diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a91756e..da7855a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.22
 require (
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.3.0
 	github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2 v2.4.0
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3029d89..bc56535 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.3.0 h1:m0mUMr+oVYUdxpMLgSYCZiXe7PuVPnI94+OMeVBNedk=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid/v5 v5.3.0/go.mod h1:CDOjlDMVAtN56jqyRUZh58JT31Tiw7/oQyEXZV+9bD8=
 github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2 v2.4.0 h1:XhP5tVEH3ni66NSNK1+0iSO6kaGPH/6srtx6Cr+8eCg=
 github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:uJWNpTgJPSl2gyzJqcU/pIAhFUWvIkp8eE8M15n9rs4=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
diff --git a/internal/util.go b/internal/util.go
index 887bb8f..029c701 100644
--- a/internal/util.go
+++ b/internal/util.go
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 )
 
 // RemainingKeys will inspect a struct and compare it to a map. Any struct
@@ -92,15 +91,20 @@ func pathOrContents(poc string) ([]byte, bool, error) {
 
 	path := poc
 	if path[0] == '~' {
-		var err error
-		path, err = homedir.Expand(path)
+		usr, err := user.Current()
 		if err != nil {
 			return []byte(path), true, err
 		}
+
+		if len(path) == 1 {
+			path = usr.HomeDir
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(path, "~/") {
+			path = filepath.Join(usr.HomeDir, path[2:])
+		}
 	}
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
-		contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+		contents, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			return contents, true, err
 		}