diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7ea20fc9..d226f92d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1504,6 +1504,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/get-value/-/get-value-2.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-3BXKHGcjh8p2vTesCjlbogQqLCg="
     },
+    "getopts": {
+      "version": "2.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/getopts/-/getopts-2.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5eDf9fuSXwxBL6q5HX+dhDj+dslFGWzU5thZ9kNKUkcPtaPdatmUFKwHFrLb/uf/WpA4BHET+AX3Scl56cAjpA=="
+    },
     "getpass": {
       "version": "0.1.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/getpass/-/getpass-0.1.7.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 472b4d82..048bd03a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
     "eventemitter2": "6.4.3",
     "flatiron": "~0.4.3",
     "forever-monitor": "^3.0.3",
+    "getopts": "2.3.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.5",
     "nconf": "^0.10.0",
     "nssocket": "^0.6.0",
     "object-assign": "^4.1.1",
     "prettyjson": "^1.2.1",
     "shush": "^1.0.0",
-    "winston": "~0.8.1",
-    "yargs": "^3.32.0"
+    "winston": "~0.8.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/server.js b/test/fixtures/server.js
index ab5f7e03..7b73c11f 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/server.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/server.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 var util = require('util'),
     http = require('http'),
-    argv = require('yargs').argv;
+    getopts = require('getopts');
 
+var argv = getopts(process.argv.slice(2));
 var port = argv.p || argv.port || 8080;
 
 http.createServer(function (req, res) {
@@ -13,4 +14,3 @@ http.createServer(function (req, res) {
 
 /* server started */
 console.log('> hello world running on port ' + port);
-