diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/package.json b/packages/react-devtools-shared/package.json
index 9d15ae7869d45..b03ce9ea74310 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/package.json
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
     "@reach/menu-button": "^0.16.1",
     "@reach/tooltip": "^0.16.0",
     "clipboard-js": "^0.3.6",
+    "compare-versions": "^5.0.3",
     "json5": "^2.1.3",
     "local-storage-fallback": "^4.1.1",
     "lodash.throttle": "^4.1.1",
     "memoize-one": "^3.1.1",
-    "react-virtualized-auto-sizer": "^1.0.6",
-    "semver": "^6.3.0"
+    "react-virtualized-auto-sizer": "^1.0.6"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils-test.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils-test.js
index ecb2cac33eb2a..5cb94fc051cc0 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils-test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {stackToComponentSources} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/utils'
 import {
   format,
   formatWithStyles,
+  gt,
+  gte,
 } from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils';
 import {
   REACT_SUSPENSE_LIST_TYPE as SuspenseList,
@@ -252,4 +254,18 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       ]);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('semver comparisons', () => {
+    it('gte should compare versions correctly', () => {
+      expect(gte('1.2.3', '1.2.1')).toBe(true);
+      expect(gte('1.2.1', '1.2.1')).toBe(true);
+      expect(gte('1.2.1', '1.2.2')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('gt should compare versions correctly', () => {
+      expect(gt('1.2.3', '1.2.1')).toBe(true);
+      expect(gt('1.2.1', '1.2.1')).toBe(false);
+      expect(gt('1.2.1', '1.2.2')).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/renderer.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/renderer.js
index 1028e35726cad..cf2660fc690f3 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/renderer.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/renderer.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
-import {gt, gte} from 'semver';
 import {
   ComponentFilterDisplayName,
   ComponentFilterElementType,
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   utfEncodeString,
 } from 'react-devtools-shared/src/utils';
 import {sessionStorageGetItem} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/storage';
+import {gt, gte} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils';
 import {
   cleanForBridge,
   copyToClipboard,
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils.js
index be5bfa56a869a..7ae15e173dfbb 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 import {copy} from 'clipboard-js';
+import {compareVersions} from 'compare-versions';
 import {dehydrate} from '../hydration';
 import isArray from 'shared/isArray';
 
@@ -275,3 +276,11 @@ export function isSynchronousXHRSupported(): boolean {
     window.document.featurePolicy.allowsFeature('sync-xhr')
   );
 }
+
+export function gt(a: string = '', b: string = ''): boolean {
+  return compareVersions(a, b) === 1;
+}
+
+export function gte(a: string = '', b: string = ''): boolean {
+  return compareVersions(a, b) > -1;
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shell/src/e2e-regression/app-legacy.js b/packages/react-devtools-shell/src/e2e-regression/app-legacy.js
index dedbed5e73f7a..e8bb10fda091b 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shell/src/e2e-regression/app-legacy.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shell/src/e2e-regression/app-legacy.js
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import {gte} from 'semver';
 import ListApp from '../e2e-apps/ListApp';
 import ListAppLegacy from '../e2e-apps/ListAppLegacy';
+import {gte} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/backend/utils';
+
 const version = process.env.E2E_APP_REACT_VERSION;
 
 function mountApp(App: () => React$Node) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 37be19fac609c..966bfe2fa541f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5458,6 +5458,11 @@ commondir@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commondir/-/commondir-1.0.1.tgz#ddd800da0c66127393cca5950ea968a3aaf1253b"
   integrity sha1-3dgA2gxmEnOTzKWVDqloo6rxJTs=
 
+compare-versions@^5.0.3:
+  version "5.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compare-versions/-/compare-versions-5.0.3.tgz#a9b34fea217472650ef4a2651d905f42c28ebfd7"
+  integrity sha512-4UZlZP8Z99MGEY+Ovg/uJxJuvoXuN4M6B3hKaiackiHrgzQFEe3diJi1mf1PNHbFujM7FvLrK2bpgIaImbtZ1A==
+
 component-emitter@^1.2.1:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-1.3.0.tgz#16e4070fba8ae29b679f2215853ee181ab2eabc0"