diff --git a/test/src/headful.spec.ts b/test/src/headful.spec.ts
index a22fba1561e..a27f5527494 100644
--- a/test/src/headful.spec.ts
+++ b/test/src/headful.spec.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ import {
   PuppeteerLaunchOptions,
   PuppeteerNode,
 } from 'puppeteer-core/internal/node/PuppeteerNode.js';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 
-import {getTestState} from './mocha-utils.js';
+import {getTestState, rmSync} from './mocha-utils.js';
 
 const TMP_FOLDER = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'pptr_tmp_folder-');
 
@@ -237,7 +236,9 @@ describe('headful tests', function () {
       });
       await headlessBrowser.close();
       // This might throw. See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/2778
-      await rimraf(userDataDir).catch(() => {});
+      try {
+        rmSync(userDataDir);
+      } catch {}
       expect(cookie).toBe('foo=true');
     });
     // TODO: Support OOOPIF. @see https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/2548
diff --git a/test/src/launcher.spec.ts b/test/src/launcher.spec.ts
index d88b2edb00c..b5446f10dff 100644
--- a/test/src/launcher.spec.ts
+++ b/test/src/launcher.spec.ts
@@ -23,16 +23,11 @@ import {Protocol} from 'devtools-protocol';
 import expect from 'expect';
 import {BrowserFetcher, TimeoutError} from 'puppeteer';
 import {Page} from 'puppeteer-core/internal/api/Page.js';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 
-import {getTestState, itOnlyRegularInstall} from './mocha-utils.js';
+import {getTestState, itOnlyRegularInstall, rmSync} from './mocha-utils.js';
 import utils from './utils.js';
 
-const rmAsync = (filename: string) => {
-  return rimraf(filename);
-};
-
 const TMP_FOLDER = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'pptr_tmp_folder-');
 const FIREFOX_TIMEOUT = 30 * 1000;
 
@@ -77,12 +72,10 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         expect((await stat(revisionInfo.executablePath)).mode & 0o777).toBe(
           expectedPermissions
         );
-        expect(await browserFetcher.localRevisions()).toEqual([
-          expectedRevision,
-        ]);
+        expect(browserFetcher.localRevisions()).toEqual([expectedRevision]);
         await browserFetcher.remove(expectedRevision);
-        expect(await browserFetcher.localRevisions()).toEqual([]);
-        await rmAsync(downloadsFolder);
+        expect(browserFetcher.localRevisions()).toEqual([]);
+        rmSync(downloadsFolder);
       });
       it('should download and extract firefox linux binary', async () => {
         const {server} = getTestState();
@@ -127,7 +120,7 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         ]);
         await browserFetcher.remove(expectedVersion);
         expect(await browserFetcher.localRevisions()).toEqual([]);
-        await rmAsync(downloadsFolder);
+        rmSync(downloadsFolder);
       });
     });
 
@@ -248,7 +241,9 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         await browser.close();
         expect(fs.readdirSync(userDataDir).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
         // This might throw. See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/2778
-        await rmAsync(userDataDir).catch(() => {});
+        try {
+          rmSync(userDataDir);
+        } catch {}
       });
       it('tmp profile should be cleaned up', async () => {
         const {defaultBrowserOptions, puppeteer} = getTestState();
@@ -301,7 +296,9 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         expect(await readFile(prefsJSPath, 'utf8')).toBe(prefsJSContent);
 
         // This might throw. See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/2778
-        await rmAsync(userDataDir).catch(() => {});
+        try {
+          rmSync(userDataDir);
+        } catch {}
       });
       it('userDataDir argument', async () => {
         const {isChrome, puppeteer, defaultBrowserOptions} = getTestState();
@@ -325,13 +322,15 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         await browser.close();
         expect(fs.readdirSync(userDataDir).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
         // This might throw. See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/2778
-        await rmAsync(userDataDir).catch(() => {});
+        try {
+          rmSync(userDataDir);
+        } catch {}
       });
       it('userDataDir argument with non-existent dir', async () => {
         const {isChrome, puppeteer, defaultBrowserOptions} = getTestState();
 
         const userDataDir = await mkdtemp(TMP_FOLDER);
-        await rmAsync(userDataDir);
+        rmSync(userDataDir);
         const options = Object.assign({}, defaultBrowserOptions);
         if (isChrome) {
           options.args = [
@@ -350,7 +349,9 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         await browser.close();
         expect(fs.readdirSync(userDataDir).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
         // This might throw. See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/2778
-        await rmAsync(userDataDir).catch(() => {});
+        try {
+          rmSync(userDataDir);
+        } catch {}
       });
       it('userDataDir option should restore state', async () => {
         const {server, puppeteer, defaultBrowserOptions} = getTestState();
@@ -375,7 +376,9 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         ).toBe('hello');
         await browser2.close();
         // This might throw. See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/2778
-        await rmAsync(userDataDir).catch(() => {});
+        try {
+          rmSync(userDataDir);
+        } catch {}
       });
       it('userDataDir option should restore cookies', async () => {
         const {server, puppeteer, defaultBrowserOptions} = getTestState();
@@ -401,7 +404,9 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         ).toBe('doSomethingOnlyOnce=true');
         await browser2.close();
         // This might throw. See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/2778
-        await rmAsync(userDataDir).catch(() => {});
+        try {
+          rmSync(userDataDir);
+        } catch {}
       });
       it('should return the default arguments', async () => {
         const {isChrome, isFirefox, puppeteer} = getTestState();
diff --git a/test/src/mocha-utils.ts b/test/src/mocha-utils.ts
index 18130d17df7..d8a4b6f40c0 100644
--- a/test/src/mocha-utils.ts
+++ b/test/src/mocha-utils.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import {
   PuppeteerNode,
 } from 'puppeteer-core/internal/node/PuppeteerNode.js';
 import {isErrorLike} from 'puppeteer-core/internal/util/ErrorLike.js';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import {extendExpectWithToBeGolden} from './utils.js';
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ const setupGoldenAssertions = (): void => {
   const GOLDEN_DIR = path.join(__dirname, `../golden-${suffix}`);
   const OUTPUT_DIR = path.join(__dirname, `../output-${suffix}`);
   if (fs.existsSync(OUTPUT_DIR)) {
-    rimraf.sync(OUTPUT_DIR);
+    rmSync(OUTPUT_DIR);
   }
   extendExpectWithToBeGolden(GOLDEN_DIR, OUTPUT_DIR);
 };
@@ -332,3 +331,11 @@ export const createTimeout = <T>(
     }, n);
   });
 };
+
+export function rmSync(target: string): void {
+  fs.rmSync(target, {
+    force: true,
+    recursive: true,
+    maxRetries: 5,
+  });
+}