diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 720ee35031..db8e6155bb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -34898,7 +34898,6 @@
         "less-plugin-autoprefix": "^2.0.0",
         "mensch": "^0.3.4",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.6.0",
-        "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
         "mocha": "^8.4.0",
         "mock-fs": "^5.1.2",
         "nock": "^13.1.1",
@@ -42402,7 +42401,6 @@
         "method-override": "^2.3.3",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.6.0",
         "minimist": "1.2.5",
-        "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
         "mmmagic": "^0.5.3",
         "mocha": "^8.4.0",
         "mock-fs": "^5.1.2",
diff --git a/services/web/package.json b/services/web/package.json
index 908ff70a51..11e81ba31b 100644
--- a/services/web/package.json
+++ b/services/web/package.json
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@
     "less-plugin-autoprefix": "^2.0.0",
     "mensch": "^0.3.4",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.6.0",
-    "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
     "mocha": "^8.4.0",
     "mock-fs": "^5.1.2",
     "nock": "^13.1.1",
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/src/LinkedFilesTests.js b/services/web/test/acceptance/src/LinkedFilesTests.js
index 67a7b3382a..155bfab0fb 100644
--- a/services/web/test/acceptance/src/LinkedFilesTests.js
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/src/LinkedFilesTests.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const { expect } = require('chai')
 const _ = require('underscore')
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
-const { promisify } = require('util')
+const fs = require('fs')
 
 const Settings = require('@overleaf/settings')
 const User = require('./helpers/User').promises
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ describe('LinkedFiles', function () {
   beforeEach(async function () {
     owner = new User()
     await owner.login()
-    await promisify(mkdirp)(Settings.path.dumpFolder)
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(Settings.path.dumpFolder, { recursive: true })
   })
 
   describe('creating a project linked file', function () {