diff --git a/lib/gui/modules/analytics.js b/lib/gui/modules/analytics.js
index a0072f7f..bb8a771b 100644
--- a/lib/gui/modules/analytics.js
+++ b/lib/gui/modules/analytics.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const angular = require('angular');
-const username = require('username');
 const isRunningInAsar = require('electron-is-running-in-asar');
 const errors = require('../../shared/errors');
 const os = require('os');
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ analytics.run(($window) => {
   }
 
   $window.trackJs.configure({
-    userId: username.sync(),
+    userId: os.userInfo().username,
     version: packageJSON.version
   });
 });
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 2b2f5c1b..ff44a9b8 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -1109,11 +1109,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-4.0.2.tgz",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "cross-spawn-async": {
-      "version": "2.2.4",
-      "from": "cross-spawn-async@>=2.1.1 <3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn-async/-/cross-spawn-async-2.2.4.tgz"
-    },
     "cryptiles": {
       "version": "2.0.5",
       "from": "cryptiles@>=2.0.0 <3.0.0",
@@ -2252,11 +2247,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/evp_bytestokey/-/evp_bytestokey-1.0.0.tgz",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "execa": {
-      "version": "0.4.0",
-      "from": "execa@>=0.4.0 <0.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/execa/-/execa-0.4.0.tgz"
-    },
     "exit-hook": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "from": "exit-hook@>=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
@@ -4625,11 +4615,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/markdown-utils/-/markdown-utils-0.7.3.tgz",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "mem": {
-      "version": "0.1.1",
-      "from": "mem@>=0.1.0 <0.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mem/-/mem-0.1.1.tgz"
-    },
     "meow": {
       "version": "3.7.0",
       "from": "meow@>=3.7.0 <4.0.0",
@@ -5063,11 +5048,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-path/-/normalize-path-2.0.1.tgz",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "npm-run-path": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "from": "npm-run-path@>=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-run-path/-/npm-run-path-1.0.0.tgz"
-    },
     "npmlog": {
       "version": "4.0.2",
       "from": "npmlog@>=4.0.0 <5.0.0",
@@ -5318,11 +5298,6 @@
       "from": "path-is-inside@>=1.0.2 <2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-is-inside/-/path-is-inside-1.0.2.tgz"
     },
-    "path-key": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "from": "path-key@>=1.0.0 <2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-key/-/path-key-1.0.0.tgz"
-    },
     "path-parse": {
       "version": "1.0.5",
       "from": "path-parse@>=1.0.5 <2.0.0",
@@ -6904,11 +6879,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/user-home/-/user-home-2.0.0.tgz",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "username": {
-      "version": "2.2.2",
-      "from": "username@>=2.1.0 <3.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/username/-/username-2.2.2.tgz"
-    },
     "util": {
       "version": "0.10.3",
       "from": "util@>=0.10.1 <0.11.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9076b111..c07b8164 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
     "tail": "^1.1.0",
     "trackjs": "^2.1.16",
     "unbzip2-stream": "^1.0.11",
-    "username": "^2.1.0",
     "yargs": "^4.6.0",
     "yauzl": "^2.6.0"
   },