diff --git a/bin/clean.js b/bin/clean.js
index e3d3f37c..d88f6e82 100755
--- a/bin/clean.js
+++ b/bin/clean.js
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  * Useful for developers.
  */
 
+var fs = require('fs')
 var os = require('os')
 var path = require('path')
-var pathExists = require('path-exists')
 var rimraf = require('rimraf')
 
 var config = require('../config')
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ var handlers = require('../main/handlers')
 
 rimraf.sync(config.CONFIG_PATH)
 
-var tmpPath = path.join(pathExists.sync('/tmp') ? '/tmp' : os.tmpDir(), 'webtorrent')
+var tmpPath
+try {
+  tmpPath = path.join(fs.statSync('/tmp') && '/tmp', 'webtorrent')
+} catch (err) {
+  tmpPath = path.join(os.tmpDir(), 'webtorrent')
+}
 rimraf.sync(tmpPath)
 
 // Uninstall .torrent file and magnet link handlers
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 8ec82a1d..55d501a3 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var appConfig = require('application-config')('WebTorrent')
+var fs = require('fs')
 var path = require('path')
-var pathExists = require('path-exists')
 
 var APP_NAME = 'WebTorrent'
 var APP_TEAM = 'The WebTorrent Project'
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ function getConfigPath () {
 }
 
 function isPortable () {
-  return process.platform === 'win32' && isProduction() && pathExists(PORTABLE_PATH)
+  try {
+    return process.platform === 'win32' && isProduction() && !!fs.statSync(PORTABLE_PATH)
+  } catch (err) {
+    return false
+  }
 }
 
 function isProduction () {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea32621d..3bf0bfcb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     "main-loop": "^3.2.0",
     "musicmetadata": "^2.0.2",
     "network-address": "^1.1.0",
-    "path-exists": "^2.1.0",
     "prettier-bytes": "^1.0.1",
     "simple-get": "^2.0.0",
     "srt-to-vtt": "^1.1.1",