diff --git a/.changeset/cool-goats-kiss.md b/.changeset/cool-goats-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67dfb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cool-goats-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@manypkg/find-root": patch
+---
+
+Remove find-up dependency
diff --git a/packages/find-root/package.json b/packages/find-root/package.json
index 6753b08..78f320b 100644
--- a/packages/find-root/package.json
+++ b/packages/find-root/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   "module": "dist/manypkg-find-root.esm.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "@manypkg/tools": "^1.1.1",
-    "find-up": "^4.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/find-root/src/index.ts b/packages/find-root/src/index.ts
index 072138d..6850fb8 100644
--- a/packages/find-root/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/find-root/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import findUp, { sync as findUpSync } from "find-up";
 import path from "path";
 import fs from "fs-extra";
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ export async function findRoot(
           }
         });
     },
-    { cwd, type: "directory" }
+    cwd
   );
 
   if (monorepoRoot) {
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ export async function findRoot(
         }
       }
     },
-    { cwd, type: "directory" }
+    cwd
   );
 
   if (!rootDir) {
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ export function findRootSync(
         }
       }
     },
-    { cwd, type: "directory" }
+    cwd
   );
 
   if (monorepoRoot) {
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ export function findRootSync(
       const exists = fs.existsSync(path.join(directory, "package.json"));
       return exists ? directory : undefined;
     },
-    { cwd, type: "directory" }
+    cwd
   );
 
   if (!rootDir) {
@@ -189,3 +188,31 @@ export function findRootSync(
     rootDir,
   };
 }
+
+async function findUp(matcher: (directory: string) => Promise<string | undefined>, cwd: string) {
+	let directory = path.resolve(cwd);
+	const { root } = path.parse(directory);
+
+	while (directory && directory !== root) {
+		const filePath = await matcher(directory);
+		if (filePath) {
+			return path.resolve(directory, filePath);
+		}
+
+		directory = path.dirname(directory);
+	}
+}
+
+function findUpSync(matcher: (directory: string) => string | undefined, cwd: string) {
+	let directory = path.resolve(cwd);
+	const { root } = path.parse(directory);
+
+	while (directory && directory !== root) {
+		const filePath = matcher(directory);
+		if (filePath) {
+			return path.resolve(directory, filePath);
+		}
+
+		directory = path.dirname(directory);
+	}
+}