diff --git a/deploy/audit-distfiles.py b/deploy/audit-distfiles.py
index 38a4488b..4e165c5d 100644
--- a/deploy/audit-distfiles.py
+++ b/deploy/audit-distfiles.py
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ def scan(overlay, aux=None):
 
 GRACE_SECONDS = 7 * 24 * 3600
 STATE = os.environ.get("ORPHAN_STATE", "/var/lib/emirrordist/orphans.json")
-RECYCLE = os.environ.get("RECYCLE", "/var/lib/emirrordist/recycle")
+# Same filesystem as the public distfiles, so recycling is a rename, not a copy.
+RECYCLE = os.environ.get("RECYCLE", "/srv/.emirrordist-recycle")
 RECYCLE_RETENTION_SECONDS = 14 * 24 * 3600
 MAX_REAP_SHARE = 1 / 3
 MIN_RESTRICTED_TO_DOUBT = 20
diff --git a/tests/test-audit-distfiles.py b/tests/test-audit-distfiles.py
index 22bfec23..3aea658b 100644
--- a/tests/test-audit-distfiles.py
+++ b/tests/test-audit-distfiles.py
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ def case(name, fn):
     CASES.append((name, fn))
 
 
-case("孤儿状态、回收目录与清理账本的预设路径不变", lambda: (
+case("孤儿状态、回收目录与清理账本的预设路径", lambda: (
     lambda fresh: (
         fresh.STATE == "/var/lib/emirrordist/orphans.json"
-        and fresh.RECYCLE == "/var/lib/emirrordist/recycle"
+        and fresh.RECYCLE == "/srv/.emirrordist-recycle"
         and fresh.LEDGER == "/var/lib/emirrordist/reaped.json"
     )
 )(load_audit_with_env({})))