diff --git a/Sources/SwiftlyCore/Platform.swift b/Sources/SwiftlyCore/Platform.swift
index 1c4ee2dd..c54e393a 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftlyCore/Platform.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftlyCore/Platform.swift
@@ -67,13 +67,11 @@ extension Platform {
     ///
     /// If a mocked home directory is set, this will be the "bin" subdirectory of the home directory.
     /// If not, this will be the SWIFTLY_BIN_DIR environment variable if set. If that's also unset,
-    /// this will default to ~/.local/bin.
+    /// this will default to /usr/local/bin.
     public var swiftlyBinDir: URL {
-        SwiftlyCore.mockedHomeDir.map { $0.appendingPathComponent("bin", isDirectory: true) }
-            ?? ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["SWIFTLY_BIN_DIR"].map { URL(fileURLWithPath: $0) }
-            ?? FileManager.default.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser
-            .appendingPathComponent(".local", isDirectory: true)
-            .appendingPathComponent("bin", isDirectory: true)
+        SwiftlyCore.mockedHomeDir.map { $0.appendingPathComponent("bin", isDirectory: true) } ??
+          ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["SWIFTLY_BIN_DIR"].map { URL(fileURLWithPath: $0) } ?? 
+          URL(fileURLWithPath: "/usr/local/bin")
     }
 
     /// The "toolchains" subdirectory of swiftly's home directory. Contains the Swift toolchains managed by swiftly.
diff --git a/install/swiftly-install.sh b/install/swiftly-install.sh
index 0b0a274a..59275a9e 100755
--- a/install/swiftly-install.sh
+++ b/install/swiftly-install.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Script used to install and configure swiftly.
 # 
 # This script will download the latest released swiftly executable and install it
-# to $SWIFTLY_BIN_DIR, or ~/.local/bin if that variable isn't specified.
+# to $SWIFTLY_BIN_DIR, or /usr/local/bin if that variable isn't specified.
 #
 # This script will also create a directory at $SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR, or
 # $XDG_DATA_HOME/swiftly if that variable isn't specified. If XDG_DATA_HOME is also unset,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ echo ""
 DATA_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"
 DEFAULT_HOME_DIR="$DATA_DIR/swiftly"
 HOME_DIR="${SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR:-$DEFAULT_HOME_DIR}"
-DEFAULT_BIN_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin"
+DEFAULT_BIN_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
 BIN_DIR="${SWIFTLY_BIN_DIR:-$DEFAULT_BIN_DIR}"
 
 while [ -z "$DISABLE_CONFIRMATION" ]; do