diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 892322c..a7b8ec8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "checkenv": "^1.2.2",
     "discord.js": "^11.3.0",
-    "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "ip": "^1.1.5",
     "logdna": "^1.2.3",
     "node-schedule": "^1.2.3",
diff --git a/src/data.js b/src/data.js
index 9281a32..1f72654 100644
--- a/src/data.js
+++ b/src/data.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const state = require('./state.js');
 const logger = require('./logging.js');
 
 function readWarnings() {
   // Load the warnings file into the application state.
   var readFilePath = '/data/discordWarnings.json';
-  fs.ensureFileSync(readFilePath);
   fs.readFile(readFilePath, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
     if (err) { throw err; }
     if (data) {
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ function readWarnings() {
 function readBans() {
   // Load the ban file into the application state.
   var readFilePath = '/data/discordBans.json';
-  fs.ensureFileSync(readFilePath);
   fs.readFile(readFilePath, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
     if (err) { throw err; }
     if (data) {
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@ function readBans() {
 function readCustomResponses() {
   // Load the responses file into the responses variable.
   var readFilePath = '/data/responses.json';
-  fs.ensureFileSync(readFilePath);
-
   fs.readFile(readFilePath, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
     if (err) { throw err; }
     if (data) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a5ef3a1..5d0c354 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -602,14 +602,6 @@ form-data@~2.3.1:
     combined-stream "1.0.6"
     mime-types "^2.1.12"
 
-fs-extra@^5.0.0:
-  version "5.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-5.0.0.tgz#414d0110cdd06705734d055652c5411260c31abd"
-  dependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
-    jsonfile "^4.0.0"
-    universalify "^0.1.0"
-
 fs.realpath@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz#1504ad2523158caa40db4a2787cb01411994ea4f"
@@ -654,7 +646,7 @@ globby@^5.0.0:
     pify "^2.0.0"
     pinkie-promise "^2.0.0"
 
-graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.6:
+graceful-fs@^4.1.2:
   version "4.1.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.11.tgz#0e8bdfe4d1ddb8854d64e04ea7c00e2a026e5658"
 
@@ -857,12 +849,6 @@ json-stringify-safe@^5.0.1, json-stringify-safe@~5.0.1:
   version "5.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-stringify-safe/-/json-stringify-safe-5.0.1.tgz#1296a2d58fd45f19a0f6ce01d65701e2c735b6eb"
 
-jsonfile@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz#8771aae0799b64076b76640fca058f9c10e33ecb"
-  optionalDependencies:
-    graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
-
 jsprim@^1.2.2:
   version "1.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsprim/-/jsprim-1.4.1.tgz#313e66bc1e5cc06e438bc1b7499c2e5c56acb6a2"
@@ -1480,10 +1466,6 @@ typedarray@^0.0.6:
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typedarray/-/typedarray-0.0.6.tgz#867ac74e3864187b1d3d47d996a78ec5c8830777"
 
-universalify@^0.1.0:
-  version "0.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.1.tgz#fa71badd4437af4c148841e3b3b165f9e9e590b7"
-
 util-deprecate@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz#450d4dc9fa70de732762fbd2d4a28981419a0ccf"