diff --git a/packages/next/src/build/index.ts b/packages/next/src/build/index.ts
index a7b27a78cf6d..b7f62f93d4f9 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/build/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/build/index.ts
@@ -2989,8 +2989,7 @@ export default async function build(
           }
 
           // remove temporary export folder
-          await recursiveDelete(exportOptions.outdir)
-          await fs.rmdir(exportOptions.outdir)
+          await fs.rm(exportOptions.outdir, { recursive: true, force: true })
           await fs.writeFile(
             manifestPath,
             JSON.stringify(pagesManifest, null, 2),
diff --git a/packages/next/src/build/utils.ts b/packages/next/src/build/utils.ts
index b0c62248223b..9cde31aec24f 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/build/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/build/utils.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import {
 } from '../server/load-components'
 import { trace } from '../trace'
 import { setHttpClientAndAgentOptions } from '../server/setup-http-agent-env'
-import { recursiveDelete } from '../lib/recursive-delete'
 import { Sema } from 'next/dist/compiled/async-sema'
 import { denormalizePagePath } from '../shared/lib/page-path/denormalize-page-path'
 import { normalizePagePath } from '../shared/lib/page-path/normalize-page-path'
@@ -1809,7 +1808,7 @@ export async function copyTracedFiles(
     moduleType = packageJson.type === 'module'
   } catch {}
   const copiedFiles = new Set()
-  await recursiveDelete(outputPath)
+  await fs.rm(outputPath, { recursive: true, force: true })
 
   async function handleTraceFiles(traceFilePath: string) {
     const traceData = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(traceFilePath, 'utf8')) as {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/export/index.ts b/packages/next/src/export/index.ts
index 5f15d3fcf5d1..209855a8a033 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/export/index.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/export/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import * as Log from '../build/output/log'
 import createSpinner from '../build/spinner'
 import { SSG_FALLBACK_EXPORT_ERROR } from '../lib/constants'
 import { recursiveCopy } from '../lib/recursive-copy'
-import { recursiveDelete } from '../lib/recursive-delete'
 import {
   BUILD_ID_FILE,
   CLIENT_PUBLIC_FILES_PATH,
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ export default async function exportApp(
       )
     }
 
-    await recursiveDelete(join(outDir))
+    await promises.rm(outDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
     await promises.mkdir(join(outDir, '_next', buildId), { recursive: true })
 
     writeFileSync(
diff --git a/packages/next/src/lib/verify-partytown-setup.ts b/packages/next/src/lib/verify-partytown-setup.ts
index 5f4caf378e7d..69ee2132efba 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/lib/verify-partytown-setup.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/lib/verify-partytown-setup.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 } from './has-necessary-dependencies'
 import { fileExists, FileType } from './file-exists'
 import { FatalError } from './fatal-error'
-import { recursiveDelete } from './recursive-delete'
 import * as Log from '../build/output/log'
 import { getPkgManager } from './helpers/get-pkg-manager'
 
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ async function copyPartytownStaticFiles(
   )
 
   if (hasPartytownLibDir) {
-    await recursiveDelete(partytownLibDir)
-    await promises.rmdir(partytownLibDir)
+    await promises.rm(partytownLibDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
   }
 
   const { copyLibFiles } = await Promise.resolve(
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/image-optimizer.ts b/packages/next/src/server/image-optimizer.ts
index 00dee16194d9..a7e9928de4a0 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/image-optimizer.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/image-optimizer.ts
@@ -99,15 +99,8 @@ async function writeToCacheDir(
 ) {
   const filename = join(dir, `${maxAge}.${expireAt}.${etag}.${extension}`)
 
-  // Added in: v14.14.0 https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fspromisesrmpath-options
-  // attempt cleaning up existing stale cache
-  if ((promises as any).rm) {
-    await (promises as any)
-      .rm(dir, { force: true, recursive: true })
-      .catch(() => {})
-  } else {
-    await promises.rmdir(dir, { recursive: true }).catch(() => {})
-  }
+  await promises.rm(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => {})
+
   await promises.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true })
   await promises.writeFile(filename, buffer)
 }