diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 7f7e22f..5e9c668 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Changes file for {{$dist->name}}
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+  * removed use of File::HomeDir::Tiny, to allow installations on perl
+    5.41.3+.  (#78, Ether)
 
 1.339     2020-10-29 20:36:17-07:00 America/Los_Angeles
 
diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 1897edf..d09dcd4 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
     "Cwd" => 0,
     "Data::Dumper" => 0,
     "File::Copy::Recursive" => 0,
-    "File::HomeDir::Tiny" => 0,
     "File::chdir" => 0,
     "Git::Wrapper" => "0.042",
     "IO::Prompt::Simple" => 0,
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ my %FallbackPrereqs = (
   "Cwd" => 0,
   "Data::Dumper" => 0,
   "File::Copy::Recursive" => 0,
-  "File::HomeDir::Tiny" => 0,
   "File::Spec" => 0,
   "File::Temp" => 0,
   "File::chdir" => 0,
diff --git a/bin/got-complete b/bin/got-complete
index 5743ce8..39b99c2 100755
--- a/bin/got-complete
+++ b/bin/got-complete
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 use 5.014;     ## strict, unicode_strings
 use warnings;
 
-use File::HomeDir::Tiny ();
 use Path::Tiny;
 use YAML           qw/ LoadFile /;
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ sub get_command_line {
 sub get_project_suggestion {
   my $word = shift;
 
-  my $configfile = path( File::HomeDir::Tiny::home() , '.gitgot' );
+  my $configfile = path( '~/.gitgot' );
 
   my $config = LoadFile( $configfile )
     or die "$configfile not found\n";
diff --git a/lib/App/GitGot/Command.pm b/lib/App/GitGot/Command.pm
index 7d10633..8f58239 100644
--- a/lib/App/GitGot/Command.pm
+++ b/lib/App/GitGot/Command.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use 5.014;
 
 use App::Cmd::Setup -command;
 use Cwd;
-use File::HomeDir::Tiny ();
 use List::Util              qw/ max first /;
 use Path::Tiny;
 use Try::Tiny;
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ sub opt_spec {
     [ 'all|a'            => 'use all available repositories' ] ,
     [ 'by_path|p'        => 'if set, output will be sorted by repo path (default: sort by repo name)' ] ,
     [ 'color_scheme|c=s' => 'name of color scheme to use' => { default => 'dark' } ] ,
-    [ 'configfile|f=s'   => 'path to config file' => { default => path( File::HomeDir::Tiny::home() , '.gitgot') , required => 1 } ] ,
+    [ 'configfile|f=s'   => 'path to config file' => { default => path( '~/.gitgot') , required => 1 } ] ,
     [ 'no_color|C'       => 'do not use colored output' => { default => 0 } ] ,
     [ 'quiet|q'          => 'keep it down' ] ,
     [ 'skip_tags|T=s@'   => 'select repositories not tagged with these words' ] ,
diff --git a/lib/App/GitGot/Command/fork.pm b/lib/App/GitGot/Command/fork.pm
index 6315c27..d868707 100644
--- a/lib/App/GitGot/Command/fork.pm
+++ b/lib/App/GitGot/Command/fork.pm
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use 5.014;
 use autodie;
 use Class::Load       'try_load_class';
 use Cwd;
-use File::HomeDir::Tiny ();
 use Path::Tiny;
 use Types::Standard -types;
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ sub _execute {
 }
 
 sub _parse_github_identity {
-  my $file = path( File::HomeDir::Tiny::home() , '.github-identity' );
+  my $file = path( '~/.github-identity' );
 
   $file->exists or
     say STDERR "ERROR: Can't find $file" and exit(1);