diff --git a/.stowrc b/.stowrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05cea65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stowrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--target $HOME
+--ignore GNUmakefile
+--ignore org
+--ignore .dir-locals.el
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index d7c6028..b6bec53 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include dotfiles.mk
 
 MODULES=xmodmap emacs compton cower mowedline
-STOW=stow/usr/bin/stow-home
+STOW=stow
 
 .PHONY: all clean $(MODULES) zsh
 
diff --git a/stow/usr/bin/stow-home b/stow/usr/bin/stow-home
deleted file mode 100755
index 85d6c24..0000000
--- a/stow/usr/bin/stow-home
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Make stow always stow to my HOME directory. It's weird that this
-# can't be done in a .stowrc, it doesn't support variable expansion.
-/usr/bin/stow --target "$HOME" --ignore "GNUmakefile" --ignore "org" \
-              --ignore ".dir-locals.el" "$@"