diff --git a/_data/new-data/install/linux/releases.yml b/_data/new-data/install/linux/releases.yml
index 172186ae1..8fe7ab211 100644
--- a/_data/new-data/install/linux/releases.yml
+++ b/_data/new-data/install/linux/releases.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ latest-release:
           curl -O https://download.swift.org/swiftly/linux/swiftly-$(uname -m).tar.gz && \
           tar zxf swiftly-$(uname -m).tar.gz && \
           ./swiftly init --quiet-shell-followup && \
-          . "${SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR:-~/.local/share/swiftly}/env.sh" && \
+          . "${SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR:-$HOME/.local/share/swiftly}/env.sh" && \
           hash -r
       - label: Fish
         code: |-
diff --git a/_data/new-data/install/macos/releases.yml b/_data/new-data/install/macos/releases.yml
index a22fa5ff3..e1084b9fb 100644
--- a/_data/new-data/install/macos/releases.yml
+++ b/_data/new-data/install/macos/releases.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ latest-release:
           curl -O https://download.swift.org/swiftly/darwin/swiftly.pkg && \
           installer -pkg swiftly.pkg -target CurrentUserHomeDirectory && \
           ~/.swiftly/bin/swiftly init --quiet-shell-followup && \
-          . "${SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR:-~/.swiftly}/env.sh" && \
+          . "${SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR:-$HOME/.swiftly}/env.sh" && \
           hash -r
       - label: Fish
         code: |
diff --git a/_includes/install/_linux_platforms_tabs.md b/_includes/install/_linux_platforms_tabs.md
index 0b9504cca..7430898ae 100644
--- a/_includes/install/_linux_platforms_tabs.md
+++ b/_includes/install/_linux_platforms_tabs.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <div class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><button>Copy</button><pre class="highlight"><code>curl -O "https://download.swift.org/swiftly/linux/swiftly-$(uname -m).tar.gz" &amp;&amp; \
 tar zxf "swiftly-$(uname -m).tar.gz" &amp;&amp; \
 ./swiftly init --quiet-shell-followup &amp;&amp; \
-. ${SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR:-~/.local/share/swiftly}/env.sh &amp;&amp; \
+. ${SWIFTLY_HOME_DIR:-$HOME/.local/share/swiftly}/env.sh &amp;&amp; \
 hash -r
 </code></pre></div></div>
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