diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
index b413c46c536..569d81e245c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/locate.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
   cfg = config.services.locate;
   isMLocate = hasPrefix "mlocate" cfg.locate.name;
   isPLocate = hasPrefix "plocate" cfg.locate.name;
-  isMorPLocate = (isMLocate || isPLocate);
+  isMorPLocate = isMLocate || isPLocate;
   isFindutils = hasPrefix "findutils" cfg.locate.name;
 in
 {
@@ -216,18 +216,18 @@ in
           setgid = true;
           setuid = false;
         };
-        mlocate = (mkIf isMLocate {
+        mlocate = mkIf isMLocate {
           group = "mlocate";
           source = "${cfg.locate}/bin/locate";
-        });
-        plocate = (mkIf isPLocate {
+        };
+        plocate = mkIf isPLocate {
           group = "plocate";
           source = "${cfg.locate}/bin/plocate";
-        });
+        };
       in
       mkIf isMorPLocate {
         locate = mkMerge [ common mlocate plocate ];
-        plocate = (mkIf isPLocate (mkMerge [ common plocate ]));
+        plocate = mkIf isPLocate (mkMerge [ common plocate ]);
       };
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.locate ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mlocate/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mlocate/default.nix
index 4cc86df5a89..c9253be930a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mlocate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mlocate/default.nix
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.26";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://releases.pagure.org/mlocate/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    url = "https://releases.pagure.org/mlocate/mlocate-${version}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "0gi6y52gkakhhlnzy0p6izc36nqhyfx5830qirhvk3qrzrwxyqrh";
   };
 
+  makeFlags = [
+    "dbfile=/var/cache/locatedb"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Merging locate is an utility to index and quickly search for files";
     homepage = "https://pagure.io/mlocate";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/default.nix
index 8b4cbcbd7ae..2a55841d7e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/plocate/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dsystemunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc/systemd/system"
+    "-Dsharedstatedir=/var/cache"
+    "-Ddbpath=locatedb"
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {