diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.cc
index 4d7a15e72b3..179b1f61210 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/appdir.cc
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ bool BKE_appdir_font_folder_default(char *dir, size_t dir_maxncpy)
     BLI_strncpy_wchar_as_utf8(test_dir, wpath, sizeof(test_dir));
   }
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
-  if (const char *fonts_dir = BLI_expand_tilde("~/Library/Fonts")) {
-    STRNCPY(test_dir, fonts_dir);
+  if (const char *home_dir = BLI_dir_home()) {
+    BLI_path_join(test_dir, sizeof(test_dir), home_dir, "Library/Fonts");
   }
 #else
   STRNCPY(test_dir, "/usr/share/fonts");
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_fileops.h b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_fileops.h
index c50c3de1e92..cb566bcd67c 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_fileops.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_fileops.h
@@ -440,14 +440,6 @@ void *BLI_file_read_binary_as_mem(const char *filepath, size_t pad_bytes, size_t
  */
 void BLI_file_free_lines(struct LinkNode *lines);
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-/**
- * Expand the leading `~` in the given path to `/Users/$USER`.
- * This doesn't preserve the trailing path separator.
- * Giving a path without leading `~` is not an error.
- */
-const char *BLI_expand_tilde(const char *path_with_tilde);
-#endif
 /* This weirdo pops up in two places. */
 #if !defined(WIN32)
 #  ifndef O_BINARY
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.cc b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.cc
index 8c28b5c0a3b..09abbccf98c 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.cc
@@ -109,21 +109,15 @@ char *BLI_current_working_dir(char *dir, const size_t maxncpy)
 
 const char *BLI_dir_home()
 {
-  const char *home_dir = nullptr;
+  const char *home_dir;
 
 #ifdef WIN32
   home_dir = BLI_getenv("userprofile");
 #else
-
-#  if defined(__APPLE__)
-  home_dir = BLI_expand_tilde("~/");
-#  endif
+  home_dir = BLI_getenv("HOME");
   if (home_dir == nullptr) {
-    home_dir = BLI_getenv("HOME");
-    if (home_dir == nullptr) {
-      if (const passwd *pwuser = getpwuid(getuid())) {
-        home_dir = pwuser->pw_dir;
-      }
+    if (const passwd *pwuser = getpwuid(getuid())) {
+      home_dir = pwuser->pw_dir;
     }
   }
 #endif
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage_apple.mm b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage_apple.mm
index 3c9d917909d..9feabb776f0 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage_apple.mm
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage_apple.mm
@@ -175,23 +175,6 @@ eFileAttributes BLI_file_attributes(const char *path)
   return (eFileAttributes)ret;
 }
 
-const char *BLI_expand_tilde(const char *path_with_tilde)
-{
-  static char path_expanded[FILE_MAX];
-  @autoreleasepool {
-    NSString *str_with_tilde = [[NSString alloc] initWithCString:path_with_tilde
-                                                        encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-    if (!str_with_tilde) {
-      return nullptr;
-    }
-    NSString *str_expanded = [str_with_tilde stringByExpandingTildeInPath];
-    [str_expanded getCString:path_expanded
-                   maxLength:sizeof(path_expanded)
-                    encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-  }
-  return path_expanded;
-}
-
 char *BLI_current_working_dir(char *dir, const size_t maxncpy)
 {
   /* Can't just copy to the *dir pointer, as [path getCString gets grumpy. */