diff --git a/lib/utils/config.js b/lib/utils/config.js
index 2b6b96e5c8190..426f0a5291406 100644
--- a/lib/utils/config.js
+++ b/lib/utils/config.js
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ const defaults = {
   'tag-version-prefix': 'v',
   timing: false,
   tmp: tmpdir(),
-  umask: process.umask ? process.umask() : 0o22,
+  umask: 0,
   unicode,
   'update-notifier': true,
   usage: false,
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test-lib-utils-config.js-TAP.test.js b/tap-snapshots/test-lib-utils-config.js-TAP.test.js
index d14c9e9503513..b9ebc4a65a014 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test-lib-utils-config.js-TAP.test.js
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test-lib-utils-config.js-TAP.test.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Object {
     "tag-version-prefix": "v",
     "timing": false,
     "tmp": "/tmp",
-    "umask": 18,
+    "umask": 0,
     "unicode": true,
     "update-notifier": true,
     "usage": false,
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ Object {
     "tag-version-prefix": "v",
     "timing": false,
     "tmp": "/tmp",
-    "umask": 22,
+    "umask": 0,
     "unicode": true,
     "update-notifier": true,
     "usage": false,
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ Object {
     "tag-version-prefix": "v",
     "timing": false,
     "tmp": "/tmp",
-    "umask": 22,
+    "umask": 0,
     "unicode": true,
     "update-notifier": true,
     "usage": false,
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/config.js b/test/lib/utils/config.js
index 38fbe6753e75b..4d4b1a1d1a70d 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/config.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/config.js
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 const t = require('tap')
 const requireInject = require('require-inject')
-Object.defineProperty(process, 'umask', {
-  value: () => 0o26,
-  writable: true,
-  configurable: true,
-  enumerable: true,
-})
 
 // have to fake the node version, or else it'll only pass on this one
 Object.defineProperty(process, 'version', {
@@ -93,32 +87,6 @@ t.test('no working network interfaces, on windows', t => {
   t.end()
 })
 
-t.test('no process.umask() method', t => {
-  Object.defineProperty(process, 'umask', {
-    value: null,
-    writable: true,
-    configurable: true,
-    enumerable: true,
-  })
-  t.teardown(() => {
-    Object.defineProperty(process, 'umask', {
-      value: () => 0o26,
-      writable: true,
-      configurable: true,
-      enumerable: true,
-    })
-  })
-  const config = requireInject('../../../lib/utils/config.js', {
-    os: { tmpdir, networkInterfaces: networkInterfacesThrow },
-    '@npmcli/ci-detect': () => false,
-    '../../../lib/utils/is-windows.js': true,
-    '../../../package.json': pkg,
-  })
-  t.equal(config.defaults.umask, 0o22)
-  t.matchSnapshot(config)
-  t.end()
-})
-
 t.test('no comspec on windows', t => {
   delete process.env.ComSpec
   const config = requireInject('../../../lib/utils/config.js', {