diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/commands/remove.rs b/src/bin/cargo/commands/remove.rs
index 6bccac53d..d65410618 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/commands/remove.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/commands/remove.rs
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ fn parse_section(args: &ArgMatches) -> DepTable {
 /// Clean up the workspace.dependencies, profile, patch, and replace sections of the root manifest
 /// by removing dependencies which no longer have a reference to them.
 fn gc_workspace(workspace: &Workspace<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
-    let mut workspace_manifest: toml_edit::DocumentMut =
-        cargo_util::paths::read(workspace.root_manifest())?.parse()?;
+    let mut workspace_manifest = LocalManifest::try_new(workspace.root_manifest())?;
     let mut is_modified = true;
 
     let members = workspace
@@ -204,6 +203,7 @@ fn gc_workspace(workspace: &Workspace<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
     // Clean up the workspace.dependencies section and replace instances of
     // workspace dependencies with their definitions
     if let Some(toml_edit::Item::Table(deps_table)) = workspace_manifest
+        .data
         .get_mut("workspace")
         .and_then(|t| t.get_mut("dependencies"))
     {
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ fn gc_workspace(workspace: &Workspace<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
     // - profile.dev.package.foo
     // - profile.release.package."foo:2.1.0"
     if let Some(toml_edit::Item::Table(profile_section_table)) =
-        workspace_manifest.get_mut("profile")
+        workspace_manifest.data.get_mut("profile")
     {
         profile_section_table.set_implicit(true);
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ fn gc_workspace(workspace: &Workspace<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
     }
 
     // Clean up the replace section
-    if let Some(toml_edit::Item::Table(table)) = workspace_manifest.get_mut("replace") {
+    if let Some(toml_edit::Item::Table(table)) = workspace_manifest.data.get_mut("replace") {
         table.set_implicit(true);
 
         for (key, item) in table.iter_mut() {
@@ -298,10 +298,7 @@ fn gc_workspace(workspace: &Workspace<'_>) -> CargoResult<()> {
     }
 
     if is_modified {
-        cargo_util::paths::write_atomic(
-            workspace.root_manifest(),
-            workspace_manifest.to_string().as_bytes(),
-        )?;
+        workspace_manifest.write()?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
@@ -342,12 +339,13 @@ fn spec_has_match(
 
 /// Removes unused patches from the manifest
 fn gc_unused_patches(workspace: &Workspace<'_>, resolve: &Resolve) -> CargoResult<bool> {
-    let mut workspace_manifest: toml_edit::DocumentMut =
-        cargo_util::paths::read(workspace.root_manifest())?.parse()?;
+    let mut workspace_manifest = LocalManifest::try_new(workspace.root_manifest())?;
     let mut modified = false;
 
     // Clean up the patch section
-    if let Some(toml_edit::Item::Table(patch_section_table)) = workspace_manifest.get_mut("patch") {
+    if let Some(toml_edit::Item::Table(patch_section_table)) =
+        workspace_manifest.data.get_mut("patch")
+    {
         patch_section_table.set_implicit(true);
 
         for (_, item) in patch_section_table.iter_mut() {
@@ -385,10 +383,7 @@ fn gc_unused_patches(workspace: &Workspace<'_>, resolve: &Resolve) -> CargoResul
     }
 
     if modified {
-        cargo_util::paths::write(
-            workspace.root_manifest(),
-            workspace_manifest.to_string().as_bytes(),
-        )?;
+        workspace_manifest.write()?;
     }
 
     Ok(modified)