diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index b961e0af7c..864d285070 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -269,8 +269,7 @@ config file (located at `$PROGRAMDATA/Git/config`), intended to contain
 settings for *all* Git-related software running on the machine. Consequently,
 this config file takes an even lower precedence than the
 `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` file. Typically `$PROGRAMDATA` points to
-`C:\ProgramData` (on Windows XP the equivalent in `$ALLUSERSPROFILE` is used,
-i.e. `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Git\config`).
+`C:\ProgramData`.
 
 If no further options are given, all reading options will read all of these
 files that are available. If the global or the system-wide configuration
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index b4d9b96cbb..57c4858dbf 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2577,13 +2577,8 @@ const char *program_data_config(void)
 
 	if (!initialized) {
 		const char *env = mingw_getenv("PROGRAMDATA");
-		const char *extra = "";
-		if (!env) {
-			env = mingw_getenv("ALLUSERSPROFILE");
-			extra = "/Application Data";
-		}
 		if (env)
-			strbuf_addf(&path, "%s%s/Git/config", env, extra);
+			strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/Git/config", env);
 		initialized = 1;
 	}
 	return *path.buf ? path.buf : NULL;