diff --git a/lisp/play/snake.el b/lisp/play/snake.el
index b2413910a6f..034ee5539a5 100644
--- a/lisp/play/snake.el
+++ b/lisp/play/snake.el
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 ;; It is not safe to put this in /tmp.
 ;; Someone could make a symlink in /tmp
 ;; pointing to a file you don't want to clobber.
-(defvar snake-score-file "~/.snake-scores"
+(defvar snake-score-file "snake-scores"
   "File for holding high scores.")
 
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