diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.6.12.patch b/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.6.12.patch
index 72f6cadeb..b9cef3beb 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.6.12.patch
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.6.12.patch
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ diff -urN subversion-1.6.12/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_file.c subversion-1.6.
 +{
 +  char folder[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH];
 +
-+  status_t error = find_directory (B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
-+                           folder, sizeof(folder));
++  status_t error = find_directory(B_COMMON_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
++                                  folder, sizeof(folder));
 +  if (error)
 +    return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 +  
-+  *path_p = svn_path_join_many (pool, folder,
-+                           SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
++  *path_p = svn_path_join_many(pool, folder,
++                               SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
 +}
 +#else  /* ! WIN32 && !__HAIKU__ */
  
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ diff -urN subversion-1.6.12/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_file.c subversion-1.6.
 +  char folder[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH];
 +
 +  status_t error = find_directory (B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
-+                           folder, sizeof(folder));
++                                   folder, sizeof(folder));
 +  if (error)
 +    return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 +
-+  *path = svn_path_join_many (pool, folder,
-+                           SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
++  *path = svn_path_join_many(pool, folder,
++                             SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
 +}
 +#else  /* ! WIN32 && !__HAIKU__ */
  
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ diff -urN subversion-1.6.12/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_impl.h subversion-1.6.
  #  define SVN_CONFIG__SUBDIRECTORY    "Subversion"
 -#else  /* ! WIN32 */
 +#elif defined __HAIKU__ /* HAIKU */
-+#  define SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY   "/etc/subversion"
++#  define SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY   "subversion"
 +#  define SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY   "subversion"
 +#else  /* ! WIN32 && ! __HAIKU__ */
  #  define SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY   "/etc/subversion"
diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.patch b/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.patch
index 8b2f1d164..8607c71c5 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.patch
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.patch
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ Index: libsvn_subr/config_file.c
 +  {
 +    char folder[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH];
  
-+    status_t error = find_directory(B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
++    status_t error = find_directory(B_COMMON_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
 +                                    folder, sizeof(folder));
 +    if (error)
 +      return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 +
 +    *path_p = svn_dirent_join_many(pool, folder,
-+                                   SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
++                                   SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
 +  }
 +#else  /* ! WIN32 && !__HAIKU__ */
 +
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Index: libsvn_subr/config_impl.h
  #  define SVN_CONFIG__SUBDIRECTORY    "Subversion"
 -#else  /* ! WIN32 */
 +#elif defined __HAIKU__ /* HAIKU */
- #  define SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY   "/etc/subversion"
+ #  define SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY   "subversion"
 +#  define SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY   "subversion"
 +#else  /* ! WIN32 && ! __HAIKU__ */
 +#  define SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY   "/etc/subversion"