diff --git a/install/package.json b/install/package.json
index 2315dc48df..92e4bf9767 100644
--- a/install/package.json
+++ b/install/package.json
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         "ioredis": "5.3.1",
         "request": "2.88.2",
         "request-promise-native": "1.0.9",
-        "rimraf": "3.0.2",
+        "rimraf": "4.4.0",
         "rss": "1.2.2",
         "rtlcss": "4.0.0",
         "sanitize-html": "2.10.0",
diff --git a/src/meta/css.js b/src/meta/css.js
index c77520e247..3e66c78624 100644
--- a/src/meta/css.js
+++ b/src/meta/css.js
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
 const winston = require('winston');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const util = require('util');
 const path = require('path');
 const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
-const rimrafAsync = util.promisify(rimraf);
-
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const db = require('../database');
 const file = require('../file');
@@ -213,7 +210,7 @@ async function getBundleMetadata(target) {
 
 CSS.buildBundle = async function (target, fork) {
 	if (target === 'client') {
-		await rimrafAsync(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/client*'));
+		await rimraf(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/client*'), { glob: true });
 	}
 
 	const data = await getBundleMetadata(target);
diff --git a/src/meta/js.js b/src/meta/js.js
index df3fe41bae..ff5dbd6968 100644
--- a/src/meta/js.js
+++ b/src/meta/js.js
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const util = require('util');
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
-const rimrafAsync = util.promisify(rimraf);
-
 const file = require('../file');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const minifier = require('./minifier');
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@ async function clearModules() {
 		p => path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/src', p)
 	);
 	await Promise.all(
-		builtPaths.map(builtPath => rimrafAsync(builtPath))
+		builtPaths.map(builtPath => rimraf(builtPath))
 	);
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ JS.buildModules = async function () {
 };
 
 JS.linkStatics = async function () {
-	await rimrafAsync(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/plugins'));
+	await rimraf(path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/plugins'));
 
 	await Promise.all(Object.keys(plugins.staticDirs).map(async (mappedPath) => {
 		const sourceDir = plugins.staticDirs[mappedPath];
diff --git a/src/meta/languages.js b/src/meta/languages.js
index 4d845cc2e1..1e354bef70 100644
--- a/src/meta/languages.js
+++ b/src/meta/languages.js
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const util = require('util');
-let mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-
-mkdirp = mkdirp.hasOwnProperty('native') ? mkdirp : util.promisify(mkdirp);
+const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
-const rimrafAsync = util.promisify(rimraf);
 
 const file = require('../file');
 const Plugins = require('../plugins');
@@ -137,7 +133,7 @@ async function assignFileToTranslations(translations, path) {
 }
 
 exports.build = async function buildLanguages() {
-	await rimrafAsync(buildLanguagesPath);
+	await rimraf(buildLanguagesPath);
 	const data = await getTranslationMetadata();
 	await buildTranslations(data);
 };
diff --git a/src/meta/templates.js b/src/meta/templates.js
index 89a68080fa..8749379bc0 100644
--- a/src/meta/templates.js
+++ b/src/meta/templates.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const util = require('util');
-let mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-
-mkdirp = mkdirp.hasOwnProperty('native') ? mkdirp : util.promisify(mkdirp);
+const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 const winston = require('winston');
 const path = require('path');
@@ -113,9 +110,7 @@ async function compileTemplate(filename, source) {
 Templates.compileTemplate = compileTemplate;
 
 async function compile() {
-	const _rimraf = util.promisify(rimraf);
-
-	await _rimraf(viewsPath);
+	await rimraf(viewsPath);
 	await mkdirp(viewsPath);
 
 	let files = await plugins.getActive();
diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index 4a7e72dac9..d2b11e7f4d 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ const async = require('async');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const path = require('path');
 const nconf = require('nconf');
-const util = require('util');
-const rimrafAsync = util.promisify(require('rimraf'));
+const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 const db = require('../database');
 const posts = require('../posts');
@@ -210,8 +209,8 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 	async function deleteImages(uid) {
 		const folder = path.join(nconf.get('upload_path'), 'profile');
 		await Promise.all([
-			rimrafAsync(path.join(folder, `${uid}-profilecover*`)),
-			rimrafAsync(path.join(folder, `${uid}-profileavatar*`)),
+			rimraf(path.join(folder, `${uid}-profilecover*`), { glob: true }),
+			rimraf(path.join(folder, `${uid}-profileavatar*`), { glob: true }),
 		]);
 	}
 };
diff --git a/test/build.js b/test/build.js
index e511761fa0..a7c060de00 100644
--- a/test/build.js
+++ b/test/build.js
@@ -88,11 +88,9 @@ describe('minifier', () => {
 describe('Build', () => {
 	const build = require('../src/meta/build');
 
-	before((done) => {
-		async.parallel([
-			async.apply(rimraf, path.join(__dirname, '../build/public')),
-			async.apply(db.sortedSetAdd, 'plugins:active', Date.now(), 'nodebb-plugin-markdown'),
-		], done);
+	before(async () => {
+		await rimraf(path.join(__dirname, '../build/public'));
+		await db.sortedSetAdd('plugins:active', Date.now(), 'nodebb-plugin-markdown');
 	});
 
 	it('should build plugin static dirs', (done) => {
diff --git a/test/mocks/databasemock.js b/test/mocks/databasemock.js
index d22e4c01b0..10e9496919 100644
--- a/test/mocks/databasemock.js
+++ b/test/mocks/databasemock.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ async function setupMockDefaults() {
 		id: 'nodebb-theme-persona',
 	});
 
-	const rimraf = util.promisify(require('rimraf'));
+	const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 	await rimraf('test/uploads');
 
 	const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');