diff --git a/lib/grunt/file.js b/lib/grunt/file.js
index 3d632afe..b039594e 100644
--- a/lib/grunt/file.js
+++ b/lib/grunt/file.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ file.minimatch = require('minimatch');
 file.findup = require('findup-sync');
 var YAML = require('js-yaml');
 var iconv = require('iconv-lite');
-var mkdirp = require('mkdirp').sync;
 
 // Windows?
 var win32 = process.platform === 'win32';
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ file.expandMapping = function(patterns, destBase, options) {
 file.mkdir = function(dirpath, mode) {
   if (grunt.option('no-write')) { return; }
   try {
-    mkdirp(dirpath, { mode: mode });
     fs.mkdirSync(dirpath, { recursive: true, mode })
   } catch (e) {
     throw grunt.util.error('Unable to create directory "' + dirpath + '" (Error code: ' + e.code + ').', e);