diff --git a/environment.go b/environment.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9007a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package main
+
+import "runtime"
+
+func homeEnvName() string {
+	env := "HOME"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		env = "USERPROFILE"
+	}
+	return env
+}
diff --git a/segment-git.go b/segment-git.go
index 6837a2d5..8693695d 100644
--- a/segment-git.go
+++ b/segment-git.go
@@ -88,14 +88,15 @@ func groupDict(pattern *regexp.Regexp, haystack string) map[string]string {
 }
 
 var gitProcessEnv = func() []string {
-	home, _ := os.LookupEnv("HOME")
+	homeEnv := homeEnvName()
+	home, _ := os.LookupEnv(homeEnv)
 	path, _ := os.LookupEnv("PATH")
 	env := map[string]string{
-		"LANG": "C",
-		"HOME": home,
-		"PATH": path,
+		"LANG":  "C",
+		homeEnv: home,
+		"PATH":  path,
 	}
-	result := make([]string, len(env))
+	result := make([]string, 0)
 	for key, value := range env {
 		result = append(result, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", key, value))
 	}
diff --git a/segment-kube.go b/segment-kube.go
index b595bd0a..d9db0470 100644
--- a/segment-kube.go
+++ b/segment-kube.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
@@ -31,11 +30,7 @@ type KubeConfig struct {
 }
 
 func homePath() string {
-	env := "HOME"
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		env = "USERPROFILE"
-	}
-	return os.Getenv(env)
+	return os.Getenv(homeEnvName())
 }
 
 func readKubeConfig(config *KubeConfig, path string) (err error) {