diff --git a/src/config/project/prefs/index.js b/src/config/project/prefs/index.js
index b53040d..c4bab52 100644
--- a/src/config/project/prefs/index.js
+++ b/src/config/project/prefs/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-let { join, parse: parsePath } = require('path')
+let { join } = require('path')
 let { existsSync, readFileSync } = require('fs')
 let read = require('../../../read')
 let validate = require('../validate')
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = function getPrefs ({ scope, inventory, errors, _testing }) {
   /* istanbul ignore next */
   if (_testing && scope === 'global') {
     let _homedir = homedir()
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') _homedir = _homedir.replace(parsePath(_homedir).root, '')
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') _homedir = _homedir.replace(/^[A-Z]:\\/, '')
     cwd = join(inventory._project.cwd, _homedir)
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/src/config/project/index-test.js b/test/unit/src/config/project/index-test.js
index 80831e7..3affaa2 100644
--- a/test/unit/src/config/project/index-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/src/config/project/index-test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-let { join, parse } = require('path')
+let { join } = require('path')
 let { homedir } = require('os')
 let test = require('tape')
 let mockTmp = require('mock-tmp')
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ let _homedir = homedir()
 console.log(`_homedir:`, _homedir)
 // TODO ↓ remove me! ↓
 console.log(`cwd:`, cwd)
-if (process.platform === 'win32') _homedir = _homedir.replace(parse(_homedir).root, '')
+if (process.platform === 'win32') _homedir = _homedir.replace(/^[A-Z]:\\/, '')
 // TODO ↓ remove me! ↓
 console.log(`_homedir:`, _homedir)
 let globalPrefsFile = join(_homedir, 'prefs.arc')