diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f6dbd2b..4be65a27 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 		"listr-input": "^0.1.3",
 		"log-symbols": "^2.1.0",
 		"meow": "^5.0.0",
-		"new-github-release-url": "^0.1.0",
 		"npm-name": "^5.0.1",
 		"opn": "^5.4.0",
 		"ow": "^0.10.0",
diff --git a/source/new-github-release-url.js b/source/new-github-release-url.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84d46a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/new-github-release-url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// TODO: Remove this file and depend on `new-github-release-url` when we target Node.js 10
+'use strict';
+const {URL} = require('url');
+
+module.exports = (options = {}) => {
+	let repoUrl;
+	if (options.repoUrl) {
+		repoUrl = options.repoUrl;
+	} else if (options.user && options.repo) {
+		repoUrl = `https://github.com/${options.user}/${options.repo}`;
+	} else {
+		throw new Error('You need to specify either the `repoUrl` option or both the `user` and `repo` options');
+	}
+
+	const url = new URL(`${repoUrl}/releases/new`);
+
+	const types = [
+		'tag',
+		'target',
+		'title',
+		'body',
+		'isPrerelease'
+	];
+
+	for (let type of types) {
+		const value = options[type];
+		if (value === undefined) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (type === 'isPrerelease') {
+			type = 'prerelease';
+		}
+
+		url.searchParams.set(type, value);
+	}
+
+	return url.toString();
+};
diff --git a/source/release-task-helper.js b/source/release-task-helper.js
index ab69ec3f..27c6a507 100644
--- a/source/release-task-helper.js
+++ b/source/release-task-helper.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
-const newGithubReleaseUrl = require('new-github-release-url');
 const opn = require('opn');
+const newGithubReleaseUrl = require('./new-github-release-url');
 const {getTagVersionPrefix} = require('./util');
 const version = require('./version');