diff --git a/cobra/cmd/root.go b/cobra/cmd/root.go
index 86254c6..350df10 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()
 		cobra.CheckErr(err)
 
 		// Search config in home directory with name ".cobra" (without extension).
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/testdata/root.go.golden b/cobra/cmd/testdata/root.go.golden
index 26dedff..32c1529 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/testdata/root.go.golden
+++ b/cobra/cmd/testdata/root.go.golden
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
-	homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ func initConfig() {
 		viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
 	} else {
 		// Find home directory.
-		home, err := homedir.Dir()
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 		cobra.CheckErr(err)
 
 		// Search config in home directory with name ".testproject" (without extension).
diff --git a/cobra/tpl/main.go b/cobra/tpl/main.go
index fbb3372..ed3a98e 100644
--- a/cobra/tpl/main.go
+++ b/cobra/tpl/main.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 {{ if .Viper }}
-	homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"{{ end }}
 )
 
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func initConfig() {
 		viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
 	} else {
 		// Find home directory.
-		home, err := homedir.Dir()
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 		cobra.CheckErr(err)
 
 		// Search config in home directory with name ".{{ .AppName }}" (without extension).
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e70bfe..460109e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.14
 require (
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.8.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eca1565..0230d57 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNx
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.0.14/go.mod h1:W1PPwlIAgtquWBMBEV9nkV9Cazfe8ScdGz/Lj7v3Nrg=
 github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:hNIlj7HEI86fIcpObd7a0FcrxTWetlwJDGcceTlRvqc=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
-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/go-testing-interface v1.0.0/go.mod h1:kRemZodwjscx+RGhAo8eIhFbs2+BFgRtFPeD/KE+zxI=
 github.com/mitchellh/gox v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Sd9lOJ0+aimLBi73mGofS1ycjY8lL3uZM3JPS42BGNg=
 github.com/mitchellh/iochan v1.0.0/go.mod h1:JwYml1nuB7xOzsp52dPpHFffvOCDupsG0QubkSMEySY=
diff --git a/user_guide.md b/user_guide.md
index 7013eda..311abce 100644
--- a/user_guide.md
+++ b/user_guide.md
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ func initConfig() {
 		viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
 	} else {
 		// Find home directory.
-		home, err := homedir.Dir()
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 		cobra.CheckErr(err)
 
 		// Search config in home directory with name ".cobra" (without extension).