diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/BUILD.bazel b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/BUILD.bazel
index 0d42112bef..62e941495b 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/BUILD.bazel
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ ts_library(
         "@npm//@types/node",
         "@npm//@types/parse5-html-rewriting-stream",
         "@npm//@types/postcss-preset-env",
-        "@npm//@types/rimraf",
         "@npm//@types/sass",
         "@npm//@types/semver",
         "@npm//@types/text-table",
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ ts_library(
         "@npm//raw-loader",
         "@npm//regenerator-runtime",
         "@npm//resolve-url-loader",
-        "@npm//rimraf",
         "@npm//rxjs",
         "@npm//sass",
         "@npm//sass-loader",
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
index 8f305010a7..b955639bdc 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     "raw-loader": "4.0.2",
     "regenerator-runtime": "0.13.7",
     "resolve-url-loader": "4.0.0",
-    "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "rxjs": "6.6.7",
     "sass": "1.34.1",
     "sass-loader": "12.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/delete-output-dir.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/delete-output-dir.ts
index 07020fbb43..dd783462e8 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/delete-output-dir.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/delete-output-dir.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
+import { rmdirSync } from 'fs';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
 
 /**
  * Delete an output directory, but error out if it's the root of the project.
  */
-export function deleteOutputDir(root: string, outputPath: string) {
+export function deleteOutputDir(root: string, outputPath: string): void {
   const resolvedOutputPath = resolve(root, outputPath);
   if (resolvedOutputPath === root) {
     throw new Error('Output path MUST not be project root directory!');
   }
 
-  rimraf.sync(resolvedOutputPath);
+  rmdirSync(resolvedOutputPath, { recursive: true, maxRetries: 3 });
 }
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/i18n-options.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/i18n-options.ts
index cd8627579a..f747ffae5f 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/i18n-options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/i18n-options.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { json } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import { Schema as BrowserBuilderSchema } from '../browser/schema';
 import { Schema as ServerBuilderSchema } from '../server/schema';
 import { readTsconfig } from '../utils/read-tsconfig';
@@ -268,7 +267,7 @@ export async function configureI18nBuild<T extends BrowserBuilderSchema | Server
     // Remove temporary directory used for i18n processing
     process.on('exit', () => {
       try {
-        rimraf.sync(tempPath);
+        fs.rmdirSync(tempPath, { recursive: true, maxRetries: 3 });
       } catch {}
     });
   }