diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/plugin/add.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/plugin/add.py
index c8a09772cd7..52792781084 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/plugin/add.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/plugin/add.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import os
-
 from cleo.helpers import argument
 from cleo.helpers import option
 
@@ -46,13 +44,12 @@ class PluginAddCommand(InitCommand, PluginCommandMixin):
 """
 
     def handle(self) -> int:
-        from pathlib import Path
-
         import tomlkit
 
         from poetry.core.semver.helpers import parse_constraint
 
         from poetry.factory import Factory
+        from poetry.locations import home_dir
         from poetry.utils.env import EnvManager
         from poetry.utils.helpers import canonicalize_name
 
@@ -61,9 +58,7 @@ def handle(self) -> int:
         # Plugins should be installed in the system env to be globally available
         system_env = EnvManager.get_system_env(naive=True)
 
-        env_dir = Path(
-            os.getenv("POETRY_HOME") if os.getenv("POETRY_HOME") else system_env.path
-        )
+        env_dir = home_dir()
 
         existing_plugins = {}
         if env_dir.joinpath("plugins.toml").exists():
diff --git a/src/poetry/console/commands/plugin/remove.py b/src/poetry/console/commands/plugin/remove.py
index a58237225f2..2c17d77bc8d 100644
--- a/src/poetry/console/commands/plugin/remove.py
+++ b/src/poetry/console/commands/plugin/remove.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import os
-
 from cleo.helpers import argument
 from cleo.helpers import option
 
 from poetry.console.commands.command import Command
 from poetry.console.commands.plugin.plugin_command_mixin import PluginCommandMixin
+from poetry.locations import home_dir
 
 
 class PluginRemoveCommand(Command, PluginCommandMixin):
@@ -26,8 +25,6 @@ class PluginRemoveCommand(Command, PluginCommandMixin):
     ]
 
     def handle(self) -> int:
-        from pathlib import Path
-
         import tomlkit
 
         from poetry.utils.env import EnvManager
@@ -36,9 +33,7 @@ def handle(self) -> int:
         plugins = self.argument("plugins")
 
         system_env = EnvManager.get_system_env(naive=True)
-        env_dir = Path(
-            os.getenv("POETRY_HOME") if os.getenv("POETRY_HOME") else system_env.path
-        )
+        env_dir = home_dir()
 
         existing_plugins = {}
         if env_dir.joinpath("plugins.toml").exists():
diff --git a/src/poetry/locations.py b/src/poetry/locations.py
index 035a9a66e94..dbe8a2652e6 100644
--- a/src/poetry/locations.py
+++ b/src/poetry/locations.py
@@ -20,3 +20,13 @@ def data_dir() -> Path:
         return Path(poetry_home).expanduser()
 
     return Path(user_data_dir("pypoetry", roaming=True))
+
+
+def home_dir() -> Path:
+    poetry_home = os.getenv("POETRY_HOME")
+    if poetry_home:
+        return Path(poetry_home).expanduser()
+
+    from poetry.utils.env import EnvManager
+
+    return EnvManager.get_system_env(True).path