diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5cd85a84f6..19fe0dab938 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
     "nyc": "^17.1.0",
     "prettier": "^3.3.3",
     "readable-stream": "^4.5.2",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "sass": "^1.54.9",
     "sass-loader": "^16.0.2",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
diff --git a/scripts/cleanup-test.js b/scripts/cleanup-test.js
index ba76422e368..4dfe87107c1 100644
--- a/scripts/cleanup-test.js
+++ b/scripts/cleanup-test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const rimraf = require("rimraf");
+const fs = require("fs");
 const { join } = require("path");
 const collectTestFolders = require("./utils");
 
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ const folderStrategy = (stats, file) => {
 
 const cleanupOutputDirs = () => {
   for (const outputFolder of collectTestFolders(folderStrategy)) {
-    outputDirectories.forEach((dir) => rimraf.sync(join(outputFolder, dir)));
+    outputDirectories.forEach((dir) =>
+      fs.rmSync(join(outputFolder, dir), { recursive: true, force: true }),
+    );
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/build/cache/cache.test.js b/test/build/cache/cache.test.js
index 9225b4059f3..d7b8eaeb9b5 100644
--- a/test/build/cache/cache.test.js
+++ b/test/build/cache/cache.test.js
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 "use strict";
 
+const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
-const rimraf = require("rimraf");
 const { run } = require("../../utils/test-utils");
 
 describe("cache", () => {
   it("should work", async () => {
-    rimraf.sync(
+    fs.rmSync(
       path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-default-development"),
+      { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
 
     let { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = await run(__dirname, ["-c", "./webpack.config.js"]);
@@ -29,11 +30,13 @@ describe("cache", () => {
   });
 
   it("should work in multi compiler mode", async () => {
-    rimraf.sync(
+    fs.rmSync(
       path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-first-development"),
+      { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
-    rimraf.sync(
+    fs.rmSync(
       path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-second-development"),
+      { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
 
     let { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = await run(__dirname, ["-c", "./multi.config.js"]);
@@ -55,8 +58,9 @@ describe("cache", () => {
   });
 
   it("should work in multi compiler mode with the `--config-name` argument", async () => {
-    rimraf.sync(
+    fs.rmSync(
       path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-third-development"),
+      { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
 
     let { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = await run(__dirname, [
@@ -92,8 +96,9 @@ describe("cache", () => {
   });
 
   it("should work with the `--merge` argument", async () => {
-    rimraf.sync(
+    fs.rmSync(
       path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-fourth-development"),
+      { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
 
     let { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = await run(__dirname, [
@@ -131,8 +136,9 @@ describe("cache", () => {
   });
 
   it("should work with the `--config-name` and `--merge` argument", async () => {
-    rimraf.sync(
+    fs.rmSync(
       path.join(__dirname, "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-fifth-development"),
+      { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
 
     let { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = await run(__dirname, [
@@ -178,11 +184,12 @@ describe("cache", () => {
   });
 
   it("should work with autoloading configuration", async () => {
-    rimraf.sync(
+    fs.rmSync(
       path.join(
         __dirname,
         "../../../node_modules/.cache/webpack/cache-test-autoloading-development",
       ),
+      { recursive: true, force: true },
     );
 
     let { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = await run(__dirname, ["--name", "cache-test-autoloading"]);