diff --git a/lib/recorder.js b/lib/recorder.js
index 273df99..4164265 100644
--- a/lib/recorder.js
+++ b/lib/recorder.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const fs = require('fs')
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp').sync
 const nock = require('nock')
 const path = require('path')
 
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ class NockRecorder {
     nock.activate()
     // this will only run when the root test is being torn down, which means everything
     // else is finished and now we just need to actually write the snapshot file
-    mkdirp(path.dirname(this.#snapshotFile))
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(this.#snapshotFile), { recursive: true })
     fs.writeFileSync(this.#snapshotFile, JSON.stringify(this.#snapshot, null, 2))
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98ee4f9..948524a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@
     "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^4.0.0",
     "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.11.3",
     "minipass-fetch": "^3.0.0",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "tap": "^16.0.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
     "nock": "^13.2.4"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/test/snapshot.js b/test/snapshot.js
index c09a982..6ed85a9 100644
--- a/test/snapshot.js
+++ b/test/snapshot.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const http = require('http')
 const fetch = require('minipass-fetch')
 const path = require('path')
-const rimraf = require('rimraf').sync
 const patchTap = require('../')
 const t = patchTap(require('tap'))
 const Test = t.Test
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
 })
 
 const flushSnapshots = () => {
-  rimraf(path.resolve(__dirname, '../tap-snapshots'))
+  fs.rmSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../tap-snapshots'), { force: true, recursive: true })
 }
 
 t.afterEach(flushSnapshots)