diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index ac0b5db1f4d..df0f715c688 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@
     "@types/prompts": "^2.0.14",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.9",
     "@types/resolve": "^1.20.2",
-    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.0",
-    "fixturez": "^1.1.0"
+    "@types/uuid": "^9.0.0"
   },
   "preconstruct": {
     "entrypoints": [
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/package.json b/tests/cli-tests/package.json
index b46fdbb7fc2..304b7382a87 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/package.json
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "execa": "^5.1.1",
     "fast-glob": "^3.2.12",
-    "fixturez": "^1.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.0.0",
     "mime": "^3.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
diff --git a/tests/cli-tests/utils.ts b/tests/cli-tests/utils.ts
index 4425d24d9ea..418c57c7c47 100644
--- a/tests/cli-tests/utils.ts
+++ b/tests/cli-tests/utils.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // most of these utilities come from https://github.com/preconstruct/preconstruct/blob/07a24f73f17980c121382bb00ae1c05355294fe4/packages/cli/test-utils/index.ts
-import path from 'path';
-import { format } from 'util';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { format } from 'node:util';
+import fsp from 'node:fs/promises';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import fastGlob from 'fast-glob';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 // @ts-ignore
-import fixturez from 'fixturez';
 import { MigrateEngine } from '@prisma/migrate';
 import { uriToCredentials } from '@prisma/internals';
 import type { KeystoneConfig } from '@keystone-6/core/types';
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ export function recordConsole() {
   };
 }
 
-let f = fixturez(__dirname);
-
 export const symlinkKeystoneDeps = Object.fromEntries(
   [
     '@keystone-6/core',
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ afterAll(async () => {
 });
 
 export async function testdir(dir: Fixture): Promise<string> {
-  const temp = f.temp();
+  const temp = await fsp.mkdtemp(__dirname);
   dirsToRemove.push(temp);
   await Promise.all(
     Object.keys(dir).map(async filename => {