diff --git a/packages/tools/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.devel b/packages/tools/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.devel
index 2e76ccbc35..2873fdfcc9 100755
--- a/packages/tools/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.devel
+++ b/packages/tools/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.devel
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/os.openelec.settings/settings.xml"
 TMP_DIR="$HOME/.xbmc/temp"
 
 if [ -f /etc/update.conf ]; then
   . /etc/update.conf
-elif [ -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then
-  AUTOUPDATE=`grep UPDATE_AUTO $OPENELEC_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3 }' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+elif [ -f /var/config/settings.conf ]; then
+  . /var/config/settings.conf
+  AUTOUPDATE="$UPDATE_AUTO"
 else
   exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/packages/tools/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.release b/packages/tools/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.release
index e16401805e..2e67e1fcb5 100755
--- a/packages/tools/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.release
+++ b/packages/tools/autoupdate/scripts/autoupdate.release
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/os.openelec.settings/settings.xml"
 TMP_DIR="$HOME/.xbmc/temp"
 
 if [ -f /etc/update.conf ]; then
   . /etc/update.conf
-elif [ -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then
-  AUTOUPDATE=`grep UPDATE_AUTO $OPENELEC_SETTINGS | awk '{print $3 }' | sed -e "s,value=,," -e "s,\",,g"`
+elif [ -f /var/config/settings.conf ]; then
+  . /var/config/settings.conf
+  AUTOUPDATE="$UPDATE_AUTO"
 else
   exit 0
 fi