diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_util.c b/src/lib/eina/eina_util.c
index 55b5bd5343..68c0fcc666 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_util.c
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_util.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *                                   API                                      *
  *============================================================================*/
 
-EAPI Eina_Tmpstr *
+EAPI const char *
 eina_environment_home_get(void)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ eina_environment_home_get(void)
    if (!home) home = getenv("WINDIR");
    if (!home) home = "C:\\";
 
-   return eina_tmpstr_add(home);
+   return home;
 #else
-   return eina_tmpstr_add(getenv("HOME"));
+   return getenv("HOME");
 #endif
 }
 
-EAPI Eina_Tmpstr *
+EAPI const char *
 eina_environment_tmp_get(void)
 {
    char *tmp;
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ eina_environment_tmp_get(void)
    if (!tmp) tmp = getenv("WINDIR");
    if (!tmp) tmp = "C:\\";
 
-   return eina_tmpstr_add(tmp);
+   return tmp;
 #else
    tmp = getenv("TMPDIR");
    if (!tmp) tmp = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
    if (!tmp) tmp = "/tmp";
 
-   return eina_tmpstr_add(tmp);
+   return tmp;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/eina/eina_util.h b/src/lib/eina/eina_util.h
index 3677cc4a1a..a73c4db75c 100644
--- a/src/lib/eina/eina_util.h
+++ b/src/lib/eina/eina_util.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * @note The result of this call is highly system dependent and you better use
  * it instead of the naive getenv("HOME").
  */
-EAPI Eina_Tmpstr *eina_environment_home_get(void);
+EAPI const char *eina_environment_home_get(void);
 
 /**
  * @brief Return the content of the environment refered as TMPDIR on this system.
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ EAPI Eina_Tmpstr *eina_environment_home_get(void);
  * @note The result of this call is highly system dependent and you better use
  * it instead of the naive getenv("TMPDIR").
  */
-EAPI Eina_Tmpstr *eina_environment_tmp_get(void);
+EAPI const char *eina_environment_tmp_get(void);
 
 #endif