diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 99ef1611f..76af37d4b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ version = "3.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bytecount"
-version = "0.6.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72feb31ffc86498dacdbd0fcebb56138e7177a8cc5cea4516031d15ae85a742e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.83"
@@ -270,6 +264,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossterm",
  "glob",
  "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "home",
  "humansize",
  "ignore",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
@@ -411,6 +406,15 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d77f7ec81a6d05a3abb01ab6eb7590f6083d08449fe5a1c8b1e620283546ccb7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5444c27eef6923071f7ebcc33e3444508466a76f7a2b93da00ed6e19f30c1ddb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humansize"
 version = "2.1.3"
@@ -1058,12 +1062,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tree_magic_mini"
-version = "3.0.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/Wilfred/tree_magic?branch=fix-panic-for-empty-strings#13dd6dda15c7062bd8f7dd5bc9bb5b16ce9ee613"
+version = "3.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ffc72f26d1d99c2bf80e39944346b86ac2167a7afc5e8be4652b0ab085355d1b"
 dependencies = [
- "bytecount",
  "fnv",
- "lazy_static",
+ "home",
+ "memchr",
  "nom",
  "once_cell",
  "petgraph",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5bff08374..ccdd10220 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ const_format = "0.2.22"
 owo-colors = "3.5.0"
 wu-diff = "0.1.2"
 rayon = "1.7.0"
-tree_magic_mini = "3.0.2"
+
+tree_magic_mini = "3.1.3"
+# home (used by tree_magic_mini) 0.5.9 has an MSRV of 1.70.
+home = ">= 0.5, < 0.5.9"
+
 # bumpalo 3.15 requires rust 1.65
 bumpalo = ">= 3.11, < 3.15"
 unicode-width = "0.1.9"
@@ -100,7 +104,3 @@ name = "difft"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [features]
-
-[patch.crates-io]
-# https://github.com/mbrubeck/tree_magic/pull/13 hasn't been merged yet.
-tree_magic_mini = { git = 'https://github.com/Wilfred/tree_magic', branch = 'fix-panic-for-empty-strings' }