diff --git a/compiler/nimconf.nim b/compiler/nimconf.nim
index 808159b..12e0b49 100644
--- a/compiler/nimconf.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimconf.nim
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ proc getSystemConfigPath(filename: string): string =
   # the UNIX way)
   let p = getPrefixDir()
   result = joinPath([p, "config", filename])
-  when defined(unix):
+  when true:
     if not existsFile(result): result = joinPath([p, "etc", filename])
     if not existsFile(result): result = "/etc/" & filename