diff --git a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/services.go b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/services.go
index 3eeebc01b25d08..da2337fe23d932 100644
--- a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/services.go
+++ b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/services.go
@@ -675,10 +675,7 @@ func (is *InfoService) WorkspaceInfo(context.Context, *api.WorkspaceInfoRequest)
 		}
 	}
 
-	resp.UserHome, err = os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
-	}
+	resp.UserHome = "/home/gitpod"
 
 	endpoint, host, err := is.cfg.GitpodAPIEndpoint()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -715,7 +712,7 @@ func (c *ControlService) ExposePort(ctx context.Context, req *api.ExposePortRequ
 
 // CreateSSHKeyPair create a ssh key pair for the workspace.
 func (ss *ControlService) CreateSSHKeyPair(context.Context, *api.CreateSSHKeyPairRequest) (response *api.CreateSSHKeyPairResponse, err error) {
-	home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+	home := "/home/gitpod/"
 	if ss.privateKey != "" && ss.publicKey != "" {
 		checkKey := func() error {
 			data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(home, ".ssh/authorized_keys"))
diff --git a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/ssh.go b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/ssh.go
index 8442bb41a8d5ae..9c19f434388392 100644
--- a/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/ssh.go
+++ b/components/supervisor/pkg/supervisor/ssh.go
@@ -190,13 +190,10 @@ func prepareSSHKey(ctx context.Context, sshkey string) error {
 }
 
 func writeSSHEnv(cfg *Config, envvars []string) error {
-	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	home := "/home/gitpod"
 
 	d := filepath.Join(home, ".ssh")
-	err = os.MkdirAll(d, 0o700)
+	err := os.MkdirAll(d, 0o700)
 	if err != nil {
 		return xerrors.Errorf("cannot create $HOME/.ssh: %w", err)
 	}