diff --git a/command/command.go b/command/command.go
index 80e82e78c..d9ad0cf30 100644
--- a/command/command.go
+++ b/command/command.go
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ const DefaultVarsFilename = "terraform.tfvars"
 // DefaultBackupExtension is added to the state file to form the path
 const DefaultBackupExtension = ".backup"
 
-// DefaultDataDirectory is the directory where local state is stored
-// by default.
-const DefaultDataDirectory = ".terraform"
-
 // DefaultParallelism is the limit Terraform places on total parallel
 // operations as it walks the dependency graph.
 const DefaultParallelism = 10
diff --git a/command/init.go b/command/init.go
index 627fcb229..bcc339bee 100644
--- a/command/init.go
+++ b/command/init.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (c *InitCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	// Set the state out path to be the path requested for the module
 	// to be copied. This ensures any remote states gets setup in the
 	// proper directory.
-	c.Meta.dataDir = filepath.Join(path, DefaultDataDirectory)
+	c.Meta.dataDir = filepath.Join(path, DefaultDataDir)
 
 	source := args[0]
 
diff --git a/command/meta.go b/command/meta.go
index 3b0896352..69f3e3e5c 100644
--- a/command/meta.go
+++ b/command/meta.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (m *Meta) Context(copts contextOpts) (*terraform.Context, bool, error) {
 
 // DataDir returns the directory where local data will be stored.
 func (m *Meta) DataDir() string {
-	dataDir := DefaultDataDirectory
+	dataDir := DefaultDataDir
 	if m.dataDir != "" {
 		dataDir = m.dataDir
 	}