diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5495ca49d..1789fea30 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -248,27 +248,6 @@ version = "0.1.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "56254986775e3233ffa9c4d7d3faaf6d36a2c09d30b20687e9f88bc8bafc16c8"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-next"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b98cf8ebf19c3d1b223e151f99a4f9f0690dca41414773390fc824184ac833e1"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "dirs-sys-next",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs-sys-next"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ebda144c4fe02d1f7ea1a7d9641b6fc6b580adcfa024ae48797ecdeb6825b4d"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "redox_users",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -301,6 +280,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "etcetera"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "136d1b5283a1ab77bd9257427ffd09d8667ced0570b6f938942bc7568ed5b943"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "home",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "faccess"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -334,7 +324,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "ctrlc",
  "diff",
- "dirs-next",
+ "etcetera",
  "faccess",
  "filetime",
  "globset",
@@ -374,17 +364,6 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c05aeb6a22b8f62540c194aac980f2115af067bfe15a0734d7277a768d396b31"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "wasi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "globset"
 version = "0.4.10"
@@ -428,6 +407,15 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fed44880c466736ef9a5c5b5facefb5ed0785676d0c02d612db14e54f0d84286"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "747309b4b440c06d57b0b25f2aee03ee9b5e5397d288c60e21fc709bb98a7408"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -751,17 +739,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox_users"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b033d837a7cf162d7993aded9304e30a83213c648b6e389db233191f891e5c2b"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
- "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.7.3"
@@ -929,26 +906,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "test-case-core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.40"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "978c9a314bd8dc99be594bc3c175faaa9794be04a5a5e153caba6915336cebac"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.40"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f9456a42c5b0d803c8cd86e73dd7cc9edd429499f37a3550d286d5e86720569f"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.7"
@@ -997,12 +954,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasi"
-version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
 version = "0.2.84"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 945decccf..828e9acea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ctrlc = "3.2"
 humantime = "2.1"
 globset = "0.4"
 anyhow = "1.0"
-dirs-next = "2.0"
+etcetera = "0.8"
 normpath = "1.1.1"
 once_cell = "1.17.1"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.6"
diff --git a/src/walk.rs b/src/walk.rs
index 0e66b9ab5..9b9213825 100644
--- a/src/walk.rs
+++ b/src/walk.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, io::Write};
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use crossbeam_channel::{bounded, Receiver, RecvTimeoutError, Sender};
+use etcetera::BaseStrategy;
 use ignore::overrides::OverrideBuilder;
 use ignore::{self, WalkBuilder};
 use regex::bytes::Regex;
@@ -89,26 +90,17 @@ pub fn scan(paths: &[PathBuf], patterns: Arc<Vec<Regex>>, config: Arc<Config>) -
     }
 
     if config.read_global_ignore {
-        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-        let config_dir_op = std::env::var_os("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
-            .map(PathBuf::from)
-            .filter(|p| p.is_absolute())
-            .or_else(|| dirs_next::home_dir().map(|d| d.join(".config")));
-
-        #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
-        let config_dir_op = dirs_next::config_dir();
-
-        if let Some(global_ignore_file) = config_dir_op
-            .map(|p| p.join("fd").join("ignore"))
-            .filter(|p| p.is_file())
-        {
-            let result = walker.add_ignore(global_ignore_file);
-            match result {
-                Some(ignore::Error::Partial(_)) => (),
-                Some(err) => {
-                    print_error(format!("Malformed pattern in global ignore file. {}.", err));
+        if let Ok(basedirs) = etcetera::choose_base_strategy() {
+            let global_ignore_file = basedirs.config_dir().join("fd").join("ignore");
+            if global_ignore_file.is_file() {
+                let result = walker.add_ignore(global_ignore_file);
+                match result {
+                    Some(ignore::Error::Partial(_)) => (),
+                    Some(err) => {
+                        print_error(format!("Malformed pattern in global ignore file. {}.", err));
+                    }
+                    None => (),
                 }
-                None => (),
             }
         }
     }