diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 56cde771..931d5eff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -334,16 +334,6 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atomic-write-file"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c232177ba50b16fe7a4588495bd474a62a9e45a8e4ca6fd7d0b7ac29d164631e"
-dependencies = [
- "nix 0.26.4",
- "rand",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "atty"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -1916,7 +1906,7 @@ version = "1.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4863ee94f19ed315bf3bc00299338d857d4b5bc856af375cc97d237382ad3856"
 dependencies = [
- "nix 0.23.2",
+ "nix",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -1951,15 +1941,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memoffset"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5de893c32cde5f383baa4c04c5d6dbdd735cfd4a794b0debdb2bb1b421da5ff4"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memoffset"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2069,19 +2050,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memoffset 0.6.5",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.26.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "598beaf3cc6fdd9a5dfb1630c2800c7acd31df7aaf0f565796fba2b53ca1af1b"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "memoffset 0.7.1",
- "pin-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -2848,7 +2816,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "memchr",
- "nix 0.23.2",
+ "nix",
  "radix_trie",
  "scopeguard",
  "smallvec",
@@ -3402,7 +3370,6 @@ name = "sqlx-macros-core"
 version = "0.7.3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
- "atomic-write-file",
  "dotenvy",
  "either",
  "heck 0.4.1",
diff --git a/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
index 53fadd21..48e8d264 100644
--- a/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-macros-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 dotenvy = { workspace = true }
 
-atomic-write-file = { version = "0.1" }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3" }
 heck = { version = "0.4", features = ["unicode"] }
 either = "1.6.1"
diff --git a/sqlx-macros-core/src/query/data.rs b/sqlx-macros-core/src/query/data.rs
index 70eb9c04..a0d23911 100644
--- a/sqlx-macros-core/src/query/data.rs
+++ b/sqlx-macros-core/src/query/data.rs
@@ -151,22 +151,41 @@ where
     }
 
     pub(super) fn save_in(&self, dir: impl AsRef<Path>) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let path = dir.as_ref().join(format!("query-{}.json", self.hash));
-        let mut file = atomic_write_file::AtomicWriteFile::open(&path)
-            .map_err(|err| format!("failed to open the temporary file: {err:?}"))?;
+        use std::io::ErrorKind;
 
-        serde_json::to_writer_pretty(file.as_file_mut(), self)
-            .map_err(|err| format!("failed to serialize query data to file: {err:?}"))?;
+        let path = dir.as_ref().join(format!("query-{}.json", self.hash));
+        match std::fs::remove_file(&path) {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(err)
+                if matches!(
+                    err.kind(),
+                    ErrorKind::NotFound | ErrorKind::PermissionDenied,
+                ) => {}
+            Err(err) => return Err(format!("failed to delete {path:?}: {err:?}").into()),
+        }
+        let mut file = match std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .write(true)
+            .create_new(true)
+            .open(&path)
+        {
+            Ok(file) => file,
+            // We overlapped with a concurrent invocation and the other one succeeded.
+            Err(err) if matches!(err.kind(), ErrorKind::AlreadyExists) => return Ok(()),
+            Err(err) => {
+                return Err(format!("failed to exclusively create {path:?}: {err:?}").into())
+            }
+        };
+
+        let data = serde_json::to_string_pretty(self)
+            .map_err(|err| format!("failed to serialize query data: {err:?}"))?;
+        file.write_all(data.as_bytes())
+            .map_err(|err| format!("failed to write query data to file: {err:?}"))?;
 
         // Ensure there is a newline at the end of the JSON file to avoid
         // accidental modification by IDE and make github diff tool happier.
-        file.as_file_mut()
-            .write_all(b"\n")
+        file.write_all(b"\n")
             .map_err(|err| format!("failed to append a newline to file: {err:?}"))?;
 
-        file.commit()
-            .map_err(|err| format!("failed to commit the query data to {path:?}: {err:?}"))?;
-
         Ok(())
     }
 }