diff --git a/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js b/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
index a8f8c30ed240..5dfc152c58cf 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
@@ -89,24 +89,24 @@ const doImport = async (req, res, padId, authorId) => {
     maxFileSize: settings.importMaxFileSize,
   });
 
-  // locally wrapped Promise, since form.parse requires a callback
-  let srcFile = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    form.parse(req, (err, fields, files) => {
-      if (err != null) {
-        logger.warn(`Import failed due to form error: ${err.stack || err}`);
-        // I hate doing indexOf here but I can't see anything to use...
-        if (err && err.stack && err.stack.indexOf('maxFileSize') !== -1) {
-          return reject(new ImportError('maxFileSize'));
-        }
-        return reject(new ImportError('uploadFailed'));
-      }
-      if (!files.file) {
-        logger.warn('Import failed because form had no file');
-        return reject(new ImportError('uploadFailed'));
-      }
-      resolve(files.file[0].filepath);
-    });
-  });
+  let srcFile;
+  let files;
+  let fields;
+  try {
+    [fields, files] = await form.parse(req);
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.warn(`Import failed due to form error: ${err.stack || err}`);
+    if (err.code === Formidable.formidableErrors.biggerThanMaxFileSize) {
+      throw new ImportError('maxFileSize');
+    }
+    throw new ImportError('uploadFailed');
+  }
+  if (!files.file) {
+    logger.warn('Import failed because form had no file');
+    throw new ImportError('uploadFailed');
+  } else {
+    srcFile = files.file[0].filepath;
+  }
 
   // ensure this is a file ending we know, else we change the file ending to .txt
   // this allows us to accept source code files like .c or .java
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/apicalls.js b/src/node/hooks/express/apicalls.js
index 010ab14e520e..5dbb57e16388 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/apicalls.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/apicalls.js
@@ -8,20 +8,19 @@ const util = require('util');
 
 exports.expressPreSession = async (hookName, {app}) => {
   // The Etherpad client side sends information about how a disconnect happened
-  app.post('/ep/pad/connection-diagnostic-info', (req, res) => {
-    new Formidable().parse(req, (err, fields, files) => {
-      clientLogger.info(`DIAGNOSTIC-INFO: ${fields.diagnosticInfo}`);
-      res.end('OK');
-    });
+  app.post('/ep/pad/connection-diagnostic-info', async (req, res) => {
+    const [fields, files] = await (new Formidable({})).parse(req);
+    clientLogger.info(`DIAGNOSTIC-INFO: ${fields.diagnosticInfo}`);
+    res.end('OK');
   });
 
-  const parseJserrorForm = async (req) => await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  const parseJserrorForm = async (req) => {
     const form = new Formidable({
       maxFileSize: 1, // Files are not expected. Not sure if 0 means unlimited, so 1 is used.
     });
-    form.on('error', (err) => reject(err));
-    form.parse(req, (err, fields) => err != null ? reject(err) : resolve(fields.errorInfo));
-  });
+    const [fields, files] = await form.parse(req);
+    return fields.errorInfo;
+  };
 
   // The Etherpad client side sends information about client side javscript errors
   app.post('/jserror', (req, res, next) => {
diff --git a/src/node/hooks/express/openapi.js b/src/node/hooks/express/openapi.js
index 0531854aa5ba..240b6fcf5811 100644
--- a/src/node/hooks/express/openapi.js
+++ b/src/node/hooks/express/openapi.js
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 const OpenAPIBackend = require('openapi-backend').default;
-const formidable = require('formidable');
-const {promisify} = require('util');
+const IncomingForm = require('formidable').IncomingForm;
 const cloneDeep = require('lodash.clonedeep');
 const createHTTPError = require('http-errors');
 
@@ -596,9 +595,13 @@ exports.expressPreSession = async (hookName, {app}) => {
           // read form data if method was POST
           let formData = {};
           if (c.request.method === 'post') {
-            const form = new formidable.IncomingForm();
-            const parseForm = promisify(form.parse).bind(form);
-            formData = await parseForm(req);
+            const form = new IncomingForm();
+            formData = (await form.parse(req))[0];
+            for (const k of Object.keys(formData)) {
+              if (formData[k] instanceof Array) {
+                formData[k] = formData[k][0];
+              }
+            }
           }
 
           const fields = Object.assign({}, header, params, query, formData);