diff --git a/prog/sensord/args.c b/prog/sensord/args.c
index a492fc8b..66f459dc 100644
--- a/prog/sensord/args.c
+++ b/prog/sensord/args.c
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
 #include "lib/error.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
+#define DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE	ETCDIR "/sensors.conf"
+
 #define MAX_CHIP_NAMES 32
 
 int isDaemon = 0;
-const char *sensorsCfgFile = "sensors.conf";
+const char *sensorsCfgFile = DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE;
 const char *pidFile = "/var/run/sensord.pid";
 const char *rrdFile = NULL;
 const char *cgiDir = NULL;
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ static const char *daemonSyntax =
   "  -t, --rrd-interval <time> -- interval between updating RRD file (default 5m)\n"
   "  -T, --rrd-no-average      -- switch RRD in non-average mode\n"
   "  -r, --rrd-file <file>     -- RRD file (default <none>)\n"
-  "  -c, --config-file <file>  -- configuration file (default sensors.conf)\n"
+  "  -c, --config-file <file>  -- configuration file (default " DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE ")\n"
   "  -p, --pid-file <file>     -- PID file (default /var/run/sensord.pid)\n"
   "  -f, --syslog-facility <f> -- syslog facility to use (default local4)\n"
   "  -g, --rrd-cgi <img-dir>   -- output an RRD CGI script and exit\n"
@@ -114,8 +116,7 @@ static const char *daemonSyntax =
   "Specify a value of 0 for any interval to disable that operation;\n"
   "for example, specify --log-interval 0 to only scan for alarms."
   "\n"
-  "If no path is specified, a list of directories is examined for the config file;\n"
-  "specify the filename `-' to read the config file from stdin.\n"
+  "Specify the filename `-' to read the config file from stdin.\n"
   "\n"
   "If no chips are specified, all chip info will be printed.\n"
   "\n"
@@ -128,13 +129,12 @@ static const char *appSyntax =
   "  -a, --alarm-scan          -- only scan for alarms\n"
   "  -s, --set                 -- execute set statements (root only)\n"
   "  -r, --rrd-file <file>     -- only update RRD file\n"
-  "  -c, --config-file <file>  -- configuration file (default sensors.conf)\n"
+  "  -c, --config-file <file>  -- configuration file (default " DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE ")\n"
   "  -d, --debug               -- display some debug information\n"
   "  -v, --version             -- display version and exit\n"
   "  -h, --help                -- display help and exit\n"
   "\n"
-  "If no path is specified, a list of directories is examined for the config file;\n"
-  "specify the filename `-' to read the config file from stdin.\n"
+  "Specify the filename `-' to read the config file from stdin.\n"
   "\n"
   "If no chips are specified, all chip info will be printed.\n";
 
diff --git a/prog/sensord/lib.c b/prog/sensord/lib.c
index 9e47e871..ff5de5f8 100644
--- a/prog/sensord/lib.c
+++ b/prog/sensord/lib.c
@@ -31,47 +31,11 @@
 #include "sensord.h"
 #include "lib/error.h"
 
-static const char *sensorsCfgPaths[] = {
-  "/etc", "/usr/local/etc", "/usr/lib/sensors", "/usr/local/lib/sensors", "/usr/lib", "/usr/local/lib", NULL
-};
-
-#define CFG_PATH_LEN 4096
-
-static char cfgPath[CFG_PATH_LEN + 1];
-
 static time_t cfgLastModified;
 
-int
-initLib
-(void) {
-  cfgPath[CFG_PATH_LEN] = '\0';
-  if (!strcmp (sensorsCfgFile, "-")) {
-    strncpy (cfgPath, sensorsCfgFile, CFG_PATH_LEN);
-  } else if (sensorsCfgFile[0] == '/') {
-    strncpy (cfgPath, sensorsCfgFile, CFG_PATH_LEN);
-  } else if (strchr (sensorsCfgFile, '/')) {
-    char *cwd = getcwd (NULL, 0);
-    snprintf (cfgPath, CFG_PATH_LEN, "%s/%s", cwd, sensorsCfgFile);
-    free (cwd);
-  } else {
-    int index0;
-    struct stat stats;
-    for (index0 = 0; sensorsCfgPaths[index0]; ++ index0) {
-      snprintf (cfgPath, CFG_PATH_LEN, "%s/%s", sensorsCfgPaths[index0], sensorsCfgFile);
-      if (stat (cfgPath, &stats) == 0)
-        break;
-    }
-    if (!sensorsCfgPaths[index0]) {
-      sensorLog (LOG_ERR, "Error locating sensors configuration file: %s", sensorsCfgFile);
-      return 9;
-    }
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 loadConfig
-(int reload) {
+(const char *cfgPath, int reload) {
   struct stat stats;
   FILE *cfg = NULL;
   int ret = 0;
@@ -111,9 +75,9 @@ loadConfig
 
 int
 loadLib
-(void) {
+(const char *cfgPath) {
   int ret;
-  ret = loadConfig (0);
+  ret = loadConfig (cfgPath, 0);
   if (!ret)
     ret = initKnownChips ();
   return ret;
@@ -121,10 +85,10 @@ loadLib
 
 int
 reloadLib
-(void) {
+(const char *cfgPath) {
   int ret;
   freeKnownChips ();
-  ret = loadConfig (1);
+  ret = loadConfig (cfgPath, 1);
   if (!ret)
     ret = initKnownChips ();
   return ret;
diff --git a/prog/sensord/sensord.8 b/prog/sensord/sensord.8
index a17b1c58..7656c8d7 100644
--- a/prog/sensord/sensord.8
+++ b/prog/sensord/sensord.8
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
 .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
 .\"
-.TH sensord 8  "October 23, 2002" "lm-sensors 3" "Linux System Administration"
+.TH sensord 8  "October 2007" "lm-sensors 3" "Linux System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 sensord \- Sensor information logging daemon.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -84,12 +84,9 @@ below for more details.
 .IP "-c, --config-file file"
 Specify a
 .BR libsensors (3)
-configuration file. If no file is specified, the name `sensors.conf'
+configuration file. If no file is specified, the default configuration file
 is used.
 
-If the sensors configuration name does not contain a directory separator,
-the following paths are searched for the file:
-`/etc', `/usr/lib/sensors', `/usr/local/lib/sensors', `/usr/lib', `/usr/local/lib'.
 .IP "-p, --pid-file file"
 Specify what PID file to write; the default is to write the file
 `/var/run/sensord.pid'. You should always specify an absolute path
diff --git a/prog/sensord/sensord.c b/prog/sensord/sensord.c
index 68ff48e5..872bb56a 100644
--- a/prog/sensord/sensord.c
+++ b/prog/sensord/sensord.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ sensord
 
   while (!done && (ret == 0)) {
     if (ret == 0)
-      ret = reloadLib ();
+      ret = reloadLib (sensorsCfgFile);
     if ((ret == 0) && scanTime) { /* should I scan on the read cycle? */
       ret = scanChips ();
       if (scanValue <= 0)
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ main
       parseChips (argc, argv))
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
   
-  if (initLib () ||
-      loadLib ())
+  if (loadLib (sensorsCfgFile))
     exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 
   if (isDaemon)
diff --git a/prog/sensord/sensord.h b/prog/sensord/sensord.h
index e8c47694..05b70edf 100644
--- a/prog/sensord/sensord.h
+++ b/prog/sensord/sensord.h
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ extern int parseChips (int argc, char **argv);
 
 /* from lib.c */
 
-extern int initLib (void);
-extern int loadLib (void);
-extern int reloadLib (void);
+extern int loadLib (const char *cfgPath);
+extern int reloadLib (const char *cfgPath);
 extern int unloadLib (void);
 
 /* from sense.c */