diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 49033b1..0d5250e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ euclid = "0.20.7"
 lru = "0.4.3"
 derive-new = "0.5"
 rmpv = "0.4.4"
-rust-embed = { version = "5.2.0", features = ["debug-embed"] }
 image = { version = "0.22.3", default-features = false, features = ["ico"] }
 nvim-rs = { git = "https://github.com/KillTheMule/nvim-rs", branch = "master", features = ["use_tokio"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.1.1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a2bbd8c..00cc727 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ pub mod windows_utils;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate derive_new;
 #[macro_use]
-extern crate rust_embed;
-#[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
 
 use std::sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, mpsc::channel, Arc};
diff --git a/src/renderer/fonts/font_loader.rs b/src/renderer/fonts/font_loader.rs
index 9021e42..6d35a1f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/fonts/font_loader.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/fonts/font_loader.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@ use skia_safe::{font::Edging, Data, Font, FontHinting, FontMgr, FontStyle, Typef
 use super::font_options::FontOptions;
 use super::swash_font::SwashFont;
 
-#[derive(RustEmbed)]
-#[folder = "assets/fonts/"]
-pub struct Asset;
-
-const DEFAULT_FONT: &str = "FiraCode-Regular.ttf";
-const LAST_RESORT_FONT: &str = "LastResort-Regular.ttf";
+static DEFAULT_FONT: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../../assets/fonts/FiraCode-Regular.ttf");
+static LAST_RESORT_FONT: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../../assets/fonts/LastResort-Regular.ttf");
 
 pub struct FontPair {
     pub skia_font: Font,
@@ -141,14 +137,12 @@ impl FontLoader {
                 FontPair::new(Font::from_typeface(typeface, self.font_size))
             }
             FontSelection::Default => {
-                let default_font_data = Asset::get(DEFAULT_FONT).unwrap();
-                let data = Data::new_copy(&default_font_data);
+                let data = Data::new_copy(DEFAULT_FONT);
                 let typeface = Typeface::from_data(data, 0).unwrap();
                 FontPair::new(Font::from_typeface(typeface, self.font_size))
             }
             FontSelection::LastResort => {
-                let default_font_data = Asset::get(LAST_RESORT_FONT).unwrap();
-                let data = Data::new_copy(&default_font_data);
+                let data = Data::new_copy(LAST_RESORT_FONT);
                 let typeface = Typeface::from_data(data, 0).unwrap();
                 FontPair::new(Font::from_typeface(typeface, self.font_size))
             }
diff --git a/src/window/window_wrapper/mod.rs b/src/window/window_wrapper/mod.rs
index ddb1b54..cd74c49 100644
--- a/src/window/window_wrapper/mod.rs
+++ b/src/window/window_wrapper/mod.rs
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ use keyboard_manager::KeyboardManager;
 use mouse_manager::MouseManager;
 use renderer::SkiaRenderer;
 
-#[derive(RustEmbed)]
-#[folder = "assets/"]
-struct Asset;
+static ICON: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../../assets/neovide.ico");
 
 pub struct GlutinWindowWrapper {
     windowed_context: WindowedContext<glutin::PossiblyCurrent>,
@@ -221,8 +219,7 @@ pub fn create_window(
     running: Arc<AtomicBool>,
 ) {
     let icon = {
-        let icon_data = Asset::get("neovide.ico").expect("Failed to read icon data");
-        let icon = load_from_memory(&icon_data).expect("Failed to parse icon data");
+        let icon = load_from_memory(ICON).expect("Failed to parse icon data");
         let (width, height) = icon.dimensions();
         let mut rgba = Vec::with_capacity((width * height) as usize * 4);
         for (_, _, pixel) in icon.pixels() {