diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e2b99a4bc..573c1b634 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1827,19 +1827,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "remove_dir_all"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "882f368737489ea543bc5c340e6f3d34a28c39980bd9a979e47322b26f60ac40"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "log",
- "num_cpus",
- "rayon",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "retain_mut"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -2148,7 +2135,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
- "remove_dir_all 0.5.3",
+ "remove_dir_all",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -2950,7 +2937,6 @@ version = "0.0.17"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "libc",
- "remove_dir_all 0.7.0",
  "uucore",
  "walkdir",
  "windows-sys",
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index a2f788f45..20995c936 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ highlight = "all"
 # For each duplicate dependency, indicate the name of the dependency which
 # introduces it.
 # spell-checker: disable
-skip = [
-    # tempfile
-    { name = "remove_dir_all", version = "=0.5.3" },
-]
+skip = []
 # spell-checker: enable
 
 # This section is considered when running `cargo deny check sources`.
diff --git a/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
index 9f169b1c0..5952d7867 100644
--- a/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ path = "src/rm.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 walkdir = "2.2"
-remove_dir_all = "0.7.0"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.17", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["fs"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs b/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
index ec09181e9..850e18408 100644
--- a/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
+++ b/src/uu/rm/src/rm.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (path) eacces
 
 use clap::{crate_version, parser::ValueSource, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
-use remove_dir_all::remove_dir_all;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::fs::{self, File, Metadata};
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
@@ -298,9 +297,7 @@ fn handle_dir(path: &Path, options: &Options) -> bool {
     let is_root = path.has_root() && path.parent().is_none();
     if options.recursive && (!is_root || !options.preserve_root) {
         if options.interactive != InteractiveMode::Always && !options.verbose {
-            // we need the extra crate because apparently fs::remove_dir_all() does not function
-            // correctly on Windows
-            if let Err(e) = remove_dir_all(path) {
+            if let Err(e) = fs::remove_dir_all(path) {
                 had_err = true;
                 if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied {
                     // GNU compatibility (rm/fail-eacces.sh)