diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8175d2a73b6..020c97b4cb4b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - `[*]` [**BREAKING**] TypeScript definitions requires a minimum of TypeScript v3.8 ([#9823](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9823))
 - `[*]` [**BREAKING**] Drop support for Node 8 ([#9423](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9423))
 - `[*]` Upgrade to chalk@4 ([#9752](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9752))
+- `[*]` Remove usage of `realpath-native` ([#9952](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9952))
 - `[jest-runtime]` [**BREAKING**] Remove long-deprecated `require.requireActual` and `require.requireMock` methods ([#9854](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9854))
 - `[expect, jest-mock, pretty-format]` [**BREAKING**] Remove `build-es5` from package ([#9945](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9945))
 - `[jest-haste-map]` [**BREAKING**] removed `providesModuleNodeModules` ([#8535](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8535))
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/moduleNameMapper.test.ts.snap b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/moduleNameMapper.test.ts.snap
index 3541cc32ec0a..d65a0391ff07 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/moduleNameMapper.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/moduleNameMapper.test.ts.snap
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ FAIL __tests__/index.js
       12 | module.exports = () => 'test';
       13 | 
 
-      at createNoMappedModuleFoundError (../../packages/jest-resolve/build/index.js:542:17)
+      at createNoMappedModuleFoundError (../../packages/jest-resolve/build/index.js:541:17)
       at Object.require (index.js:10:1)
 `;
 
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ FAIL __tests__/index.js
       12 | module.exports = () => 'test';
       13 | 
 
-      at createNoMappedModuleFoundError (../../packages/jest-resolve/build/index.js:542:17)
+      at createNoMappedModuleFoundError (../../packages/jest-resolve/build/index.js:541:17)
       at Object.require (index.js:10:1)
 `;
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/resolveNoFileExtensions.test.ts.snap b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/resolveNoFileExtensions.test.ts.snap
index 3796725b10a7..a62a66e69f80 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/resolveNoFileExtensions.test.ts.snap
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/resolveNoFileExtensions.test.ts.snap
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ FAIL __tests__/test.js
         |                  ^
       9 | 
 
-      at Resolver.resolveModule (../../packages/jest-resolve/build/index.js:297:11)
+      at Resolver.resolveModule (../../packages/jest-resolve/build/index.js:296:11)
       at Object.require (index.js:8:18)
 `;
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/hasteMapSize.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/hasteMapSize.test.ts
index 610ef1af3227..228eb83f1e7d 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/hasteMapSize.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/hasteMapSize.test.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 import {tmpdir} from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import {realpathSync} from 'graceful-fs';
 import HasteMap = require('jest-haste-map');
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import {cleanup, writeFiles} from '../Utils';
 
-const DIR = path.resolve(realpath(tmpdir()), 'haste_map_size');
+const DIR = path.resolve(realpathSync.native(tmpdir()), 'haste_map_size');
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   cleanup(DIR);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ef156fc4462..d878cd137cf5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
     "prettier": "^2.0.1",
     "progress": "^2.0.0",
     "promise": "^8.0.2",
-    "realpath-native": "^2.0.0",
     "resolve": "^1.15.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
     "semver": "^6.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/package.json b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
index 2cdeae5b3054..eb3bfc715299 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     "jest-util": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "jest-validate": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "prompts": "^2.0.1",
-    "realpath-native": "^2.0.0",
     "yargs": "^15.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.ts
index 06fb3bf4d31a..41d3302c7e0c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import type {AggregatedResult} from '@jest/test-result';
-import {clearLine} from 'jest-util';
+import {clearLine, tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import {validateCLIOptions} from 'jest-validate';
 import {deprecationEntries} from 'jest-config';
 import {getVersion, runCLI} from '@jest/core';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import exit = require('exit');
 import yargs = require('yargs');
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import init from '../init';
 import * as args from './args';
 
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ const getProjectListFromCLIArgs = (
 
   if (!projects.length && process.platform === 'win32') {
     try {
-      projects.push(realpath(process.cwd()));
+      projects.push(tryRealpath(process.cwd()));
     } catch (err) {
       // do nothing, just catch error
       // process.binding('fs').realpath can throw, e.g. on mapped drives
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/init/index.ts b/packages/jest-cli/src/init/index.ts
index b2503fc901f3..bd7c030b09e3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/init/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/init/index.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import prompts = require('prompts');
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import {constants} from 'jest-config';
+import {tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import defaultQuestions, {testScriptQuestion} from './questions';
 import {MalformedPackageJsonError, NotFoundPackageJsonError} from './errors';
 import generateConfigFile from './generate_config_file';
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type PromptsResults = {
 const getConfigFilename = (ext: string) => JEST_CONFIG_BASE_NAME + ext;
 
 export default async (
-  rootDir: string = realpath(process.cwd()),
+  rootDir: string = tryRealpath(process.cwd()),
 ): Promise<void> => {
   // prerequisite checks
   const projectPackageJsonPath: string = path.join(rootDir, PACKAGE_JSON);
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/package.json b/packages/jest-config/package.json
index baba47cccfc1..a5f29e8168d2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-config/package.json
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
     "jest-util": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "jest-validate": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.2",
-    "pretty-format": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
-    "realpath-native": "^2.0.0"
+    "pretty-format": "^26.0.0-alpha.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/babel__core": "^7.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/getCacheDirectory.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/getCacheDirectory.ts
index 2871d1e5eaab..c23a08870a26 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/getCacheDirectory.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/getCacheDirectory.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {tmpdir} from 'os';
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
+import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
+import {tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 
-const getCacheDirectory = () => {
+const getCacheDirectory: () => Config.Path = () => {
   const {getuid} = process;
-  const tmpdirPath = path.join(realpath(tmpdir()), 'jest');
+  const tmpdirPath = path.join(tryRealpath(tmpdir()), 'jest');
   if (getuid == null) {
     return tmpdirPath;
   } else {
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
index 0bcb65fc670e..68d6b5ddf55c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
+import {tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import {isJSONString, replaceRootDirInPath} from './utils';
 import normalize from './normalize';
 import resolveConfigPath from './resolveConfigPath';
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export async function readConfigs(
   if (projects.length > 0) {
     const projectIsCwd =
       process.platform === 'win32'
-        ? projects[0] === realpath(process.cwd())
+        ? projects[0] === tryRealpath(process.cwd())
         : projects[0] === process.cwd();
 
     const parsedConfigs = await Promise.all(
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
index 75727fa23c74..8ec7da7f35a2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/normalize.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ import {statSync} from 'graceful-fs';
 import {sync as glob} from 'glob';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import {ValidationError, validate} from 'jest-validate';
-import {clearLine, replacePathSepForGlob} from 'jest-util';
+import {clearLine, replacePathSepForGlob, tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
 import micromatch = require('micromatch');
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import Resolver = require('jest-resolve');
 import {replacePathSepForRegex} from 'jest-regex-util';
 import merge = require('deepmerge');
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ const normalizeRootDir = (
 
   try {
     // try to resolve windows short paths, ignoring errors (permission errors, mostly)
-    options.rootDir = realpath(options.rootDir);
+    options.rootDir = tryRealpath(options.rootDir);
   } catch (e) {
     // ignored
   }
@@ -955,7 +954,7 @@ export default function normalize(
 
   try {
     // try to resolve windows short paths, ignoring errors (permission errors, mostly)
-    newOptions.cwd = realpath(process.cwd());
+    newOptions.cwd = tryRealpath(process.cwd());
   } catch (e) {
     // ignored
   }
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/package.json b/packages/jest-core/package.json
index 98d95d21bcdf..831e401092e6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-core/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "jest-watcher": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.2",
     "p-each-series": "^2.1.0",
-    "realpath-native": "^2.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts b/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
index bea930899c0d..91107ee0637c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-core/src/runJest.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 
 import * as path from 'path';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import {CustomConsole} from '@jest/console';
-import {interopRequireDefault} from 'jest-util';
+import {interopRequireDefault, tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import exit = require('exit');
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import {JestHook, JestHookEmitter} from 'jest-watcher';
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ const processResults = (
   }
   if (isJSON) {
     if (outputFile) {
-      const cwd = realpath(process.cwd());
+      const cwd = tryRealpath(process.cwd());
       const filePath = path.resolve(cwd, outputFile);
 
       fs.writeFileSync(filePath, JSON.stringify(formatTestResults(runResults)));
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/package.json b/packages/jest-resolve/package.json
index f563a3946c0a..91936f09cf0f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/package.json
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
   "types": "build/index.d.ts",
   "dependencies": {
     "@jest/types": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
+    "jest-util": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "chalk": "^4.0.0",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.4",
     "jest-pnp-resolver": "^1.2.1",
     "read-pkg-up": "^7.0.1",
-    "realpath-native": "^2.0.0",
     "resolve": "^1.17.0",
     "slash": "^3.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/resolve.test.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
index a1f7f49a865b..6ecefafd513d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/__tests__/resolve.test.ts
@@ -234,8 +234,11 @@ describe('Resolver.getModulePaths() -> nodeModulesPaths()', () => {
     // pathstrings instead of actually trying to access the physical directory.
     // This test suite won't work otherwise, since we cannot make assumptions
     // about the test environment when it comes to absolute paths.
-    jest.doMock('realpath-native', () => ({
-      sync: (dirInput: string) => dirInput,
+    jest.doMock('graceful-fs', () => ({
+      ...jest.requireActual('graceful-fs'),
+      realPathSync: {
+        native: (dirInput: string) => dirInput,
+      },
     }));
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/defaultResolver.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/defaultResolver.ts
index cb570d390a5a..77e4c6981546 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/defaultResolver.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/defaultResolver.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import {sync as resolveSync} from 'resolve';
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import pnpResolver from 'jest-pnp-resolver';
+import {tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 
 type ResolverOptions = {
@@ -95,17 +95,7 @@ function realpathCached(path: Config.Path): Config.Path {
     return result;
   }
 
-  try {
-    result = realpath(path);
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (error.code !== 'ENOENT') {
-      throw error;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!result) {
-    result = path;
-  }
+  result = tryRealpath(path);
 
   checkedRealpathPaths.set(path, result);
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/index.ts
index 1c04a9429f96..1efebd10b974 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/index.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import type {ModuleMap} from 'jest-haste-map';
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
-import chalk = require('chalk');
+import {tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import nodeModulesPaths from './nodeModulesPaths';
 import isBuiltinModule from './isBuiltinModule';
 import defaultResolver, {clearDefaultResolverCache} from './defaultResolver';
 import type {ResolverConfig} from './types';
 import ModuleNotFoundError from './ModuleNotFoundError';
 import shouldLoadAsEsm, {clearCachedLookups} from './shouldLoadAsEsm';
+import chalk = require('chalk');
 
 type FindNodeModuleConfig = {
   basedir: Config.Path;
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ namespace Resolver {
 const NATIVE_PLATFORM = 'native';
 
 // We might be inside a symlink.
-const cwd = process.cwd();
-const resolvedCwd = realpath(cwd) || cwd;
+const resolvedCwd = tryRealpath(process.cwd());
 const {NODE_PATH} = process.env;
 const nodePaths = NODE_PATH
   ? NODE_PATH.split(path.delimiter)
diff --git a/packages/jest-resolve/src/nodeModulesPaths.ts b/packages/jest-resolve/src/nodeModulesPaths.ts
index dddf52229a13..1c311b70df52 100644
--- a/packages/jest-resolve/src/nodeModulesPaths.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-resolve/src/nodeModulesPaths.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
+import {tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 
 type NodeModulesPathsOptions = {
   moduleDirectory?: Array<string>;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function nodeModulesPaths(
   // traverses parents of the physical path, not the symlinked path
   let physicalBasedir;
   try {
-    physicalBasedir = realpath(basedirAbs);
+    physicalBasedir = tryRealpath(basedirAbs);
   } catch (err) {
     // realpath can throw, e.g. on mapped drives
     physicalBasedir = basedirAbs;
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
index 15664857cc1b..2c55d75c6318 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     "jest-snapshot": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "jest-util": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "jest-validate": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
-    "realpath-native": "^2.0.0",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "strip-bom": "^4.0.0",
     "yargs": "^15.3.1"
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.ts
index 099373e2f67c..490848a2ba1e 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@
 import {cpus} from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import chalk = require('chalk');
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import yargs = require('yargs');
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import type {JestEnvironment} from '@jest/environment';
 import {CustomConsole} from '@jest/console';
-import {setGlobal} from 'jest-util';
+import {setGlobal, tryRealpath} from 'jest-util';
 import {validateCLIOptions} from 'jest-validate';
 import {deprecationEntries, readConfig} from 'jest-config';
 import {VERSION} from '../version';
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ export async function run(
     return;
   }
 
-  const root = realpath(process.cwd());
+  const root = tryRealpath(process.cwd());
   const filePath = path.resolve(root, argv._[0]);
 
   if (argv.debug) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/package.json b/packages/jest-transform/package.json
index 3265e7083aa3..68e6d8912662 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "jest-util": "^26.0.0-alpha.0",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.2",
     "pirates": "^4.0.1",
-    "realpath-native": "^2.0.0",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
     "source-map": "^0.6.1",
     "write-file-atomic": "^3.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
index 46ae3afb049f..0cf17915da3c 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/src/ScriptTransformer.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
 import {createHash} from 'crypto';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
-import {createDirectory, interopRequireDefault, isPromise} from 'jest-util';
+import {
+  createDirectory,
+  interopRequireDefault,
+  isPromise,
+  tryRealpath,
+} from 'jest-util';
 import * as fs from 'graceful-fs';
 import {transformSync as babelTransform} from '@babel/core';
 // @ts-ignore: should just be `require.resolve`, but the tests mess that up
@@ -18,7 +23,6 @@ import HasteMap = require('jest-haste-map');
 import stableStringify = require('fast-json-stable-stringify');
 import slash = require('slash');
 import {sync as writeFileAtomic} from 'write-file-atomic';
-import {sync as realpath} from 'realpath-native';
 import {addHook} from 'pirates';
 import type {
   Options,
@@ -247,14 +251,6 @@ export default class ScriptTransformer {
     return input;
   }
 
-  private _getRealPath(filepath: Config.Path): Config.Path {
-    try {
-      return realpath(filepath) || filepath;
-    } catch (err) {
-      return filepath;
-    }
-  }
-
   // We don't want to expose transformers to the outside - this function is just
   // to warm up `this._transformCache`
   preloadTransformer(filepath: Config.Path): void {
@@ -269,7 +265,7 @@ export default class ScriptTransformer {
     supportsDynamicImport = false,
     supportsStaticESM = false,
   ): TransformResult {
-    const filename = this._getRealPath(filepath);
+    const filename = tryRealpath(filepath);
     const transform = this._getTransformer(filename);
     const cacheFilePath = this._getFileCachePath(
       filename,
diff --git a/packages/jest-transform/src/__tests__/script_transformer.test.js b/packages/jest-transform/src/__tests__/script_transformer.test.js
index 6479bc62e1ce..4d2796689fa6 100644
--- a/packages/jest-transform/src/__tests__/script_transformer.test.js
+++ b/packages/jest-transform/src/__tests__/script_transformer.test.js
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ jest
       }),
     }),
   )
-  .mock('graceful-fs')
+  .mock('graceful-fs', () => ({
+    ...jest.requireActual('graceful-fs'),
+    realPathSync: {
+      native: dirInput => dirInput,
+    },
+  }))
   .mock('jest-haste-map', () => ({
     getCacheFilePath: (cacheDir, baseDir, version) => cacheDir + baseDir,
   }))
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/index.ts
index e8318c550bbf..cfd00f7fd55d 100644
--- a/packages/jest-util/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/index.ts
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ export {default as testPathPatternToRegExp} from './testPathPatternToRegExp';
 import * as preRunMessage from './preRunMessage';
 export {default as pluralize} from './pluralize';
 export {default as formatTime} from './formatTime';
+export {default as tryRealpath} from './tryRealpath';
 
 export {preRunMessage, specialChars};
diff --git a/packages/jest-util/src/tryRealpath.ts b/packages/jest-util/src/tryRealpath.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff14e377a963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/jest-util/src/tryRealpath.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import {realpathSync} from 'graceful-fs';
+import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
+
+export default function tryRealpath(path: Config.Path): Config.Path {
+  try {
+    path = realpathSync.native(path);
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error.code !== 'ENOENT') {
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return path;
+}