diff --git a/custom-variables.el b/custom-variables.el
index 1d118a5..8821332 100644
--- a/custom-variables.el
+++ b/custom-variables.el
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
  '(whitespace-action nil)
  '(winner-mode t nil (winner))
  '(yas/global-mode t nil (yasnippet))
- '(yas/snippet-dirs (quote ("~/.emacs.d/snippets" "~/.emacs.d/el-get/yasnippet/snippets")) nil (yasnippet))
  '(yas/use-menu t))
 (custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
diff --git a/packages.el b/packages.el
index 1680a81..7f24fb0 100644
--- a/packages.el
+++ b/packages.el
@@ -138,7 +138,15 @@
   (require 'linum+)
 
   ;; Load full-ack
-  (require 'full-ack))
+  (require 'full-ack)
+
+  ;; Load yasnippet and set snippet dirs in reverse to default order allowing
+  ;; my own user-defined snippets to override default snippets.
+  (when (require 'yasnippet nil 'noerror)
+    (setq yas/snippet-dirs (list (when yas/load-file-name
+                                   (concat (file-name-directory yas/load-file-name)
+                                           "snippets"))
+                                 "~/.emacs.d/snippets"))))
 
 
 ;;