diff --git a/cmd/system.go b/cmd/system.go
index 00644e4e1..21f42a684 100644
--- a/cmd/system.go
+++ b/cmd/system.go
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
-
-	homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 )
 
 // SystemHelper - Defines everything related to the system
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ func NewSystemHelper() *SystemHelper {
 // setSystemDirs calculates the system directories it is interested in
 func (s *SystemHelper) setSystemDirs() {
 	var err error
-	s.homeDir, err = homedir.Dir()
+	s.homeDir, err = os.UserHomeDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Cannot find home directory! Please file a bug report!")
 	}
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ func (s *SystemHelper) setup() error {
 }
 
 const introText = `
-Wails is a lightweight framework for creating web-like desktop apps in Go. 
+Wails is a lightweight framework for creating web-like desktop apps in Go.
 I'll need to ask you a few questions so I can fill in your project templates and then I will try and see if you have the correct dependencies installed. If you don't have the right tools installed, I'll try and suggest how to install them.
 `
 
diff --git a/cmd/wails/8_update.go b/cmd/wails/8_update.go
index 1a021b64e..70224aa49 100644
--- a/cmd/wails/8_update.go
+++ b/cmd/wails/8_update.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/leaanthony/spinner"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/cmd"
 )
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func updateToVersion(targetVersion *cmd.SemanticVersion, force bool) error {
 	updateSpinner.Start("Installing Wails " + desiredVersion)
 
 	// Run command in non module directory
-	homeDir, err := homedir.Dir()
+	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Cannot find home directory! Please file a bug report!")
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fb99f7ea3..13755b0e5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/leaanthony/spinner v0.5.3
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.7 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20180916011732-0a3d74bf9ce4
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b13192649..625063e9d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.7 h1:UvyT9uN+3r7yLEYSlJsbQGdsaB/a0DlgWP3pql6iwOc
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.7/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b h1:j7+1HpAFS1zy5+Q4qx1fWh90gTKwiN4QCGoY9TWyyO4=
 github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b/go.mod h1:01TrycV0kFyexm33Z7vhZRXopbI8J3TDReVlkTgMUxE=
-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/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 h1:zYyBkD/k9seD2A7fsi6Oo2LfFZAehjjQMERAvZLEDnQ=
 github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646/go.mod h1:jpp1/29i3P1S/RLdc7JQKbRpFeM1dOBd8T9ki5s+AY8=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20180916011732-0a3d74bf9ce4 h1:49lOXmGaUpV9Fz3gd7TFZY106KVlPVa5jcYD1gaQf98=
diff --git a/runtime/filesystem.go b/runtime/filesystem.go
index 96bfcffd1..ebb4feda0 100644
--- a/runtime/filesystem.go
+++ b/runtime/filesystem.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package runtime
 
-import homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
+import "os"
 
 // FileSystem exposes file system utilities to the runtime
-type FileSystem struct {}
+type FileSystem struct{}
 
 // NewFileSystem creates a new FileSystem struct
 func NewFileSystem() *FileSystem {
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ func NewFileSystem() *FileSystem {
 
 // HomeDir returns the user's home directory
 func (r *FileSystem) HomeDir() (string, error) {
-	return homedir.Dir()
+	return os.UserHomeDir()
 }