diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES.md b/DEPENDENCIES.md
index ca8568db78b2b..370eec21d7aba 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES.md
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES.md
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ graph LR;
   npm-->remark-gfm;
   npm-->remark-github;
   npm-->remark;
-  npm-->rimraf;
   npm-->semver;
   npm-->spawk;
   npm-->ssri;
diff --git a/lib/commands/cache.js b/lib/commands/cache.js
index a2e6434b34cab..637085015fcb7 100644
--- a/lib/commands/cache.js
+++ b/lib/commands/cache.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 const cacache = require('cacache')
 const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
-const { promisify } = require('util')
 const pacote = require('pacote')
+const fs = require('fs/promises')
 const path = require('path')
-const rimraf = promisify(require('rimraf'))
 const semver = require('semver')
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg')
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ class Cache extends BaseCommand {
   If you're sure you want to delete the entire cache, rerun this command
   with --force.`)
       }
-      return rimraf(cachePath)
+      return fs.rm(cachePath, { recursive: true, force: true })
     }
     for (const key of args) {
       let entry
diff --git a/lib/commands/ci.js b/lib/commands/ci.js
index 38ee1426d982a..a2c61044eb96e 100644
--- a/lib/commands/ci.js
+++ b/lib/commands/ci.js
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-const util = require('util')
 const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
-const rimraf = util.promisify(require('rimraf'))
 const reifyFinish = require('../utils/reify-finish.js')
 const runScript = require('@npmcli/run-script')
-const fs = require('fs')
-const readdir = util.promisify(fs.readdir)
+const fs = require('fs/promises')
 const log = require('../utils/log-shim.js')
 const validateLockfile = require('../utils/validate-lockfile.js')
 
@@ -69,8 +66,8 @@ class CI extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     await this.npm.time('npm-ci:rm', async () => {
       const path = `${where}/node_modules`
       // get the list of entries so we can skip the glob for performance
-      const entries = await readdir(path, null).catch(er => [])
-      return Promise.all(entries.map(f => rimraf(`${path}/${f}`, { glob: false })))
+      const entries = await fs.readdir(path, null).catch(er => [])
+      return Promise.all(entries.map(f => fs.rm(`${path}/${f}`, { force: true })))
     })
 
     await arb.reify(opts)
diff --git a/lib/utils/log-file.js b/lib/utils/log-file.js
index 2935697ac98eb..b945eedbc96dd 100644
--- a/lib/utils/log-file.js
+++ b/lib/utils/log-file.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 const os = require('os')
 const path = require('path')
 const { format, promisify } = require('util')
-const rimraf = promisify(require('rimraf'))
 const glob = promisify(require('glob'))
 const MiniPass = require('minipass')
 const fsMiniPass = require('fs-minipass')
+const fs = require('fs/promises')
 const log = require('./log-shim')
 
 const padZero = (n, length) => n.toString().padStart(length.toString().length, '0')
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class LogFiles {
 
       for (const file of files.slice(0, toDelete)) {
         try {
-          await rimraf(file, { glob: false })
+          await fs.rm(file, { force: true })
         } catch (e) {
           log.silly('logfile', 'error removing log file', file, e)
         }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 189b9151f7ddd..2e26ddc3df667 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
         "read",
         "read-package-json",
         "read-package-json-fast",
-        "rimraf",
         "semver",
         "ssri",
         "tar",
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@
         "read": "~1.0.7",
         "read-package-json": "^6.0.0",
         "read-package-json-fast": "^3.0.1",
-        "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
         "semver": "^7.3.8",
         "ssri": "^10.0.1",
         "tar": "^6.1.13",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d727641a0c155..ea6b3febbf6fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
     "read": "~1.0.7",
     "read-package-json": "^6.0.0",
     "read-package-json-fast": "^3.0.1",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.8",
     "ssri": "^10.0.1",
     "tar": "^6.1.13",
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@
     "read",
     "read-package-json",
     "read-package-json-fast",
-    "rimraf",
     "semver",
     "ssri",
     "tar",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sandbox.js b/test/fixtures/sandbox.js
index c7bb8218dc60a..460609628c8ab 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/sandbox.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/sandbox.js
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ const { createHook, executionAsyncId } = require('async_hooks')
 const { EventEmitter } = require('events')
 const { homedir, tmpdir } = require('os')
 const { dirname, join } = require('path')
-const { promisify } = require('util')
-const { mkdir } = require('fs/promises')
-const rimraf = promisify(require('rimraf'))
+const { mkdir, rm } = require('fs/promises')
 const mockLogs = require('./mock-logs')
 const pkg = require('../../package.json')
 
@@ -201,7 +199,7 @@ class Sandbox extends EventEmitter {
     if (this[_npm]) {
       this[_npm].unload()
     }
-    return rimraf(this[_dirs].temp).catch(() => null)
+    return rm(this[_dirs].temp, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => null)
   }
 
   // proxy get handler
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/log-file.js b/test/lib/utils/log-file.js
index 4be5231c1c4fa..bbc2afb64d5d2 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/log-file.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/log-file.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const fs = _fs.promises
 const path = require('path')
 const os = require('os')
 const fsMiniPass = require('fs-minipass')
-const rimraf = require('rimraf')
 const LogFile = require('../../../lib/utils/log-file.js')
 const { cleanCwd, cleanDate } = require('../../fixtures/clean-snapshot')
 
@@ -275,12 +274,14 @@ t.test('rimraf error', async t => {
     logsMax,
     testdir: makeOldLogs(oldLogs),
     mocks: {
-      rimraf: (...args) => {
-        if (count >= 3) {
-          throw new Error('bad rimraf')
-        }
-        count++
-        return rimraf(...args)
+      'fs/promises': {
+        rm: async (...args) => {
+          if (count >= 3) {
+            throw new Error('bad rimraf')
+          }
+          count++
+          return fs.rm(...args)
+        },
       },
     },
   })