diff --git a/cookiecutter/config.py b/cookiecutter/config.py
index a07aa1a8b..09e9adc62 100644
--- a/cookiecutter/config.py
+++ b/cookiecutter/config.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
-import poyo
+import yaml
 
 from cookiecutter.exceptions import ConfigDoesNotExistException, InvalidConfiguration
 
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ def get_config(config_path):
     logger.debug('config_path is %s', config_path)
     with open(config_path, encoding='utf-8') as file_handle:
         try:
-            yaml_dict = poyo.parse_string(file_handle.read())
-        except poyo.exceptions.PoyoException as e:
+            yaml_dict = yaml.safe_load(file_handle)
+        except yaml.YAMLError as e:
             raise InvalidConfiguration(
-                'Unable to parse YAML file {}. Error: {}'.format(config_path, e)
-            )
+                'Unable to parse YAML file {}.'.format(config_path)
+            ) from e
 
     config_dict = merge_configs(DEFAULT_CONFIG, yaml_dict)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6ab7e9abd..e3c006e16 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     'binaryornot>=0.4.4',
     'Jinja2<3.0.0',
     'click>=7.0',
-    'poyo>=0.5.0',
+    'pyyaml>=5.3.1',
     'jinja2-time>=0.2.0',
     'python-slugify>=4.0.0',
     'requests>=2.23.0',
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index ee3eab6d7..57964f903 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 """pytest fixtures which are globally available throughout the suite."""
-import logging
 import os
 import shutil
 
@@ -9,9 +8,13 @@
 
 
 USER_CONFIG = """
-cookiecutters_dir: "{cookiecutters_dir}"
-replay_dir: "{replay_dir}"
+cookiecutters_dir: '{cookiecutters_dir}'
+replay_dir: '{replay_dir}'
 """
+# In YAML, double quotes mean to use escape sequences.
+# Single quotes mean we will have unescaped backslahes.
+# http://blogs.perl.org/users/tinita/2018/03/
+# strings-in-yaml---to-quote-or-not-to-quote.html
 
 
 def backup_dir(original_dir, backup_dir):
@@ -175,9 +178,3 @@ def user_config_file(user_dir, user_config_data):
     config_text = USER_CONFIG.format(**user_config_data)
     config_file.write(config_text)
     return str(config_file)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def disable_poyo_logging():
-    """Fixture that disables poyo logging."""
-    logging.getLogger('poyo').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 4a1e11471..8da5d7607 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -494,7 +494,11 @@ def test_debug_list_installed_templates(cli_runner, debug_file, user_config_path
     fake_template_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath('fake-project'))
     os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(user_config_path))
     with open(user_config_path, 'w') as config_file:
-        config_file.write('cookiecutters_dir: "%s"' % fake_template_dir)
+        # In YAML, double quotes mean to use escape sequences.
+        # Single quotes mean we will have unescaped backslahes.
+        # http://blogs.perl.org/users/tinita/2018/03/
+        # strings-in-yaml---to-quote-or-not-to-quote.html
+        config_file.write("cookiecutters_dir: '%s'" % fake_template_dir)
     open(os.path.join('fake-project', 'cookiecutter.json'), 'w').write('{}')
 
     result = cli_runner(
diff --git a/tests/test_get_config.py b/tests/test_get_config.py
index 9466dc382..55aecd5b9 100644
--- a/tests/test_get_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_get_config.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 
 import pytest
+import yaml
 
 from cookiecutter import config
 from cookiecutter.exceptions import ConfigDoesNotExistException, InvalidConfiguration
@@ -82,13 +83,13 @@ def test_get_config_does_not_exist():
 def test_invalid_config():
     """An invalid config file should raise an `InvalidConfiguration` \
     exception."""
-    with pytest.raises(InvalidConfiguration) as exc_info:
-        config.get_config('tests/test-config/invalid-config.yaml')
-
     expected_error_msg = (
-        'Unable to parse YAML file tests/test-config/invalid-config.yaml. Error: '
+        'Unable to parse YAML file tests/test-config/invalid-config.yaml.'
     )
-    assert expected_error_msg in str(exc_info.value)
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidConfiguration) as exc_info:
+        config.get_config('tests/test-config/invalid-config.yaml')
+        assert expected_error_msg in str(exc_info.value)
+        assert isinstance(exc_info.value.__cause__, yaml.YAMLError)
 
 
 def test_get_config_with_defaults():