diff --git a/wcwidth/go.mod b/wcwidth/go.mod
index 17227617..c326b44d 100644
--- a/wcwidth/go.mod
+++ b/wcwidth/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ module github.com/charmbracelet/x/wcwidth
 
 go 1.18
 
-require golang.org/x/text v0.21.0
+require github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16
+
+require github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/wcwidth/go.sum b/wcwidth/go.sum
index 0d8f5b2d..2b76de9b 100644
--- a/wcwidth/go.sum
+++ b/wcwidth/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
-golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 h1:E5ScNMtiwvlvB5paMFdw9p4kSQzbXFikJ5SQO6TULQc=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 h1:S1pD9weZBuJdFmowNwbpi7BJ8TNftyUImj/0WQi72jY=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=