diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1e0ae2be7c..128f19699f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
     "core-js": "^3.16.3",
     "coveralls": "^3.1.1",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.2",
-    "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
     "eslint": "^7.32.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
     "eslint-config-semistandard": "^16.0.0",
diff --git a/test/integration/helpers.js b/test/integration/helpers.js
index 5f338e6c2f..6f16bd72b6 100644
--- a/test/integration/helpers.js
+++ b/test/integration/helpers.js
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ function invokeNode(args, done, opts = {}) {
  *
  * @param {string[]} args - Path to executable and arguments
  * @param {RawResultCallback} done - Callback
- * @param {Object|string} [opts] - Options to `cross-spawn` or `child_process.fork` or 'pipe' for shortcut to `{stdio: pipe}`
+ * @param {Object|string} [opts] - Options to `child_process` or 'pipe' for shortcut to `{stdio: pipe}`
  * @param {boolean} [opts.fork] - If `true`, use `child_process.fork` instead
  * @returns {import('child_process').ChildProcess}
  */
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ function createSubprocess(args, done, opts = {}) {
     debug('forking: %s', args.join(' '));
     mocha = fork(args[0], args.slice(1), opts);
   } else {
-    const {spawn} = require('cross-spawn');
+    const {spawn} = require('child_process');
     debug('spawning: %s', [process.execPath].concat(args).join(' '));
     mocha = spawn(process.execPath, args, opts);
   }
@@ -400,11 +400,11 @@ function getSummary(res) {
  * and waits until the second test run has been completed. Mocha is
  * killed and the result is returned.
  *
- * On Windows, this will call `child_process.fork()` instead of `cross-spawn.spawn()`.
+ * On Windows, this will call `child_process.fork()` instead of `spawn()`.
  *
  * **Exit code will always be 0**
  * @param {string[]} args - Array of argument strings
- * @param {object|string} opts - If a `string`, then `cwd`, otherwise options for `cross-spawn.spawn` or `child_process.fork`
+ * @param {object|string} opts - If a `string`, then `cwd`, otherwise options for `child_process`
  * @param {Function} change - A potentially `Promise`-returning callback to execute which will change a watched file
  * @returns {Promise<RawResult>}
  */
@@ -451,11 +451,11 @@ async function runMochaWatchAsync(args, opts, change) {
  * and waits until the second test run has been completed. Mocha is
  * killed and the result is returned.
  *
- * On Windows, this will call `child_process.fork()` instead of `cross-spawn.spawn()`.
+ * On Windows, this will call `child_process.fork()` instead of `spawn()`.
  *
  * **Exit code will always be 0**
  * @param {string[]} args - Array of argument strings
- * @param {object|string} opts - If a `string`, then `cwd`, otherwise options for `cross-spawn.spawn` or `child_process.fork`
+ * @param {object|string} opts - If a `string`, then `cwd`, otherwise options for `child_process`
  * @param {Function} change - A potentially `Promise`-returning callback to execute which will change a watched file
  * @returns {Promise<JSONResult>}
  */