diff --git a/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch b/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch
index 8a294975147..9f4eb6a23b8 100755
--- a/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch
+++ b/resources/linux/snap/electron-launch
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ else
   ARCH="$SNAP_ARCH-linux-gnu"
 fi
 
-export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$SNAP_USER_COMMON/.cache"
-if [[ -d "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.cache" && ! -e "$XDG_CACHE_HOME" ]]; then
+GDK_CACHE_DIR="$SNAP_USER_COMMON/.cache"
+if [[ -d "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.cache" && ! -e "$GDK_CACHE_DIR" ]]; then
   # the .cache directory used to be stored under $SNAP_USER_DATA, migrate it
   mv "$SNAP_USER_DATA/.cache" "$SNAP_USER_COMMON/"
 fi
-mkdir -p "$XDG_CACHE_HOME"
+[ ! -d "$GDK_CACHE_DIR" ] && mkdir -p "$GDK_CACHE_DIR"
 
 # Gdk-pixbuf loaders
-export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache"
+export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE="$GDK_CACHE_DIR/gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache"
 export GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR="$SNAP/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders"
 if [ -f "$SNAP/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" ]; then
   "$SNAP/usr/lib/$ARCH/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders" > "$GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE"