diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b78e6d8..2c4e493 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1880,7 +1880,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "glib",
  "gstreamer-play",
  "gtk4",
- "lazy_static",
  "libadwaita",
  "log",
  "mpris-server",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4f0b267..ac6b612 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ gettext-rs = { version = "0.7", features = ["gettext-system"] }
 glib = { version = "0.20", features = ["v2_84"] }
 gstreamer-play = "0.23"
 gtk = { package = "gtk4", version = "0.9", features = ["v4_18", "blueprint"] }
-lazy_static = "1"
 log = "0.4"
 mpris-server = "0.8"
 once_cell = "1"
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 6358704..ecf9f07 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -2,27 +2,26 @@ pub mod activatable_row;
 pub mod drag_widget;
 pub mod error_dialog;
 
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
+
 use gettextrs::gettext;
 use gtk::glib::{self, clone};
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 use error_dialog::ErrorDialog;
 
-lazy_static! {
-    /// The user's language code.
-    pub static ref LANG: String = {
-        let lang = match glib::language_names().first() {
-            Some(language_name) => match language_name.split('_').next() {
-                Some(lang) => lang.to_string(),
-                None => "generic".to_string(),
-            },
+/// The user's language code.
+pub static LANG: LazyLock<String> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    let lang = match glib::language_names().first() {
+        Some(language_name) => match language_name.split('_').next() {
+            Some(lang) => lang.to_string(),
             None => "generic".to_string(),
-        };
-
-        log::info!("Intialized user language to '{lang}'.");
-        lang
+        },
+        None => "generic".to_string(),
     };
-}
+
+    log::info!("Intialized user language to '{lang}'.");
+    lang
+});
 
 /// Create and show an error toast. This will also log the error to the console.
 pub fn error_toast(msgid: &str, err: anyhow::Error, toast_overlay: &adw::ToastOverlay) {