diff --git a/src/update.c b/src/update.c
index 0892278..4446dcf 100644
--- a/src/update.c
+++ b/src/update.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ gchar *get_db_path(const gchar *path)
 
         if (!path || !*path) {
                 const gchar *home = g_get_home_dir();
-                dir = g_build_path(G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, home, nvd_dir, NULL);
+                dir = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", home, nvd_dir);
         } else {
                 dir = (gchar *) path;
         }
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ gchar *get_db_path(const gchar *path)
                         goto end;
         }
 
-        ret = g_build_path(G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, dir, nvd_file, NULL);
+        ret = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", dir, nvd_file);
 end:
-        if (dir != path)
+        if (dir != path) {
                 g_free(dir);
+        }
         return ret;
 }