diff --git a/custom.profile b/custom.profile
index ee4630d..d78ff49 100644
--- a/custom.profile
+++ b/custom.profile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TEXMFHOME ~/texmf
 TEXMFLOCAL /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
 TEXMFSYSCONFIG /usr/local/texlive/latest/texmf-config
 TEXMFSYSVAR /usr/local/texlive/latest/texmf-var
-TEXMFVAR ~/.texlive-latest/texmf-var
+TEXMFVAR /tmp/texmf-var
 binary_x86_64-linux 1
 instopt_adjustpath 0
 instopt_adjustrepo 1