diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d140551..8c39d44 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@notionhq/client": "2.2.3",
-        "axios": "^1.6.8",
         "chalk": "^4.1.2",
         "commander": "^9.2.0",
         "cosmiconfig": "^8.0.0",
@@ -1510,29 +1509,6 @@
         "node": ">= 4.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/axios": {
-      "version": "1.6.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-1.6.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-v/ZHtJDU39mDpyBoFVkETcd/uNdxrWRrg3bKpOKzXFA6Bvqopts6ALSMU3y6ijYxbw2B+wPrIv46egTzJXCLGQ==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "follow-redirects": "^1.15.6",
-        "form-data": "^4.0.0",
-        "proxy-from-env": "^1.1.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/axios/node_modules/form-data": {
-      "version": "4.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ETEklSGi5t0QMZuiXoA/Q6vcnxcLQP5vdugSpuAyi6SVGi2clPPp+xgEhuMaHC+zGgn31Kd235W35f7Hykkaww==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "asynckit": "^0.4.0",
-        "combined-stream": "^1.0.8",
-        "mime-types": "^2.1.12"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/babel-code-frame": {
       "version": "6.26.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/babel-code-frame/-/babel-code-frame-6.26.0.tgz",
@@ -4688,25 +4664,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC"
     },
-    "node_modules/follow-redirects": {
-      "version": "1.15.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-wWN62YITEaOpSK584EZXJafH1AGpO8RVgElfkuXbTOrPX4fIfOyEpW/CsiNd8JdYrAoOvafRTOEnvsO++qCqFA==",
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "individual",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/RubenVerborgh"
-        }
-      ],
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=4.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "debug": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/form-data": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-3.0.1.tgz",
@@ -10391,11 +10348,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC"
     },
-    "node_modules/proxy-from-env": {
-      "version": "1.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-from-env/-/proxy-from-env-1.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-D+zkORCbA9f1tdWRK0RaCR3GPv50cMxcrz4X8k5LTSUD1Dkw47mKJEZQNunItRTkWwgtaUSo1RVFRIG9ZXiFYg=="
-    },
     "node_modules/pseudomap": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pseudomap/-/pseudomap-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4136d52..6057622 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
   "//note: ts-node": "really is a runtime dependency",
   "dependencies": {
     "@notionhq/client": "2.2.3",
-    "axios": "^1.6.8",
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "commander": "^9.2.0",
     "cosmiconfig": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/src/images.ts b/src/images.ts
index aa42b8a..0b51e7e 100644
--- a/src/images.ts
+++ b/src/images.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as fs from "fs-extra";
 import FileType, { FileTypeResult } from "file-type";
-import axios from "axios";
 import { makeImagePersistencePlan } from "./MakeImagePersistencePlan";
 import { warning, logDebug, verbose, info } from "./log";
 import { ListBlockChildrenResponseResult } from "notion-to-md/build/types";
@@ -150,10 +149,15 @@ async function processImageBlock(
 async function readPrimaryImage(imageSet: ImageSet) {
   // In Mar 2024, we started having a problem getting a particular gif from imgur using
   // node-fetch. Switching to axios resolved it. I don't know why.
-  const response = await axios.get(imageSet.primaryUrl, {
-    responseType: "arraybuffer",
-  });
-  imageSet.primaryBuffer = Buffer.from(response.data, "utf-8");
+  // Then, in Apr 2025, we started getting 429 responses from imgur through axios,
+  // so we switched to node's built-in fetch (different than the node-fetch package).
+  // Just a guess, but probably imgur keeps locking down what it suspects as code running
+  // to scrape images.
+  // Apparently, imgur is getting to be more and more of a liability,
+  // so we should probably stop using it.
+  const response = await fetch(imageSet.primaryUrl);
+  const arrayBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+  imageSet.primaryBuffer = Buffer.from(arrayBuffer);
   imageSet.fileType = await FileType.fromBuffer(imageSet.primaryBuffer);
 }