diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/common/util.ts b/packages/protocol/src/common/util.ts
index 983376c69..45ff225a7 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/common/util.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/common/util.ts
@@ -97,22 +97,3 @@ export const parse = (arg: string): any => { // tslint:disable-line no-any
 
 	return arg ? convert(JSON.parse(arg)) : arg;
 };
-
-export const mkdirP = async (path: string): Promise<void> => {
-	// Since our fills require this file, we can't import them up top or we get
-	// circular dependency issue.
-	const { mkdir } = require("fs") as typeof import("fs");
-	const { promisify } = require("util") as typeof import("util");
-	const split = path.replace(/^\/*|\/*$/g, "").split("/");
-	let dir = "";
-	while (split.length > 0) {
-		dir += "/" + split.shift();
-		try {
-			await promisify(mkdir)(dir);
-		} catch (error) {
-			if (error.code !== "EEXIST" && error.code !== "EISDIR") {
-				throw error;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-};
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/node/server.ts b/packages/protocol/src/node/server.ts
index fa36129c2..0afebbaf6 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/node/server.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/node/server.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import { mkdirp } from "fs-extra";
 import * as os from "os";
 import { logger, field } from "@coder/logger";
 import { Pong, ClientMessage, WorkingInitMessage, ServerMessage } from "../proto";
 import { evaluate, ActiveEvaluation } from "./evaluate";
 import { ForkProvider } from "../common/helpers";
 import { ReadWriteConnection } from "../common/connection";
-import { mkdirP } from "../common/util";
 
 export interface ServerOptions {
 	readonly workingDirectory: string;
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ export class Server {
 		}
 
 		Promise.all([
-			mkdirP(this.options.cacheDirectory),
-			mkdirP(this.options.dataDirectory),
-			mkdirP(this.options.workingDirectory),
+			mkdirp(this.options.cacheDirectory),
+			mkdirp(this.options.dataDirectory),
+			mkdirp(this.options.workingDirectory),
 		]).catch((error) => {
 			logger.error(error.message, field("error", error));
 		});
diff --git a/packages/server/src/cli.ts b/packages/server/src/cli.ts
index 10f19dc44..f8820628d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import * as fse from "fs-extra";
 import { field, logger } from "@coder/logger";
-import { mkdirP } from "@coder/protocol";
 import { ServerMessage, SharedProcessActiveMessage } from "@coder/protocol/src/proto";
 import { Command, flags } from "@oclif/command";
 import { fork, ForkOptions, ChildProcess } from "child_process";
@@ -55,16 +55,15 @@ export class Entry extends Command {
 		if (!fs.existsSync(dataDir)) {
 			const oldDataDir = path.resolve(path.join(os.homedir(), ".code-server"));
 			if (fs.existsSync(oldDataDir)) {
-				await mkdirP(path.basename(dataDir));
-				fs.renameSync(oldDataDir, dataDir);
+				await fse.move(oldDataDir, dataDir);
 				logger.info(`Moved data directory from ${oldDataDir} to ${dataDir}`);
 			}
 		}
 
 		await Promise.all([
-			mkdirP(cacheHome),
-			mkdirP(dataDir),
-			mkdirP(workingDir),
+			fse.mkdirp(cacheHome),
+			fse.mkdirp(dataDir),
+			fse.mkdirp(workingDir),
 		]);
 
 		setupNativeModules(dataDir);
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server.ts b/packages/server/src/server.ts
index 48873bbd4..d4f45562b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { mkdirp } from "fs-extra";
 import { logger, field } from "@coder/logger";
-import { mkdirP, ReadWriteConnection } from "@coder/protocol";
+import { ReadWriteConnection } from "@coder/protocol";
 import { Server, ServerOptions } from "@coder/protocol/src/node/server";
 import * as express from "express";
 //@ts-ignore
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ export const createApp = async (options: CreateAppOptions): Promise<{
 			});
 			req.on("end", async () => {
 				const body = data.join("");
-				await mkdirP(path.dirname(fullPath));
+				await mkdirp(path.dirname(fullPath));
 				fs.writeFileSync(fullPath, body);
 				logger.debug("Wrote resource", field("path", fullPath), field("content-length", body.length));
 				res.status(200);
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/fill/storageDatabase.ts b/packages/vscode/src/fill/storageDatabase.ts
index de69d0ac5..54709a7a5 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/fill/storageDatabase.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/fill/storageDatabase.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { readFile, writeFile } from "fs";
+import { mkdirp } from "fs-extra";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { promisify } from "util";
 import { IDisposable } from "@coder/disposable";
 import { logger, field } from "@coder/logger";
-import { mkdirP } from "@coder/protocol";
 import { Event } from "vs/base/common/event";
 import * as workspaceStorage from "vs/base/node/storage";
 import * as globalStorage from "vs/platform/storage/node/storageIpc";
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class StorageDatabase implements workspaceStorage.IStorageDatabase {
 	}
 
 	private async save(): Promise<void> {
-		await mkdirP(path.dirname(this.path));
+		await mkdirp(path.dirname(this.path));
 
 		return promisify(writeFile)(this.path, this.content);
 	}