diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 367080a4abf7c..f4c108fcd4745 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13778,8 +13778,6 @@
         "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^2.3.1",
         "json-stringify-nice": "^1.1.4",
         "minimatch": "^5.1.0",
-        "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
-        "mkdirp-infer-owner": "^2.0.0",
         "nopt": "^6.0.0",
         "npm-install-checks": "^5.0.0",
         "npm-package-arg": "^9.0.0",
@@ -13793,7 +13791,6 @@
         "promise-call-limit": "^1.0.1",
         "read-package-json-fast": "^2.0.2",
         "readdir-scoped-modules": "^1.1.0",
-        "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
         "semver": "^7.3.7",
         "ssri": "^9.0.0",
         "treeverse": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/bin/lib/logging.js b/workspaces/arborist/bin/lib/logging.js
index 8b04d6370e66c..ffb5544b21463 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/bin/lib/logging.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/bin/lib/logging.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const log = require('proc-log')
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const { dirname } = require('path')
 const os = require('os')
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ if (options.loglevel !== 'silent') {
 
 if (options.logfile) {
   log.silly('logfile', options.logfile)
-  mkdirp.sync(dirname(options.logfile))
+  fs.mkdirSync(dirname(options.logfile), { recursive: true })
   const fd = fs.openSync(options.logfile, 'a')
   addLogListener((str) => fs.writeSync(fd, str))
 }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/docs/reify.md b/workspaces/arborist/docs/reify.md
index 15b04726722ba..ac607ef842e0c 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/docs/reify.md
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/docs/reify.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Fail: rename each retired `.${name}-hash` folder back to `${name}`
 
 ### step 2: create sparse tree
 
-Now that the shallowest changing nodes are retired, `mkdirp` all leaf
+Now that the shallowest changing nodes are retired, `mkdir` all leaf
 nodes.
 
 ```
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
index 4caf310d40d7e..cc873dca9f676 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ const { resolve, dirname } = require('path')
 const { promisify } = require('util')
 const treeCheck = require('../tree-check.js')
 const readdir = promisify(require('readdir-scoped-modules'))
-const fs = require('fs')
-const lstat = promisify(fs.lstat)
-const readlink = promisify(fs.readlink)
+const { lstat, readlink } = require('fs/promises')
 const { depth } = require('treeverse')
 const log = require('proc-log')
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
index 82d65daa5cc2a..75e4a7136cc77 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ const log = require('proc-log')
 
 const { dirname, resolve, relative } = require('path')
 const { depth: dfwalk } = require('treeverse')
-const fs = require('fs')
-const { promisify } = require('util')
-const lstat = promisify(fs.lstat)
-const symlink = promisify(fs.symlink)
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp-infer-owner')
-const justMkdirp = require('mkdirp')
+const {
+  lstat,
+  mkdir,
+  rm,
+  symlink,
+} = require('fs/promises')
 const moveFile = require('@npmcli/move-file')
-const rimraf = promisify(require('rimraf'))
 const PackageJson = require('@npmcli/package-json')
 const packageContents = require('@npmcli/installed-package-contents')
 const runScript = require('@npmcli/run-script')
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     // we do NOT want to set ownership on this folder, especially
     // recursively, because it can have other side effects to do that
     // in a project directory.  We just want to make it if it's missing.
-    await justMkdirp(resolve(this.path))
+    await mkdir(resolve(this.path), { recursive: true })
 
     // do not allow the top-level node_modules to be a symlink
     await this[_validateNodeModules](resolve(this.path, 'node_modules'))
@@ -433,10 +432,10 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
         // handled the most common cause of ENOENT (dir doesn't exist yet),
         // then just ignore any ENOENT.
         if (er.code === 'ENOENT') {
-          return didMkdirp ? null : mkdirp(dirname(to)).then(() =>
+          return didMkdirp ? null : mkdir(dirname(to), { recursive: true }).then(() =>
             this[_renamePath](from, to, true))
         } else if (er.code === 'EEXIST') {
-          return rimraf(to).then(() => moveFile(from, to))
+          return rm(to, { recursive: true, force: true }).then(() => moveFile(from, to))
         } else {
           throw er
         }
@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
           await this[_renamePath](d, retired)
         }
       }
-      const made = await mkdirp(node.path)
+      const made = await mkdir(node.path, { recursive: true })
       this[_sparseTreeDirs].add(node.path)
       this[_sparseTreeRoots].add(made)
     }))
@@ -533,7 +532,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     const failures = []
     const targets = [...roots, ...Object.keys(this[_retiredPaths])]
     const unlinks = targets
-      .map(path => rimraf(path).catch(er => failures.push([path, er])))
+      .map(path => rm(path, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(er => failures.push([path, er])))
     return promiseAllRejectLate(unlinks).then(() => {
       // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
       if (failures.length) {
@@ -630,7 +629,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
       return
     }
     log.warn('reify', 'Removing non-directory', nm)
-    await rimraf(nm)
+    await rm(nm, { recursive: true, force: true })
   }
 
   async [_extractOrLink] (node) {
@@ -664,7 +663,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     await this[_validateNodeModules](nm)
 
     if (node.isLink) {
-      await rimraf(node.path)
+      await rm(node.path, { recursive: true, force: true })
       await this[_symlink](node)
     } else {
       await debug(async () => {
@@ -690,7 +689,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     const dir = dirname(node.path)
     const target = node.realpath
     const rel = relative(dir, target)
-    await mkdirp(dir)
+    await mkdir(dir, { recursive: true })
     return symlink(rel, node.path, 'junction')
   }
 
@@ -953,7 +952,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
 
   // ok!  actually unpack stuff into their target locations!
   // The sparse tree has already been created, so we walk the diff
-  // kicking off each unpack job.  If any fail, we rimraf the sparse
+  // kicking off each unpack job.  If any fail, we rm the sparse
   // tree entirely and try to put everything back where it was.
   [_unpackNewModules] () {
     process.emit('time', 'reify:unpack')
@@ -1034,7 +1033,8 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
       return promiseAllRejectLate(diff.unchanged.map(node => {
         // no need to roll back links, since we'll just delete them anyway
         if (node.isLink) {
-          return mkdirp(dirname(node.path)).then(() => this[_reifyNode](node))
+          return mkdir(dirname(node.path), { recursive: true, force: true })
+            .then(() => this[_reifyNode](node))
         }
 
         // will have been moved/unpacked along with bundler
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
         // skip it.
         const bd = node.package.bundleDependencies
         const dir = bd && bd.length ? node.path + '/node_modules' : node.path
-        return mkdirp(dir).then(() => this[_moveContents](node, fromPath))
+        return mkdir(dir, { recursive: true }).then(() => this[_moveContents](node, fromPath))
       }))
     }))
       .then(() => process.emit('timeEnd', 'reify:unretire'))
@@ -1124,15 +1124,15 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
   // the tree is pretty much built now, so it's cleanup time.
   // remove the retired folders, and any deleted nodes
   // If this fails, there isn't much we can do but tell the user about it.
-  // Thankfully, it's pretty unlikely that it'll fail, since rimraf is a tank.
+  // Thankfully, it's pretty unlikely that it'll fail, since rm is a tank.
   async [_removeTrash] () {
     process.emit('time', 'reify:trash')
     const promises = []
     const failures = []
-    const rm = path => rimraf(path).catch(er => failures.push([path, er]))
+    const _rm = path => rm(path, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(er => failures.push([path, er]))
 
     for (const path of this[_trashList]) {
-      promises.push(rm(path))
+      promises.push(_rm(path))
     }
 
     await promiseAllRejectLate(promises)
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/realpath.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/realpath.js
index bc4bbbce38485..8dc20ab63d836 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/realpath.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/realpath.js
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 // built-in fs.realpath, because we only care about symbolic links,
 // so we can handle many fewer edge cases.
 
-const fs = require('fs')
-const promisify = require('util').promisify
-const readlink = promisify(fs.readlink)
-const lstat = promisify(fs.lstat)
+const { lstat, readlink } = require('fs/promises')
 const { resolve, basename, dirname } = require('path')
 
 const realpathCached = (path, rpcache, stcache, depth) => {
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
index 96551990b122b..a0fda5a4b567a 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -35,30 +35,14 @@ const mismatch = (a, b) => a && b && a !== b
 
 const log = require('proc-log')
 const YarnLock = require('./yarn-lock.js')
-const { promisify } = require('util')
-const rimraf = promisify(require('rimraf'))
-const fs = require('fs')
-const readFile = promisify(fs.readFile)
-const writeFile = promisify(fs.writeFile)
-const stat = promisify(fs.stat)
-const readdir_ = promisify(fs.readdir)
-const readlink = promisify(fs.readlink)
-
-// XXX remove when drop support for node v10
-const lstat = promisify(fs.lstat)
-/* istanbul ignore next - version specific polyfill */
-const readdir = async (path, opt) => {
-  if (!opt || !opt.withFileTypes) {
-    return readdir_(path, opt)
-  }
-  const ents = await readdir_(path, opt)
-  if (typeof ents[0] === 'string') {
-    return Promise.all(ents.map(async ent => {
-      return Object.assign(await lstat(path + '/' + ent), { name: ent })
-    }))
-  }
-  return ents
-}
+const {
+  readFile,
+  readdir,
+  readlink,
+  rm,
+  stat,
+  writeFile,
+} = require('fs/promises')
 
 const { resolve, basename, relative } = require('path')
 const specFromLock = require('./spec-from-lock.js')
@@ -1153,7 +1137,7 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
           // a node_modules folder, but then the lockfile is not important.
           // Remove the file, so that in case there WERE deps, but we just
           // failed to update the file for some reason, it's not out of sync.
-          return rimraf(this.filename)
+          return rm(this.filename, { recursive: true, force: true })
         }
         throw er
       }),
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/package.json b/workspaces/arborist/package.json
index 271d57a983e7e..4b11b3dfffd2c 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/package.json
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
     "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^2.3.1",
     "json-stringify-nice": "^1.1.4",
     "minimatch": "^5.1.0",
-    "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
-    "mkdirp-infer-owner": "^2.0.0",
     "nopt": "^6.0.0",
     "npm-install-checks": "^5.0.0",
     "npm-package-arg": "^9.0.0",
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@
     "promise-call-limit": "^1.0.1",
     "read-package-json-fast": "^2.0.2",
     "readdir-scoped-modules": "^1.1.0",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "semver": "^7.3.7",
     "ssri": "^9.0.0",
     "treeverse": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark.js b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark.js
index f4d26871b5ecb..75f32e329ffdc 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark.js
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 process.env.ARBORIST_DEBUG = '0'
 const { Suite } = require('benchmark')
 const { relative, resolve } = require('path')
-const rimraf = require('rimraf')
+const { mkdir, rm } = require('fs/promises')
 const { execSync } = require('child_process')
 const shaCmd = 'git show --no-patch --pretty=%H HEAD'
 const dirty = !!String(execSync('git status -s -uno')).trim()
 const currentSha = String(execSync(shaCmd)).trim() + (dirty ? '-dirty' : '')
 const { green, red } = require('chalk')
 const lastBenchmark = resolve(__dirname, 'benchmark/saved/last-benchmark.json')
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
 const { linkSync, writeFileSync, readdirSync } = require('fs')
 const registryServer = require('../test/fixtures/registry-mocks/server.js')
 
@@ -152,8 +151,8 @@ const suite = new Suite({
   },
 
   async onComplete () {
-    rimraf.sync(lastBenchmark)
-    mkdirp.sync(resolve(__dirname, 'benchmark/saved'))
+    await rm(lastBenchmark, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    await mkdir(resolve(__dirname, 'benchmark/saved'), { recursive: true })
     // always save with sha
     const saveThis = resolve(__dirname, `benchmark/saved/${this.sha}.json`)
     const data = JSON.stringify(this.reduce((acc, bench) => {
@@ -171,9 +170,7 @@ const suite = new Suite({
     await teardown()
     await Promise.all([
       registryServer.stop(),
-      new Promise((res, rej) => {
-        rimraf(this.cache, er => er ? rej(er) : res())
-      }),
+      rm(this.cache, { recursive: true, force: true }),
     ])
   },
 })
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/load-actual.js b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/load-actual.js
index fc15dd24d2785..6194098fa9e4d 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/load-actual.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/load-actual.js
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 const Arborist = require('../..')
 const { resolve, basename } = require('path')
 const { writeFileSync } = require('fs')
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
+const {
+  mkdir,
+  rm,
+} = require('fs/promises')
 const dir = resolve(__dirname, basename(__filename, '.js'))
-const rimraf = require('rimraf')
 
 const suite = async (suite, { registry, cache }) => {
   // setup two folders, one with a hidden lockfile, one without
-  await mkdirp(resolve(dir, 'with-hidden-lockfile'))
-  await mkdirp(resolve(dir, 'no-hidden-lockfile'))
+  await mkdir(resolve(dir, 'with-hidden-lockfile'), { recursive: true })
+  await mkdir(resolve(dir, 'no-hidden-lockfile'), { recursive: true })
 
   const dependencies = {
     'flow-parser': '0.114.0',
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ const suite = async (suite, { registry, cache }) => {
       dependencies,
     }))
     promises.push(await arb.reify().then(() =>
-      rimraf.sync(resolve(arb.path, 'node_modules', '.package-lock.json'))))
+      rm(resolve(arb.path, 'node_modules', '.package-lock.json'), { recursive: true, force: true })))
   }
   await Promise.all(promises)
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/reify.js
index f477cfbd19f29..84c7ab4b0471d 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/reify.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const Arborist = require('../..')
 const { resolve, basename } = require('path')
 const { writeFileSync } = require('fs')
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
+const { mkdir } = require('fs/promises')
+const { rmSync } = require('fs')
 const dir = resolve(__dirname, basename(__filename, '.js'))
-const rimraf = require('rimraf')
 
 // these are not arbitrary, the empty/full and no-* bits matter
 const folders = [
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const folders = [
 
 const suite = async (suite, { registry, cache }) => {
   // setup two folders, one with a hidden lockfile, one without
-  await Promise.all(folders.map(f => mkdirp(f)))
+  await Promise.all(folders.map(f => mkdir(f, { recursive: true })))
 
   const dependencies = {
     'flow-parser': '0.114.0',
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ const suite = async (suite, { registry, cache }) => {
       defer: true,
       setup () {
         if (/no-lockfile/.test(path)) {
-          rimraf.sync(resolve(path, 'package-lock.json'))
+          rmSync(resolve(path, 'package-lock.json'), { recursive: true, force: true })
         }
         if (/empty/.test(path)) {
-          rimraf.sync(resolve(path, 'node_modules'))
+          rmSync(resolve(path, 'node_modules'), { recursive: true, force: true })
         }
         if (/no-cache/.test(path)) {
-          rimraf.sync(resolve(path, 'cache'))
+          rmSync(resolve(path, 'cache'), { recursive: true, force: true })
         }
       },
       async fn (d) {
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
index 399031abbcfec..d3c9fa12b40ca 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
@@ -4,36 +4,22 @@ const runScript = require('@npmcli/run-script')
 const localeCompare = require('@isaacs/string-locale-compare')('en')
 const tnock = require('../fixtures/tnock')
 
-// mock rimraf so we can make it fail in rollback tests
-const realRimraf = require('rimraf')
-let failRimraf = false
-const rimrafMock = (...args) => {
-  if (!failRimraf) {
-    return realRimraf(...args)
-  } else {
-    return args.pop()(new Error('rimraf fail'))
-  }
-}
-rimrafMock.sync = (...args) => {
-  if (!failRimraf) {
-    return realRimraf.sync(...args)
-  } else {
-    throw new Error('rimraf fail')
-  }
-}
 const fs = require('fs')
+
+let failRm = false
 let failRename = null
 let failRenameOnce = null
 let failMkdir = null
-const { rename: realRename, mkdir: realMkdir } = fs
+const { rename: realRename, rm: realRm, mkdir: realMkdir } = fs
 const fsMock = {
   ...fs,
   mkdir (...args) {
     if (failMkdir) {
       process.nextTick(() => args.pop()(failMkdir))
+      return
     }
 
-    realMkdir(...args)
+    return realMkdir(...args)
   },
   rename (...args) {
     if (failRename) {
@@ -43,13 +29,37 @@ const fsMock = {
       failRenameOnce = null
       process.nextTick(() => args.pop()(er))
     } else {
-      realRename(...args)
+      return realRename(...args)
     }
   },
+  rm (...args) {
+    if (failRm) {
+      process.nextTick(() => args.pop()(new Error('rm fail')))
+      return
+    }
+
+    realRm(...args)
+  },
 }
 const mocks = {
   fs: fsMock,
-  rimraf: rimrafMock,
+  'fs/promises': {
+    ...fs.promises,
+    mkdir: async (...args) => {
+      if (failMkdir) {
+        throw failMkdir
+      }
+
+      return fs.promises.mkdir(...args)
+    },
+    rm: async (...args) => {
+      if (failRm) {
+        throw new Error('rm fail')
+      }
+
+      return fs.promises.rm(...args)
+    },
+  },
 }
 
 const oldLockfileWarning = [
@@ -66,10 +76,6 @@ This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
 // need this to be injected so that it doesn't pull from main cache
 const moveFile = t.mock('@npmcli/move-file', { fs: fsMock })
 mocks['@npmcli/move-file'] = moveFile
-const mkdirp = t.mock('mkdirp', mocks)
-mocks.mkdirp = mkdirp
-const mkdirpInferOwner = t.mock('mkdirp-infer-owner', mocks)
-mocks['mkdirp-infer-owner'] = mkdirpInferOwner
 
 // track the warnings that are emitted.  returns a function that removes
 // the listener and provides the list of what it saw.
@@ -430,7 +436,7 @@ t.test('tracks changes of shrinkwrapped dep correctly', async t => {
   t.match(install2, update2, 'update maintains the same correct tree')
 
   // delete a dependency that was installed as part of the shrinkwrap
-  realRimraf.sync(resolve(path, 'node_modules/@nlf/shrinkwrapped-dep-updates-a/node_modules/@nlf/shrinkwrapped-dep-updates-b'))
+  fs.rmSync(resolve(path, 'node_modules/@nlf/shrinkwrapped-dep-updates-a/node_modules/@nlf/shrinkwrapped-dep-updates-b'), { recursive: true, force: true })
   const repair = await printReified(path)
   t.match(repair, install2, 'tree got repaired')
 })
@@ -623,7 +629,7 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
     }), expect).then(() => t.equal(rolledBack, true, 'rolled back'))
   })
 
-  t.test('fail retiring nodes because rimraf fails after eexist', t => {
+  t.test('fail retiring nodes because rm fails after eexist', t => {
     const path = fixture(t, 'testing-bundledeps-3')
     const a = newArb({ path, legacyBundling: true })
     const eexist = new Error('rename fail')
@@ -633,7 +639,7 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
     a[kRenamePath] = (from, to) => {
       a[kRenamePath] = renamePath
       failRename = eexist
-      failRimraf = true
+      failRm = true
       return a[kRenamePath](from, to)
     }
     const kRollback = Symbol.for('rollbackRetireShallowNodes')
@@ -642,8 +648,8 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
     a[kRollback] = er => {
       rolledBack = true
       failRename = new Error('some other error')
-      failRimraf = false
-      t.match(er, new Error('rimraf fail'))
+      failRm = false
+      t.match(er, new Error('rm fail'))
       a[kRollback] = rollbackRetireShallowNodes
       return a[kRollback](er).then(er => {
         failRename = null
@@ -656,11 +662,11 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
 
     return t.rejects(a.reify({
       update: ['@isaacs/testing-bundledeps-parent'],
-    }), new Error('rimraf fail'))
+    }), new Error('rm fail'))
       .then(() => t.equal(rolledBack, true, 'rolled back'))
   })
 
-  t.test('fail retiring node, but then rimraf fixes it', t => {
+  t.test('fail retiring node, but then rm fixes it', async t => {
     const path = fixture(t, 'testing-bundledeps-3')
     const a = newArb({ path, legacyBundling: true })
     const eexist = new Error('rename fail')
@@ -680,10 +686,11 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
       return a[kRollback](er)
     }
 
-    return t.resolveMatchSnapshot(a.reify({
+    const tree = await a.reify({
       update: ['@isaacs/testing-bundledeps-parent'],
       save: false,
-    }).then(printTree))
+    })
+    return printTree(tree)
   })
 
   t.test('fail creating sparse tree', t => {
@@ -712,7 +719,7 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
 
   t.test('fail rolling back from creating sparse tree', t => {
     failMkdir = null
-    failRimraf = null
+    failRm = null
     const path = fixture(t, 'testing-bundledeps-3')
     const a = newArb({ path, legacyBundling: true })
 
@@ -722,7 +729,7 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
     a[kRetireShallowNodes] = async () => {
       a[kRetireShallowNodes] = retireShallowNodes
       await a[kRetireShallowNodes]()
-      failRimraf = true
+      failRm = true
     }
     const createSparseTree = a[kCreateST]
     t.teardown(() => failMkdir = null)
@@ -753,11 +760,11 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
             'warn',
             'cleanup',
             'Failed to remove some directories',
-            [[String, new Error('rimraf fail')]],
+            [[String, new Error('rm fail')]],
           ],
         ])
       })
-      .then(() => failRimraf = false)
+      .then(() => failRm = false)
   })
 
   t.test('fail loading shrinkwraps and updating trees', t => {
@@ -856,7 +863,7 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
     const kRemove = Symbol.for('removeTrash')
     const removeRetiredAndDeletedNodes = a[kRemove]
     a[kRemove] = () => {
-      failRimraf = true
+      failRm = true
       a[kRemove] = removeRetiredAndDeletedNodes
       return a[kRemove]()
     }
@@ -875,11 +882,11 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
           'warn',
           'cleanup',
           'Failed to remove some directories',
-          [[String, new Error('rimraf fail')]],
+          [[String, new Error('rm fail')]],
         ],
       ])
     })
-      .then(() => failRimraf = false)
+      .then(() => failRm = false)
   })
 
   t.end()
@@ -1477,7 +1484,7 @@ t.test('rollback if process is terminated during reify process', async t => {
         // ensure that we end up with the same thing we started with,
         // if it was something other than we're installing
         const a = resolve(path, 'node_modules/abbrev')
-        mkdirp.sync(a)
+        fs.mkdirSync(a, { recursive: true })
         const pj = resolve(a, 'package.json')
         fs.writeFileSync(pj, JSON.stringify({
           name: 'abbrev',
@@ -2337,7 +2344,7 @@ t.test('never unpack into anything other than a real directory', async t => {
   const wrappy = resolve(path, 'node_modules/once/node_modules/wrappy')
   arb[kUnpack] = () => {
     // will have already created it
-    realRimraf.sync(wrappy)
+    fs.rmSync(wrappy, { recursive: true, force: true })
     const target = resolve(path, 'target')
     fs.symlinkSync(target, wrappy, 'junction')
     arb[kUnpack] = unpackNewModules
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/validate-path.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/validate-path.js
index 503e3c094eac7..e5155d27d4e41 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/validate-path.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/validate-path.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Arborist should be mkdirping the path, but not
+// Arborist should be mkdir-ing the path, but not
 // changing its ownership in that case.
 // https://github.com/npm/arborist/issues/252
 // This test has to club a lot of stuff, and provides no coverage,
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
index 28e4167d35332..b5303f900c2a7 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const Link = require('../lib/link.js')
 const calcDepFlags = require('../lib/calc-dep-flags.js')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const Arborist = require('../lib/arborist/index.js')
-const rimraf = require('rimraf')
 
 const t = require('tap')
 
@@ -893,8 +892,8 @@ t.test('hidden lockfile only used if up to date', async t => {
 
   // make the lockfile newer, but missing a folder from node_modules
   {
-    rimraf.sync(resolve(path, 'node_modules/abbrev'))
-    rimraf.sync(resolve(path, 'node_modules/xyz'))
+    fs.rmSync(resolve(path, 'node_modules/abbrev'), { recursive: true, force: true })
+    fs.rmSync(resolve(path, 'node_modules/xyz'), { recursive: true, force: true })
     const later = Date.now() + 10000
     fs.utimesSync(resolve(path, hidden), new Date(later), new Date(later))
     const s = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path, hiddenLockfile: true })