diff --git a/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/index.ts b/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/index.ts
index 50b08925f..b411ed5c2 100644
--- a/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/index.ts
+++ b/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Feature, Geometry } from "geojson";
 import { booleanDisjoint } from "@turf/boolean-disjoint";
-import { flattenEach } from "@turf/meta";
 
 /**
  * Boolean-intersects returns (TRUE) if the intersection of the two geometries is NOT an empty set.
@@ -36,18 +35,9 @@ function booleanIntersects(
     ignoreSelfIntersections?: boolean;
   } = {}
 ) {
-  let bool = false;
-  flattenEach(feature1, (flatten1) => {
-    flattenEach(feature2, (flatten2) => {
-      if (bool === true) {
-        return true;
-      }
-      bool = !booleanDisjoint(flatten1.geometry, flatten2.geometry, {
-        ignoreSelfIntersections,
-      });
-    });
-  });
-  return bool;
+  // booleanDisjoint already compares every flattened geometry pair, so
+  // intersects is simply its negation.
+  return !booleanDisjoint(feature1, feature2, { ignoreSelfIntersections });
 }
 
 export { booleanIntersects };
diff --git a/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/package.json b/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/package.json
index c6cad7b88..e147d5fcc 100644
--- a/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/package.json
+++ b/packages/turf-boolean-intersects/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   "contributors": [
     "Rowan Winsemius <@rowanwins>",
     "Denis Carriere <@DenisCarriere>",
-    "David Whittingham <@01100100>"
+    "David Whittingham <@01100100>",
+    "Espen Hovlandsdal <@rexxars>"
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "bugs": {
@@ -67,8 +68,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@turf/boolean-disjoint": "workspace:*",
-    "@turf/helpers": "workspace:*",
-    "@turf/meta": "workspace:*",
     "@types/geojson": "catalog:",
     "tslib": "catalog:"
   }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 5b16f38d7..1b0ab5f4b 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1193,12 +1193,6 @@ importers:
       '@turf/boolean-disjoint':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../turf-boolean-disjoint
-      '@turf/helpers':
-        specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../turf-helpers
-      '@turf/meta':
-        specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../turf-meta
       '@types/geojson':
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 7946.0.14