diff -upr mate-settings-daemon-1.6.2-orig/plugins/housekeeping/msd-housekeeping-manager.c mate-settings-daemon-1.6.2/plugins/housekeeping/msd-housekeeping-manager.c
--- mate-settings-daemon-1.6.2-orig/plugins/housekeeping/msd-housekeeping-manager.c	2013-12-16 23:09:23.000000000 +0100
+++ mate-settings-daemon-1.6.2/plugins/housekeeping/msd-housekeeping-manager.c	2014-01-04 15:38:38.912536866 +0100
@@ -203,37 +203,22 @@ purge_thumbnail_cache (MsdHousekeepingMa
 
         g_debug ("housekeeping: checking thumbnail cache size and freshness");
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 34, 0)
-        path = g_build_filename (g_get_user_cache_dir (),
-                                 "thumbnails",
-#else
         path = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (),
                                  ".thumbnails",
-#endif
                                  "normal",
                                  NULL);
         files = read_dir_for_purge (path, NULL);
         g_free (path);
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 34, 0)
-        path = g_build_filename (g_get_user_cache_dir (),
-                                 "thumbnails",
-#else
         path = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (),
                                  ".thumbnails",
-#endif
                                  "large",
                                  NULL);
         files = read_dir_for_purge (path, files);
         g_free (path);
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 34, 0)
-        path = g_build_filename (g_get_user_cache_dir (),
-                                 "thumbnails",
-#else
         path = g_build_filename (g_get_home_dir (),
                                  ".thumbnails",
-#endif
                                  "fail",
                                  "mate-thumbnail-factory",
                                  NULL);