diff --git a/lib/shrinkwrap.js b/lib/shrinkwrap.js
index 60e49f3c82e9b..f1146206db64b 100644
--- a/lib/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/lib/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { resolve, basename } = require('path')
 const util = require('util')
 const fs = require('fs')
-const { unlink } = fs.promises || util.promisify(fs.unlink)
+const { unlink } = fs.promises || { unlink: util.promisify(fs.unlink) }
 const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
 const log = require('npmlog')