diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e41ec8cbd..7f90bd510 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
 /.cipd_client*
 /.versions
 
-# ignore ninja.exe copied from .cipd_bin.
-/ninja.exe
-
 # Ignore "disable auto update" sentinel file.
 .disable_auto_update
 
diff --git a/cipd_bin_setup.bat b/cipd_bin_setup.bat
index 3936fc0d5..11350cdea 100644
--- a/cipd_bin_setup.bat
+++ b/cipd_bin_setup.bat
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@
 :: Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 :: found in the LICENSE file.
 
-call "%~dp0\cipd.bat" ensure -log-level warning -ensure-file "%~dp0\cipd_manifest.txt" -root "%~dp0\.cipd_bin"
-:: copy ninja.exe to the root since many places assume ninja.exe exists in depot_tools.
-copy /y "%~dp0\.cipd_bin\ninja.exe" "%~dp0\ninja.exe" > nul
+"%~dp0\cipd.bat" ensure -log-level warning -ensure-file "%~dp0\cipd_manifest.txt" -root "%~dp0\.cipd_bin"
diff --git a/ninja b/ninja
index 99a6c7e35..4b3f98702 100755
--- a/ninja
+++ b/ninja
@@ -1,11 +1,40 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Copyright 2022 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
-# See revert instructions in cipd_manifest.txt
+OS="$(uname -s)"
+THIS_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
 
-MYPATH="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+function print_help() {
+cat <<-EOF
+No prebuilt ninja binary was found for this system.
+Try building your own binary by doing:
+  cd ~
+  git clone https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git -b v1.8.2
+  cd ninja && ./configure.py --bootstrap
+Then add ~/ninja/ to your PATH.
+EOF
+}
 
-exec "$MYPATH/.cipd_bin/ninja" "$@"
+case "$OS" in
+  Linux)
+    MACHINE=$(uname -m)
+    case "$MACHINE" in
+      x86_64)
+        exec "${THIS_DIR}/ninja-linux64" "$@";;
+      *)
+        echo Unsupported architecture \($MACHINE\) -- unable to run ninja.
+        print_help
+        exit 1;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+  Darwin)    exec "${THIS_DIR}/ninja-mac" "$@";;
+  CYGWIN*)   exec cmd.exe /c $(cygpath -t windows $0).exe "$@";;
+  MINGW*)    cmd.exe //c $0.exe "$@";;
+  MSYS_NT*)  cmd.exe //c $0.exe "$@";;
+  *)         echo "Unsupported OS ${OS}"
+             print_help
+             exit 1;;
+esac
diff --git a/ninja-linux64 b/ninja-linux64
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d72fb5679
Binary files /dev/null and b/ninja-linux64 differ
diff --git a/ninja-mac b/ninja-mac
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..995ccc000
Binary files /dev/null and b/ninja-mac differ
diff --git a/ninja.exe b/ninja.exe
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f86ef0738
Binary files /dev/null and b/ninja.exe differ
diff --git a/recipes/README.recipes.md b/recipes/README.recipes.md
index 9b09a72e3..7b1297c8d 100644
--- a/recipes/README.recipes.md
+++ b/recipes/README.recipes.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Sets a fixed revision for a single dependency using project revision
 properties.
 ### *recipe_modules* / [depot\_tools](/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools)
 
-[DEPS](/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py#7): [recipe\_engine/cipd][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/cipd], [recipe\_engine/context][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/context], [recipe\_engine/file][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/file], [recipe\_engine/platform][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/platform], [recipe\_engine/runtime][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/runtime]
+[DEPS](/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py#7): [recipe\_engine/cipd][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/cipd], [recipe\_engine/context][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/context], [recipe\_engine/platform][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/platform], [recipe\_engine/runtime][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/runtime]
 
 PYTHON_VERSION_COMPATIBILITY: PY2+3
 
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py
index 4d6d352dd..c9f0de463 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ PYTHON_VERSION_COMPATIBILITY = 'PY2+3'
 DEPS = [
   'recipe_engine/cipd',
   'recipe_engine/context',
-  'recipe_engine/file',
   'recipe_engine/platform',
   'recipe_engine/runtime',
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/api.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/api.py
index db1407322..a5d260358 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/api.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/api.py
@@ -86,11 +86,4 @@ class DepotToolsApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
       self.repo_resource('.cipd_bin'),
       self.repo_resource('cipd_manifest.txt'),
       'ensure depot_tools/.cipd_bin')
-    if self.m.platform.is_win:
-      # Copy ninja.exe from .cipd_bin to depot_tools root because there are
-      # many places that assume depot_tools/ninja.exe exists.
-      self.m.file.copy(
-        'copy depot_tools/.cipd_bin/ninja.exe to depot_tools/',
-        self.repo_resource('.cipd_bin', 'ninja.exe'),
-        self.repo_resource('ninja.exe'))
     self._cipd_bin_setup_called = True
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/examples/full.expected/win.json b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/examples/full.expected/win.json
index 239addbad..8ae032a4e 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/examples/full.expected/win.json
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/examples/full.expected/win.json
@@ -62,20 +62,6 @@
       "@@@STEP_LOG_END@json.output@@@"
     ]
   },
-  {
-    "cmd": [
-      "vpython3",
-      "-u",
-      "RECIPE_MODULE[recipe_engine::file]\\resources\\fileutil.py",
-      "--json-output",
-      "/path/to/tmp/json",
-      "copy",
-      "RECIPE_REPO[depot_tools]\\.cipd_bin\\ninja.exe",
-      "RECIPE_REPO[depot_tools]\\ninja.exe"
-    ],
-    "infra_step": true,
-    "name": "copy depot_tools/.cipd_bin/ninja.exe to depot_tools/"
-  },
   {
     "cmd": [
       "ls",