diff --git a/actions/start.action.ts b/actions/start.action.ts
index 00081a505..3c67a568d 100644
--- a/actions/start.action.ts
+++ b/actions/start.action.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { red } from 'ansis';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
-import * as killProcess from 'tree-kill';
 import { Input } from '../commands';
 import { getTscConfigPath } from '../lib/compiler/helpers/get-tsc-config.path';
 import { getValueOrDefault } from '../lib/compiler/helpers/get-value-or-default';
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ export class StartAction extends BuildAction {
         });
 
         childProcessRef.stdin && childProcessRef.stdin.pause();
-        killProcess(childProcessRef.pid);
+        killProcessSync(childProcessRef.pid);
       } else {
         childProcessRef = this.spawnChildProcess(
           entryFile,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e7a7b7278..49b2bdb3b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     "glob": "11.0.3",
     "node-emoji": "1.11.0",
     "ora": "5.4.1",
-    "tree-kill": "1.2.2",
     "tsconfig-paths": "4.2.0",
     "tsconfig-paths-webpack-plugin": "4.2.0",
     "typescript": "5.8.3",