diff --git a/common.js b/common.js
index fc193ee6..896f1c3d 100644
--- a/common.js
+++ b/common.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function ownProp (obj, field) {
 var fs = require("fs")
 var path = require("path")
 var minimatch = require("minimatch")
-var isAbsolute = require("path-is-absolute")
+var isAbsolute = require("path").isAbsolute
 var Minimatch = minimatch.Minimatch
 
 function alphasort (a, b) {
diff --git a/glob.js b/glob.js
index 37a4d7e6..2112a957 100644
--- a/glob.js
+++ b/glob.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var inherits = require('inherits')
 var EE = require('events').EventEmitter
 var path = require('path')
 var assert = require('assert')
-var isAbsolute = require('path-is-absolute')
+var isAbsolute = require('path').isAbsolute
 var globSync = require('./sync.js')
 var common = require('./common.js')
 var setopts = common.setopts
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e6b5f316..acd5c613 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
         "inflight": "^1.0.4",
         "inherits": "2",
         "minimatch": "^5.0.1",
-        "once": "^1.3.0",
-        "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
+        "once": "^1.3.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "memfs": "^3.2.0",
@@ -2073,6 +2072,7 @@
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-is-absolute/-/path-is-absolute-1.0.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-F0uSaHNVNP+8es5r9TpanhtcX18=",
+      "dev": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
@@ -6476,7 +6476,8 @@
     "path-is-absolute": {
       "version": "1.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-is-absolute/-/path-is-absolute-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-F0uSaHNVNP+8es5r9TpanhtcX18="
+      "integrity": "sha1-F0uSaHNVNP+8es5r9TpanhtcX18=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "path-key": {
       "version": "3.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 54940cbe..99a7483f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
     "inflight": "^1.0.4",
     "inherits": "2",
     "minimatch": "^5.0.1",
-    "once": "^1.3.0",
-    "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
+    "once": "^1.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "memfs": "^3.2.0",
diff --git a/sync.js b/sync.js
index c705a9c0..f9185494 100644
--- a/sync.js
+++ b/sync.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var Glob = require('./glob.js').Glob
 var util = require('util')
 var path = require('path')
 var assert = require('assert')
-var isAbsolute = require('path-is-absolute')
+var isAbsolute = require('path').isAbsolute
 var common = require('./common.js')
 var setopts = common.setopts
 var ownProp = common.ownProp
diff --git a/test/absolute.js b/test/absolute.js
index 704caa90..68c81191 100644
--- a/test/absolute.js
+++ b/test/absolute.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var glob = require('../')
 var common = require('../common.js')
 var pattern = 'a/b/**';
 var bashResults = require('./bash-results.json')
-var isAbsolute = require('path-is-absolute')
+var isAbsolute = require('path').isAbsolute
 process.chdir(__dirname + '/fixtures')
 
 t.Test.prototype.addAssert('isAbsolute', 1, function (file, message, extra) {
diff --git a/test/bash-comparison.js b/test/bash-comparison.js
index 25304bec..01a52452 100644
--- a/test/bash-comparison.js
+++ b/test/bash-comparison.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var bashResults = require("./bash-results.json")
 var globs = Object.keys(bashResults)
 var glob = require("../")
 var path = require("path")
-var isAbsolute = require("path-is-absolute")
+var isAbsolute = require("path").isAbsolute
 
 // run from the root of the project
 // this is usually where you're at anyway, but be sure.
diff --git a/test/cwd-test.js b/test/cwd-test.js
index 8f81a6ed..6528a47e 100644
--- a/test/cwd-test.js
+++ b/test/cwd-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var tap = require("tap")
 var origCwd = process.cwd()
 process.chdir(__dirname + '/fixtures')
 var path = require('path')
-var isAbsolute = require('path-is-absolute')
+var isAbsolute = require('path').isAbsolute
 var glob = require('../')
 
 function cacheCheck(g, t) {