diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a574d76..c8e3209 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   test-vers:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node: ['8.6', '8', '10.0', '10', '12.0', '12', '14.0', '14', '16.0', '16', '18.0', '18', '20', '22']
+        node: ['8.10', '10.0', '10', '12.0', '12', '14.0', '14', '16.0', '16', '18.0', '18', '20', '22']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -20,15 +20,3 @@ jobs:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
     - run: npm install
     - run: npm test
-  test-expose-http2:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        node: ['8.6']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-      with:
-        node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
-    - run: npm install
-    - run: NODE_OPTIONS='--expose-http2' npm test
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 11ea82a..67ed0b7 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -35,54 +35,7 @@ if (Module.isBuiltin) { // Added in node v18.6.0, v16.17.0
     return builtinModules.has(moduleName)
   }
 } else {
-  const _resolve = require('resolve')
-  const [major, minor] = process.versions.node.split('.').map(Number)
-  if (major === 8 && minor < 8) {
-    // For node versions `[8.0, 8.8)` the "http2" module was built-in but
-    // behind the `--expose-http2` flag. `resolve` only considers unflagged
-    // modules to be core: https://github.com/browserify/resolve/issues/139
-    // However, for `ExportsCache` to work for "http2" we need it to be
-    // considered core.
-    isCore = moduleName => {
-      if (moduleName === 'http2') {
-        return true
-      }
-      // Prefer `resolve.core` lookup to `resolve.isCore(moduleName)` because
-      // the latter is doing version range matches for every call.
-      return !!_resolve.core[moduleName]
-    }
-  } else {
-    isCore = moduleName => {
-      // Prefer `resolve.core` lookup to `resolve.isCore(moduleName)` because
-      // the latter is doing version range matches for every call.
-      return !!_resolve.core[moduleName]
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-let _resolve
-
-function resolve (moduleName, basedir) {
-  // Feature detection: This property was added in Node.js 8.9.0, the same time
-  // as the `paths` options argument was added to the `require.resolve` function,
-  // which is the one we want
-  if (!_resolve) {
-    // require.resolve might be undefined when using Node SEA mode:
-    // https://nodejs.org/api/single-executable-applications.html
-    // Also see https://github.com/nodejs/require-in-the-middle/issues/105
-    if (require.resolve && require.resolve.paths) {
-      _resolve = function (moduleName, basedir) {
-        return require.resolve(moduleName, { paths: [basedir] })
-      }
-    } else {
-      const resolve = require('resolve')
-      _resolve = function (moduleName, basedir) {
-        return resolve.sync(moduleName, { basedir })
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return _resolve(moduleName, basedir)
+  throw new Error('\'require-in-the-middle\' requires Node.js >=v9.3.0 or >=v8.10.0')
 }
 
 // 'foo/bar.js' or 'foo/bar/index.js' => 'foo/bar'
@@ -320,7 +273,7 @@ function Hook (modules, options, onrequire) {
         // figure out if this is the main module file, or a file inside the module
         let res
         try {
-          res = resolve(moduleName, basedir)
+          res = require.resolve(moduleName, { paths: [basedir] })
         } catch (e) {
           debug('could not resolve module: %s', moduleName)
           self._cache.set(filename, exports, core)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2088ad7..b207e26 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
   "types": "types/index.d.ts",
   "dependencies": {
     "debug": "^4.3.5",
-    "module-details-from-path": "^1.0.3",
-    "resolve": "^1.22.8"
+    "module-details-from-path": "^1.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.9.0",
@@ -53,6 +52,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/nodejs/require-in-the-middle#readme",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=8.6.0"
+    "node": ">=9.3.0 || >=8.10.0 <9.0.0"
   }
 }