diff --git a/headers/private/package/PackagesDirectoryDefs.h b/headers/private/package/PackagesDirectoryDefs.h
index dacd05b6dd..698f670b0c 100644
--- a/headers/private/package/PackagesDirectoryDefs.h
+++ b/headers/private/package/PackagesDirectoryDefs.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #define _PACKAGE__PRIVATE__PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_DEFS_H_
 
 
-#define PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY	"config"
+#define PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_ADMIN_DIRECTORY	"administrative"
 #define PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_ACTIVATION_FILE	"activated-packages"
 
 
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
index 2e7af7d2e7..426d851f3d 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/packagefs/Volume.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const size_t kMaxActivationRequestSize = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
 const size_t kMaxActivationFileSize = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 static const char* const kActivationFilePath
-	= PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY "/"
+	= PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_ADMIN_DIRECTORY "/"
 		PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_ACTIVATION_FILE;
 
 
diff --git a/src/servers/package/Volume.cpp b/src/servers/package/Volume.cpp
index e4f75d15dc..abc5732f7b 100644
--- a/src/servers/package/Volume.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/package/Volume.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ using namespace BPackageKit::BPrivate;
 
 
 static const char* const kPackageFileNameExtension = ".hpkg";
-static const char* const kConfigDirectoryName
-	= PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY;
+static const char* const kAdminDirectoryName
+	= PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_ADMIN_DIRECTORY;
 static const char* const kActivationFileName
 	= PACKAGES_DIRECTORY_ACTIVATION_FILE;
 static const char* const kTemporaryActivationFileName
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ fPackagesToBeActivated.size(), fPackagesToBeDeactivated.size());
 	// open and write the temporary file
 	BFile activationFile;
 	BEntry activationFileEntry;
-	status_t error = _OpenPackagesFile(kConfigDirectoryName,
+	status_t error = _OpenPackagesFile(kAdminDirectoryName,
 		kTemporaryActivationFileName,
 		B_READ_WRITE | B_CREATE_FILE | B_ERASE_FILE, activationFile,
 		&activationFileEntry);