diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae00c69c..5dc6c44a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
  "crossterm",
- "dirs-next",
  "fern",
  "futures-util",
  "fuzzy-matcher",
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index 8ae25ad0..1ff32276 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 fuzzy-matcher = "0.3"
 ignore = "0.4"
 # shellexpand = "2.1"
-dirs-next = "2.0"
+# dirs-next = "2.0"
 # markdown doc rendering
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }