diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fd389545..c7d7ea7b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@
         "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.30.1",
         "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.6.0",
         "generate-package-json-webpack-plugin": "^2.6.0",
-        "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
         "ttag-cli": "^1.9.3",
         "ttag-po-loader": "0.0.2",
         "webpack": "^5.67.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 818bf82e..0f13cce5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.30.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.6.0",
     "generate-package-json-webpack-plugin": "^2.6.0",
-    "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
     "ttag-cli": "^1.9.3",
     "ttag-po-loader": "0.0.2",
     "webpack": "^5.67.0",
diff --git a/scripts/minifyCss.js b/scripts/minifyCss.js
index 6baad02b..a44e8a95 100644
--- a/scripts/minifyCss.js
+++ b/scripts/minifyCss.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const CleanCSS = require('clean-css');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 
 const assetdir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'dist', 'public', 'assets');
 const builddir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'dist');
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ async function minifyCss() {
 
 async function doMinifyCss() {
   try {
-    mkdirp.sync(assetdir);
+    fs.mkdirSync(assetdir, { recursive: true });
     await minifyCss();
   } catch (e) {
     console.log('ERROR while minifying css', e);