diff --git a/dev-infra/benchmark/driver-utilities/BUILD.bazel b/dev-infra/benchmark/driver-utilities/BUILD.bazel
index ce5edec246..d9086bef93 100644
--- a/dev-infra/benchmark/driver-utilities/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/dev-infra/benchmark/driver-utilities/BUILD.bazel
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ ts_library(
     tsconfig = "//dev-infra/benchmark/component_benchmark:tsconfig-e2e.json",
     deps = [
         "//packages/benchpress",
-        "@npm//@types/fs-extra",
         "@npm//@types/node",
         "@npm//@types/selenium-webdriver",
-        "@npm//fs-extra",
+        "@npm//@types/shelljs",
         "@npm//node-uuid",
         "@npm//protractor",
         "@npm//selenium-webdriver",
+        "@npm//shelljs",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/dev-infra/benchmark/driver-utilities/perf_util.ts b/dev-infra/benchmark/driver-utilities/perf_util.ts
index a48d841b32..ab27079f0c 100644
--- a/dev-infra/benchmark/driver-utilities/perf_util.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/benchmark/driver-utilities/perf_util.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
+import {mkdir} from 'shelljs';
+
 export {verifyNoBrowserErrors} from './e2e_util';
 
 const nodeUuid = require('node-uuid');
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 import {SeleniumWebDriverAdapter, Options, JsonFileReporter, Validator, RegressionSlopeValidator, ConsoleReporter, SizeValidator, MultiReporter, MultiMetric, Runner, StaticProvider} from '@angular/benchpress';
 import {openBrowser} from './e2e_util';
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ function createBenchpressRunner(): Runner {
     runId = process.env.GIT_SHA + ' ' + runId;
   }
   const resultsFolder = './dist/benchmark_results';
-  fs.ensureDirSync(resultsFolder);
+  mkdir('-p', resultsFolder);
   const providers: StaticProvider[] = [
     SeleniumWebDriverAdapter.PROTRACTOR_PROVIDERS,
     {provide: Options.FORCE_GC, useValue: globalOptions.forceGc},
diff --git a/dev-infra/tmpl-package.json b/dev-infra/tmpl-package.json
index a46abbfbb5..a0be76cc58 100644
--- a/dev-infra/tmpl-package.json
+++ b/dev-infra/tmpl-package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     "@bazel/typescript": "<from-root>",
     "brotli": "<from-root>",
     "clang-format": "<from-root>",
-    "fs-extra": "<from-root>",
     "json5": "^1.0.1",
     "protractor": "<from-root>",
     "rollup": "<from-root>",