diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d59353c..c4e7f37e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     "import-fresh": "^2.0.0",
     "is-url": "^1.2.4",
     "q": "^1.5.1",
-    "shelljs": "^0.8.2",
     "valid-identifier": "0.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/spec/create.spec.js b/spec/create.spec.js
index 022601c1..280dfbe7 100644
--- a/spec/create.spec.js
+++ b/spec/create.spec.js
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
     under the License.
 */
 
-var fs = require('fs');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+
 var path = require('path');
 
-var shell = require('shelljs');
 var requireFresh = require('import-fresh');
 
 var create = require('..');
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ var project = path.join(tmpDir, appName);
 
 // Setup and teardown test dirs
 beforeEach(function () {
-    shell.rm('-rf', project);
-    shell.mkdir('-p', tmpDir);
+    fs.emptyDirSync(tmpDir);
 });
-afterEach(function () {
+afterAll(function () {
     process.chdir(path.join(__dirname, '..')); // Needed to rm the dir on Windows.
-    shell.rm('-rf', tmpDir);
+    fs.removeSync(tmpDir);
 });
 
 describe('cordova create checks for valid-identifier', function () {
@@ -342,7 +341,7 @@ describe('create end-to-end', function () {
     });
 
     it('should successfully run with existing, empty destination', function () {
-        shell.mkdir('-p', project);
+        fs.ensureDirSync(project);
         return create(project, appId, appName, {}, events)
             .then(checkProjectArtifactsWithPackageFromTemplate);
     });
diff --git a/spec/helpers.js b/spec/helpers.js
index 56d35473..ff51f6a1 100644
--- a/spec/helpers.js
+++ b/spec/helpers.js
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
     under the License.
 */
 
-const fs = require('fs');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
 
 const rewire = require('rewire');
-const shell = require('shelljs');
 
 // Disable regular console output during tests
 const CordovaLogger = require('cordova-common').CordovaLogger;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ function createWithMockFetch (dir, id, name, cfg, events) {
     const fetchSpy = jasmine.createSpy('fetchSpy')
         .and.callFake(() => Promise.resolve(mockFetchDest));
 
-    shell.cp('-R', templateDir, mockFetchDest);
+    fs.copySync(templateDir, mockFetchDest);
     return createWith({fetch: fetchSpy})(dir, id, name, cfg, events)
         .then(() => fetchSpy);
 }