1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/netrc.py b/Lib/netrc.py
index baf8f1d..f0ae48c 100644
--- a/Lib/netrc.py
+++ b/Lib/netrc.py
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ class netrc:
     def __init__(self, file=None):
         default_netrc = file is None
         if file is None:
-            try:
-                file = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], ".netrc")
-            except KeyError:
-                raise OSError("Could not find .netrc: $HOME is not set") from None
+            file = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".netrc")
         self.hosts = {}
         self.macros = {}
         with open(file) as fp: