diff --git a/doc/superkaramba/index.docbook b/doc/superkaramba/index.docbook
index a54315f..5bf05ff 100644
--- a/doc/superkaramba/index.docbook
+++ b/doc/superkaramba/index.docbook
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ X-KDE-StartupNotify=false</userinput></screen>
 <para>Then save it as
 <filename><replaceable>themename</replaceable>.desktop</filename> into the
 autostart directory at <filename
-class="directory">$<envar>KDEHOME</envar>/Autostart/</filename>.</para>
+class="directory">$<envar>TDEHOME</envar>/Autostart/</filename>.</para>
 </answer>
 </qandaentry>
 <qandaentry>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ options or use a different configuration method.</para>
 <answer>
 <para>Close all &superkaramba; themes and then delete any session files in
 <filename
-class="directory">$<envar>KDEHOME</envar>/share/config/session/</filename>
+class="directory">$<envar>TDEHOME</envar>/share/config/session/</filename>
 that begin with &superkaramba;. Restart &kde; and start your themes again. Now
 they will stay in the right place.</para> 
 </answer>
diff --git a/kdf/kconftest.cpp b/kdf/kconftest.cpp
index 9d9d5d3..6f6c8db 100644
--- a/kdf/kconftest.cpp
+++ b/kdf/kconftest.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 /* compile with
-* gcc  -I$TQTDIR/include -I$KDEDIR/include   -L/opt/kde/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lkfm -ltdeui -ltdecore -lqt -lX11 -lXext -fno-rtti kconftest.cpp                
+* gcc  -I$TQTDIR/include -I$TDEDIR/include   -L/opt/kde/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lkfm -ltdeui -ltdecore -lqt -lX11 -lXext -fno-rtti kconftest.cpp                
 */
 
 
diff --git a/kedit/README b/kedit/README
index adc9687..6184c14 100644
--- a/kedit/README
+++ b/kedit/README
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Problems:
 
 	o Help will only work with the next release of tdelibs. Alternatively 
 	  you can copy a copy of kedit.html, kedit.gif into 
-	  $(KDEDIR)/docs/HTML
+	  $(TDEDIR)/docs/HTML
 	
 	o kedit has currently problems to deal with color-scheme changes
  	  without restarting kedit. I have made the necessary changes to 
diff --git a/kregexpeditor/qt-only/compile b/kregexpeditor/qt-only/compile
index df207a6..61c1328 100755
--- a/kregexpeditor/qt-only/compile
+++ b/kregexpeditor/qt-only/compile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ln -s gen_qregexpparser.cc gen_qregexpparser.cpp
 touch unistd.h
 mkdir icons
 cp ../picts/* icons
-cp $KDEDIR/share/icons/crystalsvg/22x22/actions/{undo,redo,editcut,editcopy,editpaste,fileopen,filesave,contexthelp,1downarrow,1uparrow}.png  icons
+cp $TDEDIR/share/icons/crystalsvg/22x22/actions/{undo,redo,editcut,editcopy,editpaste,fileopen,filesave,contexthelp,1downarrow,1uparrow}.png  icons
 mkdir predefined
 mkdir predefined/General
 cp ../predefined/General/*.regexp predefined/General
diff --git a/ksim/README b/ksim/README
index d5ee23a..3af6134 100644
--- a/ksim/README
+++ b/ksim/README
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The current planned features are:
 
 NOTE: the plugin naming conventions changed
 in v0.5 and above, i recommend you to
-rm -rf $KDEDIR/lib/libksim* before you install
+rm -rf $TDEDIR/lib/libksim* before you install
 v0.5 or above, if you are using v0.4 or below.
 
 As of v0.9.0 and above, KSim has the option to
diff --git a/ksim/library/pluginloader.cpp b/ksim/library/pluginloader.cpp
index a428c4c..775a02e 100644
--- a/ksim/library/pluginloader.cpp
+++ b/ksim/library/pluginloader.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ bool KSim::PluginLoader::loadPlugin(const KDesktopFile &file)
     case KSim::PluginLoader::LibNotFound:
       KMessageBox::error(0, i18n("KSim was unable to load the plugin %1"
             " due to not being able to find the plugin, check that the plugin"
-            " is installed and is in your $KDEDIR/lib path").tqarg(file.readName()));
+            " is installed and is in your $TDEDIR/lib path").tqarg(file.readName()));
       return false;
       break;
     case KSim::PluginLoader::UnSymbols:
diff --git a/superkaramba/ChangeLog b/superkaramba/ChangeLog
index d337f3b..f25e8ee 100644
--- a/superkaramba/ChangeLog
+++ b/superkaramba/ChangeLog
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Don't compile superkaramba when python header was not installed
 r425963 | nickell | 2005-06-15 20:52:40 -0400 (Wed, 15 Jun 2005) | 8 lines
 
 Now we can download and install .skz files into the install directory:
-$KDEHOME/share/apps/superkaramba/themes
+$TDEHOME/share/apps/superkaramba/themes
 We also unpack any other type of archive into it's own directory in the 
 install directory.
 TODO: add the install directory to the theme dialog browser