No need to do anything with $HOME

configure.in

@@ -4493,8 +4493,6 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(SYSTEM_PYTHON)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)
-HOME=`echo $HOME | $SED 's:\\\\:/:g'`
-AC_SUBST(HOME)
 
 dnl ===================================================================
 dnl Check for system translate-toolkit

set_soenv.in

@@ -1900,9 +1900,6 @@ ToFile( "SYSTEM_PYTHON",     "@SYSTEM_PYTHON@",    "e" );
 ToFile( "PYTHON",            "@PYTHON@",           "e" );
 ToFile( "PYTHON_CFLAGS",     "@PYTHON_CFLAGS@",    "e" );
 ToFile( "PYTHON_LIBS",       "@PYTHON_LIBS@",      "e" );
-if ($SYSTEM_PYTHON eq "NO") {
-ToFile( "HOME",              "@HOME@",             "e" );
-}
 ToFile( "SYSTEM_ICU",        "@SYSTEM_ICU@",       "e" );
 ToFile( "ICU_MAJOR",         "@ICU_MAJOR@",        "e" );
 ToFile( "ICU_MINOR",         "@ICU_MINOR@",        "e" );