]: http://tox.im
 [3]: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore
+