diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 547e9bc6e..1d4cdca93 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "regex",
  "sha1",
- "tempdir",
  "tempfile",
  "textwrap",
  "time",
@@ -1221,19 +1220,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.4.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "552840b97013b1a26992c11eac34bdd778e464601a4c2054b5f0bff7c6761293"
-dependencies = [
- "fuchsia-cprng",
- "libc",
- "rand_core 0.3.1",
- "rdrand",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -1338,15 +1324,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rdrand"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "678054eb77286b51581ba43620cc911abf02758c91f93f479767aed0f90458b2"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.3.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.1.57"
@@ -1611,16 +1588,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid 0.2.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tempdir"
-version = "0.3.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "15f2b5fb00ccdf689e0149d1b1b3c03fead81c2b37735d812fa8bddbbf41b6d8"
-dependencies = [
- "rand 0.4.6",
- "remove_dir_all",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.1.0"
diff --git a/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs b/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
index 112c2fb94..d66dd3d57 100644
--- a/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mktemp/src/mktemp.rs
@@ -15,14 +15,11 @@ use clap::{App, Arg};
 
 use std::env;
 use std::iter;
-use std::mem::forget;
 use std::path::{is_separator, PathBuf};
 
 use rand::Rng;
 use tempfile::Builder;
 
-mod tempdir;
-
 static ABOUT: &str = "create a temporary file or directory.";
 static VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
@@ -214,49 +211,54 @@ pub fn dry_exec(mut tmpdir: PathBuf, prefix: &str, rand: usize, suffix: &str) ->
 }
 
 fn exec(
-    tmpdir: PathBuf,
+    dir: PathBuf,
     prefix: &str,
     rand: usize,
     suffix: &str,
     make_dir: bool,
     quiet: bool,
 ) -> i32 {
-    if make_dir {
-        match tempdir::new_in(&tmpdir, prefix, rand, suffix) {
-            Ok(ref f) => {
-                println!("{}", f);
-                return 0;
-            }
-            Err(e) => {
-                if !quiet {
-                    show_error!("{}: {}", e, tmpdir.display());
+    let res = if make_dir {
+        let tmpdir = Builder::new()
+            .prefix(prefix)
+            .rand_bytes(rand)
+            .suffix(suffix)
+            .tempdir_in(&dir);
+        
+        // `into_path` consumes the TempDir without removing it
+        tmpdir.map(|d| d.into_path().to_string_lossy().to_string())
+    } else {
+        let tmpfile = Builder::new()
+            .prefix(prefix)
+            .rand_bytes(rand)
+            .suffix(suffix)
+            .tempfile_in(&dir);
+        
+        match tmpfile {
+            Ok(f) => {
+                // `keep` ensures that the file is not deleted
+                match f.keep() {
+                    Ok((_, p)) => Ok(p.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        show_error!("'{}': {}", dir.display(), e);
+                        return 1;
+                    }
                 }
-                return 1;
             }
-        }
-    }
-    let tmpfile = Builder::new()
-        .prefix(prefix)
-        .rand_bytes(rand)
-        .suffix(suffix)
-        .tempfile_in(tmpdir);
-    let tmpfile = match tmpfile {
-        Ok(f) => f,
-        Err(e) => {
-            if !quiet {
-                show_error!("failed to create tempfile: {}", e);
-            }
-            return 1;
+            Err(x) => Err(x)
         }
     };
 
-    let tmpname = tmpfile.path().to_string_lossy().to_string();
-
-    println!("{}", tmpname);
-
-    // CAUTION: Not to call `drop` of tmpfile, which removes the tempfile,
-    // I call a dangerous function `forget`.
-    forget(tmpfile);
-
-    0
+    match res {
+        Ok(ref f) => {
+            println!("{}", f);
+            0
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            if !quiet {
+                show_error!("{}: {}", e, dir.display());
+            }
+            1
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/mktemp/src/tempdir.rs b/src/uu/mktemp/src/tempdir.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b6c9d7b3..000000000
--- a/src/uu/mktemp/src/tempdir.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-// spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) tempdir tmpdir
-
-// Mainly taken from crate `tempdir`
-
-use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
-use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
-
-use std::io::Result as IOResult;
-use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
-use std::path::Path;
-
-// How many times should we (re)try finding an unused random name? It should be
-// enough that an attacker will run out of luck before we run out of patience.
-const NUM_RETRIES: u32 = 1 << 31;
-
-#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
-fn create_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> IOResult<()> {
-    use std::fs::DirBuilder;
-    use std::os::unix::fs::DirBuilderExt;
-
-    DirBuilder::new().mode(0o700).create(path)
-}
-
-#[cfg(windows)]
-fn create_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> IOResult<()> {
-    ::std::fs::create_dir(path)
-}
-
-pub fn new_in<P: AsRef<Path>>(
-    tmpdir: P,
-    prefix: &str,
-    rand: usize,
-    suffix: &str,
-) -> IOResult<String> {
-    let mut rng = thread_rng();
-    for _ in 0..NUM_RETRIES {
-        let rand_chars: String = rng.sample_iter(&Alphanumeric).take(rand).collect();
-        let leaf = format!("{}{}{}", prefix, rand_chars, suffix);
-        let path = tmpdir.as_ref().join(&leaf);
-        match create_dir(&path) {
-            Ok(_) => return Ok(path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
-            Err(ref e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => {}
-            Err(e) => return Err(e),
-        }
-    }
-
-    Err(Error::new(
-        ErrorKind::AlreadyExists,
-        "too many temporary directories already exist",
-    ))
-}