diff -up src/sage/interfaces/qepcad.py.orig src/sage/interfaces/qepcad.py
--- src/sage/interfaces/qepcad.py.orig	2015-07-25 19:41:13.149677325 -0300
+++ src/sage/interfaces/qepcad.py	2015-07-25 19:42:52.372681124 -0300
@@ -519,9 +519,8 @@ TESTS:
 
 Check the qepcad configuration file::
 
-    sage: from sage.misc.misc import SAGE_LOCAL
-    sage: open('%s/default.qepcadrc'%SAGE_LOCAL).readlines()[-1]
-    'SINGULAR .../local/bin\n'
+    sage: open('/usr/share/qepcad/default.qepcadrc').readlines()[-1]
+    'SINGULAR /usr/bin\n'
 
 AUTHORS:
 
@@ -548,6 +547,8 @@ from sage.misc.preparser import implicit
 
 from expect import Expect, ExpectFunction, AsciiArtString
 
+QEPCAD_LOCAL = "/usr/share/qepcad"
+
 def _qepcad_cmd(memcells=None):
     r"""
     Construct a QEPCAD command line.  Optionally set the
@@ -558,17 +559,17 @@ def _qepcad_cmd(memcells=None):
         sage: from sage.interfaces.qepcad import _qepcad_cmd
         sage: from sage.misc.misc import SAGE_LOCAL
         sage: s = _qepcad_cmd()
-        sage: s == 'env qe=%s qepcad '%SAGE_LOCAL
+        sage: s == 'env qe=/usr/share/qepcad qepcad '
         True
         sage: s = _qepcad_cmd(memcells=8000000)
-        sage: s == 'env qe=%s qepcad +N8000000'%SAGE_LOCAL
+        sage: s == 'env qe=/usr/share/qepcad qepcad +N8000000'
         True
     """
     if memcells is not None:
         memcells_arg = '+N%s' % memcells
     else:
         memcells_arg = ''
-    return "env qe=%s qepcad %s"%(sage.misc.misc.SAGE_LOCAL, memcells_arg)
+    return "env qe=%s qepcad %s"%(QEPCAD_LOCAL, memcells_arg)
 
 _command_info_cache = None
 
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ def _update_command_info():
 
     cache = {}
 
-    with open('%s/bin/qepcad.help'%sage.misc.misc.SAGE_LOCAL) as help:
+    with open('%s/bin/qepcad.help'%QEPCAD_LOCAL) as help:
         assert(help.readline().strip() == '@')
 
         while True: