diff --git a/e2e/Utils.ts b/e2e/Utils.ts
index e7bcfb473fb3..9aaecef55e2a 100644
--- a/e2e/Utils.ts
+++ b/e2e/Utils.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import dedent = require('dedent');
 import {ExecaReturnValue, sync as spawnSync} from 'execa';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
-import rimraf = require('rimraf');
 import type {PackageJson} from 'type-fest';
 import which = require('which');
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export const linkJestPackage = (packageName: string, cwd: string) => {
   const packagePath = path.resolve(packagesDir, packageName);
   const destination = path.resolve(cwd, 'node_modules/', packageName);
   fs.mkdirSync(destination, {recursive: true});
-  rimraf.sync(destination);
+  fs.rmSync(destination, {force: true, recursive: true});
   fs.symlinkSync(packagePath, destination, 'junction');
 };
 
@@ -80,7 +79,8 @@ export const makeTemplate =
       return values[number - 1];
     });
 
-export const cleanup = (directory: string) => rimraf.sync(directory);
+export const cleanup = (directory: string) =>
+  fs.rmSync(directory, {force: true, recursive: true});
 
 /**
  * Creates a nested directory with files and their contents
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/snapshotMockFs.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/snapshotMockFs.test.ts
index 8622ce90ba53..632b42a7b370 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/snapshotMockFs.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/snapshotMockFs.test.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@
  */
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import rimraf = require('rimraf');
-import {extractSummary} from '../Utils';
+import {cleanup, extractSummary} from '../Utils';
 import {json as runJestJson} from '../runJest';
 
 const DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, '../snapshot-mock-fs');
 const snapshotDir = path.resolve(DIR, '__tests__/__snapshots__');
 const snapshotFile = path.resolve(snapshotDir, 'snapshot.test.js.snap');
 
-beforeEach(() => rimraf.sync(snapshotDir));
-afterAll(() => rimraf.sync(snapshotDir));
+beforeEach(() => cleanup(snapshotDir));
+afterAll(() => cleanup(snapshotDir));
 
 test('store snapshot even if fs is mocked', () => {
   const {json, exitCode, stderr} = runJestJson(DIR, ['--ci=false']);
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/package.json b/packages/jest-core/package.json
index 19e85dd7f666..cb8750159c31 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-core/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "jest-watcher": "workspace:^",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.4",
     "pretty-format": "workspace:^",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
   },
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@
     "@jest/test-utils": "workspace:^",
     "@types/exit": "^0.1.30",
     "@types/graceful-fs": "^4.1.3",
-    "@types/micromatch": "^4.0.1",
-    "@types/rimraf": "^3.0.0"
+    "@types/micromatch": "^4.0.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "node-notifier": "^8.0.1 || ^9.0.0 || ^10.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watchFileChanges.test.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watchFileChanges.test.ts
index b06095cba4ac..2f736b547d02 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watchFileChanges.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/__tests__/watchFileChanges.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import {tmpdir} from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
-import rimraf = require('rimraf');
 import type {AggregatedResult} from '@jest/test-result';
 import {normalize} from 'jest-config';
 import type HasteMap from 'jest-haste-map';
@@ -36,8 +35,8 @@ describe('Watch mode flows with changed files', () => {
     watch = interopRequireDefault(require('../watch')).default;
     pipe = {write: jest.fn()} as unknown;
     stdin = new MockStdin();
-    rimraf.sync(cacheDirectory);
-    rimraf.sync(testDirectory);
+    fs.rmSync(cacheDirectory, {force: true, recursive: true});
+    fs.rmSync(testDirectory, {force: true, recursive: true});
     fs.mkdirSync(testDirectory);
     fs.mkdirSync(cacheDirectory);
   });
@@ -47,8 +46,8 @@ describe('Watch mode flows with changed files', () => {
     if (hasteMapInstance) {
       hasteMapInstance.end();
     }
-    rimraf.sync(cacheDirectory);
-    rimraf.sync(testDirectory);
+    fs.rmSync(cacheDirectory, {force: true, recursive: true});
+    fs.rmSync(testDirectory, {force: true, recursive: true});
   });
 
   it('should correct require new files without legacy cache', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
index 29487d5aff3c..6556a919ebb9 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import exit = require('exit');
-import rimraf = require('rimraf');
+import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import {CustomConsole} from '@jest/console';
 import type {AggregatedResult, TestContext} from '@jest/test-result';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
@@ -63,10 +63,13 @@ export async function runCLI(
   }
 
   if (argv.clearCache) {
-    configs.forEach(config => {
-      rimraf.sync(config.cacheDirectory);
-      process.stdout.write(`Cleared ${config.cacheDirectory}\n`);
-    });
+    // stick in a Set to dedupe the deletions
+    new Set(configs.map(config => config.cacheDirectory)).forEach(
+      cacheDirectory => {
+        fs.rmSync(cacheDirectory, {force: true, recursive: true});
+        process.stdout.write(`Cleared ${cacheDirectory}\n`);
+      },
+    );
 
     exit(0);
   }
diff --git a/scripts/bundleTs.mjs b/scripts/bundleTs.mjs
index 4961d41ad2c6..6e7b9df4a1e3 100644
--- a/scripts/bundleTs.mjs
+++ b/scripts/bundleTs.mjs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import {sync as pkgDir} from 'pkg-dir';
 import prettier from 'prettier';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import {getPackages} from './buildUtils.mjs';
 
 const prettierConfig = prettier.resolveConfig.sync(
@@ -166,10 +165,19 @@ const excludedPackages = new Set(['@jest/globals']);
 
       let definitionFile = await fs.promises.readFile(filepath, 'utf8');
 
-      rimraf.sync(path.resolve(packageDir, 'build/**/*.d.ts'));
-      rimraf.sync(path.resolve(packageDir, 'dist/'));
+      fs.rmSync(path.resolve(packageDir, 'build/**/*.d.ts'), {
+        force: true,
+        recursive: true,
+      });
+      fs.rmSync(path.resolve(packageDir, 'dist/'), {
+        force: true,
+        recursive: true,
+      });
       // this is invalid now, so remove it to not confuse `tsc`
-      rimraf.sync(path.resolve(packageDir, 'tsconfig.tsbuildinfo'));
+      fs.rmSync(path.resolve(packageDir, 'tsconfig.tsbuildinfo'), {
+        force: true,
+        recursive: true,
+      });
 
       definitionFile = definitionFile.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
 
diff --git a/scripts/cleanE2e.mjs b/scripts/cleanE2e.mjs
index 7329b799c5ae..c7ba33119d01 100644
--- a/scripts/cleanE2e.mjs
+++ b/scripts/cleanE2e.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import {dirname, normalize, resolve} from 'path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
 import glob from 'glob';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
+import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 
 const excludedModules = [
   'e2e/global-setup-node-modules/node_modules/',
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ const e2eNodeModules = glob.sync('e2e/{*,*/*}/node_modules/', {
 });
 
 e2eNodeModules.forEach(dir => {
-  rimraf.sync(dir, {glob: false});
+  fs.rmSync(dir, {force: true, recursive: true});
 });
diff --git a/scripts/remove-examples.mjs b/scripts/remove-examples.mjs
index 662b85bacc10..b94e0f573a1a 100644
--- a/scripts/remove-examples.mjs
+++ b/scripts/remove-examples.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import path from 'path';
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import config from '../jest.config.mjs';
 
 const dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
@@ -22,4 +21,7 @@ fs.writeFileSync(
   `export default ${JSON.stringify(config, null, 2)};\n`,
 );
 
-rimraf.sync(path.resolve(dirname, '../examples/'));
+fs.rmSync(path.resolve(dirname, '../examples/'), {
+  force: true,
+  recursive: true,
+});
diff --git a/scripts/verifyOldTs.mjs b/scripts/verifyOldTs.mjs
index 00ec841a1161..fae39e66a4cb 100644
--- a/scripts/verifyOldTs.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verifyOldTs.mjs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {fileURLToPath} from 'url';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import execa from 'execa';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import stripJsonComments from 'strip-json-comments';
 import tempy from 'tempy';
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ function smoketest() {
       ),
     );
   } finally {
-    rimraf.sync(cwd);
+    fs.rmSync(cwd, {force: true, recursive: true});
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/verifyPnP.mjs b/scripts/verifyPnP.mjs
index 294ca451544c..56d3916c6c90 100644
--- a/scripts/verifyPnP.mjs
+++ b/scripts/verifyPnP.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import dedent from 'dedent';
 import execa from 'execa';
 import fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import yaml from 'js-yaml';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import tempy from 'tempy';
 
 const rootDirectory = path.resolve(
@@ -78,5 +77,5 @@ try {
 
   console.log(chalk.inverse.green(' Successfully ran Jest with PnP linker '));
 } finally {
-  rimraf.sync(cwd);
+  fs.rmSync(cwd, {force: true, recursive: true});
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 815500a8368d..d20435f0e367 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2619,7 +2619,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/graceful-fs": ^4.1.3
     "@types/micromatch": ^4.0.1
     "@types/node": "*"
-    "@types/rimraf": ^3.0.0
     ansi-escapes: ^4.2.1
     chalk: ^4.0.0
     ci-info: ^3.2.0
@@ -2640,7 +2639,6 @@ __metadata:
     jest-watcher: "workspace:^"
     micromatch: ^4.0.4
     pretty-format: "workspace:^"
-    rimraf: ^3.0.0
     slash: ^3.0.0
     strip-ansi: ^6.0.0
   peerDependencies:
@@ -4522,7 +4520,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/glob@npm:*, @types/glob@npm:^7.1.1":
+"@types/glob@npm:^7.1.1":
   version: 7.2.0
   resolution: "@types/glob@npm:7.2.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -4920,16 +4918,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/rimraf@npm:^3.0.0":
-  version: 3.0.2
-  resolution: "@types/rimraf@npm:3.0.2"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/glob": "*"
-    "@types/node": "*"
-  checksum: b47fa302f46434cba704d20465861ad250df79467d3d289f9d6490d3aeeb41e8cb32dd80bd1a8fd833d1e185ac719fbf9be12e05ad9ce9be094d8ee8f1405347
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/sax@npm:^1.2.1":
   version: 1.2.4
   resolution: "@types/sax@npm:1.2.4"