diff --git a/packages/@ionic/cli/package.json b/packages/@ionic/cli/package.json
index c79d41b496..410509643a 100644
--- a/packages/@ionic/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/@ionic/cli/package.json
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
     "superagent-proxy": "^2.0.0",
     "tar": "^6.0.1",
     "through2": "^3.0.0",
-    "tslib": "1.11.2",
-    "uuid": "^8.1.0"
+    "tslib": "1.11.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.1",
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@
     "@types/superagent-proxy": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/tar": "^4.0.0",
     "@types/through2": "^2.0.33",
-    "@types/uuid": "^8.0.0",
     "jest": "^25.1.0",
     "jest-cli": "^26.0.1",
     "lint-staged": "^10.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/@ionic/cli/src/lib/utils/uuid.ts b/packages/@ionic/cli/src/lib/utils/uuid.ts
index bacea88ef5..80cd6bc6cc 100644
--- a/packages/@ionic/cli/src/lib/utils/uuid.ts
+++ b/packages/@ionic/cli/src/lib/utils/uuid.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
-
 export function generateUUID(): string {
-  return uuidv4().toString();
+  return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, c => {
+    const r = Math.random() * 16 | 0;
+    const v = c === 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8);
+
+    return v.toString(16);
+  });
 }
 
 export function shortid(): string {