diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/crossSpawn.js b/packages/react-dev-utils/crossSpawn.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b772086f21a..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/crossSpawn.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-'use strict';
-
-var crossSpawn = require('cross-spawn');
-
-module.exports = crossSpawn;
diff --git a/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json b/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
index dd4917eef0e..9e56b88193f 100644
--- a/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-dev-utils/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "browsersHelper.js",
     "checkRequiredFiles.js",
     "clearConsole.js",
-    "crossSpawn.js",
     "errorOverlayMiddleware.js",
     "eslintFormatter.js",
     "evalSourceMapMiddleware.js",
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/bin/react-scripts.js b/packages/react-scripts/bin/react-scripts.js
index 9ad5fccff88..4af9840a794 100755
--- a/packages/react-scripts/bin/react-scripts.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/bin/react-scripts.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ process.on('unhandledRejection', err => {
   throw err;
 });
 
-const spawn = require('react-dev-utils/crossSpawn');
+const spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
 const scriptIndex = args.findIndex(
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/eject.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/eject.js
index 84353fc3c81..e0e3ee489d7 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/eject.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/eject.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const chalk = require('chalk');
 const paths = require('../config/paths');
 const createJestConfig = require('./utils/createJestConfig');
 const inquirer = require('react-dev-utils/inquirer');
-const spawnSync = require('react-dev-utils/crossSpawn').sync;
+const spawnSync = require('cross-spawn').sync;
 const os = require('os');
 
 const green = chalk.green;
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
index 5d3fcb8efa9..dbdf2b8cde4 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
 const chalk = require('chalk');
 const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
-const spawn = require('react-dev-utils/crossSpawn');
+const spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 const { defaultBrowsers } = require('react-dev-utils/browsersHelper');
 const os = require('os');