diff --git a/lib/geo-index.js b/lib/geo-index.js
index 6b7e428f..7df9ca0d 100644
--- a/lib/geo-index.js
+++ b/lib/geo-index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+const fs = require('fs')
+
 var helpers = require('@turf/helpers')
 var async = require('async')
-var fs = require('fs-extra')
 var geobuf = require('geobuf')
 var jsts = require('jsts')
 var _ = require('lodash')
@@ -166,28 +167,6 @@ module.exports = function (tzGeojson, dataDir, targetIndexPercent, callback) {
     return ret
   }
 
-  var fileWritingQueue = async.queue(
-    function (data, cb) {
-      fs.ensureDir(data.folder, function (err) {
-        if (err) { return cb(err) }
-
-        var filePath = data.folder + '/' + data.filename
-        var writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(filePath)
-        var output
-
-        if (filePath.split('.').pop() === 'buf') {
-          output = Buffer.from(geobuf.encode(data.data, new Pbf()))
-        } else {
-          output = JSON.stringify(data.data)
-        }
-
-        writeStream.end(output, function (err) {
-          if (err) { return cb(err) }
-          cb()
-        })
-      })
-    }, 10)
-
   // create array and index lookup of timezone names
   for (let i = 0; i < tzGeojson.features.length; i++) {
     data.timezones.push(tzGeojson.features[i].properties.tzid)
@@ -412,17 +391,5 @@ module.exports = function (tzGeojson, dataDir, targetIndexPercent, callback) {
 
   console.log('writing index file')
 
-  fileWritingQueue.drain(err => {
-    console.log('done indexing')
-    callback(
-      err || (
-        debugWriteIdx > 1
-          ? 'At least one unexpected intersected geometry type encountered!'
-          : null
-      )
-    )
-  })
-
-  // write index data to file
-  fileWritingQueue.push({ folder: dataDir, filename: 'index.json', data: data })
+  fs.writeFile(dataDir + '/index.json', JSON.stringify(data), callback)
 }
diff --git a/lib/update.js b/lib/update.js
index d7232de1..deb4125a 100644
--- a/lib/update.js
+++ b/lib/update.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+var fs = require('fs')
 var https = require('follow-redirects').https
 var path = require('path')
 
 var async = require('async')
-var fs = require('fs-extra')
 var yauzl = require('yauzl')
 
 var indexGeoJSON = require('./geo-index')
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var downloadLatest = function (callback) {
   console.log('Downloading geojson')
   async.auto({
     getLatestUrl: function (cb) {
+      console.log('Downloading latest release metadata')
       https.get(
         {
           headers: { 'user-agent': 'node-geo-tz' },
@@ -39,12 +40,13 @@ var downloadLatest = function (callback) {
       ).on('error', cb)
     },
     rm: function (cb) {
-      fs.remove(dlFile, cb)
+      fs.rm(dlFile, { force: true, recursive: true }, cb)
     },
     mkdir: ['rm', function (results, cb) {
-      fs.ensureDir(__dirname + '/../downloads', cb)
+      fs.mkdir(__dirname + '/../downloads', { recursive: true }, cb)
     }],
     dl: ['mkdir', 'getLatestUrl', function (results, cb) {
+      console.log('Downloading latest release data')
       https.get({
         headers: { 'user-agent': 'node-geo-tz' },
         host: 'github.com',
@@ -80,7 +82,11 @@ module.exports = function (cfg, callback) {
     },
     deleteIndexFoldersAndFiles: ['downloadData', function (results, cb) {
       async.each(['geo.dat', 'index.json'], function (fileOrFolder, eachCb) {
-        fs.remove(resolvedDataDir + '/' + fileOrFolder, eachCb)
+        fs.rm(
+          resolvedDataDir + '/' + fileOrFolder, 
+          { force: true, recursive: true }, 
+          eachCb
+        )
       }, cb)
     }],
     unzipGeoJson: ['downloadData', function (results, cb) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1ed6a67e..d61f9430 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "async": "^3.2.0",
     "chai": "^4.3.4",
     "follow-redirects": "^1.13.0",
-    "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "jsts": "^2.6.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "mocha": "^9.1.3",
diff --git a/tests/geo-index.test.js b/tests/geo-index.test.js
index ca80183d..be9133fb 100644
--- a/tests/geo-index.test.js
+++ b/tests/geo-index.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /* globals afterEach, beforeEach, describe, it */
 
+var fs = require('fs')
+
 var assert = require('chai').assert
-var fs = require('fs-extra')
 var geobuf = require('geobuf')
 var Pbf = require('pbf')
 
diff --git a/tests/update.test.js b/tests/update.test.js
index 3269f098..f23d366b 100644
--- a/tests/update.test.js
+++ b/tests/update.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* globals afterEach, beforeEach, describe, it */
 
-var fs = require('fs-extra')
+var fs = require('fs')
 
 var assert = require('chai').assert
 var nock = require('nock')
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ describe('data update', function () {
       dataDir: TEST_DATA_DIR
     },
     function (err) {
+      console.log(err)
       try {
         assert.isNotOk(err)
       } catch (e) {
diff --git a/tests/util.js b/tests/util.js
index 99950e13..f81cf42d 100644
--- a/tests/util.js
+++ b/tests/util.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+var fs = require('fs')
+
 var async = require('async')
-var fs = require('fs-extra')
 
 var util = {}
 
@@ -9,13 +10,17 @@ util.createDataDir = function (dir, callback) {
       util.destroyDataDir(dir, cb)
     },
     createNewDataDir: ['destroyDataDir', function (results, cb) {
-      fs.ensureDir(dir, cb)
+      fs.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true }, cb)
     }]
   }, callback)
 }
 
 util.destroyDataDir = function (dir, callback) {
-  async.each([dir, dir + '.zip'], fs.remove, callback)
+  async.each(
+    [dir, dir + '.zip'], 
+    (dir, cb) => fs.rm(dir, { force: true, recursive: true }, cb), 
+    callback
+  )
 }
 
 module.exports = util