diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab23dee..3274f59 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
     "test": "jest && eslint .",
     "test:coverage": "jest --config jestconfig.coverage.json"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "lodash": "^4.17.21"
-  },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "tailwindcss": "^3.0.1"
   },
diff --git a/src/plugin.js b/src/plugin.js
index d9a18ac..5b0964e 100644
--- a/src/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugin.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-const _ = require('lodash')
+const { reduce } = require('./util/lodash-fns')
 const extractGridAreaNames = require('./util/extractGridAreaNames')
 
 module.exports = function ({ addUtilities, matchUtilities, theme, variants }) {
   const gridAreaNames = extractGridAreaNames(theme('gridTemplateAreas'))
 
-  const templateAreas = _.reduce(
+  const templateAreas = reduce(
     theme('gridTemplateAreas'),
     (templates, area, name) => {
       return {
diff --git a/src/util/extractGridAreaNames.js b/src/util/extractGridAreaNames.js
index 03ca754..1d256aa 100644
--- a/src/util/extractGridAreaNames.js
+++ b/src/util/extractGridAreaNames.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-const _ = require('lodash')
+const { uniq, flatMap } = require('./lodash-fns')
 
 module.exports = function (gridTemplateAreas) {
-  return _.uniq(
-    _.flatMap(gridTemplateAreas, (row) => {
-      return _.flatMap(row, (area) => {
+  return uniq(
+    flatMap(gridTemplateAreas, (row) => {
+      return flatMap(row, (area) => {
         // extract grid area names from the gridTemplate
-        return _.flatMap(area.match(/[^\s]+/g), (match) => {
+        return flatMap(area.match(/[^\s]+/g), (match) => {
           if (match !== '.') {
             return match
           }
diff --git a/src/util/lodash-fns.js b/src/util/lodash-fns.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..317dea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/lodash-fns.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+function reduce(collection, item, initialVal) {
+  if (!collection) return []
+  return Object.keys(collection).reduce(
+    (carry, current, index, array) =>
+      item(
+        carry,
+        !Array.isArray(collection) ? collection[current] : current,
+        !Array.isArray(collection) ? current : array,
+          index
+      ),
+    initialVal
+  )
+}
+
+function baseFlatten(array, depth) {
+  const result = []
+  if (!array) {
+    return result
+  }
+
+  for (const value of array) {
+    if (depth && Array.isArray(value)) {
+      if (depth > 1) {
+        // Recursively flatten arrays (susceptible to call stack limits).
+        baseFlatten(value, depth - 1)
+      } else {
+        result.push(...value)
+      }
+    } else {
+      result[result.length] = value
+    }
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+function flatMap(arr, mapper) {
+  if (!arr) return []
+  return baseFlatten(
+    Object.keys(arr).map((value, index) => mapper(arr[value], !Array.isArray(arr) ? value : index)),
+    1
+  )
+}
+
+function uniq(arr) {
+  return [...new Set(arr)]
+}
+
+module.exports = { reduce, flatMap, uniq }
diff --git a/test/plugin.test.js b/test/plugin.test.js
index 7f036b7..2dc74ec 100644
--- a/test/plugin.test.js
+++ b/test/plugin.test.js
@@ -1,20 +1,41 @@
-import _ from 'lodash'
 import escapeClassName from 'tailwindcss/lib/util/escapeClassName'
 import plugin from '../src/plugin'
 import { expect, test } from '@jest/globals'
 
+function get(object, path, defaultValue) {
+  let localePath = path
+  if (typeof path === 'string') {
+    localePath = path.split('.').map((key) => {
+      const numKey = Number(key)
+      return Number.isNaN(numKey) ? key : numKey
+    })
+  }
+
+  let result = object
+
+  for (const key of localePath) {
+    if (!result) {
+      return defaultValue
+    }
+
+    result = result[key]
+  }
+
+  return result ?? defaultValue
+}
+
 test('returns default utilities', () => {
   const addedUtilities = []
 
   const config = {}
 
-  const getConfigValue = (path, defaultValue) => _.get(config, path, defaultValue)
+  const getConfigValue = (path, defaultValue) => get(config, path, defaultValue)
   const pluginApi = {
     config: getConfigValue,
     e: escapeClassName,
     theme: (path, defaultValue) => getConfigValue(`theme.${path}`, defaultValue),
     variants: (path, defaultValue) => {
-      if (_.isArray(config.variants)) {
+      if (Array.isArray(config.variants)) {
         return config.variants
       }
 
@@ -100,13 +121,13 @@ test('returns all utilities for grid areas', () => {
     },
   }
 
-  const getConfigValue = (path, defaultValue) => _.get(config, path, defaultValue)
+  const getConfigValue = (path, defaultValue) => get(config, path, defaultValue)
   const pluginApi = {
     config: getConfigValue,
     e: escapeClassName,
     theme: (path, defaultValue) => getConfigValue(`theme.${path}`, defaultValue),
     variants: (path, defaultValue) => {
-      if (_.isArray(config.variants)) {
+      if (Array.isArray(config.variants)) {
         return config.variants
       }
 
@@ -200,13 +221,13 @@ test('works for multiple grid templates', () => {
     },
   }
 
-  const getConfigValue = (path, defaultValue) => _.get(config, path, defaultValue)
+  const getConfigValue = (path, defaultValue) => get(config, path, defaultValue)
   const pluginApi = {
     config: getConfigValue,
     e: escapeClassName,
     theme: (path, defaultValue) => getConfigValue(`theme.${path}`, defaultValue),
     variants: (path, defaultValue) => {
-      if (_.isArray(config.variants)) {
+      if (Array.isArray(config.variants)) {
         return config.variants
       }
 
@@ -302,13 +323,13 @@ test('works for more than two rows', () => {
     },
   }
 
-  const getConfigValue = (path, defaultValue) => _.get(config, path, defaultValue)
+  const getConfigValue = (path, defaultValue) => get(config, path, defaultValue)
   const pluginApi = {
     config: getConfigValue,
     e: escapeClassName,
     theme: (path, defaultValue) => getConfigValue(`theme.${path}`, defaultValue),
     variants: (path, defaultValue) => {
-      if (_.isArray(config.variants)) {
+      if (Array.isArray(config.variants)) {
         return config.variants
       }