diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cdad101..3ee3034 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,4 +37,3 @@
 [dev-dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1"
 maplit = "1"
-tempdir = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 761519d..2db0275 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_json as json;
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-extern crate tempdir;
 extern crate tempfile;
 extern crate untrusted;
 
diff --git a/src/repository.rs b/src/repository.rs
index 1bfb705..2878ef0 100644
--- a/src/repository.rs
+++ b/src/repository.rs
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
 mod test {
     use super::*;
     use interchange::Json;
-    use tempdir::TempDir;
+    use tempfile;
 
     #[test]
     fn ephemeral_repo_targets() {
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
 
     #[test]
     fn file_system_repo_targets() {
-        let temp_dir = TempDir::new("rust-tuf").unwrap();
+        let temp_dir = tempfile::Builder::new().prefix("rust-tuf").tempdir().unwrap();
         let repo = FileSystemRepository::<Json>::new(temp_dir.path().to_path_buf()).unwrap();
 
         // test that init worked