diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 85220c5b..c7c12087 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2988,7 +2988,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "glob",
  "globset",
- "home",
  "ignore",
  "indexmap",
  "is_elevated",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e360e78..fc1477b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
-home = "=0.5.11"
 etcetera = "=0.10.0"
 serde = { version = "~1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = { version = "=0.9.8", features = ["preserve_order"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 99559f56..ba457aae 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
 
 use std::env;
+use std::env::home_dir;
 use std::io;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::exit;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ mod sudo;
 mod terminal;
 mod utils;
 
-pub(crate) static HOME_DIR: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| home::home_dir().expect("No home directory"));
+pub(crate) static HOME_DIR: LazyLock<PathBuf> = LazyLock::new(|| home_dir().expect("No home directory"));
 #[cfg(unix)]
 pub(crate) static XDG_DIRS: LazyLock<Xdg> = LazyLock::new(|| Xdg::new().expect("No home directory"));
 
diff --git a/src/steps/os/unix.rs b/src/steps/os/unix.rs
index 175f4d06..d48dc654 100644
--- a/src/steps/os/unix.rs
+++ b/src/steps/os/unix.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ use color_eyre::eyre::Context;
 use color_eyre::eyre::Result;
 use color_eyre::eyre::{eyre, OptionExt};
 use etcetera::BaseStrategy;
-use home;
 use ini::Ini;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use nix::unistd::Uid;
 use regex::Regex;
 use rust_i18n::t;
 use semver::Version;
+use std::env::home_dir;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ pub fn run_nix(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
     let nix = require("nix")?;
     let nix_channel = require("nix-channel")?;
     let nix_env = require("nix-env")?;
-    // TODO: Is None possible here?
-    let profile_path = match home::home_dir() {
+    // TODO: Is None possible here? Should we use HOME_DIR instead?
+    let profile_path = match home_dir() {
         Some(home) => XDG_DIRS
             .state_dir()
             .map(|d| d.join("nix/profile"))