diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index beca618..90c5f7f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4eb1a864a501629691edf6c15a593b7a51eebaa1e8468e9ddc623de7c9b58ec6"
+checksum = "c05aeb6a22b8f62540c194aac980f2115af067bfe15a0734d7277a768d396b31"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.135"
+version = "0.2.138"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68783febc7782c6c5cb401fbda4de5a9898be1762314da0bb2c10ced61f18b0c"
+checksum = "db6d7e329c562c5dfab7a46a2afabc8b987ab9a4834c9d1ca04dc54c1546cef8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
@@ -901,9 +901,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shellexpand"
-version = "2.1.2"
+version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ccc8076840c4da029af4f87e4e8daeb0fca6b87bbb02e10cb60b791450e11e4"
+checksum = "dd1c7ddea665294d484c39fd0c0d2b7e35bbfe10035c5fe1854741a57f6880e1"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cfaf24b..b9b9fd3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ features = ["derive"]
 version = "=0.15.0"
 
 [dependencies.shellexpand]
-version = "=2.1.2"
+version = "=3.0.0"
 
 [dependencies.clap]
 version = "=4.0.11"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 360f203..3c631af 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ impl Config {
 
     pub fn normalize(&mut self) {
         if let Config::ConfigTrees(config) = self {
-            let home = path::env_home().display().to_string();
+            let home = path::env_home();
             for tree in &mut config.trees_mut().iter_mut() {
                 if tree.root.starts_with(&home) {
                     // The tilde is not handled differently, it's just a normal path component for `Path`.
diff --git a/src/path.rs b/src/path.rs
index 897d340..7e004cc 100644
--- a/src/path.rs
+++ b/src/path.rs
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ pub fn path_as_string(path: &Path) -> String {
     path.to_path_buf().into_os_string().into_string().unwrap()
 }
 
-pub fn env_home() -> PathBuf {
+pub fn env_home() -> String {
     match std::env::var("HOME") {
-        Ok(path) => Path::new(&path).to_path_buf(),
+        Ok(path) => path,
         Err(e) => {
             print_error(&format!("Unable to read HOME: {}", e));
             process::exit(1);
@@ -58,16 +58,12 @@ pub fn env_home() -> PathBuf {
 }
 
 pub fn expand_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
-    fn home_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
-        Some(env_home())
-    }
-
     let expanded_path = match shellexpand::full_with_context(
         &path_as_string(path),
-        home_dir,
+        || Some(env_home()),
         |name| -> Result<Option<String>, &'static str> {
             match name {
-                "HOME" => Ok(Some(path_as_string(home_dir().unwrap().as_path()))),
+                "HOME" => Ok(Some(env_home())),
                 _ => Ok(None),
             }
         },