diff --git a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
index 56aa238c0..7e2720053 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 #include "TlsCertificate.h"
 
 #include "base/finally.h"
-#include "common/constants.h"
-#include "gui/core/CoreTool.h"
+#include "common/Settings.h"
 #include "net/FingerprintData.h"
 #include "net/FingerprintDatabase.h"
 #include "net/SecureUtils.h"
@@ -25,10 +24,6 @@
 
 TlsCertificate::TlsCertificate(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
 {
-  CoreTool coreTool;
-  m_profileDir = coreTool.getProfileDir();
-  if (m_profileDir.isEmpty())
-    qCritical() << "unable to get profile dir";
 }
 
 bool TlsCertificate::generateCertificate(const QString &path, int keyLength)
@@ -77,12 +72,12 @@ int TlsCertificate::getCertKeyLength(const QString &path)
 
 QString TlsCertificate::getCertificatePath() const
 {
-  return QStringLiteral("%1/%2/%3").arg(m_profileDir, kTlsDirName, kTlsCertificateFilename);
+  return QStringLiteral("%1/%2/%3").arg(Settings::settingsPath(), kTlsDirName, kTlsCertificateFilename);
 }
 
 QString TlsCertificate::getTlsDir() const
 {
-  return QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(m_profileDir, kTlsDirName);
+  return QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(Settings::settingsPath(), kTlsDirName);
 }
 
 bool TlsCertificate::isCertificateValid(const QString &path)
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.h b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.h
index cf711457e..877b773fe 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.h
@@ -22,7 +22,4 @@ public:
   int getCertKeyLength(const QString &path);
   QString getCertificatePath() const;
   QString getTlsDir() const;
-
-private:
-  QString m_profileDir;
 };