diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 40a9f6e28f13..71a7bd0a67bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "regexp-util": "1.2.2",
     "remark-math": "1.0.6",
     "remark-parse": "5.0.0",
+    "resolve": "1.16.0",
     "semver": "7.3.2",
     "srcset": "2.0.1",
     "string-width": "4.2.0",
diff --git a/src/common/load-plugins.js b/src/common/load-plugins.js
index 7cc20403c440..caf6d44a2ba4 100644
--- a/src/common/load-plugins.js
+++ b/src/common/load-plugins.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ const partition = require("lodash/partition");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const globby = require("globby");
 const path = require("path");
+const resolve = require("resolve");
 const thirdParty = require("./third-party");
 const internalPlugins = require("./internal-plugins");
 const mem = require("mem");
-const resolve = require("./resolve");
 
 const memoizedLoad = mem(load, { cacheKey: JSON.stringify });
 const memoizedSearch = mem(findPluginsInNodeModules);
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ function load(plugins, pluginSearchDirs) {
       let requirePath;
       try {
         // try local files
-        requirePath = resolve(path.resolve(process.cwd(), pluginName));
+        requirePath = resolve.sync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), pluginName));
       } catch (_) {
         // try node modules
-        requirePath = resolve(pluginName, { paths: [process.cwd()] });
+        requirePath = resolve.sync(pluginName, { basedir: process.cwd() });
       }
 
       return {
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ function load(plugins, pluginSearchDirs) {
 
       return memoizedSearch(nodeModulesDir).map((pluginName) => ({
         name: pluginName,
-        requirePath: resolve(pluginName, { paths: [resolvedPluginSearchDir] }),
+        requirePath: resolve.sync(pluginName, {
+          basedir: resolvedPluginSearchDir,
+        }),
       }));
     })
     .reduce((a, b) => a.concat(b), []);
diff --git a/src/common/resolve.js b/src/common/resolve.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 183b59429766..000000000000
--- a/src/common/resolve.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-let { resolve } = eval("require");
-
-// In the VS Code extension `require` is overridden and `require.resolve` doesn't support the 2nd argument.
-if (resolve.length === 1) {
-  const Module = eval("require")("module");
-  const createRequire = Module.createRequire || Module.createRequireFromPath;
-  resolve = createRequire(__dirname).resolve;
-}
-
-module.exports = resolve;
diff --git a/src/config/resolve-config.js b/src/config/resolve-config.js
index c32067876d34..f56c43de0800 100644
--- a/src/config/resolve-config.js
+++ b/src/config/resolve-config.js
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 const thirdParty = require("../common/third-party");
 const minimatch = require("minimatch");
+const resolve = require("resolve");
 const path = require("path");
 const mem = require("mem");
 
 const resolveEditorConfig = require("./resolve-config-editorconfig");
 const loadToml = require("../utils/load-toml");
-const resolve = require("../common/resolve");
 
 const getExplorerMemoized = mem(
   (opts) => {
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ const getExplorerMemoized = mem(
       transform: (result) => {
         if (result && result.config) {
           if (typeof result.config === "string") {
-            const dir = path.dirname(result.filepath);
-            const modulePath = resolve(result.config, { paths: [dir] });
+            const modulePath = resolve.sync(result.config, {
+              basedir: path.dirname(result.filepath),
+            });
             result.config = eval("require")(modulePath);
           }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 333476bc5cba..70cfa4668c06 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6463,6 +6463,13 @@ resolve@1.1.7:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.1.7.tgz#203114d82ad2c5ed9e8e0411b3932875e889e97b"
   integrity sha1-IDEU2CrSxe2ejgQRs5ModeiJ6Xs=
 
+resolve@1.16.0:
+  version "1.16.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.16.0.tgz#063dc704fa3413e13ac1d0d1756a7cbfe95dd1a7"
+  integrity sha512-LarL/PIKJvc09k1jaeT4kQb/8/7P+qV4qSnN2K80AES+OHdfZELAKVOBjxsvtToT/uLOfFbvYvKfZmV8cee7nA==
+  dependencies:
+    path-parse "^1.0.6"
+
 resolve@^1.1.6, resolve@^1.10.0, resolve@^1.11.0, resolve@^1.12.0, resolve@^1.13.1, resolve@^1.14.2, resolve@^1.15.1, resolve@^1.3.2:
   version "1.15.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.15.1.tgz#27bdcdeffeaf2d6244b95bb0f9f4b4653451f3e8"