diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60c5a425b..c56f37b39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ import (
   "fmt"
   "os"
 
-  homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
   "github.com/spf13/cobra"
   "github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ func initConfig() {
     viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
   } else {
     // Find home directory.
-    home, err := homedir.Dir()
+    home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
     if err != nil {
       fmt.Println(err)
       os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/root.go b/cobra/cmd/root.go
index 742e0851f..4bb6f854d 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/root.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
-	homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func initConfig() {
 		viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
 	} else {
 		// Find home directory.
-		home, err := homedir.Dir()
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 		if err != nil {
 			er(err)
 		}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9a9eb65a3..d36bb6cc9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.3.2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9761f4d03..200d8bd33 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NH
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0 h1:LLgXmsheXeRoUOBOjtwPQCWIYqM/LU1ayDtDePerRcY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.0/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2 h1:fmNYVwqnSfB9mZU6OS2O6GsXM+wcskZDuKQzvN1EDeE=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0 h1:T5zMGML61Wp+FlcbWjRDT7yAxhJNAiPPLOFECq181zc=