diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/package.json b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
index 7e8de8bcb9..843c7c3c87 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "glob": "^7.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.13",
     "make-dir": "^2.1.0",
-    "output-file-sync": "^2.0.0",
     "slash": "^2.0.0",
     "source-map": "^0.5.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
index 094f7806f9..c6790d5ace 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
 import defaults from "lodash/defaults";
-import outputFileSync from "output-file-sync";
 import { sync as makeDirSync } from "make-dir";
 import slash from "slash";
 import path from "path";
@@ -10,6 +9,11 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import * as util from "./util";
 import { type CmdOptions } from "./options";
 
+function outputFileSync(filePath: string, data: string | Buffer): void {
+  makeDirSync(path.dirname(filePath));
+  fs.writeFileSync(filePath, data);
+}
+
 export default async function({
   cliOptions,
   babelOptions,
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
index 7aa457b00f..88d5967401 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const readdir = require("fs-readdir-recursive");
 const helper = require("@babel/helper-fixtures");
 const rimraf = require("rimraf");
-const outputFileSync = require("output-file-sync");
+const { sync: makeDirSync } = require("make-dir");
 const child = require("child_process");
 const merge = require("lodash/merge");
 const path = require("path");
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ const fileFilter = function(x) {
   return x !== ".DS_Store";
 };
 
+const outputFileSync = function(filePath, data) {
+  makeDirSync(path.dirname(filePath));
+  fs.writeFileSync(filePath, data);
+};
+
 const presetLocs = [path.join(__dirname, "../../babel-preset-react")];
 
 const pluginLocs = [
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/package.json b/packages/babel-node/package.json
index f2b77567c4..737f8eadf8 100644
--- a/packages/babel-node/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-node/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "@babel/core": "^7.6.3",
     "@babel/helper-fixtures": "^7.6.3",
     "fs-readdir-recursive": "^1.0.0",
-    "output-file-sync": "^2.0.0"
+    "make-dir": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "bin": {
     "babel-node": "./bin/babel-node.js"
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/index.js b/packages/babel-node/test/index.js
index 45283de769..97ee54c024 100644
--- a/packages/babel-node/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const includes = require("lodash/includes");
 const readdir = require("fs-readdir-recursive");
 const helper = require("@babel/helper-fixtures");
 const rimraf = require("rimraf");
-const outputFileSync = require("output-file-sync");
+const { sync: makeDirSync } = require("make-dir");
 const child = require("child_process");
 const merge = require("lodash/merge");
 const path = require("path");
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ const fileFilter = function(x) {
   return x !== ".DS_Store";
 };
 
+const outputFileSync = function(filePath, data) {
+  makeDirSync(path.dirname(filePath));
+  fs.writeFileSync(filePath, data);
+};
+
 const presetLocs = [
   path.join(__dirname, "../../babel-preset-env"),
   path.join(__dirname, "../../babel-preset-react"),