diff --git a/packages/babel-register/package.json b/packages/babel-register/package.json
index 3a367162ce..dbbd342d56 100644
--- a/packages/babel-register/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-register/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "core-js": "^2.5.7",
     "find-cache-dir": "^2.0.0",
-    "home-or-tmp": "^3.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "pirates": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js b/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
index 22b590eb93..439c92c308 100644
--- a/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
+++ b/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
+import os from "os";
 import { sync as mkdirpSync } from "mkdirp";
-import homeOrTmp from "home-or-tmp";
 import * as babel from "@babel/core";
 import findCacheDir from "find-cache-dir";
 
 const DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR =
-  findCacheDir({ name: "@babel/register" }) || homeOrTmp;
+  findCacheDir({ name: "@babel/register" }) || os.homedir() || os.tmpdir();
 const DEFAULT_FILENAME = path.join(
   DEFAULT_CACHE_DIR,
   `.babel.${babel.version}.${babel.getEnv()}.json`,