diff --git a/common/file_helpers.py b/common/file_helpers.py
index a29eafdd9f..7524860f96 100644
--- a/common/file_helpers.py
+++ b/common/file_helpers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
-from atomicwrites import AtomicWriter
+import contextlib
+from typing import Optional
 
 
 def rm_not_exists_ok(path):
@@ -71,19 +72,25 @@ def _get_fileobject_func(writer, temp_dir):
     return writer.get_fileobject(dir=temp_dir)
   return _get_fileobject
 
-def atomic_write_on_fs_tmp(path, **kwargs):
-  """Creates an atomic writer using a temporary file in a temporary directory
-     on the same filesystem as path.
-  """
-  # TODO(mgraczyk): This use of AtomicWriter relies on implementation details to set the temp
-  #                 directory.
-  writer = AtomicWriter(path, **kwargs)
-  return writer._open(_get_fileobject_func(writer, get_tmpdir_on_same_filesystem(path)))
-
-
-def atomic_write_in_dir(path, **kwargs):
-  """Creates an atomic writer using a temporary file in the same directory
-     as the destination file.
-  """
-  writer = AtomicWriter(path, **kwargs)
-  return writer._open(_get_fileobject_func(writer, os.path.dirname(path)))
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def atomic_write_on_fs_tmp(path: str, mode: str = 'w', buffering: int = -1, encoding: Optional[str] = None, newline: Optional[str] = None):
+  """Write to a file atomically using a temporary file in a temporary directory on the same filesystem as path."""
+  temp_dir = get_tmpdir_on_same_filesystem(path)
+  with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode=mode, buffering=buffering, encoding=encoding, newline=newline, dir=temp_dir, delete=False) as tmp_file:
+    yield tmp_file
+    tmp_file_name = tmp_file.name
+  os.replace(tmp_file_name, path)
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def atomic_write_in_dir(path: str, mode: str = 'w', buffering: int = -1, encoding: Optional[str] = None, newline: Optional[str] = None, 
+                        overwrite: bool = False):
+  """Write to a file atomically using a temporary file in the same directory as the destination file."""
+  dir_name = os.path.dirname(path)
+
+  if not overwrite and os.path.exists(path):
+    raise FileExistsError(f"File '{path}' already exists. To overwrite it, set 'overwrite' to True.")
+
+  with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode=mode, buffering=buffering, encoding=encoding, newline=newline, dir=dir_name, delete=False) as tmp_file:
+    yield tmp_file
+    tmp_file_name = tmp_file.name
+  os.replace(tmp_file_name, path)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index b58c8c9aa9..8443506e4c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:411564561a9b238f4c2e64f66a50a112aa0a5372e559e9e187979a87e1d026f4
-size 435710
+oid sha256:8fe4d2310328e34ec37f396db589ef55ad34a3d27c7add141abd9235fd38eb11
+size 434974
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 336c440f6b..98091e0088 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ websocket_client = "*"
 polyline = "*"
 
 # these should be removed
-atomicwrites = "*"
 markdown-it-py = "*"
 timezonefinder = "*"
 pycurl = "*"
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ sphinx-rtd-theme = "*"
 sphinx-sitemap = "*"
 tabulate = "*"
 tenacity = "*"
-types-atomicwrites = "*"
 types-pycurl = "*"
 types-requests = "*"
 types-tabulate = "*"