diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6ea62381..3eb9c1650 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1726,7 +1726,6 @@
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "popper.js": "^1.16.1",
     "showdown": "^1.9.1",
-    "tree-kill": "^1.2.2",
     "vscode-languageclient": "^7.0.0",
     "vsls": "^1.0.4753",
     "winreg": "^1.2.4",
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 638365ee7..4b5546139 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as cp from 'child_process';
 import { rGuestService, isGuestSession } from './liveShare';
 import { extensionContext } from './extension';
-import * as kill from 'tree-kill';
 
 export function config(): vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration {
     return vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('r');
@@ -412,16 +411,19 @@ export function asDisposable<T>(toDispose: T, disposeFunction: (...args: unknown
 export type DisposableProcess = cp.ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams & vscode.Disposable;
 export function exec(command: string, args?: ReadonlyArray<string>, options?: cp.CommonOptions, onDisposed?: () => unknown): DisposableProcess {
     const proc = cp.spawn(command, args, options);
+    console.log(`Process ${proc.pid} spawned`);
     let running = true;
     const exitHandler = () => {
         running = false;
+        console.log(`Process ${proc.pid} exited`);
     };
     proc.on('exit', exitHandler);
     proc.on('error', exitHandler);
     const disposable = asDisposable(proc, () => {
         if (running) {
+            console.log(`Process ${proc.pid} terminating`);
             if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-                kill(proc.pid);
+                cp.spawnSync('taskkill', ['/pid', proc.pid.toString(), '/f', '/t']);
             } else {
                 proc.kill('SIGKILL');
             }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8e9baca73..84bc1965b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2597,11 +2597,6 @@ to-regex-range@^5.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/traverse/-/traverse-0.3.9.tgz#717b8f220cc0bb7b44e40514c22b2e8bbc70d8b9"
   integrity sha1-cXuPIgzAu3tE5AUUwisui7xw2Lk=
 
-tree-kill@^1.2.2:
-  version "1.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tree-kill/-/tree-kill-1.2.2.tgz#4ca09a9092c88b73a7cdc5e8a01b507b0790a0cc"
-  integrity sha512-L0Orpi8qGpRG//Nd+H90vFB+3iHnue1zSSGmNOOCh1GLJ7rUKVwV2HvijphGQS2UmhUZewS9VgvxYIdgr+fG1A==
-
 ts-loader@^9.2.3:
   version "9.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-loader/-/ts-loader-9.2.3.tgz#dc3b6362a4d4382493cd4f138d345f419656de68"