diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fa8a59723..a5e47e3cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
- "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "virtio-bindings",
  "vm-memory",
diff --git a/block_util/Cargo.toml b/block_util/Cargo.toml
index 55eaf88af..e99abcb8b 100644
--- a/block_util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/block_util/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,5 +22,3 @@ vm-memory = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
 vm-virtio = { path = "../vm-virtio" }
 vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
 
-[dev-dependencies]
-tempfile = "3.2.0"
diff --git a/block_util/src/vhd.rs b/block_util/src/vhd.rs
index 257aba984..1d0cc98e9 100644
--- a/block_util/src/vhd.rs
+++ b/block_util/src/vhd.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::{is_fixed_vhd, VhdFooter};
     use std::fs::File;
     use std::io::{Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
-    use tempfile::tempfile;
+    use vmm_sys_util::tempfile::TempFile;
 
     fn valid_fixed_vhd_footer() -> Vec<u8> {
         vec![
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ mod tests {
     where
         F: FnMut(File),
     {
-        let mut disk_file: File = tempfile().unwrap();
+        let mut disk_file: File = TempFile::new().unwrap().into_file();
         disk_file.set_len(0x1000_0200).unwrap();
         disk_file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(0x1000_0000)).unwrap();
         disk_file.write_all(&footer).unwrap();