diff --git a/pure/texmacs/plugins/pure/progs/init-pure.scm b/pure/texmacs/plugins/pure/progs/init-pure.scm
index 6442190d..3ce8adea 100644
--- a/pure/texmacs/plugins/pure/progs/init-pure.scm
+++ b/pure/texmacs/plugins/pure/progs/init-pure.scm
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 ;; if the auto-detection doesn't work for you then you'll have to set this
 ;; variable to the path where your Pure library scripts are to be found.
 (if (not (defined? 'pure-default-lib-path))
-(define pure-default-lib-path "/usr/local/lib"))
+(define pure-default-lib-path "c:/msys64/mingw32/lib"))
 
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@@ -94,11 +94,7 @@
 
 ;; Detect the Pure library path (this needs pkg-config).
 (use-modules (ice-9 popen))
-(define pure-lib-path
-  (let* ((port (open-input-pipe "pkg-config pure --variable libdir"))
-	 (str (read-line port)))
-    (close-pipe port)
-    (if (string? str) str pure-default-lib-path)))
+(define pure-lib-path pure-default-lib-path)
 
 ;; Check if the given script exists on the library path or in one of the
 ;; texmacs-specific paths. Return the full script name if present, ""