diff --git a/bin/build-site.js b/bin/build-site.js
index c4855c6052..a850d79bb8 100755
--- a/bin/build-site.js
+++ b/bin/build-site.js
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const Path = require('node:path');
+const { promisify } = require('node:util');
+const exec = promisify(require('node:child_process').exec);
 
 var fs = require('fs');
+const Path = require('node:path');
+
 var replace = require('replace');
-var exec = require('child-process-promise').exec;
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 var cssmin = require('cssmin');
 const terser = require('terser');
 
-var POUCHDB_CSS = __dirname + '/../docs/static/css/pouchdb.css';
-var POUCHDB_LESS = __dirname + '/../docs/static/less/pouchdb/pouchdb.less';
+const POUCHDB_CSS = resolvePath('docs/static/css/pouchdb.css');
+const POUCHDB_LESS = resolvePath('docs/static/less/pouchdb/pouchdb.less');
 
 process.chdir('docs');
 
@@ -23,8 +26,8 @@ function checkJekyll() {
 }
 
 function buildCSS() {
-  mkdirp.sync(__dirname + '/../docs/static/css');
-  var cmd = __dirname + '/../node_modules/less/bin/lessc ' + POUCHDB_LESS;
+  mkdirp.sync(resolvePath('docs/static/css'));
+  const cmd = [ resolvePath('node_modules/less/bin/lessc'), POUCHDB_LESS ].join(' ');
   return exec(cmd).then(function (child) {
     var minifiedCss = cssmin(child.stdout);
     fs.writeFileSync(POUCHDB_CSS, minifiedCss);
@@ -64,11 +67,11 @@ function buildJekyll(path) {
 }
 
 function highlightEs6() {
-  var path = require('path').resolve(__dirname, '../docs/_site');
+  const path = resolvePath('docs/_site');
 
   // TODO: this is a fragile and hacky way to get
   // 'async' and 'await' to highlight correctly
-  // in this blog post.
+  // in blog posts & documentation.
   replace({
     regex: '<span class="nx">(await|async|of)</span>',
     replacement: '<span class="kd">$1</span>',
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3442c835d7..88be4f8acd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         "chai": "3.5.0",
         "chai-as-promised": "5.3.0",
         "change-case": "4.0.1",
-        "child-process-promise": "2.2.1",
         "cssmin": "0.4.3",
         "denodeify": "1.2.1",
         "derequire": "2.1.1",
@@ -1567,17 +1566,6 @@
         "snake-case": "^3.0.1"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/child-process-promise": {
-      "version": "2.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/child-process-promise/-/child-process-promise-2.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Fi4aNdqBsr0mv+jgWxcZ/7rAIC2mgihrptyVI4foh/rrjY/3BNjfP9+oaiFx/fzim+1ZyCNBae0DlyfQhSugog==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "cross-spawn": "^4.0.2",
-        "node-version": "^1.0.0",
-        "promise-polyfill": "^6.0.1"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/chokidar": {
       "version": "3.5.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chokidar/-/chokidar-3.5.3.tgz",
@@ -2142,16 +2130,6 @@
         "sha.js": "^2.4.8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/cross-spawn": {
-      "version": "4.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-4.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yAXz/pA1tD8Gtg2S98Ekf/sewp3Lcp3YoFKJ4Hkp5h5yLWnKVTDU0kwjKJ8NDCYcfTLfyGkzTikst+jWypT1iA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "lru-cache": "^4.0.1",
-        "which": "^1.2.9"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/crypto-browserify": {
       "version": "3.12.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/crypto-browserify/-/crypto-browserify-3.12.0.tgz",
@@ -5822,16 +5800,6 @@
         "tslib": "^2.0.3"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/lru-cache": {
-      "version": "4.1.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-4.1.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-sWZlbEP2OsHNkXrMl5GYk/jKk70MBng6UU4YI/qGDYbgf6YbP4EvmqISbXCoJiRKs+1bSpFHVgQxvJ17F2li5g==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "pseudomap": "^1.0.2",
-        "yallist": "^2.1.2"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/ltgt": {
       "version": "2.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ltgt/-/ltgt-2.2.1.tgz",
@@ -6507,15 +6475,6 @@
         "node-gyp-build-test": "build-test.js"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/node-version": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-version/-/node-version-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ma6oU4Sk0qOoKEAymVoTvk8EdXEobdS7m/mAGhDJ8Rouugho48crHBORAmy5BoOcv8wraPM6xumapQp5hl4iIQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/nodemon": {
       "version": "1.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nodemon/-/nodemon-1.2.1.tgz",
@@ -7989,12 +7948,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-j9RWp/40Ttja+wxiEjS5Ud5liHQxAA5K+STc9Vh09mF4zpNEuXTR35U6Uk5qVCsf6qp2v5UnLWa7SNmZ6M1ewQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "node_modules/promise-polyfill": {
-      "version": "6.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/promise-polyfill/-/promise-polyfill-6.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-g0LWaH0gFsxovsU7R5LrrhHhWAWiHRnh1GPrhXnPgYsDkIqjRYUYSZEsej/wtleDrz5xVSIDbeKfidztp2XHFQ==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "node_modules/proxy-addr": {
       "version": "2.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-addr/-/proxy-addr-2.0.7.tgz",
@@ -8022,12 +7975,6 @@
         "event-stream": "~0.5"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/pseudomap": {
-      "version": "1.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pseudomap/-/pseudomap-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-b/YwNhb8lk1Zz2+bXXpS/LK9OisiZZ1SNsSLxN1x2OXVEhW2Ckr/7mWE5vrC1ZTiJlD9g19jWszTmJsB+oEpFQ==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "node_modules/psl": {
       "version": "1.9.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/psl/-/psl-1.9.0.tgz",
@@ -10435,12 +10382,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-JKhqTOwSrqNA1NY5lSztJ1GrBiUodLMmIZuLiDaMRJ+itFd+ABVE8XBjOvIWL+rSqNDC74LCSFmlb/U4UZ4hJQ==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "node_modules/yallist": {
-      "version": "2.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-2.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ncTzHV7NvsQZkYe1DW7cbDLm0YpzHmZF5r/iyP3ZnQtMiJ+pjzisCiMNI+Sj+xQF5pXhSHxSB3uDbsBTzY/c2A==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "node_modules/yargs": {
       "version": "15.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-15.4.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 60bee79d5e..1000179386 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
     "chai": "3.5.0",
     "chai-as-promised": "5.3.0",
     "change-case": "4.0.1",
-    "child-process-promise": "2.2.1",
     "cssmin": "0.4.3",
     "denodeify": "1.2.1",
     "derequire": "2.1.1",