diff --git a/docs/_data/usage.js b/docs/_data/usage.js
index ee13a19de9..bffff31362 100644
--- a/docs/_data/usage.js
+++ b/docs/_data/usage.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const stripAnsi = require('strip-ansi');
+const {stripVTControlCharacters} = require('util');
 const {resolve} = require('path');
 const {execSync} = require('child_process');
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const flag = '--help';
  * Return the output of `mocha --help` for display
  */
 module.exports = () => {
-  return stripAnsi(
+  return stripVTControlCharacters(
     String(
       execSync(`"${process.execPath}" ${executable} ${flag}`, {
         cwd: resolve(__dirname, '..')
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e56c9eb3f4..b21c856bc5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
         "rollup-plugin-polyfill-node": "^0.8.0",
         "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.6.0",
         "sinon": "^9.0.3",
-        "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0",
         "unexpected": "^11.14.0",
         "unexpected-eventemitter": "^2.2.0",
         "unexpected-map": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb4f2a1d45..9c4d4095e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@
     "rollup-plugin-polyfill-node": "^0.8.0",
     "rollup-plugin-visualizer": "^5.6.0",
     "sinon": "^9.0.3",
-    "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0",
     "unexpected": "^11.14.0",
     "unexpected-eventemitter": "^2.2.0",
     "unexpected-map": "^2.0.0",