diff --git a/lib/youseedee/__init__.py b/lib/youseedee/__init__.py
index 8db9c5f..9ad6618 100644
--- a/lib/youseedee/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/youseedee/__init__.py
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ UCD_URL = "https://unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/UCD.zip"
 
 def ucd_dir():
     """Return the directory where Unicode data is stored"""
-    ucddir = expanduser("~/.youseedee")
-    try:
-        os.mkdir(ucddir)
-    except FileExistsError:
-        pass
-    return ucddir
+    return "@ucd_dir@"
 
 
 def up_to_date():
@@ -65,14 +60,6 @@ def up_to_date():
 
 def ensure_files():
     """Ensure the Unicode data files are downloaded and up to date, and download them if not"""
-    if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(ucd_dir(), "UnicodeData.txt")):
-        download_files()
-    if not up_to_date():
-        # Remove the zip if it exists
-        zip_path = os.path.join(ucd_dir(), "UCD.zip")
-        if os.path.isfile(zip_path):
-            os.unlink(zip_path)
-        download_files()
     return