diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tw/twitch-dl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/tw/twitch-dl/package.nix
index 3bb334df819a..52697924aa43 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tw/twitch-dl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/tw/twitch-dl/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   installShellFiles,
   scdoc,
   ffmpeg,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     python3Packages.pytestCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
   disabledTestPaths = [
@@ -72,10 +74,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     installManPage twitch-dl.1
   '';
 
-  preInstallCheck = ''
-    export HOME="$(mktemp -d)"
-  '';
-
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "CLI tool for downloading videos from Twitch";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ihabunek/twitch-dl";