diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c62aec4..1e4f35f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Config options to set the status bar's initial visibility, refresh interval and justification: `TMUX_POWERLINE_STATUS_VISIBILITY`, `TMUX_POWERLINE_STATUS_INTERVAL` and `TMUX_POWERLINE_STATUS_JUSTIFICATION`.
 - Allow setting the `default` tmux color in segment themes. [#296](https://github.com/erikw/tmux-powerline/issues/296).
 - Allow truncation of VCS branch name with a new config `TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_VCS_BRANCH_MAX_LEN`.
+### Changed
+- Removed support for the deprecated config file `~/.tmux-powerlinerc`. [#330](https://github.com/erikw/tmux-powerline/issues/330)
 ### Fixed
 - The now playing segment is fixed for Last.FM using their 2.0 API. [#307](https://github.com/erikw/tmux-powerline/issues/307)
 - Correctly handle named colours when specifying theme colours. [#314](https://github.com/erikw/tmux-powerline/issues/314)
diff --git a/config/paths.sh b/config/paths.sh
index be13e6c3..1fe073d3 100644
--- a/config/paths.sh
+++ b/config/paths.sh
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ export TMUX_POWERLINE_DIR_SEGMENTS="$TMUX_POWERLINE_DIR_HOME/segments"
 export TMUX_POWERLINE_DIR_TEMPORARY="/tmp/tmux-powerline_${USER}"
 export TMUX_POWERLINE_DIR_THEMES="$TMUX_POWERLINE_DIR_HOME/themes"
 if [ -z "$TMUX_POWERLINE_RCFILE" ]; then
-	if [ -e "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/tmux-powerline/config.sh" ]; then
-		export TMUX_POWERLINE_RCFILE="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/tmux-powerline/config.sh"
-	else
-		export TMUX_POWERLINE_RCFILE="$HOME/.tmux-powerlinerc"
-	fi
+	export TMUX_POWERLINE_RCFILE="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/tmux-powerline/config.sh"
 fi
 export TMUX_POWERLINE_RCFILE_DEFAULT="${TMUX_POWERLINE_RCFILE}.default"
 
+export TMUX_POWERLINE_RCDIR="$(dirname $TMUX_POWERLINE_RCFILE)"
+test -d "$TMUX_POWERLINE_RCDIR" || mkdir -p "$TMUX_POWERLINE_RCDIR"
+
 if [ ! -d "$TMUX_POWERLINE_DIR_TEMPORARY" ]; then
 	mkdir "$TMUX_POWERLINE_DIR_TEMPORARY"
 fi
diff --git a/segments/weather.sh b/segments/weather.sh
index 1d1322d5..3fc67533 100755
--- a/segments/weather.sh
+++ b/segments/weather.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 # Prints the current weather in Celsius, Fahrenheits or lord Kelvins. The forecast is cached and updated with a period.
+# To configure your location, set TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_WEATHER_LOCATION in the tmux-powerline config file.
 
 TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_WEATHER_DATA_PROVIDER_DEFAULT="yrno"
 TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_WEATHER_JSON_DEFAULT="jq"
 TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_WEATHER_UNIT_DEFAULT="c"
 TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_WEATHER_UPDATE_PERIOD_DEFAULT="600"
 
-# If you want to set your location, set TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_WEATHER_LOCATION in the tmux-powerlinerc file.
-# 1. You create tmux-powerlinerc file.
-#    $ ./generate_rc.sh
-#    $ mv ~/.tmux-powerlinerc.default ~/.tmux-powerlinerc
-# 2. You set TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_WEATHER_LOCATION.
 
 if shell_is_bsd  && [ -f /user/local/bin/grep  ]; then
 	TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_WEATHER_GREP_DEFAULT="/usr/local/bin/grep"