diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/root.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/root.go
index c0282586a..88acab341 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/root.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/root.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/misc"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/util/config"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/util/gendoc"
-	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -112,13 +111,13 @@ func initConfig() {
 		// Use config file from the flag.
 		viper.SetConfigFile(cfgFile)
 	} else {
-		// Find home directory.
-		home, err := homedir.Dir()
+		// Find config directory.
+		configDir, err := os.UserConfigDir()
 		if err != nil {
-			common.PrintVerbose(rootCmd, "Get homedir: %s", err)
+			common.PrintVerbose(rootCmd, "Get config dir: %s", err)
 		} else {
-			// Search config in `$HOME/.config/frostfs-cli/` with name "config.yaml"
-			viper.AddConfigPath(filepath.Join(home, ".config", "frostfs-cli"))
+			// Search config in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/frostfs-cli/` with name "config.yaml"
+			viper.AddConfigPath(filepath.Join(configDir, "frostfs-cli"))
 			viper.SetConfigName("config")
 			viper.SetConfigType("yaml")
 		}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ba9ec375c..886fa958f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7
-	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/mr-tron/base58 v1.2.0
 	github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr v0.12.1
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go v0.106.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a037a99af..6ed130cdb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 h1:UNAjwbU9l54TA3KzvqLGxwWjHmMgBUVhBiTjelZ
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1 h1:6kaan5IFmwTNynnKKpDHe6FWHohJOHhCPchzK49dzMM=
 github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Pz6AKMiUdngCLpeTL/RJY1M9rUuPMYujV5xJjtbRSN8=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
-github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyuac5Z2hdY=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
 github.com/mmcloughlin/addchain v0.4.0 h1:SobOdjm2xLj1KkXN5/n0xTIWyZA2+s99UCY1iPfkHRY=