diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 6373f3d7..70ffdba0 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Depends:
 Imports:
     attempt (>= 0.3.0),
     config,
-    here,
     htmltools,
     rlang (>= 1.0.0),
     shiny (>= 1.5.0),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 18a2d0e5..27811516 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ## Breaking change
 
+- Creating a `golem` doesn't use `set_here()` anymore. `here::here()` should be able to find its way based using `DESCRIPTION`.
+
 - The `add_*_files` and `use_*_files` now fail when:
   - The directory where the user tries to add the file doesn't exist. `{golem}` used to try to create the directory but that's not the function job — use_*_file functions should only be there to add file (Singe responsabily  )
   - The file that the user tries to create already exists
diff --git a/R/create_golem.R b/R/create_golem.R
index 2cbb60b0..1f54d121 100644
--- a/R/create_golem.R
+++ b/R/create_golem.R
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ copy_golem_skeleton_and_replace_name <- function(
   cat_green_tick("Copied app skeleton")
 }
 
-# For mocking in tests
-here_set_here <- function(...) {
-  here::set_here(...)
-}
-
 #' Create a package for a Shiny App using `{golem}`
 #'
 #' @param path Name of the folder to create the package in.
@@ -145,9 +140,6 @@ create_golem <- function(
       path = path_to_golem,
       open = FALSE
     )
-    if (!file.exists(".here")) {
-      here_set_here(path_to_golem)
-    }
     cat_green_tick("Created package directory")
   }
 
diff --git a/R/install_dev_deps.R b/R/install_dev_deps.R
index 700afc16..2f21cdef 100644
--- a/R/install_dev_deps.R
+++ b/R/install_dev_deps.R
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #' + {roxygen2}
 #' + {attachment}
 #' + {rstudioapi}
-#' + {here}
 #' + {fs}
 #' + {desc}
 #' + {pkgbuild}
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ dev_deps <- unique(
     "devtools",
     "dockerfiler",
     "fs",
-    "here",
     "httpuv",
     "pkgbuild",
     "pkgload",
diff --git a/man/install_dev_deps.Rd b/man/install_dev_deps.Rd
index afd92ae2..c06536e8 100644
--- a/man/install_dev_deps.Rd
+++ b/man/install_dev_deps.Rd
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ This function will run rlang::check_installed() on:
 \item {roxygen2}
 \item {attachment}
 \item {rstudioapi}
-\item {here}
 \item {fs}
 \item {desc}
 \item {pkgbuild}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-add_r_files.R b/tests/testthat/test-add_r_files.R
index b13e29f3..e0088a91 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-add_r_files.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-add_r_files.R
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 test_that("add_fct and add_utils", {
   testthat::with_mocked_bindings(
     # This is just to bypass usethis_use_test
-    # setting here()
     usethis_use_test = function(name, ...) {
       file.create(
         file.path(
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-create_golem.R b/tests/testthat/test-create_golem.R
index 4c6eb719..bde941c8 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-create_golem.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-create_golem.R
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ test_that("create_golem works", {
   testthat::with_mocked_bindings(
     usethis_create_project = function(path, open) {
       dir.create(path, recursive = TRUE)
-    },
-    here_set_here = function(path) {
       return(TRUE)
     },
     {