diff --git a/lib/commands/audit.js b/lib/commands/audit.js
index 779bc22fc6aaf..6ec870f03a8a5 100644
--- a/lib/commands/audit.js
+++ b/lib/commands/audit.js
@@ -178,11 +178,12 @@ class VerifySignatures {
     let name = edge.name
     try {
       name = npa(edge.spec).subSpec.name
-    } catch (_) {
+    } catch {
+      // leave it as edge.name
     }
     try {
       return npa(`${name}@${edge.spec}`)
-    } catch (_) {
+    } catch {
       // Skip packages with invalid spec
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/commands/edit.js b/lib/commands/edit.js
index 0256f4f3a6f01..67ac32e017184 100644
--- a/lib/commands/edit.js
+++ b/lib/commands/edit.js
@@ -58,11 +58,16 @@ class Edit extends BaseCommand {
         }
         const [bin, ...args] = this.npm.config.get('editor').split(/\s+/)
         const editor = cp.spawn(bin, [...args, dir], { stdio: 'inherit' })
-        editor.on('exit', (code) => {
+        editor.on('exit', async (code) => {
           if (code) {
             return reject(new Error(`editor process exited with code: ${code}`))
           }
-          this.npm.exec('rebuild', [dir]).catch(reject).then(resolve)
+          try {
+            await this.npm.exec('rebuild', [dir])
+          } catch (err) {
+            reject(err)
+          }
+          resolve()
         })
       })
     })
diff --git a/lib/commands/org.js b/lib/commands/org.js
index 599b4b9c8758a..f49556c8d6a19 100644
--- a/lib/commands/org.js
+++ b/lib/commands/org.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Org extends BaseCommand {
     })
   }
 
-  set (org, user, role, opts) {
+  async set (org, user, role, opts) {
     role = role || 'developer'
     if (!org) {
       throw new Error('First argument `orgname` is required.')
@@ -67,27 +67,26 @@ class Org extends BaseCommand {
       )
     }
 
-    return liborg.set(org, user, role, opts).then(memDeets => {
-      if (opts.json) {
-        this.npm.output(JSON.stringify(memDeets, null, 2))
-      } else if (opts.parseable) {
-        this.npm.output(['org', 'orgsize', 'user', 'role'].join('\t'))
-        this.npm.output(
-          [memDeets.org.name, memDeets.org.size, memDeets.user, memDeets.role].join('\t')
-        )
-      } else if (!this.npm.silent) {
-        this.npm.output(
-          `Added ${memDeets.user} as ${memDeets.role} to ${memDeets.org.name}. You now have ${
+    const memDeets = await liborg.set(org, user, role, opts)
+    if (opts.json) {
+      this.npm.output(JSON.stringify(memDeets, null, 2))
+    } else if (opts.parseable) {
+      this.npm.output(['org', 'orgsize', 'user', 'role'].join('\t'))
+      this.npm.output(
+        [memDeets.org.name, memDeets.org.size, memDeets.user, memDeets.role].join('\t')
+      )
+    } else if (!this.npm.silent) {
+      this.npm.output(
+        `Added ${memDeets.user} as ${memDeets.role} to ${memDeets.org.name}. You now have ${
             memDeets.org.size
           } member${memDeets.org.size === 1 ? '' : 's'} in this org.`
-        )
-      }
+      )
+    }
 
-      return memDeets
-    })
+    return memDeets
   }
 
-  rm (org, user, opts) {
+  async rm (org, user, opts) {
     if (!org) {
       throw new Error('First argument `orgname` is required.')
     }
@@ -96,68 +95,62 @@ class Org extends BaseCommand {
       throw new Error('Second argument `username` is required.')
     }
 
-    return liborg
-      .rm(org, user, opts)
-      .then(() => {
-        return liborg.ls(org, opts)
-      })
-      .then(roster => {
-        user = user.replace(/^[~@]?/, '')
-        org = org.replace(/^[~@]?/, '')
-        const userCount = Object.keys(roster).length
-        if (opts.json) {
-          this.npm.output(
-            JSON.stringify({
-              user,
-              org,
-              userCount,
-              deleted: true,
-            })
-          )
-        } else if (opts.parseable) {
-          this.npm.output(['user', 'org', 'userCount', 'deleted'].join('\t'))
-          this.npm.output([user, org, userCount, true].join('\t'))
-        } else if (!this.npm.silent) {
-          this.npm.output(
-            `Successfully removed ${user} from ${org}. You now have ${userCount} member${
-              userCount === 1 ? '' : 's'
-            } in this org.`
-          )
-        }
-      })
+    await liborg.rm(org, user, opts)
+    const roster = await liborg.ls(org, opts)
+    user = user.replace(/^[~@]?/, '')
+    org = org.replace(/^[~@]?/, '')
+    const userCount = Object.keys(roster).length
+    if (opts.json) {
+      this.npm.output(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          user,
+          org,
+          userCount,
+          deleted: true,
+        })
+      )
+    } else if (opts.parseable) {
+      this.npm.output(['user', 'org', 'userCount', 'deleted'].join('\t'))
+      this.npm.output([user, org, userCount, true].join('\t'))
+    } else if (!this.npm.silent) {
+      this.npm.output(
+        `Successfully removed ${user} from ${org}. You now have ${userCount} member${
+          userCount === 1 ? '' : 's'
+        } in this org.`
+      )
+    }
   }
 
-  ls (org, user, opts) {
+  async ls (org, user, opts) {
     if (!org) {
       throw new Error('First argument `orgname` is required.')
     }
 
-    return liborg.ls(org, opts).then(roster => {
-      if (user) {
-        const newRoster = {}
-        if (roster[user]) {
-          newRoster[user] = roster[user]
-        }
-
-        roster = newRoster
+    let roster = await liborg.ls(org, opts)
+    if (user) {
+      const newRoster = {}
+      if (roster[user]) {
+        newRoster[user] = roster[user]
       }
-      if (opts.json) {
-        this.npm.output(JSON.stringify(roster, null, 2))
-      } else if (opts.parseable) {
-        this.npm.output(['user', 'role'].join('\t'))
-        Object.keys(roster).forEach(user => {
-          this.npm.output([user, roster[user]].join('\t'))
+
+      roster = newRoster
+    }
+    if (opts.json) {
+      this.npm.output(JSON.stringify(roster, null, 2))
+    } else if (opts.parseable) {
+      this.npm.output(['user', 'role'].join('\t'))
+      Object.keys(roster).forEach(user => {
+        this.npm.output([user, roster[user]].join('\t'))
+      })
+    } else if (!this.npm.silent) {
+      const table = new Table({ head: ['user', 'role'] })
+      Object.keys(roster)
+        .sort()
+        .forEach(user => {
+          table.push([user, roster[user]])
         })
-      } else if (!this.npm.silent) {
-        const table = new Table({ head: ['user', 'role'] })
-        Object.keys(roster)
-          .sort()
-          .forEach(user => {
-            table.push([user, roster[user]])
-          })
-        this.npm.output(table.toString())
-      }
-    })
+      this.npm.output(table.toString())
+    }
   }
 }
 module.exports = Org
diff --git a/lib/commands/outdated.js b/lib/commands/outdated.js
index 042b776f71e0d..9e2060658ed72 100644
--- a/lib/commands/outdated.js
+++ b/lib/commands/outdated.js
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ class Outdated extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
     try {
       alias = npa(edge.spec).subSpec
     } catch (err) {
+      // ignore errors, no alias
     }
     const spec = npa(alias ? alias.name : edge.name)
     const node = edge.to || edge
diff --git a/lib/commands/token.js b/lib/commands/token.js
index cf3b8cbee53a4..de8e61101d8ac 100644
--- a/lib/commands/token.js
+++ b/lib/commands/token.js
@@ -140,32 +140,27 @@ class Token extends BaseCommand {
     const cidr = conf.cidr
     const readonly = conf.readOnly
 
-    return readUserInfo
-      .password()
-      .then(password => {
-        const validCIDR = this.validateCIDRList(cidr)
-        log.info('token', 'creating')
-        return pulseTillDone.withPromise(
-          otplease(this.npm, conf, conf => {
-            return profile.createToken(password, readonly, validCIDR, conf)
-          })
-        )
-      })
-      .then(result => {
-        delete result.key
-        delete result.updated
-        if (conf.json) {
-          this.npm.output(JSON.stringify(result))
-        } else if (conf.parseable) {
-          Object.keys(result).forEach(k => this.npm.output(k + '\t' + result[k]))
-        } else {
-          const table = new Table()
-          for (const k of Object.keys(result)) {
-            table.push({ [chalk.bold(k)]: String(result[k]) })
-          }
-          this.npm.output(table.toString())
-        }
+    const password = await readUserInfo.password()
+    const validCIDR = this.validateCIDRList(cidr)
+    log.info('token', 'creating')
+    const result = await pulseTillDone.withPromise(
+      otplease(this.npm, conf, conf => {
+        return profile.createToken(password, readonly, validCIDR, conf)
       })
+    )
+    delete result.key
+    delete result.updated
+    if (conf.json) {
+      this.npm.output(JSON.stringify(result))
+    } else if (conf.parseable) {
+      Object.keys(result).forEach(k => this.npm.output(k + '\t' + result[k]))
+    } else {
+      const table = new Table()
+      for (const k of Object.keys(result)) {
+        table.push({ [chalk.bold(k)]: String(result[k]) })
+      }
+      this.npm.output(table.toString())
+    }
   }
 
   config () {
diff --git a/lib/npm.js b/lib/npm.js
index 66111cab89a84..b116ec5cc68a4 100644
--- a/lib/npm.js
+++ b/lib/npm.js
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class Npm extends EventEmitter {
     // this is async but we dont await it, since its ok if it doesnt
     // finish before the command finishes running. it uses command and argv
     // so it must be initiated here, after the command name is set
+    // eslint-disable-next-line promise/catch-or-return
     updateNotifier(this).then((msg) => (this.updateNotification = msg))
 
     // Options are prefixed by a hyphen-minus (-, \u2d).
@@ -173,16 +174,15 @@ class Npm extends EventEmitter {
 
   async load () {
     if (!this.#loadPromise) {
-      this.#loadPromise = this.time('npm:load', () => this[_load]().catch(er => er).then((er) => {
-        this.loadErr = er
-        if (!er) {
-          if (this.config.get('force')) {
-            log.warn('using --force', 'Recommended protections disabled.')
-          }
-        } else {
+      this.#loadPromise = this.time('npm:load', async () => {
+        await this[_load]().catch((er) => {
+          this.loadErr = er
           throw er
+        })
+        if (this.config.get('force')) {
+          log.warn('using --force', 'Recommended protections disabled.')
         }
-      }))
+      })
     }
     return this.#loadPromise
   }
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ class Npm extends EventEmitter {
     const node = this.time('npm:load:whichnode', () => {
       try {
         return which.sync(process.argv[0])
-      } catch {} // TODO should we throw here?
+      } catch {
+        // TODO should we throw here?
+      }
     })
 
     if (node && node.toUpperCase() !== process.execPath.toUpperCase()) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/queryable.js b/lib/utils/queryable.js
index ceb06bdccd103..7c5bb7fe87baf 100644
--- a/lib/utils/queryable.js
+++ b/lib/utils/queryable.js
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ const setter = ({ data, key, value, force }) => {
     let maybeIndex = Number.NaN
     try {
       maybeIndex = Number(_key)
-    } catch (err) {}
+    } catch {
+      // leave it NaN
+    }
     if (!Number.isNaN(maybeIndex)) {
       _key = maybeIndex
     }
diff --git a/scripts/dependency-graph.js b/scripts/dependency-graph.js
index 318b9f39b4292..1f18307582fd0 100644
--- a/scripts/dependency-graph.js
+++ b/scripts/dependency-graph.js
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ const iterate = function (node, dependedBy, annotations, onlyOurs) {
 
 main().then(() => {
   process.exit(0)
+  return 0
 }).catch(err => {
   console.error(err)
   process.exit(1)
+  return 1
 })
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/shrinkwrap.js b/test/lib/commands/shrinkwrap.js
index e3fc1f9356705..812a9e23ec7f6 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ t.formatSnapshot = obj =>
     (k, v) => {
       try {
         return JSON.parse(v)
-      } catch {}
+      } catch {
+        // leave invalid JSON as a string
+      }
       return v
     },
     2
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/bin/index.js b/workspaces/arborist/bin/index.js
index 0c1e98445341f..ff356fafab7c3 100755
--- a/workspaces/arborist/bin/index.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/bin/index.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ for (const file of commandFiles) {
         if (bin.loglevel !== 'silent') {
           console[process.exitCode ? 'error' : 'log'](r)
         }
+        return r
       })
   }
 }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
index 945bae56b63de..31a4e8c821a8c 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ Try using the package name instead, e.g:
         this.idealTree = tree
         this.virtualTree = null
         process.emit('timeEnd', 'idealTree:init')
+        return tree
       })
   }
 
@@ -531,12 +532,12 @@ Try using the package name instead, e.g:
 
   // This returns a promise because we might not have the name yet,
   // and need to call pacote.manifest to find the name.
-  [_add] (tree, { add, saveType = null, saveBundle = false }) {
+  async [_add] (tree, { add, saveType = null, saveBundle = false }) {
     // get the name for each of the specs in the list.
     // ie, doing `foo@bar` we just return foo
     // but if it's a url or git, we don't know the name until we
     // fetch it and look in its manifest.
-    return Promise.all(add.map(async rawSpec => {
+    const resolvedAdd = await Promise.all(add.map(async rawSpec => {
       // We do NOT provide the path to npa here, because user-additions
       // need to be resolved relative to the CWD the user is in.
       const spec = await this[_retrieveSpecName](npa(rawSpec))
@@ -544,17 +545,16 @@ Try using the package name instead, e.g:
         .then(spec => this[_followSymlinkPath](spec))
       spec.tree = tree
       return spec
-    })).then(add => {
-      this[_resolvedAdd].push(...add)
-      // now add is a list of spec objects with names.
-      // find a home for each of them!
-      addRmPkgDeps.add({
-        pkg: tree.package,
-        add,
-        saveBundle,
-        saveType,
-        path: this.path,
-      })
+    }))
+    this[_resolvedAdd].push(...resolvedAdd)
+    // now resolvedAdd is a list of spec objects with names.
+    // find a home for each of them!
+    addRmPkgDeps.add({
+      pkg: tree.package,
+      add: resolvedAdd,
+      saveBundle,
+      saveType,
+      path: this.path,
     })
   }
 
@@ -781,17 +781,18 @@ This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
         const spec = npa.resolve(name, id, dirname(path))
         const t = `idealTree:inflate:${location}`
         this.addTracker(t)
-        await pacote.manifest(spec, {
-          ...this.options,
-          resolved: resolved,
-          integrity: integrity,
-          fullMetadata: false,
-        }).then(mani => {
+        try {
+          const mani = await pacote.manifest(spec, {
+            ...this.options,
+            resolved: resolved,
+            integrity: integrity,
+            fullMetadata: false,
+          })
           node.package = { ...mani, _id: `${mani.name}@${mani.version}` }
-        }).catch((er) => {
+        } catch (er) {
           const warning = `Could not fetch metadata for ${name}@${id}`
           log.warn(heading, warning, er)
-        })
+        }
         this.finishTracker(t)
       })
     }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/load-actual.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/load-actual.js
index bca7cef9476ff..7ab65f5b00d8b 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/load-actual.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/load-actual.js
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class ActualLoader extends cls {
       // node_modules hierarchy, then load that node as well.
       return this[_loadFSTree](link.target).then(() => link)
     } else if (target.then) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/catch-or-return
       target.then(node => link.target = node)
     }
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/rebuild.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/rebuild.js
index e9b79031ef427..7e97984c06aa7 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/rebuild.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/rebuild.js
@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ module.exports = cls => class Builder extends cls {
           pkg,
           path,
           event,
+          // I do not know why this needs to be on THIS line but refactoring
+          // this function would be quite a process
+          // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
           cmd: args && args[args.length - 1],
           env,
           code,
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
index 7663a3a342cc6..0c9026f5e4d1e 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ const _symlink = Symbol('symlink')
 const _warnDeprecated = Symbol('warnDeprecated')
 const _loadBundlesAndUpdateTrees = Symbol.for('loadBundlesAndUpdateTrees')
 const _submitQuickAudit = Symbol('submitQuickAudit')
-const _awaitQuickAudit = Symbol('awaitQuickAudit')
 const _unpackNewModules = Symbol.for('unpackNewModules')
 const _moveContents = Symbol.for('moveContents')
 const _moveBackRetiredUnchanged = Symbol.for('moveBackRetiredUnchanged')
@@ -156,7 +155,8 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     await this[_reifyPackages]()
     await this[_saveIdealTree](options)
     await this[_copyIdealToActual]()
-    await this[_awaitQuickAudit]()
+    // This is a very bad pattern and I can't wait to stop doing it
+    this.auditReport = await this.auditReport
 
     this.finishTracker('reify')
     process.emit('timeEnd', 'reify')
@@ -531,12 +531,12 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     const targets = [...roots, ...Object.keys(this[_retiredPaths])]
     const unlinks = targets
       .map(path => rimraf(path).catch(er => failures.push([path, er])))
-    return promiseAllRejectLate(unlinks)
-      .then(() => {
-        if (failures.length) {
-          log.warn('cleanup', 'Failed to remove some directories', failures)
-        }
-      })
+    return promiseAllRejectLate(unlinks).then(() => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
+      if (failures.length) {
+        log.warn('cleanup', 'Failed to remove some directories', failures)
+      }
+    })
       .then(() => process.emit('timeEnd', 'reify:rollback:createSparse'))
       .then(() => this[_rollbackRetireShallowNodes](er))
   }
@@ -592,21 +592,21 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     this.addTracker('reify', node.name, node.location)
 
     const { npmVersion, nodeVersion } = this.options
-    const p = Promise.resolve()
-      .then(async () => {
-        // when we reify an optional node, check the engine and platform
-        // first. be sure to ignore the --force and --engine-strict flags,
-        // since we always want to skip any optional packages we can't install.
-        // these checks throwing will result in a rollback and removal
-        // of the mismatches
-        if (node.optional) {
-          checkEngine(node.package, npmVersion, nodeVersion, false)
-          checkPlatform(node.package, false)
-        }
-        await this[_checkBins](node)
-        await this[_extractOrLink](node)
-        await this[_warnDeprecated](node)
-      })
+    const p = Promise.resolve().then(async () => {
+      // when we reify an optional node, check the engine and platform
+      // first. be sure to ignore the --force and --engine-strict flags,
+      // since we always want to skip any optional packages we can't install.
+      // these checks throwing will result in a rollback and removal
+      // of the mismatches
+      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
+      if (node.optional) {
+        checkEngine(node.package, npmVersion, nodeVersion, false)
+        checkPlatform(node.package, false)
+      }
+      await this[_checkBins](node)
+      await this[_extractOrLink](node)
+      await this[_warnDeprecated](node)
+    })
 
     return this[_handleOptionalFailure](node, p)
       .then(() => {
@@ -916,9 +916,10 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
     }
   }
 
-  [_submitQuickAudit] () {
+  async [_submitQuickAudit] () {
     if (this.options.audit === false) {
-      return this.auditReport = null
+      this.auditReport = null
+      return
     }
 
     // we submit the quick audit at this point in the process, as soon as
@@ -940,16 +941,10 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
       )
     }
 
-    this.auditReport = AuditReport.load(tree, options)
-      .then(res => {
-        process.emit('timeEnd', 'reify:audit')
-        this.auditReport = res
-      })
-  }
-
-  // return the promise if we're waiting for it, or the replaced result
-  [_awaitQuickAudit] () {
-    return this.auditReport
+    this.auditReport = AuditReport.load(tree, options).then(res => {
+      process.emit('timeEnd', 'reify:audit')
+      return res
+    })
   }
 
   // ok!  actually unpack stuff into their target locations!
@@ -1126,7 +1121,7 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
   // remove the retired folders, and any deleted nodes
   // If this fails, there isn't much we can do but tell the user about it.
   // Thankfully, it's pretty unlikely that it'll fail, since rimraf is a tank.
-  [_removeTrash] () {
+  async [_removeTrash] () {
     process.emit('time', 'reify:trash')
     const promises = []
     const failures = []
@@ -1136,12 +1131,11 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
       promises.push(rm(path))
     }
 
-    return promiseAllRejectLate(promises).then(() => {
-      if (failures.length) {
-        log.warn('cleanup', 'Failed to remove some directories', failures)
-      }
-    })
-      .then(() => process.emit('timeEnd', 'reify:trash'))
+    await promiseAllRejectLate(promises)
+    if (failures.length) {
+      log.warn('cleanup', 'Failed to remove some directories', failures)
+    }
+    process.emit('timeEnd', 'reify:trash')
   }
 
   // last but not least, we save the ideal tree metadata to the package-lock
@@ -1302,7 +1296,9 @@ module.exports = cls => class Reifier extends cls {
           if (semver.subset(edge.spec, node.version)) {
             return false
           }
-        } catch {}
+        } catch {
+          // ignore errors
+        }
       }
       return true
     }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/audit-report.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/audit-report.js
index 9bef84686f4b4..387919f610829 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/audit-report.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/audit-report.js
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ class AuditReport extends Map {
             } else {
             // calculate a metavuln, if necessary
               const calc = this.calculator.calculate(dep.packageName, advisory)
+              // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
               p.push(calc.then(meta => {
+                // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
                 if (meta.testVersion(dep.version, spec)) {
                   advisories.add(meta)
                 }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/link.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/link.js
index 6fed063772b6a..d58c6e2375099 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/link.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/link.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class Link extends Node {
       // can set to a promise during an async tree build operation
       // wait until then to assign it.
       this[_target] = target
+      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return, promise/catch-or-return
       target.then(node => {
         this[_target] = null
         this.target = node
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/node.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/node.js
index 8ec90ff3c8495..60ce3eda0eb42 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/node.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/node.js
@@ -564,7 +564,8 @@ class Node {
     // this allows us to do new Node({...}) and then set the root later.
     // just make the assignment so we don't lose it, and move on.
     if (!this.path || !root.realpath || !root.path) {
-      return this[_root] = root
+      this[_root] = root
+      return
     }
 
     // temporarily become a root node
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
index e2180fd4c8076..d5448bbcba927 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -184,34 +184,32 @@ const assertNoNewer = async (path, data, lockTime, dir = path, seen = null) => {
     ? Promise.resolve([{ name: 'node_modules', isDirectory: () => true }])
     : readdir(parent, { withFileTypes: true })
 
-  return children.catch(() => [])
-    .then(ents => Promise.all(ents.map(async ent => {
-      const child = resolve(parent, ent.name)
-      if (ent.isDirectory() && !/^\./.test(ent.name)) {
-        await assertNoNewer(path, data, lockTime, child, seen)
-      } else if (ent.isSymbolicLink()) {
-        const target = resolve(parent, await readlink(child))
-        const tstat = await stat(target).catch(
-          /* istanbul ignore next - windows */ () => null)
-        seen.add(relpath(path, child))
-        /* istanbul ignore next - windows cannot do this */
-        if (tstat && tstat.isDirectory() && !seen.has(relpath(path, target))) {
-          await assertNoNewer(path, data, lockTime, target, seen)
-        }
-      }
-    })))
-    .then(() => {
-      if (dir !== path) {
-        return
+  const ents = await children.catch(() => [])
+  await Promise.all(ents.map(async ent => {
+    const child = resolve(parent, ent.name)
+    if (ent.isDirectory() && !/^\./.test(ent.name)) {
+      await assertNoNewer(path, data, lockTime, child, seen)
+    } else if (ent.isSymbolicLink()) {
+      const target = resolve(parent, await readlink(child))
+      const tstat = await stat(target).catch(
+        /* istanbul ignore next - windows */ () => null)
+      seen.add(relpath(path, child))
+      /* istanbul ignore next - windows cannot do this */
+      if (tstat && tstat.isDirectory() && !seen.has(relpath(path, target))) {
+        await assertNoNewer(path, data, lockTime, target, seen)
       }
+    }
+  }))
+  if (dir !== path) {
+    return
+  }
 
-      // assert that all the entries in the lockfile were seen
-      for (const loc of new Set(Object.keys(data.packages))) {
-        if (!seen.has(loc)) {
-          throw 'missing from node_modules: ' + loc
-        }
-      }
-    })
+  // assert that all the entries in the lockfile were seen
+  for (const loc of new Set(Object.keys(data.packages))) {
+    if (!seen.has(loc)) {
+      throw 'missing from node_modules: ' + loc
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 const _awaitingUpdate = Symbol('_awaitingUpdate')
@@ -261,7 +259,9 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
           s.lockfileVersion = json.lockfileVersion
         }
       }
-    } catch (e) {}
+    } catch {
+      // ignore errors
+    }
 
     return s
   }
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
     this.newline = newline !== undefined ? newline : this.newline
   }
 
-  load () {
+  async load () {
     // we don't need to load package-lock.json except for top of tree nodes,
     // only npm-shrinkwrap.json.
     return this[_maybeRead]().then(([sw, lock, yarn]) => {
@@ -464,7 +464,9 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
         // ignore invalid yarn data.  we'll likely clobber it later anyway.
         try {
           this.yarnLock.parse(yarn)
-        } catch (_) {}
+        } catch {
+          // ignore errors
+        }
       }
 
       return data ? parseJSON(data) : {}
@@ -515,8 +517,10 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
         !(lock.lockfileVersion >= 2) && !lock.requires
 
       // load old lockfile deps into the packages listing
+      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
       if (lock.dependencies && !lock.packages) {
         return rpj(this.path + '/package.json').then(pkg => pkg, er => ({}))
+        // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
           .then(pkg => {
             this[_loadAll]('', null, this.data)
             this[_fixDependencies](pkg)
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/signal-handling.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/signal-handling.js
index 0afbb05dcfc64..18841d944ffe7 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/signal-handling.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/signal-handling.js
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ const setup = fn => {
     for (const sig of signals) {
       try {
         process.removeListener(sig, sigListeners[sig])
-      } catch (er) {}
+      } catch {
+        // ignore errors
+      }
     }
     process.removeListener('beforeExit', onBeforeExit)
     sigListeners.loaded = false
@@ -62,7 +64,9 @@ const setup = fn => {
         process.setMaxListeners(length + 1)
       }
       process.on(sig, sigListeners[sig])
-    } catch (er) {}
+    } catch {
+      // ignore errors
+    }
   }
   sigListeners.loaded = true
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/spec-from-lock.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/spec-from-lock.js
index 789741976269d..49b53c8f6aaca 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/spec-from-lock.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/spec-from-lock.js
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ const specFromLock = (name, lock, where) => {
     if (lock.resolved) {
       return npa.resolve(name, lock.resolved, where)
     }
-  } catch (_) { }
+  } catch {
+    // ignore errors
+  }
   try {
     return npa.resolve(name, lock.version, where)
-  } catch (_) {
+  } catch {
     return {}
   }
 }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark.js b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark.js
index f6b2b02942981..f4d26871b5ecb 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ const suite = new Suite({
     }
   },
 
-  onComplete () {
+  async onComplete () {
     rimraf.sync(lastBenchmark)
     mkdirp.sync(resolve(__dirname, 'benchmark/saved'))
     // always save with sha
@@ -168,12 +168,13 @@ const suite = new Suite({
     }
 
     linkSync(saveThis, lastBenchmark)
-    teardown().then(() => Promise.all([
+    await teardown()
+    await Promise.all([
       registryServer.stop(),
       new Promise((res, rej) => {
         rimraf(this.cache, er => er ? rej(er) : res())
       }),
-    ]))
+    ])
   },
 })
 
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/reify.js
index b826533d0006d..f477cfbd19f29 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/scripts/benchmark/reify.js
@@ -49,10 +49,9 @@ const suite = async (suite, { registry, cache }) => {
       version: '1.0.0',
       dependencies,
     }))
-    await arb.reify().then(() => {
-      // grab this so we can make setup faster
-      packageLock = require(resolve(path, 'package-lock.json'))
-    })
+    await arb.reify()
+    // grab this so we can make setup faster
+    packageLock = require(resolve(path, 'package-lock.json'))
   }
 
   // just reify them all fast.  we'll remove the bits we don't want later.
@@ -96,14 +95,13 @@ const suite = async (suite, { registry, cache }) => {
           rimraf.sync(resolve(path, 'cache'))
         }
       },
-      fn (d) {
-        new Arborist({
+      async fn (d) {
+        await new Arborist({
           path,
           registry,
           cache: /no-cache/.test(path) ? resolve(path, 'cache') : cache,
-        }).reify().then(() => d.resolve(), er => {
-          throw er
-        })
+        }).reify()
+        d.resolve()
       },
     })
   }
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
index 0aadd7adf815f..87783086b65c3 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ t.test('pathologically nested dependency cycle', async t => {
     resolve(fixtures, 'pathological-dep-nesting-cycle')))
 })
 
-t.test('resolve file deps from cwd', t => {
+t.test('resolve file deps from cwd', async t => {
   const cwd = process.cwd()
   t.teardown(() => process.chdir(cwd))
   const path = t.testdir({
@@ -1094,17 +1094,16 @@ t.test('resolve file deps from cwd', t => {
     path: resolve(path, 'global'),
     ...OPT,
   })
-  return arb.buildIdealTree({
+  const tree = await arb.buildIdealTree({
     path: `${path}/local`,
     add: ['child-1.2.3.tgz'],
     global: true,
-  }).then(tree => {
-    const resolved = `file:${resolve(fixturedir, 'child-1.2.3.tgz')}`
-    t.equal(normalizePath(tree.children.get('child').resolved), normalizePath(resolved))
   })
+  const resolved = `file:${resolve(fixturedir, 'child-1.2.3.tgz')}`
+  t.equal(normalizePath(tree.children.get('child').resolved), normalizePath(resolved))
 })
 
-t.test('resolve links in global mode', t => {
+t.test('resolve links in global mode', async t => {
   const cwd = process.cwd()
   t.teardown(() => process.chdir(cwd))
   const path = t.testdir({
@@ -1127,13 +1126,12 @@ t.test('resolve links in global mode', t => {
     global: true,
     path: resolve(path, 'global'),
   })
-  return arb.buildIdealTree({
+  const tree = await arb.buildIdealTree({
     add: ['file:../../linked-dep'],
     global: true,
-  }).then(tree => {
-    const resolved = 'file:../../linked-dep'
-    t.equal(tree.children.get('linked-dep').resolved, resolved)
   })
+  const resolved = 'file:../../linked-dep'
+  t.equal(tree.children.get('linked-dep').resolved, resolved)
 })
 
 t.test('dont get confused if root matches duped metadep', async t => {
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/load-actual.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/load-actual.js
index 72ab5e60fbf38..9c2c8bf1cd4b8 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/load-actual.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/load-actual.js
@@ -170,34 +170,34 @@ t.test('shake out Link target timing issue', t => {
     t.matchSnapshot(tree, 'loaded tree'))
 })
 
-t.test('broken json', t =>
-  loadActual(resolve(fixtures, 'bad')).then(d => {
-    t.ok(d.errors.length, 'Got an error object')
-    t.equal(d.errors[0] && d.errors[0].code, 'EJSONPARSE')
-    t.ok(d, 'Got a tree')
-  }))
+t.test('broken json', async t => {
+  const d = await loadActual(resolve(fixtures, 'bad'))
+  t.ok(d.errors.length, 'Got an error object')
+  t.equal(d.errors[0] && d.errors[0].code, 'EJSONPARSE')
+  t.ok(d, 'Got a tree')
+})
 
-t.test('missing json does not obscure deeper errors', t =>
-  loadActual(resolve(fixtures, 'empty')).then(d => {
-    t.match(d, { errors: [{ code: 'ENOENT' }] },
-      'Error reading json of top level')
-    t.match(d.children.get('foo'), { errors: [{ code: 'EJSONPARSE' }] },
-      'Error parsing JSON of child node')
-  }))
+t.test('missing json does not obscure deeper errors', async t => {
+  const d = await loadActual(resolve(fixtures, 'empty'))
+  t.match(d, { errors: [{ code: 'ENOENT' }] },
+    'Error reading json of top level')
+  t.match(d.children.get('foo'), { errors: [{ code: 'EJSONPARSE' }] },
+    'Error parsing JSON of child node')
+})
 
 t.test('missing folder', t =>
   t.rejects(loadActual(resolve(fixtures, 'does-not-exist')), {
     code: 'ENOENT',
   }))
 
-t.test('missing symlinks', t =>
-  loadActual(resolve(fixtures, 'badlink')).then(d => {
-    t.equal(d.children.size, 2, 'both broken children are included')
-    t.match(d.children.get('foo'), { errors: [{ code: 'ELOOP' }] },
-      'foo has error')
-    t.match(d.children.get('bar'), { errors: [{ code: 'ENOENT' }] },
-      'bar has error')
-  }))
+t.test('missing symlinks', async t => {
+  const d = await loadActual(resolve(fixtures, 'badlink'))
+  t.equal(d.children.size, 2, 'both broken children are included')
+  t.match(d.children.get('foo'), { errors: [{ code: 'ELOOP' }] },
+    'foo has error')
+  t.match(d.children.get('bar'), { errors: [{ code: 'ENOENT' }] },
+    'bar has error')
+})
 
 t.test('load from a hidden lockfile', async (t) => {
   const tree = await loadActual(resolve(fixtures, 'hidden-lockfile'))
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
index db5a9c1fe1af6..01945f7136c41 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/arborist/reify.js
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ t.test('omit peer deps', t => {
       }
 
       const lock = require(tree.path + '/package-lock.json')
+      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
       for (const [loc, meta] of Object.entries(lock.packages)) {
         if (meta.peer) {
           t.throws(() => fs.statSync(resolve(path, loc)), 'peer not reified')
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ t.test('omit peer deps', t => {
         }
       }
     })
+  // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
     .then(() => {
       process.removeListener('time', onTime)
       process.removeListener('timeEnd', onTimeEnd)
@@ -335,15 +337,15 @@ t.test('omit optional dep', t => {
   const ignoreScripts = true
 
   const arb = newArb({ path, ignoreScripts })
-  return arb.reify({ omit: ['optional'] })
-    .then(tree => {
-      t.equal(tree.children.get('fsevents'), undefined, 'no fsevents in tree')
-      t.throws(() => fs.statSync(path + '/node_modules/fsevents'), 'no fsevents unpacked')
-      t.match(require(path + '/package-lock.json').dependencies.fsevents, {
-        dev: true,
-        optional: true,
-      }, 'fsevents present in lockfile')
-    })
+  // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
+  return arb.reify({ omit: ['optional'] }).then(tree => {
+    t.equal(tree.children.get('fsevents'), undefined, 'no fsevents in tree')
+    t.throws(() => fs.statSync(path + '/node_modules/fsevents'), 'no fsevents unpacked')
+    t.match(require(path + '/package-lock.json').dependencies.fsevents, {
+      dev: true,
+      optional: true,
+    }, 'fsevents present in lockfile')
+  })
     .then(() => t.ok(arb.diff, 'has a diff tree'))
 })
 
@@ -737,6 +739,7 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
     return t.rejects(a.reify({
       update: ['@isaacs/testing-bundledeps-parent'],
     }).then(tree => 'it worked'), new Error('poop'))
+    // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
       .then(() => {
         const warnings = check()
         t.equal(warnings.length, 2)
@@ -858,6 +861,7 @@ t.test('rollbacks', { buffered: false }, t => {
     return t.resolveMatchSnapshot(a.reify({
       update: ['@isaacs/testing-bundledeps-parent'],
       save: false,
+      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
     }).then(tree => printTree(tree))).then(() => {
       const warnings = check()
       t.equal(warnings.length, 2)
@@ -1019,6 +1023,7 @@ t.test('saving the ideal tree', t => {
       // NB: these are all going to be marked as extraneous, because we're
       // skipping the actual buildIdealTree step that flags them properly
       return a[kSaveIdealTree]({})
+      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
     }).then(saved => {
       t.ok(saved, 'true, because it was saved')
       t.matchSnapshot(require(path + '/package-lock.json'), 'lock after save')
@@ -1159,12 +1164,10 @@ t.test('workspaces', t => {
   t.test('reify simple-workspaces', t =>
     t.resolveMatchSnapshot(printReified(fixture(t, 'workspaces-simple')), 'should reify simple workspaces'))
 
-  t.test('reify workspaces lockfile', t => {
+  t.test('reify workspaces lockfile', async t => {
     const path = fixture(t, 'workspaces-simple')
-    reify(path).then(() => {
-      t.matchSnapshot(require(path + '/package-lock.json'), 'should lock workspaces config')
-      t.end()
-    })
+    await reify(path)
+    t.matchSnapshot(require(path + '/package-lock.json'), 'should lock workspaces config')
   })
 
   t.test('reify workspaces bin files', t => {
@@ -1195,20 +1198,16 @@ t.test('workspaces', t => {
       'should not clean up entire nm folder for no reason'
     ))
 
-  t.test('add new workspaces dep', t => {
+  t.test('add new workspaces dep', async t => {
     const path = fixture(t, 'workspaces-add-new-dep')
-    reify(path).then(() => {
-      t.matchSnapshot(require(path + '/package-lock.json'), 'should update package-lock with new added dep')
-      t.end()
-    })
+    await reify(path)
+    t.matchSnapshot(require(path + '/package-lock.json'), 'should update package-lock with new added dep')
   })
 
-  t.test('root as-a-workspace', t => {
+  t.test('root as-a-workspace', async t => {
     const path = fixture(t, 'workspaces-root-linked')
-    reify(path).then(() => {
-      t.matchSnapshot(require(path + '/package-lock.json'), 'should produce expected package-lock file')
-      t.end()
-    })
+    await reify(path)
+    t.matchSnapshot(require(path + '/package-lock.json'), 'should produce expected package-lock file')
   })
 
   t.end()
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
index 07178062e3a40..46f8ceccff915 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -54,31 +54,31 @@ t.test('load and change lockfileVersion', async t => {
   t.equal(v3Data.dependencies, undefined, 'v3 data does not have dependencies')
 })
 
-t.test('load and then reset gets empty lockfile', t =>
-  Shrinkwrap.load({ path: fixture }).then(sw => {
-    sw.reset()
-    t.strictSame(sw.data, {
-      lockfileVersion: 2,
-      requires: true,
-      dependencies: {},
-      packages: {},
-    })
-    t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, true)
-    t.equal(sw.filename, resolve(fixture, 'package-lock.json'))
-  }))
+t.test('load and then reset gets empty lockfile', async t => {
+  const sw = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: fixture })
+  sw.reset()
+  t.strictSame(sw.data, {
+    lockfileVersion: 2,
+    requires: true,
+    dependencies: {},
+    packages: {},
+  })
+  t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, true)
+  t.equal(sw.filename, resolve(fixture, 'package-lock.json'))
+})
 
-t.test('starting out with a reset lockfile is an empty lockfile', t =>
-  Shrinkwrap.reset({ path: fixture }).then(sw => {
-    t.strictSame(sw.data, {
-      lockfileVersion: 2,
-      requires: true,
-      dependencies: {},
-      packages: {},
-    })
-    t.equal(sw.originalLockfileVersion, 2)
-    t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, true)
-    t.equal(sw.filename, resolve(fixture, 'package-lock.json'))
-  }))
+t.test('starting out with a reset lockfile is an empty lockfile', async t => {
+  const sw = await Shrinkwrap.reset({ path: fixture })
+  t.strictSame(sw.data, {
+    lockfileVersion: 2,
+    requires: true,
+    dependencies: {},
+    packages: {},
+  })
+  t.equal(sw.originalLockfileVersion, 2)
+  t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, true)
+  t.equal(sw.filename, resolve(fixture, 'package-lock.json'))
+})
 
 t.test('reset in a bad dir gets an empty lockfile with no lockfile version', async t => {
   const nullLockDir = t.testdir({
@@ -109,103 +109,103 @@ t.test('reset in a bad dir gets an empty lockfile with no lockfile version', asy
   t.equal(swNullLock.loadedFromDisk, true)
 })
 
-t.test('loading in bad dir gets empty lockfile', t =>
-  Shrinkwrap.load({ path: 'path/which/does/not/exist' }).then(sw => {
-    t.strictSame(sw.data, {
-      lockfileVersion: 2,
-      requires: true,
-      dependencies: {},
-      packages: {},
-    })
-    t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, false)
-  }))
+t.test('loading in bad dir gets empty lockfile', async t => {
+  const sw = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: 'path/which/does/not/exist' })
+  t.strictSame(sw.data, {
+    lockfileVersion: 2,
+    requires: true,
+    dependencies: {},
+    packages: {},
+  })
+  t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, false)
+})
 
-t.test('failure to parse json gets empty lockfile', t =>
-  Shrinkwrap.load({ path: badJsonFixture }).then(sw => {
-    t.strictSame(sw.data, {
-      lockfileVersion: 2,
-      requires: true,
-      dependencies: {},
-      packages: {},
-    })
-    t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, false)
-  }))
+t.test('failure to parse json gets empty lockfile', async t => {
+  const sw = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: badJsonFixture })
+  t.strictSame(sw.data, {
+    lockfileVersion: 2,
+    requires: true,
+    dependencies: {},
+    packages: {},
+  })
+  t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, false)
+})
 
-t.test('loading in empty dir gets empty lockfile', t =>
-  Shrinkwrap.load({ path: emptyFixture }).then(sw => {
-    t.strictSame(sw.data, {
-      lockfileVersion: 2,
-      requires: true,
-      dependencies: {},
-      packages: {},
-    })
-    t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, false)
-    // update with an empty node, set name to node name, not package name
-    const root = new Node({
-      path: emptyFixture,
-      realpath: emptyFixture,
-    })
-    root.peer = false
-    root.dev = false
-    root.devOptional = false
-    root.optional = false
-    root.extraneous = false
-    sw.add(root)
-    t.strictSame(sw.commit(), {
-      name: 'empty',
-      lockfileVersion: 2,
-      requires: true,
-      packages: {},
-    })
-  }))
+t.test('loading in empty dir gets empty lockfile', async t => {
+  const sw = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: emptyFixture })
+  t.strictSame(sw.data, {
+    lockfileVersion: 2,
+    requires: true,
+    dependencies: {},
+    packages: {},
+  })
+  t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, false)
+  // update with an empty node, set name to node name, not package name
+  const root = new Node({
+    path: emptyFixture,
+    realpath: emptyFixture,
+  })
+  root.peer = false
+  root.dev = false
+  root.devOptional = false
+  root.optional = false
+  root.extraneous = false
+  sw.add(root)
+  t.strictSame(sw.commit(), {
+    name: 'empty',
+    lockfileVersion: 2,
+    requires: true,
+    packages: {},
+  })
+})
 
-t.test('look up from locks and such', t =>
-  new Shrinkwrap({ path: fixture }).load().then(m => {
-    t.strictSame(m.get(''), {
-      name: 'a',
-      version: '1.2.3',
-      dependencies: {
-        abbrev: '^1.1.1',
-        'full-git-url': 'git+https://github.com/isaacs/abbrev-js.git',
-        ghshort: 'github:isaacs/abbrev-js',
-        old: 'npm:abbrev@^1.0.3',
-        pinned: 'npm:abbrev@^1.1.1',
-        reg: 'npm:abbrev@^1.1.1',
-        remote: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz',
-        symlink: 'file:./abbrev-link-target',
-        tarball: 'file:abbrev-1.1.1.tgz',
-        bundler: '1.2.3',
-      },
-    }, 'root metadata')
-    t.match(m.data, {
-      lockfileVersion: 2,
-      requires: true,
-      dependencies: Object,
-      packages: Object,
-    })
-    t.equal(m.loadedFromDisk, true)
-    t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/abbrev'), 'basic package')
+t.test('look up from locks and such', async t => {
+  const m = await new Shrinkwrap({ path: fixture }).load()
+  t.strictSame(m.get(''), {
+    name: 'a',
+    version: '1.2.3',
+    dependencies: {
+      abbrev: '^1.1.1',
+      'full-git-url': 'git+https://github.com/isaacs/abbrev-js.git',
+      ghshort: 'github:isaacs/abbrev-js',
+      old: 'npm:abbrev@^1.0.3',
+      pinned: 'npm:abbrev@^1.1.1',
+      reg: 'npm:abbrev@^1.1.1',
+      remote: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz',
+      symlink: 'file:./abbrev-link-target',
+      tarball: 'file:abbrev-1.1.1.tgz',
+      bundler: '1.2.3',
+    },
+  }, 'root metadata')
+  t.match(m.data, {
+    lockfileVersion: 2,
+    requires: true,
+    dependencies: Object,
+    packages: Object,
+  })
+  t.equal(m.loadedFromDisk, true)
+  t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/abbrev'), 'basic package')
+  t.matchSnapshot(m.get(
+    'node_modules/abbrev/node_modules/@scope/name/node_modules/@otherscope/othername', 'scoped package'))
+  t.matchSnapshot(m.get('package/not/found'), 'not found')
+
+  t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/old/node_modules/notfound'), 'fall off the dep tree')
+
+  t.test('lockfile', t => {
+    const p = m.data.packages
+    m.data.packages = {}
+    t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/abbrev'), 'basic pkg, from lock')
+    t.matchSnapshot(m.data.packages, 'saved fetched metadata back to packages section')
     t.matchSnapshot(m.get(
       'node_modules/abbrev/node_modules/@scope/name/node_modules/@otherscope/othername', 'scoped package'))
     t.matchSnapshot(m.get('package/not/found'), 'not found')
-
-    t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/old/node_modules/notfound'), 'fall off the dep tree')
-
-    t.test('lockfile', t => {
-      const p = m.data.packages
-      m.data.packages = {}
-      t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/abbrev'), 'basic pkg, from lock')
-      t.matchSnapshot(m.data.packages, 'saved fetched metadata back to packages section')
-      t.matchSnapshot(m.get(
-        'node_modules/abbrev/node_modules/@scope/name/node_modules/@otherscope/othername', 'scoped package'))
-      t.matchSnapshot(m.get('package/not/found'), 'not found')
-      t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/full-git-url'), 'full git')
-      t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/symlink'), 'symlink')
-      t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/unhosted-git'), 'unhosted git')
-      m.data.packages = p
-      t.end()
-    })
-  }))
+    t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/full-git-url'), 'full git')
+    t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/symlink'), 'symlink')
+    t.matchSnapshot(m.get('node_modules/unhosted-git'), 'unhosted git')
+    m.data.packages = p
+    t.end()
+  })
+})
 
 t.test('load a shrinkwrap with some dev and optional flags', t =>
   Shrinkwrap.load({ path: depTypesFixture }).then(m =>
@@ -616,39 +616,38 @@ t.test('saving dependency-free shrinkwrap object', t => {
 
 t.test('write the shrinkwrap back to disk', t => {
   const dir = t.testdir({})
-  t.test('just read and write back', t =>
-    Shrinkwrap.load({ path: fixture }).then(s => {
-      s.filename = dir + '/test-shrinkwrap.json'
-      return s.save().then(() =>
-        t.strictSame(require(s.filename), s.data, 'saved json matches data'))
-    }))
-  t.test('write back with pending changes', t =>
-    Shrinkwrap.load({ path: fixture }).then(s => {
-      const dir = t.testdir({})
-      s.filename = dir + '/test-shrinkwrap-with-changes.json'
-      const node = new Node({
-        path: fixture + '/node_modules/newthing',
-        pkg: {
-          name: 'newthing',
-          version: '1.2.3',
-        },
-      })
-      s.add(node)
-      const preCommit = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(s.data))
-      const postCommit = s.commit()
-      t.notSame(postCommit, preCommit, 'committing changes the data')
-      // delete and re-add to put us back in the pre-commit state
-      s.delete(node.location)
-      s.add(node)
-      return s.save().then(() => {
-        t.strictSame(s.data, postCommit, 'committed changes to data')
-        t.strictSame(require(s.filename), s.data, 'saved json matches data')
-      })
-    }))
+  t.test('just read and write back', async t => {
+    const s = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: fixture })
+    s.filename = dir + '/test-shrinkwrap.json'
+    await s.save()
+    t.strictSame(require(s.filename), s.data, 'saved json matches data')
+  })
+  t.test('write back with pending changes', async t => {
+    const s = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: fixture })
+    const dir = t.testdir({})
+    s.filename = dir + '/test-shrinkwrap-with-changes.json'
+    const node = new Node({
+      path: fixture + '/node_modules/newthing',
+      pkg: {
+        name: 'newthing',
+        version: '1.2.3',
+      },
+    })
+    s.add(node)
+    const preCommit = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(s.data))
+    const postCommit = s.commit()
+    t.notSame(postCommit, preCommit, 'committing changes the data')
+    // delete and re-add to put us back in the pre-commit state
+    s.delete(node.location)
+    s.add(node)
+    await s.save()
+    t.strictSame(s.data, postCommit, 'committed changes to data')
+    t.strictSame(require(s.filename), s.data, 'saved json matches data')
+  })
   t.end()
 })
 
-t.test('load shrinkwrap if no package-lock.json present', t => {
+t.test('load shrinkwrap if no package-lock.json present', async t => {
   const dir = t.testdir({
     'npm-shrinkwrap.json': JSON.stringify({
       lockfileVersion: 1,
@@ -656,41 +655,39 @@ t.test('load shrinkwrap if no package-lock.json present', t => {
       version: '1.2.3',
     }),
   })
-  return Promise.all([
-    Shrinkwrap.load({ path: dir, shrinkwrapOnly: true }).then(s =>
-      t.equal(s.type, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json', 'loaded with swonly')),
-    Shrinkwrap.reset({ path: dir, shrinkwrapOnly: true }).then(s =>
-      t.equal(s.type, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json', 'loaded fresh')),
-    Shrinkwrap.load({ path: dir }).then(s =>
-      t.equal(s.type, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json', 'loaded without swonly')),
-    Shrinkwrap.reset({ path: dir }).then(s =>
-      t.equal(s.type, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json', 'loaded fresh without swonly')),
-  ])
+  let s
+  s = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: dir, shrinkwrapOnly: true })
+  t.equal(s.type, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json', 'loaded with swonly')
+  s = await Shrinkwrap.reset({ path: dir, shrinkwrapOnly: true })
+  t.equal(s.type, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json', 'loaded fresh')
+  s = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: dir })
+  t.equal(s.type, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json', 'loaded without swonly')
+  s = await Shrinkwrap.reset({ path: dir })
+  t.equal(s.type, 'npm-shrinkwrap.json', 'loaded fresh without swonly')
 })
 
-t.test('load yarn.lock file if present', t =>
-  Shrinkwrap.load({ path: yarnFixture }).then(s => {
-    t.type(s.yarnLock, YarnLock, 'loaded a yarn lock file')
-    t.not(s.yarnLock.entries.size, 0, 'got some entries')
-  }))
+t.test('load yarn.lock file if present', async t => {
+  const s = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: yarnFixture })
+  t.type(s.yarnLock, YarnLock, 'loaded a yarn lock file')
+  t.not(s.yarnLock.entries.size, 0, 'got some entries')
+})
 
-t.test('save yarn lock if loaded', t =>
-  Shrinkwrap.load({ path: yarnFixture }).then(s => {
-    s.path = t.testdir()
-    s.filename = s.path + '/package-lock.json'
-    return s.save()
-      .then(() => Shrinkwrap.load({ path: s.path }))
-      .then(ss => t.strictSame(s.yarnLock, ss.yarnLock))
-  }))
+t.test('save yarn lock if loaded', async t => {
+  const s = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: yarnFixture })
+  s.path = t.testdir()
+  s.filename = s.path + '/package-lock.json'
+  await s.save()
+  const ss = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: s.path })
+  t.strictSame(s.yarnLock, ss.yarnLock)
+})
 
-t.test('ignore yarn lock file parse errors', t => {
+t.test('ignore yarn lock file parse errors', async t => {
   const dir = t.testdir({
     'yarn.lock': 'this is not a yarn lock file!',
   })
-  return Shrinkwrap.load({ path: dir }).then(s => {
-    t.type(s.yarnLock, YarnLock, 'got a yarn lock object because a yarn lock exists')
-    t.equal(s.yarnLock.entries.size, 0, 'did not get any entries out of it')
-  })
+  const s = await Shrinkwrap.load({ path: dir })
+  t.type(s.yarnLock, YarnLock, 'got a yarn lock object because a yarn lock exists')
+  t.equal(s.yarnLock.entries.size, 0, 'did not get any entries out of it')
 })
 
 t.test('load a resolution from yarn.lock if we dont have our own', async t => {
@@ -811,38 +808,38 @@ t.test('handle missing dependencies object without borking', t => {
   t.end()
 })
 
-t.test('load a hidden lockfile', t => {
+t.test('load a hidden lockfile', async t => {
   // ensure the hidden lockfile is newer than the contents
   // otherwise this can fail on a fresh checkout.
   fs.utimesSync(resolve(hiddenLockfileFixture, hidden), new Date(), new Date())
-  return Shrinkwrap.load({
+  const s = await Shrinkwrap.load({
     path: hiddenLockfileFixture,
     hiddenLockfile: true,
-  }).then(s => {
-    t.matchSnapshot(s.data)
-    // make sure it does not add to the dependencies block when a new
-    // node is added.
-    s.data.dependencies = {}
-    s.add(new Node({
-      path: hiddenLockfileFixture + '/node_modules/foo',
-      pkg: {
-        name: 'foo',
-        version: '1.2.3',
-        _integrity: 'sha512-deadbeef',
-        _resolved: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/foo/-/foo-1.2.3.tgz',
-      },
-    }))
-    t.strictSame(s.data.dependencies, {}, 'did not add to legacy data')
-    const data = s.commit()
-    t.equal(data.packages[''], undefined, 'no root entry')
-    t.equal(data.dependencies, undefined, 'deleted legacy metadata')
   })
+  t.matchSnapshot(s.data)
+  // make sure it does not add to the dependencies block when a new
+  // node is added.
+  s.data.dependencies = {}
+  s.add(new Node({
+    path: hiddenLockfileFixture + '/node_modules/foo',
+    pkg: {
+      name: 'foo',
+      version: '1.2.3',
+      _integrity: 'sha512-deadbeef',
+      _resolved: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/foo/-/foo-1.2.3.tgz',
+    },
+  }))
+  t.strictSame(s.data.dependencies, {}, 'did not add to legacy data')
+  const data = s.commit()
+  t.equal(data.packages[''], undefined, 'no root entry')
+  t.equal(data.dependencies, undefined, 'deleted legacy metadata')
 })
 
-t.test('load a fresh hidden lockfile', t => Shrinkwrap.reset({
-  path: hiddenLockfileFixture,
-  hiddenLockfile: true,
-}).then(sw => {
+t.test('load a fresh hidden lockfile', async t => {
+  const sw = await Shrinkwrap.reset({
+    path: hiddenLockfileFixture,
+    hiddenLockfile: true,
+  })
   t.strictSame(sw.data, {
     lockfileVersion: 3,
     requires: true,
@@ -851,7 +848,7 @@ t.test('load a fresh hidden lockfile', t => Shrinkwrap.reset({
   })
   t.equal(sw.loadedFromDisk, true)
   t.equal(sw.filename, resolve(hiddenLockfileFixture, hidden))
-}))
+})
 
 t.test('hidden lockfile only used if up to date', async t => {
   const lockdata = require(resolve(hiddenLockfileFixture, hidden))
@@ -1188,18 +1185,19 @@ t.test('loadActual tests', t => {
 
   roots.push('tap-with-yarn-lock')
 
-  t.plan(roots.length)
-  roots.forEach(root => {
+  for (const root of roots) {
     const path = resolve(fixtures, root)
-    t.test(root, t => new Arborist({ path }).loadActual().then(tree => {
+    t.test(root, async t => {
+      const tree = await new Arborist({ path }).loadActual()
       const shrinkwrap = tree.meta.commit()
       t.matchSnapshot(shrinkwrap, 'shrinkwrap data')
       if (tree.meta.yarnLock) {
         const yarnLock = tree.meta.yarnLock.toString()
         t.matchSnapshot(yarnLock, 'yarn.lock data')
       }
-    }))
-  })
+    })
+  }
+  t.end()
 })
 
 t.test('set integrity because location and resolved match', async t => {
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/test/yarn-lock.js b/workspaces/arborist/test/yarn-lock.js
index 06c16556c2384..402afb717e004 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/test/yarn-lock.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/test/yarn-lock.js
@@ -86,11 +86,13 @@ t.test('load a yarn lock from an actual tree', t => {
     resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/install-types'),
     resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/links-all-over'),
   ]
-  fixtures.forEach(fixture => t.test(basename(fixture), t =>
-    new Arborist({ path: fixture }).loadActual().then(tree => {
+  for (const fixture of fixtures) {
+    t.test(basename(fixture), async t => {
+      const tree = await new Arborist({ path: fixture }).loadActual()
       const y = YarnLock.fromTree(tree)
       t.matchSnapshot(y.toString(), 'yarn.lock from a package tree')
-    })))
+    })
+  }
   t.end()
 })
 
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmversion/lib/version.js b/workspaces/libnpmversion/lib/version.js
index 12be89b040df7..f14b95e3233f0 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmversion/lib/version.js
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmversion/lib/version.js
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ module.exports = async (newversion, opts) => {
       }
       await writeJson(lock, sw)
       haveLocks.push(lock)
-    } catch (er) {}
+    } catch {
+      // ignore errors
+    }
   }
 
   if (!ignoreScripts) {
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmversion/test/enforce-clean.js b/workspaces/libnpmversion/test/enforce-clean.js
index d96fb09ffa594..3badf47ea5bc4 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmversion/test/enforce-clean.js
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmversion/test/enforce-clean.js
@@ -21,48 +21,42 @@ const enforceClean = requireInject('../lib/enforce-clean.js', {
 
 const warnings = []
 
-t.test('clean, ok', t =>
-  t.resolveMatch(enforceClean({ cwd: 'clean' }), true)
-    .then(() => t.strictSame(warnings, []))
-    .then(() => {
-      warnings.length = 0
-    }))
+t.afterEach(() => {
+  warnings.length = 0
+})
 
-t.test('unclean, no force, throws', t =>
-  t.rejects(enforceClean({ cwd: 'unclean' }))
-    .then(() => t.strictSame(warnings, []))
-    .then(() => {
-      warnings.length = 0
-    }))
+t.test('clean, ok', async t => {
+  await t.resolveMatch(enforceClean({ cwd: 'clean' }), true)
+  t.strictSame(warnings, [])
+})
 
-t.test('unclean, forced, no throw', t =>
-  t.resolveMatch(enforceClean({ cwd: 'unclean', force: true }), true)
-    .then(() => t.strictSame(warnings, [
-      [
-        'version',
-        'Git working directory not clean, proceeding forcefully.',
-      ],
-    ]))
-    .then(() => {
-      warnings.length = 0
-    }))
+t.test('unclean, no force, throws', async t => {
+  await t.rejects(enforceClean({ cwd: 'unclean' }))
+  t.strictSame(warnings, [])
+})
 
-t.test('nogit, return false, no throw', t =>
-  t.resolveMatch(enforceClean({ cwd: 'nogit' }), false)
-    .then(() => t.strictSame(warnings, [
-      [
-        'version',
-        'This is a Git checkout, but the git command was not found.',
-        'npm could not create a Git tag for this release!',
-      ],
-    ]))
-    .then(() => {
-      warnings.length = 0
-    }))
+t.test('unclean, forced, no throw', async t => {
+  await t.resolveMatch(enforceClean({ cwd: 'unclean', force: true }), true)
+  t.strictSame(warnings, [
+    [
+      'version',
+      'Git working directory not clean, proceeding forcefully.',
+    ],
+  ])
+})
 
-t.test('other error, throw it', t =>
-  t.rejects(enforceClean({ cwd: 'error' }), new Error('poop'))
-    .then(() => t.strictSame(warnings, []))
-    .then(() => {
-      warnings.length = 0
-    }))
+t.test('nogit, return false, no throw', async t => {
+  await t.resolveMatch(enforceClean({ cwd: 'nogit' }), false)
+  t.strictSame(warnings, [
+    [
+      'version',
+      'This is a Git checkout, but the git command was not found.',
+      'npm could not create a Git tag for this release!',
+    ],
+  ])
+})
+
+t.test('other error, throw it', async t => {
+  await t.rejects(enforceClean({ cwd: 'error' }), new Error('poop'))
+  t.strictSame(warnings, [])
+})