diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c634510611..91b74efbd9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "esutils": "^2.0.0",
     "fs-readdir-recursive": "^0.1.0",
     "globals": "^6.4.0",
+    "home-or-tmp": "^1.0.0",
     "is-integer": "^1.0.4",
     "js-tokens": "1.0.0",
     "leven": "^1.0.1",
@@ -60,8 +61,7 @@
     "source-map-support": "^0.2.10",
     "strip-json-comments": "^1.0.2",
     "to-fast-properties": "^1.0.0",
-    "trim-right": "^1.0.0",
-    "user-home": "^1.1.1"
+    "trim-right": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel": "5.3.1",
diff --git a/src/babel/api/register/cache.js b/src/babel/api/register/cache.js
index c0e506ed8a..16c947ba0a 100644
--- a/src/babel/api/register/cache.js
+++ b/src/babel/api/register/cache.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import path from "path";
 import os from "os";
 import fs from "fs";
-import userHome from "user-home";
+import homeOrTmp from "home-or-tmp";
 
-const FILENAME = process.env.BABEL_CACHE_PATH || path.join(userHome || os.tmpdir(), ".babel.json");
+const FILENAME = process.env.BABEL_CACHE_PATH || path.join(homeOrTmp, ".babel.json");
 var data = {};
 
 export function save() {