diff --git i/Lib/mimetypes.py w/Lib/mimetypes.py
index f3343c8..ab5b886 100644
--- i/Lib/mimetypes.py
+++ w/Lib/mimetypes.py
@@ -40,16 +40,8 @@
 ]
 
 knownfiles = [
-    "/etc/mime.types",
-    "/etc/httpd/mime.types",                    # Mac OS X
-    "/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types",               # Apache
-    "/etc/apache/mime.types",                   # Apache 1
-    "/etc/apache2/mime.types",                  # Apache 2
-    "/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types",
-    "/usr/local/lib/netscape/mime.types",
-    "/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/mime.types",     # Apache 1.2
-    "/usr/local/etc/mime.types",                # Apache 1.3
-    ]
+    "@mime-types@/etc/mime.types",
+]
 
 inited = False
 _db = None