diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 08a7bbcb4..8c702e1f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6556,7 +6556,6 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "fs-err",
- "home",
  "nix",
  "same-file",
  "tempfile",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f888438bc..0055d91fa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ goblin = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "elf
 h2 = { version = "0.4.7" }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.16.0" }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3" }
-home = { version = "0.5.9" }
 html-escape = { version = "0.2.13" }
 http = { version = "1.1.0" }
 indexmap = { version = "2.5.0" }
diff --git a/crates/uv-shell/Cargo.toml b/crates/uv-shell/Cargo.toml
index 6e7c543a8..7190087a6 100644
--- a/crates/uv-shell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/uv-shell/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ uv-static = { workspace = true }
 
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 fs-err = { workspace = true }
-home = { workspace = true }
 same-file = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/crates/uv-shell/src/lib.rs b/crates/uv-shell/src/lib.rs
index d404aa940..828cc96cc 100644
--- a/crates/uv-shell/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-shell/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ pub mod windows;
 
 pub use shlex::{escape_posix_for_single_quotes, shlex_posix, shlex_windows};
 
+use std::env::home_dir;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
 use uv_fs::Simplified;
 use uv_static::EnvVars;
 
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ impl Shell {
     ///
     /// See: <https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup/blob/fede22fea7b160868cece632bd213e6d72f8912f/src/cli/self_update/shell.rs#L197>
     pub fn configuration_files(self) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
-        let Some(home_dir) = home::home_dir() else {
+        let Some(home_dir) = home_dir() else {
             return vec![];
         };
         match self {
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ impl Shell {
 
     /// Returns `true` if the given path is on the `PATH` in this shell.
     pub fn contains_path(path: &Path) -> bool {
-        let home_dir = home::home_dir();
+        let home_dir = home_dir();
         std::env::var_os(EnvVars::PATH)
             .as_ref()
             .iter()