diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8245a4e55..fd47cb9c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.0",
     "gh-pages": "^5.0.0",
     "globby": "^13.1.1",
-    "it-glob": "^2.0.0",
     "kleur": "^4.1.4",
     "lilconfig": "^2.0.5",
     "listr": "~0.14.2",
@@ -285,6 +284,7 @@
     "micromark-extension-gfm-strikethrough": "^1.0.4",
     "micromark-extension-gfm-table": "^1.0.5",
     "micromark-extension-gfm-task-list-item": "^1.0.3",
+    "minimatch": "^5.1.0",
     "mocha": "^10.0.0",
     "npm-package-json-lint": "^6.3.0",
     "nyc": "^15.1.0",
diff --git a/src/check-project/index.js b/src/check-project/index.js
index 03d1d2c7e..e0d677144 100755
--- a/src/check-project/index.js
+++ b/src/check-project/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import path from 'path'
 import { execa } from 'execa'
 import prompt from 'prompt'
-import glob from 'it-glob'
 import { monorepoManifest } from './manifests/monorepo.js'
 import { typedESMManifest } from './manifests/typed-esm.js'
 import { typescriptManifest } from './manifests/typescript.js'
@@ -25,7 +24,8 @@ import Listr from 'listr'
 import yargsParser from 'yargs-parser'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import {
-  isMonorepoProject
+  isMonorepoProject,
+  glob
 } from '../utils.js'
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
diff --git a/src/release.js b/src/release.js
index edf08193e..08904fd89 100644
--- a/src/release.js
+++ b/src/release.js
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 import Listr from 'listr'
 import { execa } from 'execa'
-import { isMonorepoProject, hasDocs } from './utils.js'
+import { isMonorepoProject, hasDocs, glob } from './utils.js'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import path from 'path'
-import glob from 'it-glob'
 import { calculateSiblingVersion } from './check-project/utils.js'
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/test-dependant/index.js b/src/test-dependant/index.js
index e54557336..94cee1569 100644
--- a/src/test-dependant/index.js
+++ b/src/test-dependant/index.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import os from 'os'
 import {
-  exec
+  exec,
+  glob
 } from '../utils.js'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
-import glob from 'it-glob'
 
 /**
  * @param {string} name
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 263993409..fb9dab8df 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import envPaths from 'env-paths'
 import lockfile from 'proper-lockfile'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import Listr from 'listr'
-import glob from 'it-glob'
+import minimatch from 'minimatch'
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 const EnvPaths = envPaths('aegir', { suffix: '' })
@@ -451,3 +451,65 @@ function checkForCircularDependencies (projects) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {object} GlobOptions
+ * @property {string} [cwd] The current working directory
+ * @property {boolean} [absolute] If true produces absolute paths (default: false)
+ * @property {boolean} [nodir] If true yields file paths and skip directories (default: false)
+ *
+ * Async iterable filename pattern matcher
+ *
+ * @param {string} dir
+ * @param {string} pattern
+ * @param {GlobOptions & import('minimatch').IOptions} [options]
+ * @returns {AsyncGenerator<string, void, undefined>}
+ */
+export async function * glob (dir, pattern, options = {}) {
+  const absoluteDir = path.resolve(dir)
+  const relativeDir = path.relative(options.cwd ?? process.cwd(), dir)
+
+  const stats = await fs.stat(absoluteDir)
+
+  if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+    for await (const entry of _glob(absoluteDir, '', pattern, options)) {
+      yield entry
+    }
+
+    return
+  }
+
+  if (minimatch(relativeDir, pattern, options)) {
+    yield options.absolute === true ? absoluteDir : relativeDir
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} base
+ * @param {string} dir
+ * @param {string} pattern
+ * @param {GlobOptions & import('minimatch').IOptions} options
+ * @returns {AsyncGenerator<string, void, undefined>}
+ */
+async function * _glob (base, dir, pattern, options) {
+  for await (const entry of await fs.opendir(path.join(base, dir))) {
+    const relativeEntryPath = path.join(dir, entry.name)
+    const absoluteEntryPath = path.join(base, dir, entry.name)
+
+    let match = minimatch(relativeEntryPath, pattern, options)
+
+    const isDirectory = entry.isDirectory()
+
+    if (isDirectory && options.nodir === true) {
+      match = false
+    }
+
+    if (match) {
+      yield options.absolute === true ? absoluteEntryPath : relativeEntryPath
+    }
+
+    if (isDirectory) {
+      yield * _glob(base, relativeEntryPath, pattern, options)
+    }
+  }
+}