diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 176b15d6..31260b8f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     "cross-spawn": "^7.0.3",
     "find-yarn-workspace-root": "^2.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^10.0.0",
-    "json-stable-stringify": "^1.0.2",
     "klaw-sync": "^6.0.0",
     "minimist": "^1.2.6",
     "open": "^7.4.2",
diff --git a/src/stateFile.ts b/src/stateFile.ts
index 7aea576d..75479ae6 100644
--- a/src/stateFile.ts
+++ b/src/stateFile.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "fs"
 import { join } from "path"
 import { PackageDetails } from "./PackageDetails"
-import stringify from "json-stable-stringify"
 import { hashFile } from "./hash"
 import chalk from "chalk"
 export interface PatchState {
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ export function savePatchApplicationState({
     isRebasing,
   }
 
-  writeFileSync(fileName, stringify(state, { space: 4 }), "utf8")
+  writeFileSync(fileName, JSON.stringify(state, null, 4), "utf8")
 }
 
 export function clearPatchApplicationState(packageDetails: PackageDetails) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fa92afe3..02c33c7b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2468,13 +2468,6 @@ json-schema@0.2.3:
   version "0.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-schema/-/json-schema-0.2.3.tgz#b480c892e59a2f05954ce727bd3f2a4e882f9e13"
 
-json-stable-stringify@^1.0.2:
-  version "1.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-stable-stringify/-/json-stable-stringify-1.0.2.tgz#e06f23128e0bbe342dc996ed5a19e28b57b580e0"
-  integrity sha512-eunSSaEnxV12z+Z73y/j5N37/In40GK4GmsSy+tEHJMxknvqnA7/djeYtAgW0GsWHUfg+847WJjKaEylk2y09g==
-  dependencies:
-    jsonify "^0.0.1"
-
 json-stringify-safe@~5.0.1:
   version "5.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-stringify-safe/-/json-stringify-safe-5.0.1.tgz#1296a2d58fd45f19a0f6ce01d65701e2c735b6eb"
@@ -2495,11 +2488,6 @@ jsonfile@^6.0.1:
   optionalDependencies:
     graceful-fs "^4.1.6"
 
-jsonify@^0.0.1:
-  version "0.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonify/-/jsonify-0.0.1.tgz#2aa3111dae3d34a0f151c63f3a45d995d9420978"
-  integrity sha512-2/Ki0GcmuqSrgFyelQq9M05y7PS0mEwuIzrf3f1fPqkVDVRvZrPZtVSMHxdgo8Aq0sxAOb/cr2aqqA3LeWHVPg==
-
 jsprim@^1.2.2:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsprim/-/jsprim-1.4.0.tgz#a3b87e40298d8c380552d8cc7628a0bb95a22918"