diff --git a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
index 7a739443c37a..ece863e50baf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/embedded/platformio/core.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   git,
   spdx-license-list-data,
   replaceVars,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 with python3Packages;
@@ -88,13 +89,13 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     ];
 
   preCheck = ''
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     export PATH=$PATH:$out/bin
   '';
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     jsondiff
     pytestCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
   # Install udev rules into a separate output so all of platformio-core is not a dependency if