diff --git a/src/bottles/remove.cpp b/src/bottles/remove.cpp
index 86787ca..5989348 100644
--- a/src/bottles/remove.cpp
+++ b/src/bottles/remove.cpp
@@ -17,16 +17,9 @@ void cellar::bottles::remove_bottle(int argc, vector<string> argv) {
     string homepath = getenv("HOME");
     string bottlechoice = argv[1];
     string fullbottlepath;
-    if (bottlechoice.substr(0,1) == "/" || bottlechoice.substr(0,1) == ".") { // absolute or relative path
-        fullbottlepath = bottlechoice;
-    } else if (bottlechoice.substr(0,1) == "~") { // "absolute" path in home directory, not expanded by the shell for some reason (i've seen some shit)
-        // this is a naive replacement and will fail if the user tries something like ~nick/.wine
-        // i'm figuring at that point if you're doing that, you'll also recognize if your shell
-        // isn't actually expanding your path...
-        bottlechoice.replace(0,1,getenv("HOME"));
-        // or at least you'll think to use verbose mode to make sure it's loading the right directory
-        output::warning("your shell didn't expand your given path properly, doing a naive replacement", true);
-        fullbottlepath = bottlechoice;
+    if (bottlechoice.substr(0,1) == "/" || bottlechoice.substr(0,1) == "." || bottlechoice.substr(0,1) == "~") { // absolute or relative path
+        output::error("paths not accepted");
+        return 1;
     } else {
         if (bottlechoice.substr(0,6) == ".wine.") {
             output::statement("tip: cellar can add the \".wine.\" prefix automatically");