diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/package.json b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
index 881362650bc3..962668d1a050 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     "glob": "^5.0.5",
     "lodash": "^4.2.0",
     "output-file-sync": "^1.1.0",
-    "path-exists": "^1.0.0",
     "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0",
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
     "source-map": "^0.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
index 6bdb2fc19461..78be975c8885 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/dir.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 let outputFileSync = require("output-file-sync");
-let pathExists     = require("path-exists");
 let slash          = require("slash");
 let path           = require("path");
 let util           = require("./util");
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = function (commander, filenames) {
   }
 
   function handle(filename) {
-    if (!pathExists.sync(filename)) return;
+    if (!fs.existsSync(filename)) return;
 
     let stat = fs.statSync(filename);
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/file.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/file.js
index d2ab659ab84e..1feb8d2aadc3 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/file.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/file.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 let convertSourceMap = require("convert-source-map");
-let pathExists       = require("path-exists");
 let sourceMap        = require("source-map");
 let slash            = require("slash");
 let path             = require("path");
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ module.exports = function (commander, filenames, opts) {
     results = [];
 
     _.each(filenames, function (filename) {
-      if (!pathExists.sync(filename)) return;
+      if (!fs.existsSync(filename)) return;
 
       let stat = fs.statSync(filename);
       if (stat.isDirectory()) {
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/index.js
index 09ef16731e2d..236c2df72aae 100755
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 require("babel-core");
 
-let pathExists = require("path-exists");
+let fs         = require("fs");
 let commander  = require("commander");
 let kebabCase  = require("lodash/kebabCase");
 let options    = require("babel-core").options;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ let filenames = commander.args.reduce(function (globbed, input) {
 filenames = uniq(filenames);
 
 each(filenames, function (filename) {
-  if (!pathExists.sync(filename)) {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(filename)) {
     errors.push(filename + " doesn't exist");
   }
 });
diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js b/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
index daacda4ee519..61cb19aed949 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/test/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ let child          = require("child_process");
 let path           = require("path");
 let chai           = require("chai");
 let fs             = require("fs");
-let pathExists     = require("path-exists");
 let _              = require("lodash");
 
 let fixtureLoc = path.join(__dirname, "fixtures");
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ let pluginLocs = [
 
 let readDir = function (loc) {
   let files = {};
-  if (pathExists.sync(loc)) {
+  if (fs.existsSync(loc)) {
     _.each(readdir(loc), function (filename) {
       files[filename] = helper.readFile(path.join(loc, filename));
     });
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ let buildTest = function (binName, testName, opts) {
 
 let clear = function () {
   process.chdir(__dirname);
-  if (pathExists.sync(tmpLoc)) rimraf.sync(tmpLoc);
+  if (fs.existsSync(tmpLoc)) rimraf.sync(tmpLoc);
   fs.mkdirSync(tmpLoc);
   process.chdir(tmpLoc);
 };
@@ -150,11 +149,11 @@ _.each(fs.readdirSync(fixtureLoc), function (binName) {
       };
 
       let optionsLoc = path.join(testLoc, "options.json");
-      if (pathExists.sync(optionsLoc)) _.merge(opts, require(optionsLoc));
+      if (fs.existsSync(optionsLoc)) _.merge(opts, require(optionsLoc));
 
       _.each(["stdout", "stdin", "stderr"], function (key) {
         let loc = path.join(testLoc, key + ".txt");
-        if (pathExists.sync(loc)) {
+        if (fs.existsSync(loc)) {
           opts[key] = helper.readFile(loc);
         } else {
           opts[key] = opts[key] || "";
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ _.each(fs.readdirSync(fixtureLoc), function (binName) {
       opts.inFiles  = readDir(path.join(testLoc, "in-files"));
 
       let babelrcLoc = path.join(testLoc, ".babelrc");
-      if (pathExists.sync(babelrcLoc)) {
+      if (fs.existsSync(babelrcLoc)) {
         // copy .babelrc file to tmp directory
         opts.inFiles[".babelrc"] = helper.readFile(babelrcLoc);
       }
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/package.json b/packages/babel-core/package.json
index 0e644c503c9a..ac433daae610 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-core/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     "json5": "^0.5.0",
     "lodash": "^4.2.0",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.2",
-    "path-exists": "^1.0.0",
     "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0",
     "private": "^0.1.6",
     "slash": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/options/build-config-chain.js b/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/options/build-config-chain.js
index efeb3af8f2e6..02ce7376413a 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/options/build-config-chain.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/transformation/file/options/build-config-chain.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type Logger from "../logger";
 import resolve from "../../../helpers/resolve";
 import json5 from "json5";
 import isAbsolute from "path-is-absolute";
-import pathExists from "path-exists";
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ const PACKAGE_FILENAME     = "package.json";
 function exists(filename) {
   let cached = existsCache[filename];
   if (cached == null) {
-    return existsCache[filename] = pathExists.sync(filename);
+    return existsCache[filename] = fs.existsSync(filename);
   } else {
     return cached;
   }
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-fixtures/package.json b/packages/babel-helper-fixtures/package.json
index ab02ac44aae6..c70c93cfb9b5 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-fixtures/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-fixtures/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-runtime": "^6.9.0",
     "lodash": "^4.2.0",
-    "path-exists": "^1.0.0",
     "try-resolve": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-fixtures/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-fixtures/src/index.js
index 9abbf8845ea4..28481e1d6743 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-fixtures/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-fixtures/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pathExists from "path-exists";
 import resolve from "try-resolve";
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
@@ -132,12 +131,12 @@ export default function get(entryLoc): Array<Suite> {
       suite.tests.push(test);
 
       let sourceMappingsLoc = taskDir + "/source-mappings.json";
-      if (pathExists.sync(sourceMappingsLoc)) {
+      if (fs.existsSync(sourceMappingsLoc)) {
         test.sourceMappings = JSON.parse(readFile(sourceMappingsLoc));
       }
 
       let sourceMapLoc = taskDir + "/source-map.json";
-      if (pathExists.sync(sourceMapLoc)) {
+      if (fs.existsSync(sourceMapLoc)) {
         test.sourceMap = JSON.parse(readFile(sourceMapLoc));
       }
     }
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ export function multiple(entryLoc, ignore?: Array<string>) {
 }
 
 export function readFile(filename) {
-  if (pathExists.sync(filename)) {
+  if (fs.existsSync(filename)) {
     let file = _.trimEnd(fs.readFileSync(filename, "utf8"));
     file = file.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n");
     return file;
diff --git a/packages/babel-register/package.json b/packages/babel-register/package.json
index a57f24215b71..d42f4bf9aa1f 100644
--- a/packages/babel-register/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-register/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "home-or-tmp": "^2.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
-    "path-exists": "^1.0.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js b/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
index 8c5177a00c3d..4b08e63ac753 100644
--- a/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
+++ b/packages/babel-register/src/cache.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs";
 import { sync as mkdirpSync } from "mkdirp";
 import homeOrTmp from "home-or-tmp";
-import pathExists from "path-exists";
 
 const FILENAME = process.env.BABEL_CACHE_PATH || path.join(homeOrTmp, ".babel.json");
 let data = {};
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ export function load() {
   process.on("exit", save);
   process.nextTick(save);
 
-  if (!pathExists.sync(FILENAME)) return;
+  if (!fs.existsSync(FILENAME)) return;
 
   try {
     data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(FILENAME));