diff --git a/locales/app.yml b/locales/app.yml
index 06ca70d9..22765e98 100644
--- a/locales/app.yml
+++ b/locales/app.yml
@@ -398,14 +398,6 @@ _version: 2
   zh_CN: "Topgrade %{version_str} 破坏性更改"
   zh_TW: "Topgrade %{version_str} 重大更改"
   de: "Topgrade %{version_str} Inkompatible Änderungen"
-"Path {path} expanded to {expanded}":
-  en: "Path %{path} expanded to %{expanded}"
-  lt: "Kelias %{path} išplėstas į %{expanded}"
-  es: "Ruta %{path} expandida a %{expanded}"
-  fr: "Le chemin %{path} a été transformé en %{expanded}"
-  zh_CN: "已扩展 %{path} 至 %{expanded}"
-  zh_TW: "已擴展 %{path} 至 %{expanded}"
-  de: "Pfad %{path} erweitert zu %{expanded}"
 "Path {path} doesn't exist":
   en: "Path %{path} doesn't exist"
   lt: "Kelias %{path} neegzistuoja"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 21e46e48..0eb9b2a5 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use merge::Merge;
 use regex::Regex;
 use regex_split::RegexSplit;
-use rust_i18n::t;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
 use tracing::{debug, error};
@@ -659,17 +658,6 @@ impl ConfigFile {
             }
         }
 
-        if let Some(paths) = result.git.as_mut().and_then(|git| git.repos.as_mut()) {
-            for path in paths.iter_mut() {
-                let expanded = shellexpand::tilde::<&str>(&path.as_ref()).into_owned();
-                debug!(
-                    "{}",
-                    t!("Path {path} expanded to {expanded}", path = path, expanded = expanded)
-                );
-                *path = expanded;
-            }
-        }
-
         debug!("Loaded configuration: {:?}", result);
         Ok(result)
     }
diff --git a/src/steps/git.rs b/src/steps/git.rs
index 6621959a..7c2e05cf 100644
--- a/src/steps/git.rs
+++ b/src/steps/git.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ pub fn run_git_pull(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
     // Handle user-defined repos
     if let Some(custom_git_repos) = config.git_repos() {
         for git_repo in custom_git_repos {
-            repos.glob_insert(git_repo);
+            repos.glob_insert(&shellexpand::tilde(git_repo));
         }
     }