diff --git a/internal/flags/flags_test.go b/internal/flags/flags_test.go
index 82e23fb4d2..9832f67d09 100644
--- a/internal/flags/flags_test.go
+++ b/internal/flags/flags_test.go
@@ -17,19 +17,18 @@
 package flags
 
 import (
-	"os/user"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestPathExpansion(t *testing.T) {
-	user, _ := user.Current()
+	home := HomeDir()
 	var tests map[string]string
 
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		tests = map[string]string{
 			`/home/someuser/tmp`:        `\home\someuser\tmp`,
-			`~/tmp`:                     user.HomeDir + `\tmp`,
+			`~/tmp`:                     home + `\tmp`,
 			`~thisOtherUser/b/`:         `~thisOtherUser\b`,
 			`$DDDXXX/a/b`:               `\tmp\a\b`,
 			`/a/b/`:                     `\a\b`,
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ func TestPathExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 	} else {
 		tests = map[string]string{
 			`/home/someuser/tmp`:        `/home/someuser/tmp`,
-			`~/tmp`:                     user.HomeDir + `/tmp`,
+			`~/tmp`:                     home + `/tmp`,
 			`~thisOtherUser/b/`:         `~thisOtherUser/b`,
 			`$DDDXXX/a/b`:               `/tmp/a/b`,
 			`/a/b/`:                     `/a/b`,