diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/CatchSkinColourDecodingTest.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/CatchSkinColourDecodingTest.cs
index ea3c0f3f4a..bb3a724b91 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/CatchSkinColourDecodingTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/CatchSkinColourDecodingTest.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
         {
             public TestLegacySkin(SkinInfo skin, IResourceStore<byte[]> storage)
                 // Bypass LegacySkinResourceStore to avoid returning null for retrieving files due to bad skin info (SkinInfo.Files = null).
-                : base(skin, null, storage, "skin.ini")
+                : base(skin, null, storage)
             {
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Gameplay/TestSceneStoryboardSamples.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Gameplay/TestSceneStoryboardSamples.cs
index cfb158cc5a..76ec35d87d 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Gameplay/TestSceneStoryboardSamples.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Gameplay/TestSceneStoryboardSamples.cs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Gameplay
         private class TestSkin : LegacySkin
         {
             public TestSkin(string resourceName, IStorageResourceProvider resources)
-                : base(DefaultLegacySkin.CreateInfo(), resources, new TestResourceStore(resourceName), "skin.ini")
+                : base(DefaultLegacySkin.CreateInfo(), resources, new TestResourceStore(resourceName))
             {
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
index be1b7b8f25..f7b415e886 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/DefaultLegacySkin.cs
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
                 skin,
                 resources,
                 // In the case of the actual default legacy skin (ie. the fallback one, which a user hasn't applied any modifications to) we want to use the game provided resources.
-                skin.Protected ? new NamespacedResourceStore<byte[]>(resources.Resources, "Skins/Legacy") : null,
-                "skin.ini"
+                skin.Protected ? new NamespacedResourceStore<byte[]>(resources.Resources, "Skins/Legacy") : null
             )
         {
             Configuration.CustomColours["SliderBall"] = new Color4(2, 170, 255, 255);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
index fa581f98e0..1c2ca797c6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/LegacySkin.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 
         [UsedImplicitly(ImplicitUseKindFlags.InstantiatedWithFixedConstructorSignature)]
         public LegacySkin(SkinInfo skin, IStorageResourceProvider resources)
-            : this(skin, resources, null, "skin.ini")
+            : this(skin, resources, null)
         {
         }
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         /// <param name="resources">Access to raw game resources.</param>
         /// <param name="storage">An optional store which will be used for looking up skin resources. If null, one will be created from realm <see cref="IHasRealmFiles"/> pattern.</param>
         /// <param name="configurationFilename">The user-facing filename of the configuration file to be parsed. Can accept an .osu or skin.ini file.</param>
-        protected LegacySkin(SkinInfo skin, [CanBeNull] IStorageResourceProvider resources, [CanBeNull] IResourceStore<byte[]> storage, string configurationFilename)
+        protected LegacySkin(SkinInfo skin, [CanBeNull] IStorageResourceProvider resources, [CanBeNull] IResourceStore<byte[]> storage, string configurationFilename = @"skin.ini")
             : base(skin, resources, storage, configurationFilename)
         {
             // todo: this shouldn't really be duplicated here (from ManiaLegacySkinTransformer). we need to come up with a better solution.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/Skin.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/Skin.cs
index 72bbca4903..e28c35937d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/Skin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/Skin.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
         /// <param name="resources">Access to game-wide resources.</param>
         /// <param name="storage">An optional store which will be used for looking up skin resources. If null, one will be created from realm <see cref="IHasRealmFiles"/> pattern.</param>
         /// <param name="configurationFilename">An optional filename to read the skin configuration from. If not provided, the configuration will be retrieved from the storage using "skin.ini".</param>
-        protected Skin(SkinInfo skin, [CanBeNull] IStorageResourceProvider resources, [CanBeNull] IResourceStore<byte[]> storage = null, [CanBeNull] string configurationFilename = "skin.ini")
+        protected Skin(SkinInfo skin, [CanBeNull] IStorageResourceProvider resources, [CanBeNull] IResourceStore<byte[]> storage = null, [CanBeNull] string configurationFilename = @"skin.ini")
         {
             if (resources != null)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/Beatmaps/LegacyBeatmapSkinColourTest.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/Beatmaps/LegacyBeatmapSkinColourTest.cs
index 531c38b655..597c5e9a2b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/Beatmaps/LegacyBeatmapSkinColourTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Tests/Beatmaps/LegacyBeatmapSkinColourTest.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Audio;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
-using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps
             public static readonly Color4 HYPER_DASH_FRUIT_COLOUR = Color4.LightCyan;
 
             public TestSkin(bool hasCustomColours)
-                : base(new SkinInfo(), null, new ResourceStore<byte[]>(), string.Empty)
+                : base(new SkinInfo(), null, null)
             {
                 if (hasCustomColours)
                 {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/SkinnableTestScene.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/SkinnableTestScene.cs
index c8fc988ffd..b4da91a97a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/SkinnableTestScene.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/SkinnableTestScene.cs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
             private readonly bool extrapolateAnimations;
 
             public TestLegacySkin(SkinInfo skin, IResourceStore<byte[]> storage, IStorageResourceProvider resources, bool extrapolateAnimations)
-                : base(skin, resources, storage, "skin.ini")
+                : base(skin, resources, storage)
             {
                 this.extrapolateAnimations = extrapolateAnimations;
             }