diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ca870eb26cd9..ec664a09dcb7e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "@types/common-tags": "^1.8.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.3",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^8.1.2",
-    "@types/got": "^9.6.11",
     "@types/jaeger-client": "^3.18.0",
     "@types/jest": "^24.9.1",
     "@types/joi": "^14.3.4",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-core-utils/src/fetch-remote-file.ts b/packages/gatsby-core-utils/src/fetch-remote-file.ts
index 3c92e286367b1..a0fcac9033357 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-core-utils/src/fetch-remote-file.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby-core-utils/src/fetch-remote-file.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import got, { Options as GotOptions, Headers } from "got"
+import got, { Headers, Options } from "got"
 import fileType from "file-type"
 import path from "path"
 import fs from "fs-extra"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const requestRemoteNode = (
   url: string | URL,
   headers: Headers,
   tmpFilename: string,
-  httpOptions?: GotOptions,
+  httpOptions?: Options,
   attempt: number = 1
 ): Promise<IncomingMessage> =>
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -182,14 +182,11 @@ export async function fetchRemoteFile({
     headers[`If-None-Match`] = cachedHeaders.etag
   }
 
-  // Add Basic authentication if passed in:
-  // https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/blob/main/documentation/2-options.md#username
-  // The "auth" API isn't particularly extensible, we should define an API that we validate
-  const httpOptions: got.GotOptions<string | null> = {}
+  // Add htaccess authentication if passed in. This isn't particularly
+  // extensible. We should define a proper API that we validate.
+  const httpOptions: Options = {}
   if (auth && (auth.htaccess_pass || auth.htaccess_user)) {
-    // @ts-ignore - We use outdated @types/got typings. Once we update got everywhere we can remove @types/got and have correct typings
     httpOptions.username = auth.htaccess_user
-    // @ts-ignore - see above
     httpOptions.password = auth.htaccess_pass
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fe66fb627d7f0..f8da7e7254529 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4578,15 +4578,6 @@
     "@types/minimatch" "*"
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@types/got@^9.6.11":
-  version "9.6.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/got/-/got-9.6.11.tgz#482b402cc5ee459481aeeadb08142ebb1a9afb26"
-  integrity sha512-dr3IiDNg5TDesGyuwTrN77E1Cd7DCdmCFtEfSGqr83jMMtcwhf/SGPbN2goY4JUWQfvxwY56+e5tjfi+oXeSdA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-    "@types/tough-cookie" "*"
-    form-data "^2.5.0"
-
 "@types/graceful-fs@^4.1.2":
   version "4.1.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.5.tgz#21ffba0d98da4350db64891f92a9e5db3cdb4e15"
@@ -5044,11 +5035,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tmp/-/tmp-0.2.0.tgz#e3f52b4d7397eaa9193592ef3fdd44dc0af4298c"
   integrity sha512-flgpHJjntpBAdJD43ShRosQvNC0ME97DCfGvZEDlAThQmnerRXrLbX6YgzRBQCZTthET9eAWFAMaYP0m0Y4HzQ==
 
-"@types/tough-cookie@*":
-  version "2.3.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.3.5.tgz#9da44ed75571999b65c37b60c9b2b88db54c585d"
-  integrity sha512-SCcK7mvGi3+ZNz833RRjFIxrn4gI1PPR3NtuIS+6vMkvmsGjosqTJwRt5bAEFLRz+wtJMWv8+uOnZf2hi2QXTg==
-
 "@types/uglify-js@*":
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.0.4.tgz#96beae23df6f561862a830b4288a49e86baac082"