diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib/settings.ts b/packages/utils/src/lib/settings.ts
index 73835d9dad..7f6c1b2172 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib/settings.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib/settings.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ import { joinPaths } from "../fs";
 const root = joinPaths(__dirname, "..", "..");
 const storageDirPath = process.env.STORAGE_DIR || root;
 export const logDir = joinPaths(storageDirPath, "logs");
-export const cacheDirPath = joinPaths(storageDirPath, "cache");
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/npm.ts b/packages/utils/src/npm.ts
index 44cae9a49d..d5cd6d562d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/npm.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/npm.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ import { resolve as resolveUrl } from "url";
 import { joinPaths } from "./fs";
 import { Logger } from "./logging";
 import { createTgz } from "./io";
-import { cacheDirPath } from "./lib/settings.js";
 
 export const npmRegistryHostName = "registry.npmjs.org";
 export const npmRegistry = `https://${npmRegistryHostName}/`;
 
-export const defaultCacheDir = cacheDirPath;
+export const defaultCacheDir = joinPaths(__dirname, "..", "cache");
 
 type NeedToFixNpmRegistryClientTypings = any;