diff --git a/app/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/app/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 4d6a30ca3e9..07c2331b2b1 100644
--- a/app/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/app/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -336,16 +336,9 @@
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     },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-3.0.0.tgz",
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-          "from": "jsonfile@>=3.0.0 <4.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-3.0.0.tgz"
-        }
-      }
+      "version": "2.1.2",
+      "from": "fs-extra@2.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-2.1.2.tgz"
     },
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@@ -846,11 +839,6 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.12.tgz"
     },
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-      "version": "0.1.0",
-      "from": "universalify@>=0.1.0 <0.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.0.tgz"
-    },
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       "from": "untildify@latest",
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index c68b6248e86..405cdaa58f4 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "electron-window-state": "^4.0.2",
     "event-kit": "^2.0.0",
     "front-matter": "^2.1.2",
-    "fs-extra": "^3.0.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^2.1.2",
     "keytar": "^4.0.2",
     "moment": "^2.17.1",
     "octokat": "^0.6.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8aaba77da1..f90a6e01796 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
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     "express": "^4.15.0",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^2.1.0",
-    "fs-extra": "^3.0.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^2.1.2",
     "got": "^6.3.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.28.0",
     "klaw-sync": "^1.1.2",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
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     "@types/electron-window-state": "^2.0.28",
     "@types/event-kit": "^1.2.28",
-    "@types/fs-extra": "3.0.0",
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     "@types/keytar": "^4.0.0",
     "@types/mocha": "^2.2.29",
     "@types/node": "^6.0.31",