diff --git a/elements/base/root.d/01-ccache b/elements/base/root.d/01-ccache
index 67b7e250f..0bb2cd251 100755
--- a/elements/base/root.d/01-ccache
+++ b/elements/base/root.d/01-ccache
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 # after automatically pulling in the Ubuntu element)
 grep " $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/ccache" /proc/mounts && exit
 
-DIB_CCACHE_DIR=${DIB_CCACHE_DIR:-$HOME/.cache/image-create/ccache}
+DIB_CCACHE_DIR=${DIB_CCACHE_DIR:-$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/ccache}
 mkdir -p $DIB_CCACHE_DIR
 
 sudo mkdir -p $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/ccache
diff --git a/elements/pip-cache/root.d/01-pip-cache b/elements/pip-cache/root.d/01-pip-cache
index c3e37bdde..fcb29f911 100755
--- a/elements/pip-cache/root.d/01-pip-cache
+++ b/elements/pip-cache/root.d/01-pip-cache
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-PIP_CACHE_DIR=$HOME/.cache/image-create/pip
+PIP_CACHE_DIR=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/pip
 mkdir -p $PIP_CACHE_DIR
 
 sudo mkdir -p $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/pip
diff --git a/elements/pypi/extra-data.d/00-mount-pypi-mirror b/elements/pypi/extra-data.d/00-mount-pypi-mirror
index 0a3edd82a..74c0f27e2 100755
--- a/elements/pypi/extra-data.d/00-mount-pypi-mirror
+++ b/elements/pypi/extra-data.d/00-mount-pypi-mirror
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-MIRROR_SOURCE=~/.cache/image-create/pypi/mirror/
+MIRROR_SOURCE=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/pypi/mirror/
 if [ -d "$MIRROR_SOURCE" ]; then
     MIRROR_TARGET=$TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/pypi
 
diff --git a/elements/source-repositories/extra-data.d/98-source-repositories b/elements/source-repositories/extra-data.d/98-source-repositories
index f28cbb9c3..c542cb0e0 100755
--- a/elements/source-repositories/extra-data.d/98-source-repositories
+++ b/elements/source-repositories/extra-data.d/98-source-repositories
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ function get_repos_for_element(){
     done < $REPO_SOURCES
 }
 
-CACHE_BASE=~/.cache/image-create/source-repositories
-OLD_CACHE_BASE=~/.cache/image-create/repository-sources
+CACHE_BASE=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/source-repositories
+OLD_CACHE_BASE=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/repository-sources
 make_new_cache $OLD_CACHE_BASE $CACHE_BASE
 mkdir -p $CACHE_BASE
 # Use the IMAGE_NAME from the calling script, and make it unique with the temporary path
diff --git a/elements/yum/root.d/50-yum-cache b/elements/yum/root.d/50-yum-cache
index 1453db098..9281b95e2 100755
--- a/elements/yum/root.d/50-yum-cache
+++ b/elements/yum/root.d/50-yum-cache
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 [ -n "$TARGET_ROOT" ]
 
-YUM_CACHE_DIR=~/.cache/image-create/yum
+YUM_CACHE_DIR=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/yum
 mkdir -p $YUM_CACHE_DIR
 
 sudo mkdir -p $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/tmp/yum
diff --git a/elements/zypper/root.d/50-zypper-cache b/elements/zypper/root.d/50-zypper-cache
index 101dd7cb8..4cf6948d4 100755
--- a/elements/zypper/root.d/50-zypper-cache
+++ b/elements/zypper/root.d/50-zypper-cache
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 [ -n "$TARGET_ROOT" ]
 
-ZYPPER_CACHE_DIR=~/.cache/image-create/zypper
+ZYPPER_CACHE_DIR=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/zypper
 mkdir -p $ZYPPER_CACHE_DIR
 
 sudo mkdir -p $TMP_MOUNT_PATH/var/cache/zypp