diff --git a/src/modules/helpers/index.ts b/src/modules/helpers/index.ts
index 1b9b5282f69..a5805af8030 100644
--- a/src/modules/helpers/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/helpers/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { Faker } from '../..';
 import { FakerError } from '../../errors/faker-error';
+import { deprecated } from '../../internal/deprecated';
 import { luhnCheckValue } from './luhn-check';
 import type { RecordKey } from './unique';
 import * as uniqueExec from './unique';
@@ -1238,10 +1239,15 @@ export class HelpersModule {
    * @param options.compare The function used to determine whether a value was already returned. Defaults to check the existence of the key.
    * @param options.store The store of unique entries. Defaults to a global store.
    *
+   * @see https://github.com/faker-js/faker/issues/1785#issuecomment-1407773744
+   *
    * @example
    * faker.helpers.unique(faker.person.firstName) // 'Corbin'
    *
    * @since 7.5.0
+   *
+   * @deprecated Please find a dedicated npm package instead, or even create one on your own if you want to.
+   * More info can be found in issue [faker-js/faker #1785](https://github.com/faker-js/faker/issues/1785).
    */
   unique<
     Method extends (
@@ -1299,6 +1305,14 @@ export class HelpersModule {
       store?: Record<RecordKey, RecordKey>;
     } = {}
   ): ReturnType<Method> {
+    deprecated({
+      deprecated: 'faker.helpers.unique',
+      proposed:
+        'https://github.com/faker-js/faker/issues/1785#issuecomment-1407773744',
+      since: '8.0',
+      until: '9.0',
+    });
+
     const { maxTime = 50, maxRetries = 50 } = options;
     return uniqueExec.exec(method, args, {
       ...options,
diff --git a/test/finance.spec.ts b/test/finance.spec.ts
index 41be4a017ff..c71b3d38528 100644
--- a/test/finance.spec.ts
+++ b/test/finance.spec.ts
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ describe('finance', () => {
         it('should return a random credit card number', () => {
           let number = faker.finance.creditCardNumber();
           number = number.replace(/\D/g, ''); // remove formatting
-          console.log('version:', process.version, number, number.length);
 
           expect(number.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(13);
           expect(number.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(20);
diff --git a/test/scripts/apidoc/verify-jsdoc-tags.spec.ts b/test/scripts/apidoc/verify-jsdoc-tags.spec.ts
index 602864b13be..410bffc206d 100644
--- a/test/scripts/apidoc/verify-jsdoc-tags.spec.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/apidoc/verify-jsdoc-tags.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mkdirSync, rmdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import validator from 'validator';
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const tempDir = resolve(__dirname, 'temp');
 
 afterAll(() => {
   // Remove temp folder
-  rmdirSync(tempDir, { recursive: true });
+  rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true });
 });
 
 describe('verify JSDoc tags', () => {