diff --git a/packages/x11/app/setxkbmap/init.d/72_keyboard b/packages/x11/app/setxkbmap/init.d/72_keyboard
index dc1c643800..5279e95762 100644
--- a/packages/x11/app/setxkbmap/init.d/72_keyboard
+++ b/packages/x11/app/setxkbmap/init.d/72_keyboard
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@
 #
 # runlevels: openelec
 
-OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/os.openelec.settings/settings.xml"
-
 (
-  if [ -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then
-    X11_KEYMAP=`grep X11_KEYMAP $OPENELEC_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3 }' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+  if [ -f /var/config/settings.conf ]; then
+    . /var/config/settings.conf
 
     progress "setup keyboard layout"