diff --git a/tools/cat.js b/tools/cat.js
index ed4de3707..1e0932dd4 100644
--- a/tools/cat.js
+++ b/tools/cat.js
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-var fs = require('fs');
-var path = require('path');
+var fs = require('fs-extra');
 
 var text = process.argv.slice(2, -1).map(x => fs.readFileSync(x, 'utf8')).join('\n');
 text = text.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
 
 var outName = process.argv[process.argv.length - 1];
-var dir = path.dirname(outName);
-if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) fs.mkdirSync(dir);
-fs.writeFileSync(outName, text);
+fs.outputFileSync(outName, text);
diff --git a/tools/templates.coffee b/tools/templates.coffee
index bbe97f76f..e3f3fdceb 100644
--- a/tools/templates.coffee
+++ b/tools/templates.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-fs = require 'fs'
-path = require 'path'
+fs = require 'fs-extra'
 _ = require 'lodash'
 glob = require 'glob'
 
@@ -89,9 +88,6 @@ for arg in process.argv[4..]
   [key, val] = arg.match(/(.*?)=(.*)/)[1..]
   pkg[key] = val
 
-dir = path.dirname process.argv[3]
-fs.mkdirSync dir unless fs.existsSync dir
-
 text = read process.argv[2]
 text = _.template(text)(pkg)
-fs.writeFileSync process.argv[3], text
+fs.outputFileSync process.argv[3], text