diff --git a/build/package.json b/build/package.json
index 509540c1212..7de0c8f734c 100644
--- a/build/package.json
+++ b/build/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "plist": "^3.0.1",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "source-map": "0.6.1",
     "typescript": "4.2.0-dev.20201207",
     "vsce": "1.48.0",
diff --git a/build/yarn.lock b/build/yarn.lock
index 0d7f801a4b6..a111c831be1 100644
--- a/build/yarn.lock
+++ b/build/yarn.lock
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ glob@^7.0.6:
     once "^1.3.0"
     path-is-absolute "^1.0.0"
 
-glob@^7.1.3, glob@^7.1.6:
+glob@^7.1.6:
   version "7.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-7.1.6.tgz#141f33b81a7c2492e125594307480c46679278a6"
   integrity sha512-LwaxwyZ72Lk7vZINtNNrywX0ZuLyStrdDtabefZKAY5ZGJhVtgdznluResxNmPitE0SAO+O26sWTHeKSI2wMBA==
@@ -1528,13 +1528,6 @@ request@^2.86.0:
     tunnel-agent "^0.6.0"
     uuid "^3.3.2"
 
-rimraf@^3.0.2:
-  version "3.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.2.tgz#f1a5402ba6220ad52cc1282bac1ae3aa49fd061a"
-  integrity sha512-JZkJMZkAGFFPP2YqXZXPbMlMBgsxzE8ILs4lMIX/2o0L9UBw9O/Y3o6wFw/i9YLapcUJWwqbi3kdxIPdC62TIA==
-  dependencies:
-    glob "^7.1.3"
-
 safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@^5.2.0:
   version "5.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz#1eaf9fa9bdb1fdd4ec75f58f9cdb4e6b7827eec6"