diff --git a/.changeset/loud-monkeys-compete.md b/.changeset/loud-monkeys-compete.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7e006ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/loud-monkeys-compete.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'preact-cli': patch
+---
+
+Replacing mkdirp with native mkdir recursive
diff --git a/packages/cli/lib/commands/create.js b/packages/cli/lib/commands/create.js
index 3079723f4..0bee9f75e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/lib/commands/create.js
+++ b/packages/cli/lib/commands/create.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const { promisify } = require('util');
 const fetch = require('isomorphic-unfetch');
 const glob = promisify(require('glob').glob);
 const gittar = require('gittar');
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const fs = require('../fs');
 const os = require('os');
 const { green } = require('kleur');
@@ -271,7 +270,7 @@ async function command(repo, dest, argv) {
 	}
 
 	if (!fs.existsSync(resolve(cwd, dest, 'src'))) {
-		mkdirp.sync(resolve(cwd, dest, 'src'));
+		fs.mkdirSync(resolve(cwd, dest, 'src'), { recursive: true });
 	}
 
 	// Attempt to fetch the `template`
diff --git a/packages/cli/lib/fs.js b/packages/cli/lib/fs.js
index d2657fabe..8ec821efc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/lib/fs.js
+++ b/packages/cli/lib/fs.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const {
 	mkdir,
+	mkdirSync,
 	readFile,
 	writeFile,
 	copyFile,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const { promisify } = require('util');
 
 module.exports = {
 	mkdir: promisify(mkdir),
+	mkdirSync,
 	copyFile: promisify(copyFile),
 	readFile: promisify(readFile),
 	writeFile: promisify(writeFile),
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 083f97c63..7de1f5bfd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"html-looks-like": "^1.0.2",
 		"jest": "^26.0.1",
-		"mkdirp": "^1.0.3",
 		"ncp": "^2.0.0",
 		"node-sass": "^4.12.0",
 		"p-retry": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/cli/tests/lib/cli.js b/packages/cli/tests/lib/cli.js
index 2fe9a96ac..190597bb9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tests/lib/cli.js
+++ b/packages/cli/tests/lib/cli.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 const { join } = require('path');
-const { existsSync, unlinkSync, symlinkSync } = require('fs');
+const { existsSync, mkdirSync, unlinkSync, symlinkSync } = require('fs');
 const cmd = require('../../lib/commands');
 const { tmpDir } = require('./output');
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 const shell = require('shelljs');
 
 const root = join(__dirname, '../../../..');
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ exports.create = async function (template, name) {
 
 exports.build = function (cwd, options, installNodeModules = false) {
 	if (!installNodeModules) {
-		mkdirp.sync(join(cwd, 'node_modules')); // ensure exists, avoid exit()
+		mkdirSync(join(cwd, 'node_modules'), { recursive: true }); // ensure exists, avoid exit()
 		linkPackage('preact', root, cwd);
 		linkPackage('preact-render-to-string', root, cwd);
 	} else {