diff --git a/.chronus/changes/use-node-fetch-builtin-2024-3-26-17-50-57.md b/.chronus/changes/use-node-fetch-builtin-2024-3-26-17-50-57.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..628ffc4f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chronus/changes/use-node-fetch-builtin-2024-3-26-17-50-57.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Change versionKind to one of: internal, fix, dependencies, feature, deprecation, breaking
+changeKind: fix
+packages:
+  - "@typespec/compiler"
+---
+
+Internals: Use node built-in `fetch` API that is now stable since node `18.13.0`
diff --git a/packages/compiler/package.json b/packages/compiler/package.json
index 4f46b2f020..ebcabd7de7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/package.json
+++ b/packages/compiler/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
     "@babel/code-frame": "~7.24.2",
     "ajv": "~8.12.0",
     "change-case": "~5.4.4",
-    "follow-redirects": "^1.15.6",
     "globby": "~14.0.1",
     "mustache": "~4.2.0",
     "picocolors": "~1.0.0",
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/babel__code-frame": "~7.0.6",
-    "@types/follow-redirects": "^1.14.4",
     "@types/mustache": "~4.2.5",
     "@types/node": "~18.11.19",
     "@types/prompts": "~2.4.9",
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/core/fetch.ts b/packages/compiler/src/core/fetch.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dbf26a8015..0000000000
--- a/packages/compiler/src/core/fetch.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import followRedirects from "follow-redirects";
-import { compilerAssert } from "./diagnostics.js";
-
-export interface FetchResponse {
-  readonly url: string;
-  text(): Promise<string>;
-}
-/**
- * Basic implementation of fetch to fit our needs.
- * We are not using `node-fetch` due to a vulnerability and an issue in `<=3.2.8` the typing if `version >=3.2.9`
- * Node built-in fetch is still experimental as of node 19
- */
-export function fetch(uri: string): Promise<FetchResponse> {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    request(uri, resolve, reject);
-  });
-
-  function request(uri: string, resolve: (arg: FetchResponse) => void, reject: (arg: any) => void) {
-    const url = new URL(uri);
-    const protocol =
-      url.protocol === "https:"
-        ? followRedirects.https
-        : url.protocol === "http:"
-          ? followRedirects.http
-          : undefined;
-    compilerAssert(protocol, `Protocol '${url.protocol}' is not supported`);
-
-    protocol
-      .get(url, (res) => {
-        let data = "";
-
-        res.on("data", (chunk) => {
-          data += chunk;
-        });
-
-        res.on("end", () => {
-          resolve({
-            url: url.href,
-            text: () => Promise.resolve(data),
-          });
-        });
-      })
-      .on("error", (err) => {
-        reject(err);
-      });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/core/node-host.ts b/packages/compiler/src/core/node-host.ts
index 4eee44f8f3..34d8998c3b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/core/node-host.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/core/node-host.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { realpath } from "fs";
 import { mkdir, readdir, readFile, rm, stat, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "url";
 import { findProjectRoot } from "../utils/misc.js";
-import { fetch } from "./fetch.js";
 import { createConsoleSink } from "./logger/index.js";
 import { joinPaths } from "./path-utils.js";
 import { createSourceFile, getSourceFileKindFromExt } from "./source-file.js";
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ export const CompilerPackageRoot = (await findProjectRoot(stat, fileURLToPath(im
  */
 export const NodeHost: CompilerHost = {
   readUrl: async (url: string) => {
-    const response = await fetch(url);
+    const response = await fetch(url, { redirect: "follow" });
     const text = await response.text();
     return createSourceFile(text, response.url);
   },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index cb59457fe5..a4c32c6ff8 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -225,9 +225,6 @@ importers:
       change-case:
         specifier: ~5.4.4
         version: 5.4.4
-      follow-redirects:
-        specifier: ^1.15.6
-        version: 1.15.6
       globby:
         specifier: ~14.0.1
         version: 14.0.1
@@ -262,9 +259,6 @@ importers:
       '@types/babel__code-frame':
         specifier: ~7.0.6
         version: 7.0.6
-      '@types/follow-redirects':
-        specifier: ^1.14.4
-        version: 1.14.4
       '@types/mustache':
         specifier: ~4.2.5
         version: 4.2.5
@@ -7722,12 +7716,6 @@ packages:
       '@types/serve-static': 1.15.5
     dev: false
 
-  /@types/follow-redirects@1.14.4:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-GWXfsD0Jc1RWiFmMuMFCpXMzi9L7oPDVwxUnZdg89kDNnqsRfUKXEtUYtA98A6lig1WXH/CYY/fvPW9HuN5fTA==}
-    dependencies:
-      '@types/node': 18.11.19
-    dev: true
-
   /@types/gtag.js@0.0.12:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-YQV9bUsemkzG81Ea295/nF/5GijnD2Af7QhEofh7xu+kvCN6RdodgNwwGWXB5GMI3NoyvQo0odNctoH/qLMIpg==}
     dev: false