diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tensorflow.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tensorflow.py
index 433d72aba1f..2865ea76d2d 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tensorflow.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tensorflow.py
@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ def is_version_ok(version_range):
         ('wrapt', '2.0.0:'): 'wrapt',
     }
 
-    dependency_mapping = dict((dep_name, tf_name)
-                              for (dep_name, version_range), tf_name in available_system_libs.items()
-                              if is_version_ok(version_range))
-    python_mapping = dict((pkg_name, tf_name)
-                          for (pkg_name, version_range), tf_name in python_system_libs.items()
-                          if is_version_ok(version_range))
+    dependency_mapping = {dep_name: tf_name
+                          for (dep_name, version_range), tf_name in available_system_libs.items()
+                          if is_version_ok(version_range)}
+    python_mapping = {pkg_name: tf_name
+                      for (pkg_name, version_range), tf_name in python_system_libs.items()
+                      if is_version_ok(version_range)}
 
     if as_valid_libs:
         tf_names = [tf_name for tf_name, version_range in unused_system_libs.items()
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ def get_system_libs(self):
         """
         dependency_mapping, python_mapping = get_system_libs_for_version(self.version)
         # Some TF dependencies require both a (usually C++) dependency and a Python package
-        deps_with_python_pkg = set(tf_name for tf_name in dependency_mapping.values()
-                                   if tf_name in python_mapping.values())
+        deps_with_python_pkg = {tf_name for tf_name in dependency_mapping.values()
+                                if tf_name in python_mapping.values()}
 
         system_libs = []
         cpaths = []
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ def get_system_libs(self):
         ignored_system_deps = []
 
         # Check direct dependencies
-        dep_names = set(dep['name'] for dep in self.cfg.dependencies())
+        dep_names = {dep['name'] for dep in self.cfg.dependencies()}
         for dep_name, tf_name in sorted(dependency_mapping.items(), key=lambda i: i[0].lower()):
             if dep_name in dep_names:
                 if tf_name in deps_with_python_pkg:
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ def setup_build_dirs(self):
         parent_dir = os.path.dirname(self.start_dir)
         # Path where Bazel will store its output, build artefacts etc.
         self.output_user_root_dir = os.path.join(parent_dir, 'bazel-root')
+        # Replace $HOME with a temporary folder to avoid using the user's home directory
+        self.home_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix='-tf-home')
         # Folder where wrapper binaries can be placed, where required. TODO: Replace by --action_env cmds
         self.wrapper_dir = os.path.join(parent_dir, 'wrapper_bin')
         mkdir(self.wrapper_dir)
@@ -817,7 +819,7 @@ def patch_crosstool_files(self):
             regex_subs.extend([('-fPIE', '-fPIC'), ('"-pie"', '"-fPIC"')])
 
         # patch all CROSSTOOL* scripts to fix hardcoding of locations of binutils/GCC binaries
-        for path, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
+        for path, _dirnames, filenames in os.walk(os.getcwd()):
             for filename in filenames:
                 if filename.startswith('CROSSTOOL'):
                     full_path = os.path.join(path, filename)
@@ -849,6 +851,8 @@ def build_step(self):
         # A value of None is interpreted as using the invoking environments value
         INHERIT = None  # For better readability
 
+        action_env['HOME'] = self.home_dir
+
         jvm_max_memory = self.cfg['jvm_max_memory']
         if jvm_max_memory:
             jvm_startup_memory = min(512, int(jvm_max_memory))
@@ -1116,7 +1120,7 @@ def test_step(self):
                 self.log.warning(fail_msg)
                 # Try to enhance error message
                 failed_tests = []
-                failed_test_logs = dict()
+                failed_test_logs = {}
                 # Bazel outputs failed tests like "//tensorflow/c:kernels_test   FAILED in[...]"
                 for match in re.finditer(r'^(//[a-zA-Z_/:]+)\s+FAILED', res.output, re.MULTILINE):
                     test_name = match.group(1)