diff --git a/scripts/build/helpers.ts b/scripts/build/helpers.ts
index 3e27f712..fab7554c 100644
--- a/scripts/build/helpers.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/helpers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
-import * as path from 'path';
+import { readdirSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { camelCase, clone } from 'lodash';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as ts from 'typescript';
+
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
 
 export const ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../');
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ export const ROOT = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../');
 export const TS_CONFIG = clone(require(path.resolve(ROOT, 'tsconfig.json')));
 export const COMPILER_OPTIONS = TS_CONFIG.compilerOptions;
 export const PLUGINS_ROOT = path.join(ROOT, 'src/@awesome-cordova-plugins/plugins/');
-export const PLUGIN_PATHS = fs.readdirSync(PLUGINS_ROOT).map(d => path.join(PLUGINS_ROOT, d, 'index.ts'));
+export const PLUGIN_PATHS = readdirSync(PLUGINS_ROOT).map(d => path.join(PLUGINS_ROOT, d, 'index.ts'));
 
 export function getDecorator(node: ts.Node, index = 0): ts.Decorator {
   if (node.decorators && node.decorators[index]) {
diff --git a/scripts/build/ngx.ts b/scripts/build/ngx.ts
index b440ba0b..7b4f2d78 100644
--- a/scripts/build/ngx.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/ngx.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { copyFileSync, mkdirpSync, readJSONSync, writeJSONSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import * as rollup from 'rollup';
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ export function generateLegacyBundles() {
 
 // remove reference to @awesome-cordova-plugins/core decorators
 export function modifyMetadata() {
-  debugger;
   PLUGIN_PATHS.map(p =>
     p.replace(path.join(ROOT, 'src'), path.join(ROOT, 'dist')).replace('index.ts', 'ngx/index.metadata.json')
   ).forEach(p => {
-    const content = fs.readJSONSync(p);
+    const content = readJSONSync(p);
     let _prop: { members: { [x: string]: any[] } };
     for (const prop in content[0].metadata) {
       _prop = content[0].metadata[prop];
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ export function modifyMetadata() {
       }
     }
 
-    fs.writeJSONSync(p, content);
+    writeJSONSync(p, content);
   });
 }
 
@@ -120,8 +119,8 @@ function createSourceFiles(): string[] {
 
     // delete directory
     rimraf.sync(ngxPath);
-    fs.mkdirpSync(ngxPath);
-    fs.copyFileSync(indexPath, newPath);
+    mkdirpSync(ngxPath);
+    copyFileSync(indexPath, newPath);
 
     return newPath;
   });
diff --git a/scripts/build/transformers/extract-injectables.ts b/scripts/build/transformers/extract-injectables.ts
index 2be7c84b..1784dd2c 100644
--- a/scripts/build/transformers/extract-injectables.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/transformers/extract-injectables.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { unlinkSync, writeJSONSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ export function extractInjectables() {
 }
 
 export function emitInjectableClasses() {
-  fs.writeJSONSync(EMIT_PATH, injectableClasses);
+  writeJSONSync(EMIT_PATH, injectableClasses);
 }
 
 export function cleanEmittedData() {
-  fs.unlinkSync(EMIT_PATH);
+  unlinkSync(EMIT_PATH);
 }
diff --git a/scripts/docs-json/index.ts b/scripts/docs-json/index.ts
index d053654c..ffa86663 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-json/index.ts
+++ b/scripts/docs-json/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { outputJson, readdir, readJson } from 'fs-extra';
 import { basename, dirname, resolve } from 'path';
 import { Application } from 'typedoc';
 import TypeDoc = require('typedoc');
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async function run(pluginsDir: string) {
     const typedocData = await generateTypedoc(pluginsDir);
     const modules = typedocData.children.filter(isModule);
     const plugins = modules.filter(hasPlugin).map(processPlugin);
-    await fs.outputJson(resolve(__dirname, 'plugins.json'), plugins, {
+    await outputJson(resolve(__dirname, 'plugins.json'), plugins, {
       spaces: 2,
     });
   } catch (e) {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ async function run(pluginsDir: string) {
 }
 
 async function generateTypedoc(root: string, outputPath = typedocTmp, outputDocsPath = typedocDocsTmp) {
-  const pluginDirs = await fs.readdir(root);
+  const pluginDirs = await readdir(root);
   const paths = pluginDirs.map(dir => resolve(root, dir, 'index.ts'));
   typedoc.bootstrap({
     /*
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async function generateTypedoc(root: string, outputPath = typedocTmp, outputDocs
   await typedoc.generateDocs(project, outputDocsPath);
   await typedoc.generateJson(project, outputPath);
 
-  return fs.readJson(outputPath);
+  return readJson(outputPath);
 }
 
 function processPlugin(pluginModule): Plugin {
diff --git a/scripts/tasks/build-es5.ts b/scripts/tasks/build-es5.ts
index 6f57320a..278317fa 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/build-es5.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/build-es5.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { readJSONSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as uglifyJsPlugin from 'uglifyjs-webpack-plugin';
 import * as unminifiedPlugin from 'unminified-webpack-plugin';
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Logger } from '../logger';
 
 const DIST = path.resolve(ROOT, 'dist');
 const INDEX_PATH = path.resolve(DIST, 'index.js');
-const INJECTABLE_CLASSES = fs.readJSONSync(EMIT_PATH).map((item: InjectableClassEntry) => {
+const INJECTABLE_CLASSES = readJSONSync(EMIT_PATH).map((item: InjectableClassEntry) => {
   item.file =
     './' +
     item.file
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function createIndexFile() {
   fileContent += `require('./@awesome-cordova-plugins/core/bootstrap').checkReady();\n`;
   fileContent += `require('./@awesome-cordova-plugins/core/ng1').initAngular1(window.IonicNative);`;
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(INDEX_PATH, fileContent, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+  writeFileSync(INDEX_PATH, fileContent, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
 }
 
 function compile() {
diff --git a/scripts/tasks/build-esm.ts b/scripts/tasks/build-esm.ts
index 248901ae..70136823 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/build-esm.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/build-esm.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { readFileSync, readJSONSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
 import { PLUGIN_PATHS, ROOT } from '../build/helpers';
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ transpile();
 const outDirs = PLUGIN_PATHS.map(p =>
   p.replace(path.join(ROOT, 'src'), path.join(ROOT, 'dist')).replace(/[\\/]index.ts/, '')
 );
-const injectableClasses = fs.readJSONSync(EMIT_PATH);
+const injectableClasses = readJSONSync(EMIT_PATH);
 
 outDirs.forEach(dir => {
   const classes = injectableClasses.filter(entry => entry.dirName === dir.split(/[\\/]+/).pop());
 
-  let jsFile: string = fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'index.js'), 'utf-8'),
-    dtsFile: string = fs.readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'index.d.ts'), 'utf-8');
+  let jsFile: string = readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'index.js'), 'utf-8'),
+    dtsFile: string = readFileSync(path.join(dir, 'index.d.ts'), 'utf-8');
 
   classes.forEach(entry => {
     dtsFile = dtsFile.replace(`class ${entry.className} `, 'class ' + entry.className + 'Original ');
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ outDirs.forEach(dir => {
     );
   });
 
-  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, 'index.js'), jsFile, 'utf-8');
-  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(dir, 'index.d.ts'), dtsFile, 'utf-8');
+  writeFileSync(path.join(dir, 'index.js'), jsFile, 'utf-8');
+  writeFileSync(path.join(dir, 'index.d.ts'), dtsFile, 'utf-8');
 });
diff --git a/scripts/tasks/publish.ts b/scripts/tasks/publish.ts
index 5f37c07f..c42e1c28 100644
--- a/scripts/tasks/publish.ts
+++ b/scripts/tasks/publish.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as Queue from 'async-promise-queue';
 import { exec } from 'child_process';
-import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
+import { writeJSONSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { merge } from 'lodash';
 import { cpus } from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ function getPackageJsonContent(name: string, peerDependencies = {}, dependencies
 
 function writePackageJson(data: any, dir: string) {
   const filePath = path.resolve(dir, 'package.json');
-  fs.writeJSONSync(filePath, data);
+  writeJSONSync(filePath, data);
   PACKAGES.push(dir);
 }
 function writeNGXPackageJson(data: any, dir: string) {
   const filePath = path.resolve(dir, 'package.json');
-  fs.writeJSONSync(filePath, data);
+  writeJSONSync(filePath, data);
 }
 function prepare() {
   // write @awesome-cordova-plugins/core package.json