diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/command-line/reset.ts b/packages/workspace/src/command-line/reset.ts
index b94624f3b8..9c8c42d902 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/command-line/reset.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/command-line/reset.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
-import { appRootPath } from '@nrwl/tao/src/utils/app-root';
-import { remove } from 'fs-extra';
+import { removeSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { stop as stopDaemon } from '../core/project-graph/daemon/client/client';
-import {
-  cacheDirectory,
-  readCacheDirectoryProperty,
-} from '../utilities/cache-directory';
+import { cacheDir } from '../utilities/cache-directory';
 import { output } from '../utilities/output';
 
-export async function resetHandler() {
+export function resetHandler() {
   output.note({
     title: 'Resetting the Nx workspace cache and stopping the Nx Daemon.',
     bodyLines: [`This might take a few minutes.`],
   });
-  const dir = cacheDirectory(
-    appRootPath,
-    readCacheDirectoryProperty(appRootPath)
-  );
-  await Promise.all([stopDaemon(), remove(dir)]);
+  stopDaemon();
+  removeSync(cacheDir);
   output.success({
     title: 'Successful reset the Nx workspace.',
   });
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/nx-deps/nx-deps-cache.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/nx-deps/nx-deps-cache.ts
index 87ace5bb02..6d0bec8531 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/nx-deps/nx-deps-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/nx-deps/nx-deps-cache.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,11 @@ import type {
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { readJsonFile, writeJsonFile } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { join } from 'path';
-import { appRootPath } from '@nrwl/tao/src/utils/app-root';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { ensureDirSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { directoryExists, fileExists } from '../../utilities/fileutils';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
-import {
-  cacheDirectory,
-  readCacheDirectoryProperty,
-} from '../../utilities/cache-directory';
+import { cacheDir } from '../../utilities/cache-directory';
 
 export interface ProjectGraphCache {
   version: string;
@@ -33,16 +29,12 @@ export interface ProjectGraphCache {
   dependencies: Record<string, ProjectGraphDependency[]>;
 }
 
-export const nxDepsDir = cacheDirectory(
-  appRootPath,
-  readCacheDirectoryProperty(appRootPath)
-);
-export const nxDepsPath = join(nxDepsDir, 'nxdeps.json');
+export const nxDepsPath = join(cacheDir, 'nxdeps.json');
 
 export function ensureCacheDirectory(): void {
   try {
-    if (!existsSync(nxDepsDir)) {
-      ensureDirSync(nxDepsDir);
+    if (!existsSync(cacheDir)) {
+      ensureDirSync(cacheDir);
     }
   } catch (e) {
     /*
@@ -55,8 +47,8 @@ export function ensureCacheDirectory(): void {
      * In this case, we're creating the directory. If the operation failed, we ensure that the directory
      * exists before continuing (or raise an exception).
      */
-    if (!directoryExists(nxDepsDir)) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to create directory: ${nxDepsDir}`);
+    if (!directoryExists(cacheDir)) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to create directory: ${cacheDir}`);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/client/client.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/client/client.ts
index 605a696f3d..1b885dda7c 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/client/client.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/client/client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { logger, ProjectGraph } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { ChildProcess, spawn, spawnSync } from 'child_process';
 import { openSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { ensureDirSync, ensureFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { connect } from 'net';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
 import {
@@ -8,10 +9,15 @@ import {
   writeDaemonJsonProcessCache,
 } from '../cache';
 import { FULL_OS_SOCKET_PATH, killSocketOrPath } from '../socket-utils';
-import { DAEMON_OUTPUT_LOG_FILE } from '../tmp-dir';
+import {
+  DAEMON_DIR_FOR_CURRENT_WORKSPACE,
+  DAEMON_OUTPUT_LOG_FILE,
+} from '../tmp-dir';
 
 export async function startInBackground(): Promise<ChildProcess['pid']> {
   await safelyCleanUpExistingProcess();
+  ensureDirSync(DAEMON_DIR_FOR_CURRENT_WORKSPACE);
+  ensureFileSync(DAEMON_OUTPUT_LOG_FILE);
 
   try {
     const out = openSync(DAEMON_OUTPUT_LOG_FILE, 'a');
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/tmp-dir.ts b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/tmp-dir.ts
index 6b8d7d55c3..e93d758c1f 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/tmp-dir.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/core/project-graph/daemon/tmp-dir.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
  */
 import { normalizePath } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { appRootPath } from '@nrwl/tao/src/utils/app-root';
-import { ensureDirSync, ensureFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
-import { tmpdir } from 'os';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { createHash } from 'crypto';
+import { cacheDir } from '../../../utilities/cache-directory';
 
 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions#escaping
 function escapeRegExp(string) {
@@ -48,22 +47,16 @@ const subDirForCurrentWorkspace = createHash('sha1')
   .digest('hex')
   .slice(0, 32);
 
-/**
- * E.g. on a mac the value for this will be something like:
- * /var/folders/zk/9ff5snsj71j2r07qht44w_nr0000gn/T/nx-daemon/{{subDirForCurrentWorkspace}}
- */
 export const DAEMON_DIR_FOR_CURRENT_WORKSPACE = join(
-  tmpdir(),
+  cacheDir,
   'nx-daemon',
   subDirForCurrentWorkspace
 );
-ensureDirSync(DAEMON_DIR_FOR_CURRENT_WORKSPACE);
 
 export const DAEMON_OUTPUT_LOG_FILE = join(
   DAEMON_DIR_FOR_CURRENT_WORKSPACE,
   'server.log'
 );
-ensureFileSync(DAEMON_OUTPUT_LOG_FILE);
 
 export const DAEMON_SOCKET_PATH = join(
   DAEMON_DIR_FOR_CURRENT_WORKSPACE,
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
index 1ce5dabf86..230a582463 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { dirname, join, resolve, sep } from 'path';
 import { DefaultTasksRunnerOptions } from './default-tasks-runner';
 import { spawn, exec } from 'child_process';
-import { cacheDirectory } from '../utilities/cache-directory';
+import { cacheDir } from '../utilities/cache-directory';
 
 const util = require('util');
 
@@ -320,9 +320,8 @@ export class Cache {
   }
 
   private createCacheDir() {
-    const dir = cacheDirectory(this.root, this.options.cacheDirectory);
-    ensureDirSync(dir);
-    return dir;
+    ensureDirSync(cacheDir);
+    return cacheDir;
   }
 
   private createTerminalOutputsDir() {
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/utilities/cache-directory.ts b/packages/workspace/src/utilities/cache-directory.ts
index da10c38678..5801698cb1 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/utilities/cache-directory.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/utilities/cache-directory.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { NxJsonConfiguration, readJsonFile } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { appRootPath } from '@nrwl/tao/src/utils/app-root';
 
-export function readCacheDirectoryProperty(root: string): string | undefined {
+function readCacheDirectoryProperty(root: string): string | undefined {
   try {
     const nxJson = readJsonFile<NxJsonConfiguration>(join(root, 'nx.json'));
     return nxJson.tasksRunnerOptions.default.options.cacheDirectory;
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ export function readCacheDirectoryProperty(root: string): string | undefined {
   }
 }
 
-export function cacheDirectory(root: string, cacheDirectory: string) {
+function cacheDirectory(root: string, cacheDirectory: string) {
   const cacheDirFromEnv = process.env.NX_CACHE_DIRECTORY;
   if (cacheDirFromEnv) {
     cacheDirectory = cacheDirFromEnv;
@@ -25,3 +26,8 @@ export function cacheDirectory(root: string, cacheDirectory: string) {
     return join(root, 'node_modules', '.cache', 'nx');
   }
 }
+
+export const cacheDir = cacheDirectory(
+  appRootPath,
+  readCacheDirectoryProperty(appRootPath)
+);