diff --git a/internal/flags/flags_test.go b/internal/flags/flags_test.go
index 681586b46c74..79e2a36aec4a 100644
--- a/internal/flags/flags_test.go
+++ b/internal/flags/flags_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestPathExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 	} else {
 		tests = map[string]string{
 			`/home/someuser/tmp`:        `/home/someuser/tmp`,
-			`~/tmp`:                     user.HomeDir + `/tmp`,
+			`~/tmp`:                     os.Getenv("HOME") + `/tmp`,
 			`~thisOtherUser/b/`:         `~thisOtherUser/b`,
 			`$DDDXXX/a/b`:               `/tmp/a/b`,
 			`/a/b/`:                     `/a/b`,