diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/pom.xml b/kubernetes-client-api/pom.xml
index 0b52740ad65..e6b6ca02702 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/pom.xml
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/pom.xml
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@
       <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
       <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit-pioneer</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-pioneer</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/Config.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/Config.java
index 0ebe9d8e35c..9fe713de125 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/Config.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/Config.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
@@ -868,7 +869,7 @@ private static boolean tryNamespaceFromPath(Config config) {
   }
 
   private static String getHomeDir() {
-    return getHomeDir(Config::isDirectoryAndExists);
+    return getHomeDir(Config::isDirectoryAndExists, Config::getSystemEnvVariable);
   }
 
   private static boolean isDirectoryAndExists(String filePath) {
@@ -876,22 +877,26 @@ private static boolean isDirectoryAndExists(String filePath) {
     return f.exists() && f.isDirectory();
   }
 
-  protected static String getHomeDir(Predicate<String> directoryExists) {
-    String home = System.getenv("HOME");
+  private static String getSystemEnvVariable(String envVariableName) {
+    return System.getenv(envVariableName);
+  }
+
+  protected static String getHomeDir(Predicate<String> directoryExists, UnaryOperator<String> getEnvVar) {
+    String home = getEnvVar.apply("HOME");
     if (home != null && !home.isEmpty() && directoryExists.test(home)) {
       return home;
     }
     String osName = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
     if (osName.startsWith("win")) {
-      String homeDrive = System.getenv("HOMEDRIVE");
-      String homePath = System.getenv("HOMEPATH");
+      String homeDrive = getEnvVar.apply("HOMEDRIVE");
+      String homePath = getEnvVar.apply("HOMEPATH");
       if (homeDrive != null && !homeDrive.isEmpty() && homePath != null && !homePath.isEmpty()) {
         String homeDir = homeDrive + homePath;
         if (directoryExists.test(homeDir)) {
           return homeDir;
         }
       }
-      String userProfile = System.getenv("USERPROFILE");
+      String userProfile = getEnvVar.apply("USERPROFILE");
       if (userProfile != null && !userProfile.isEmpty() && directoryExists.test(userProfile)) {
         return userProfile;
       }
diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigTest.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigTest.java
index 17a23c2280d..221594bc860 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/ConfigTest.java
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs;
-import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.ClearEnvironmentVariable;
-import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.SetEnvironmentVariable;
-import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.SetSystemProperty;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -674,51 +671,89 @@ private String getTestPathValue(File commandFolder) {
   }
 
   @Test
-  @SetSystemProperty(key = "os.name", value = "Windows")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEDRIVE", value = "C:\\Users\\")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEPATH", value = "user")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "USERPROFILE", value = "C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\")
-  @ClearEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOME")
   void getHomeDir_shouldUseHomedriveHomepathOnWindows_WhenHomeEnvVariableIsNotSet() {
-    assertEquals("C:\\Users\\user", Config.getHomeDir(f -> true));
+    String osNamePropToRestore = System.getProperty("os.name");
+    try {
+
+      System.setProperty("os.name", "Windows");
+
+      Map<String, String> envVars = new HashMap<String, String>();
+      envVars.put("HOMEDRIVE", "C:\\Users\\");
+      envVars.put("HOMEPATH", "user");
+      envVars.put("USERPROFILE", "C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\");
+
+      assertEquals("C:\\Users\\user", Config.getHomeDir(f -> true, envVars::get));
+
+    } finally {
+      System.setProperty("os.name", osNamePropToRestore);
+    }
   }
 
   @Test
-  @SetSystemProperty(key = "os.name", value = "Windows")
-  @ClearEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEDRIVE")
-  @ClearEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEPATH")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "USERPROFILE", value = "C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\")
-  @ClearEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOME")
   void getHomeDir_shouldUseUserprofileOnWindows_WhenHomeHomedriveHomepathEnvVariablesAreNotSet() {
-    assertEquals("C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\", Config.getHomeDir(f -> true));
+    String osNamePropToRestore = System.getProperty("os.name");
+    try {
+
+      System.setProperty("os.name", "Windows");
+
+      Map<String, String> envVars = new HashMap<String, String>();
+      envVars.put("USERPROFILE", "C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\");
+
+      assertEquals("C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\",
+          Config.getHomeDir(f -> true, envVars::get));
+
+    } finally {
+      System.setProperty("os.name", osNamePropToRestore);
+    }
   }
 
   @Test
-  @SetSystemProperty(key = "os.name", value = "Windows")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEDRIVE", value = "C:\\Users\\")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEPATH", value = "user")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOME", value = "C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\")
   void getHomeDir_shouldUseHomeEnvVariableOnWindows_WhenHomeEnvVariableIsSet() {
-    assertEquals("C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\", Config.getHomeDir(f -> true));
+    String osNamePropToRestore = System.getProperty("os.name");
+    try {
+
+      System.setProperty("os.name", "Windows");
+
+      Map<String, String> envVars = new HashMap<String, String>();
+      envVars.put("HOMEDRIVE", "C:\\Users\\");
+      envVars.put("HOMEPATH", "user");
+      envVars.put("HOME", "C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\");
+
+      assertEquals("C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\",
+          Config.getHomeDir(f -> true, envVars::get));
+
+    } finally {
+      System.setProperty("os.name", osNamePropToRestore);
+    }
   }
 
   @Test
   @EnabledOnOs({ WINDOWS })
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEDRIVE", value = "C:\\Users\\")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEPATH", value = "user")
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOME", value = "C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\")
   void getHomeDir_shouldUseHomeEnvVariable_WhenEnabledOnWindows_WhenHomeEnvVariableIsSet() {
-    assertEquals("C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\", Config.getHomeDir(f -> true));
+
+    Map<String, String> envVars = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    envVars.put("HOMEDRIVE", "C:\\Users\\");
+    envVars.put("HOMEPATH", "user");
+    envVars.put("HOME", "C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\");
+
+    assertEquals("C:\\Users\\user\\workspace\\myworkspace\\tools\\cygwin\\",
+        Config.getHomeDir(f -> true, envVars::get));
+
   }
 
   @Test
-  @SetSystemProperty(key = "user.home", value = "/home/user")
-  @ClearEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEDRIVE")
-  @ClearEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOMEPATH")
-  @ClearEnvironmentVariable(key = "HOME")
-  @ClearEnvironmentVariable(key = "USERPROFILE")
   void getHomeDir_shouldReturnUserHomeProp_WhenHomeEnvVariablesAreNotSet() {
-    assertEquals("/home/user", Config.getHomeDir(f -> true));
-  }
+    String userHomePropToRestore = System.getProperty("user.home");
+    try {
+
+      System.setProperty("user.home", "/home/user");
+
+      Map<String, String> emptyEnvVars = Collections.emptyMap();
 
+      assertEquals("/home/user", Config.getHomeDir(f -> true, emptyEnvVars::get));
+
+    } finally {
+      System.setProperty("user.home", userHomePropToRestore);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f259e6f0cc..0feff591126 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
 
     <!-- Testing versions -->
     <junit.version>5.9.1</junit.version>
-    <junit-pioneer.version>1.7.0</junit-pioneer.version>
     <assertj.core.version>3.23.1</assertj.core.version>
     <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
     <approvaltests.version>18.5.0</approvaltests.version>
@@ -815,13 +814,6 @@
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.junit-pioneer</groupId>
-        <artifactId>junit-pioneer</artifactId>
-        <version>${junit-pioneer.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
         <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>