diff --git a/dosagelib/cmd.py b/dosagelib/cmd.py
index 118d211cd..b59606c7d 100644
--- a/dosagelib/cmd.py
+++ b/dosagelib/cmd.py
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Bastian Kleineidam
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2022 Tobias Gruetzmacher
 import argparse
-import contextlib
 import os
 import platform
-from pathlib import Path
 
-import appdirs
+from platformdirs import PlatformDirs
 
 from . import events, configuration, singleton, director
 from . import AppName, __version__
@@ -26,7 +24,12 @@ class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
             out.info(self.format_help())
 
 
-Examples = """\
+# Making our config roaming seems sensible
+platformdirs = PlatformDirs(appname=AppName, appauthor=False, roaming=True, opinion=True)
+user_plugin_path = platformdirs.user_data_path / 'plugins'
+
+
+ExtraHelp = f"""\
 EXAMPLES
 List available comics:
   dosage -l
@@ -38,13 +41,11 @@ directory:
 If you already have downloaded several comics and want to get the latest
 strips of all of them:
   dosage --continue @
+
+User plugin directory: {user_plugin_path}
 """
 
 
-# Making our config roaming seems sensible
-userdirs = appdirs.AppDirs(appname=AppName, appauthor=False, roaming=True)
-
-
 def setup_options():
     """Construct option parser.
     @return: new option parser
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def setup_options():
     """
     parser = ArgumentParser(
         description="A comic downloader and archiver.",
-        epilog=Examples,
+        epilog=ExtraHelp,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
 
     parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='count', default=0,
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ def vote_comic(scraperobj):
 def run(options):
     """Execute comic commands."""
     set_output_info(options)
+    allscrapers.adddir(user_plugin_path)
     # ensure only one instance of dosage is running
     if not options.allow_multiple:
         singleton.SingleInstance()
@@ -241,7 +243,6 @@ def run(options):
     if not options.comic:
         out.warn(u'No comics specified, bailing out!')
         return 1
-    add_user_scrapers()
     if options.modulehelp:
         return display_help(options)
     if options.vote:
@@ -249,37 +250,8 @@ def run(options):
     return director.getComics(options)
 
 
-def add_user_scrapers():
-    """Add extra comic modules from the user data directory. This uses two
-    different locations: The "system-native" location and paths matching the
-    XDG basedir spec. While XDG isn't a thing on macOS and Windows, some users
-    (and developers) like to use these paths cross-plattform, therefore we
-    support both."""
-    dirs = set()
-    dirs.add(userdirs.user_data_dir)
-    with xdg_system():
-        dirs.add(userdirs.user_data_dir)
-    dirs = (Path(x) / 'plugins' for x in dirs)
-    for d in dirs:
-        allscrapers.adddir(d)
-
-
-@contextlib.contextmanager
-def xdg_system():
-    """context manager to do something with appdirs while forcing the system to
-    be "linux2", which implements the XDG base dir spec.
-    """
-    oldsys = appdirs.system
-    appdirs.system = 'linux2'
-    try:
-        yield
-    finally:
-        appdirs.system = oldsys
-
-
 def do_list(column_list=True, verbose=False, listall=False):
     """List available comics."""
-    add_user_scrapers()
     with out.pager():
         out.info(u'Available comic scrapers:')
         out.info(u'Comics tagged with [{}] require age confirmation'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7d6570c3a..d85a78921 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ project_urls =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    appdirs
     colorama
     imagesize
     lxml>=4.0.0
+    platformdirs
     requests>=2.0
     cached_property;python_version<'3.8'
     importlib_metadata;python_version<'3.8'
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 3a9a3ef20..09ca58393 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Tobias Gruetzmacher
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Tobias Gruetzmacher
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ def _nosleep(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(time, 'sleep', sleep)
 
 
-class FakeAppdirs:
-    @property
-    def user_data_dir(self):
-        return str(Path(__file__).parent / 'mocks')
-
-
 @pytest.fixture()
 def _noappdirs(monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setattr('dosagelib.cmd.userdirs', FakeAppdirs())
+    monkeypatch.setattr('dosagelib.cmd.user_plugin_path', Path(__file__).parent / 'mocks' / 'plugins')