diff --git a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/lib.rs b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/lib.rs
index 721200f77f3aa..f464a109e7711 100644
--- a/src/tools/run-make-support/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/tools/run-make-support/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 pub use bstr;
 pub use gimli;
-pub use glob;
 pub use object;
 pub use regex;
 pub use wasmparser;
@@ -224,42 +223,6 @@ pub fn bin_name(name: &str) -> String {
     if is_windows() { format!("{name}.exe") } else { name.to_string() }
 }
 
-/// Remove all dynamic libraries possessing a name starting with `paths`.
-#[track_caller]
-pub fn remove_dylibs(paths: &str) {
-    let paths = format!(r"{paths}*");
-    remove_glob(dynamic_lib_name(&paths).as_str());
-}
-
-/// Remove all rust libraries possessing a name starting with `paths`.
-#[track_caller]
-pub fn remove_rlibs(paths: &str) {
-    let paths = format!(r"{paths}*");
-    remove_glob(rust_lib_name(&paths).as_str());
-}
-
-#[track_caller]
-fn remove_glob(paths: &str) {
-    let paths = glob::glob(paths).expect(format!("Glob expression {paths} is not valid.").as_str());
-    paths
-        .filter_map(|entry| entry.ok())
-        .filter(|entry| entry.as_path().is_file())
-        .for_each(|file| fs_wrapper::remove_file(&file));
-}
-
-#[track_caller]
-fn count_glob(paths: &str) -> usize {
-    let paths = glob::glob(paths).expect(format!("Glob expression {paths} is not valid.").as_str());
-    paths.filter_map(|entry| entry.ok()).filter(|entry| entry.as_path().is_file()).count()
-}
-
-/// Count the number of rust libraries possessing a name starting with `paths`.
-#[track_caller]
-pub fn count_rlibs(paths: &str) -> usize {
-    let paths = format!(r"{paths}*");
-    count_glob(rust_lib_name(&paths).as_str())
-}
-
 /// Return the current working directory.
 #[must_use]
 pub fn cwd() -> PathBuf {
diff --git a/tests/run-make/lib-trait-for-trait-no-ice/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/lib-trait-for-trait-no-ice/rmake.rs
index 5f8c998874b65..766acfc00da53 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/lib-trait-for-trait-no-ice/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/lib-trait-for-trait-no-ice/rmake.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 // the lib crate-type flag was actually followed.
 // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/18943
 
-use run_make_support::{count_rlibs, rustc};
+use run_make_support::{rust_lib_name, rustc};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 fn main() {
     rustc().input("foo.rs").crate_type("lib").run();
-    assert_eq!(count_rlibs("foo"), 1);
+    assert!(Path::new(&rust_lib_name("foo")).exists());
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/mixing-libs/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/mixing-libs/rmake.rs
index d46a2403c25b3..06ef6ab00f5f8 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/mixing-libs/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/mixing-libs/rmake.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 //@ ignore-cross-compile
 
-use run_make_support::{remove_dylibs, rustc};
+use run_make_support::{dynamic_lib_name, fs_wrapper, rustc};
 
 fn main() {
     rustc().input("rlib.rs").crate_type("rlib").crate_type("dylib").run();
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ fn main() {
 
     // librlib's dynamic version needs to be removed here to prevent prog.rs from fetching
     // the wrong one.
-    remove_dylibs("rlib");
+    fs_wrapper::remove_file(dynamic_lib_name("rlib"));
     rustc().input("prog.rs").run_fail();
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/obey-crate-type-flag/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/obey-crate-type-flag/rmake.rs
index 4ae4b6e4eec0a..8aa78cccbb23b 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/obey-crate-type-flag/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/obey-crate-type-flag/rmake.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@
 
 //@ ignore-cross-compile
 
-use run_make_support::{count_rlibs, remove_dylibs, remove_rlibs, rustc};
+use run_make_support::{
+    cwd, dynamic_lib_name, fs_wrapper, has_extension, rust_lib_name, rustc, shallow_find_files,
+};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 fn main() {
     rustc().input("test.rs").run();
-    remove_rlibs("test");
-    remove_dylibs("test");
+    assert!(Path::new(&dynamic_lib_name("test")).exists());
+    assert!(Path::new(&rust_lib_name("test")).exists());
+
+    fs_wrapper::remove_file(rust_lib_name("test"));
     rustc().crate_type("dylib").input("test.rs").run();
-    assert_eq!(count_rlibs("test"), 0);
+    assert!(shallow_find_files(cwd(), |path| { has_extension(path, "rlib") }).is_empty());
 }