diff --git a/cmd/micro/clean.go b/cmd/micro/clean.go
index 9cf9653e..a4ba076f 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/clean.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/clean.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ func CleanConfig() {
 
 	// detect incorrectly formatted buffer/ files
 	buffersPath := filepath.Join(config.ConfigDir, "buffers")
-	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(buffersPath)
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(buffersPath)
 	if err == nil {
 		var badFiles []string
 		var buffer buffer.SerializedBuffer
diff --git a/cmd/micro/micro.go b/cmd/micro/micro.go
index e90843ba..093b0ef7 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/micro.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/micro.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ func LoadInput(args []string) []*buffer.Buffer {
 		// Option 2
 		// The input is not a terminal, so something is being piped in
 		// and we should read from stdin
-		input, err = ioutil.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
+		input, err = io.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
 		if err != nil {
 			screen.TermMessage("Error reading from stdin: ", err)
 			input = []byte{}
diff --git a/internal/action/bindings.go b/internal/action/bindings.go
index 02804bb6..f4e1579e 100644
--- a/internal/action/bindings.go
+++ b/internal/action/bindings.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ var Binder = map[string]func(e Event, action string){
 
 func createBindingsIfNotExist(fname string) {
 	if _, e := os.Stat(fname); errors.Is(e, fs.ErrNotExist) {
-		ioutil.WriteFile(fname, []byte("{}"), util.FileMode)
+		os.WriteFile(fname, []byte("{}"), util.FileMode)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ func InitBindings() {
 	createBindingsIfNotExist(filename)
 
 	if _, e := os.Stat(filename); e == nil {
-		input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+		input, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 		if err != nil {
 			screen.TermMessage("Error reading bindings.json file: " + err.Error())
 			return
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ func TryBindKey(k, v string, overwrite bool) (bool, error) {
 	filename := filepath.Join(config.ConfigDir, "bindings.json")
 	createBindingsIfNotExist(filename)
 	if _, e = os.Stat(filename); e == nil {
-		input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+		input, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, errors.New("Error reading bindings.json file: " + err.Error())
 		}
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ func TryBindKey(k, v string, overwrite bool) (bool, error) {
 		BindKey(k, v, Binder["buffer"])
 
 		txt, _ := json.MarshalIndent(parsed, "", "    ")
-		return true, ioutil.WriteFile(filename, append(txt, '\n'), util.FileMode)
+		return true, os.WriteFile(filename, append(txt, '\n'), util.FileMode)
 	}
 	return false, e
 }
@@ -319,7 +318,7 @@ func UnbindKey(k string) error {
 	filename := filepath.Join(config.ConfigDir, "bindings.json")
 	createBindingsIfNotExist(filename)
 	if _, e = os.Stat(filename); e == nil {
-		input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+		input, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.New("Error reading bindings.json file: " + err.Error())
 		}
@@ -356,7 +355,7 @@ func UnbindKey(k string) error {
 		}
 
 		txt, _ := json.MarshalIndent(parsed, "", "    ")
-		return ioutil.WriteFile(filename, append(txt, '\n'), util.FileMode)
+		return os.WriteFile(filename, append(txt, '\n'), util.FileMode)
 	}
 	return e
 }
diff --git a/internal/buffer/autocomplete.go b/internal/buffer/autocomplete.go
index 8a1c3742..0cd83eab 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/autocomplete.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/autocomplete.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package buffer
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -109,15 +109,15 @@ func FileComplete(b *Buffer) ([]string, []string) {
 	sep := string(os.PathSeparator)
 	dirs := strings.Split(input, sep)
 
-	var files []os.FileInfo
+	var files []fs.DirEntry
 	var err error
 	if len(dirs) > 1 {
 		directories := strings.Join(dirs[:len(dirs)-1], sep) + sep
 
 		directories, _ = util.ReplaceHome(directories)
-		files, err = ioutil.ReadDir(directories)
+		files, err = os.ReadDir(directories)
 	} else {
-		files, err = ioutil.ReadDir(".")
+		files, err = os.ReadDir(".")
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/buffer/buffer.go b/internal/buffer/buffer.go
index d8d37883..64894fa6 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/buffer.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/buffer.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -544,7 +543,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) ReOpen() error {
 	}
 
 	reader := bufio.NewReader(transform.NewReader(file, enc.NewDecoder()))
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	txt := string(data)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/config/plugin_installer.go b/internal/config/plugin_installer.go
index 573bcfbe..63b5d5ff 100644
--- a/internal/config/plugin_installer.go
+++ b/internal/config/plugin_installer.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -396,7 +395,7 @@ func (pv *PluginVersion) DownloadAndInstall(out io.Writer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/config/rtfiles.go b/internal/config/rtfiles.go
index 7a34d324..93743cdd 100644
--- a/internal/config/rtfiles.go
+++ b/internal/config/rtfiles.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ func (rf realFile) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (rf realFile) Data() ([]byte, error) {
-	return ioutil.ReadFile(string(rf))
+	return os.ReadFile(string(rf))
 }
 
 func (af assetFile) Name() string {
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ func AddRealRuntimeFile(fileType RTFiletype, file RuntimeFile) {
 // AddRuntimeFilesFromDirectory registers each file from the given directory for
 // the filetype which matches the file-pattern
 func AddRuntimeFilesFromDirectory(fileType RTFiletype, directory, pattern string) {
-	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(directory)
+	files, _ := os.ReadDir(directory)
 	for _, f := range files {
 		if ok, _ := filepath.Match(pattern, f.Name()); !f.IsDir() && ok {
 			fullPath := filepath.Join(directory, f.Name())
@@ -194,14 +193,14 @@ func InitPlugins() {
 
 	// Search ConfigDir for plugin-scripts
 	plugdir := filepath.Join(ConfigDir, "plug")
-	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(plugdir)
+	files, _ := os.ReadDir(plugdir)
 
 	isID := regexp.MustCompile(`^[_A-Za-z0-9]+$`).MatchString
 
 	for _, d := range files {
 		plugpath := filepath.Join(plugdir, d.Name())
 		if stat, err := os.Stat(plugpath); err == nil && stat.IsDir() {
-			srcs, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(plugpath)
+			srcs, _ := os.ReadDir(plugpath)
 			p := new(Plugin)
 			p.Name = d.Name()
 			p.DirName = d.Name()
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ func InitPlugins() {
 				if strings.HasSuffix(f.Name(), ".lua") {
 					p.Srcs = append(p.Srcs, realFile(filepath.Join(plugdir, d.Name(), f.Name())))
 				} else if strings.HasSuffix(f.Name(), ".json") {
-					data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(plugdir, d.Name(), f.Name()))
+					data, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(plugdir, d.Name(), f.Name()))
 					if err != nil {
 						continue
 					}
diff --git a/internal/config/settings.go b/internal/config/settings.go
index cebf1c92..e49b55e7 100644
--- a/internal/config/settings.go
+++ b/internal/config/settings.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ func ReadSettings() error {
 	parsedSettings = make(map[string]interface{})
 	filename := filepath.Join(ConfigDir, "settings.json")
 	if _, e := os.Stat(filename); e == nil {
-		input, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+		input, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 		if err != nil {
 			settingsParseError = true
 			return errors.New("Error reading settings.json file: " + err.Error())
@@ -356,7 +355,7 @@ func WriteSettings(filename string) error {
 		}
 
 		txt, _ := json.MarshalIndent(parsedSettings, "", "    ")
-		err = ioutil.WriteFile(filename, append(txt, '\n'), util.FileMode)
+		err = os.WriteFile(filename, append(txt, '\n'), util.FileMode)
 	}
 	return err
 }
@@ -378,7 +377,7 @@ func OverwriteSettings(filename string) error {
 		}
 
 		txt, _ := json.MarshalIndent(settings, "", "    ")
-		err = ioutil.WriteFile(filename, append(txt, '\n'), util.FileMode)
+		err = os.WriteFile(filename, append(txt, '\n'), util.FileMode)
 	}
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/make_headers.go b/runtime/syntax/make_headers.go
index c00c27da..dba810c7 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/make_headers.go
+++ b/runtime/syntax/make_headers.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
 		os.Chdir(os.Args[1])
 	}
-	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(".")
+	files, _ := os.ReadDir(".")
 	for _, f := range files {
 		fname := f.Name()
 		if strings.HasSuffix(fname, ".yaml") {
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ func main() {
 func convert(name string) {
 	filename := name + ".yaml"
 	var hdr HeaderYaml
-	source, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	source, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ func encode(name string, c HeaderYaml) {
 
 func decode(name string) Header {
 	start := time.Now()
-	data, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(name + ".hdr")
+	data, _ := os.ReadFile(name + ".hdr")
 	strs := bytes.Split(data, []byte{'\n'})
 	var hdr Header
 	hdr.FileType = string(strs[0])
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/syntax_converter.go b/runtime/syntax/syntax_converter.go
index c8af2f35..1bf9ca31 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/syntax_converter.go
+++ b/runtime/syntax/syntax_converter.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -161,6 +160,6 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	data, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(os.Args[1])
+	data, _ := os.ReadFile(os.Args[1])
 	fmt.Print(generateFile(parseFile(string(data), os.Args[1])))
 }
diff --git a/tools/remove-nightly-assets.go b/tools/remove-nightly-assets.go
index eee39b30..0e0411f7 100644
--- a/tools/remove-nightly-assets.go
+++ b/tools/remove-nightly-assets.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 
 	var data interface{}
 
diff --git a/tools/testgen.go b/tools/testgen.go
index f110202f..580b5a65 100644
--- a/tools/testgen.go
+++ b/tools/testgen.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ func main() {
 	var tests []test
 
 	for _, filename := range os.Args[1:] {
-		source, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+		source, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalln(err)
 		}