diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 97948805..9093e1e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -67,11 +67,13 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/wash2/accesskit?tag=cosmic-0.14#f0599eed5f18111
 dependencies = [
  "accesskit",
  "accesskit_atspi_common",
+ "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-executor",
+ "async-task",
  "atspi",
  "futures-lite",
+ "futures-util",
  "serde",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-stream",
  "zbus",
 ]
 
@@ -264,6 +266,8 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d2f3f79755c74fd155000314eb349864caa787c6592eace6c6882dad873d9c39"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-fs",
+ "async-net",
  "enumflags2",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
@@ -271,7 +275,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "raw-window-handle",
  "serde",
  "serde_repr",
- "tokio",
  "url",
  "zbus",
 ]
@@ -282,13 +285,14 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33a3c86f3fd70c0ffa500ed189abfa90b5a52398a45d5dc372fcc38ebeb7a645"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-fs",
+ "async-net",
  "enumflags2",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "serde",
  "serde_repr",
- "tokio",
  "url",
  "wayland-backend",
  "wayland-client",
@@ -302,12 +306,23 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "435a87a52755b8f27fcf321ac4f04b2802e337c8c4872923137471ec39c37532"
 dependencies = [
- "event-listener",
+ "event-listener 5.4.1",
  "event-listener-strategy",
  "futures-core",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-channel"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81953c529336010edd6d8e358f886d9581267795c61b19475b71314bffa46d35"
+dependencies = [
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "event-listener 2.5.3",
+ "futures-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-channel"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -334,6 +349,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-fs"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8034a681df4aed8b8edbd7fbe472401ecf009251c8b40556b304567052e294c5"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-lock",
+ "blocking",
+ "futures-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-global-executor"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05b1b633a2115cd122d73b955eadd9916c18c8f510ec9cd1686404c60ad1c29c"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel 2.5.0",
+ "async-executor",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "blocking",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-io"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -358,25 +399,36 @@ version = "3.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "290f7f2596bd5b78a9fec8088ccd89180d7f9f55b94b0576823bbbdc72ee8311"
 dependencies = [
- "event-listener",
+ "event-listener 5.4.1",
  "event-listener-strategy",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-net"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b948000fad4873c1c9339d60f2623323a0cfd3816e5181033c6a5cb68b2accf7"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-io",
+ "blocking",
+ "futures-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-process"
 version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc50921ec0055cdd8a16de48773bfeec5c972598674347252c0399676be7da75"
 dependencies = [
- "async-channel",
+ "async-channel 2.5.0",
  "async-io",
  "async-lock",
  "async-signal",
  "async-task",
  "blocking",
  "cfg-if",
- "event-listener",
+ "event-listener 5.4.1",
  "futures-lite",
  "rustix 1.1.4",
 ]
@@ -410,6 +462,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-std"
+version = "1.13.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2c8e079a4ab67ae52b7403632e4618815d6db36d2a010cfe41b02c1b1578f93b"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-channel 1.9.0",
+ "async-global-executor",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "gloo-timers",
+ "kv-log-macro",
+ "log",
+ "memchr",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "pin-utils",
+ "slab",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-task"
 version = "4.7.1"
@@ -609,7 +687,7 @@ version = "1.6.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e83f8d02be6967315521be875afa792a316e28d57b5a2d401897e2a7921b7f21"
 dependencies = [
- "async-channel",
+ "async-channel 2.5.0",
  "async-task",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-lite",
@@ -1049,7 +1127,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "smithay-egui",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tiny-skia",
- "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-journald",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -1080,6 +1157,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "cosmic-config"
 version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-std",
  "atomicwrites",
  "calloop 0.14.4",
  "cosmic-config-derive",
@@ -1091,7 +1169,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify",
  "ron 0.12.0",
  "serde",
- "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "xdg",
  "zbus",
@@ -1725,6 +1802,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener"
+version = "2.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
 version = "5.4.1"
@@ -1742,7 +1825,7 @@ version = "0.5.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8be9f3dfaaffdae2972880079a491a1a8bb7cbed0b8dd7a347f668b4150a3b93"
 dependencies = [
- "event-listener",
+ "event-listener 5.4.1",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
@@ -2190,6 +2273,18 @@ version = "0.25.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "151665d9be52f9bb40fc7966565d39666f2d1e69233571b71b87791c7e0528b3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gloo-timers"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbb143cf96099802033e0d4f4963b19fd2e0b728bcf076cd9cf7f6634f092994"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glow"
 version = "0.16.0"
@@ -2540,7 +2635,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "iced_core",
  "log",
  "rustc-hash 2.1.1",
- "tokio",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "wasmtimer",
 ]
@@ -3145,6 +3239,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kv-log-macro"
+version = "1.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0de8b303297635ad57c9f5059fd9cee7a47f8e8daa09df0fcd07dd39fb22977f"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -3169,6 +3272,7 @@ version = "0.1.0-yoda.2"
 dependencies = [
  "apply",
  "ashpd 0.12.3",
+ "async-std",
  "auto_enums",
  "cosmic-client-toolkit",
  "cosmic-config",
@@ -3201,7 +3305,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slotmap",
  "taffy",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
- "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "url",
@@ -3376,6 +3479,9 @@ name = "log"
 version = "0.4.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
+dependencies = [
+ "value-bag",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log-panics"
@@ -5524,16 +5630,6 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "27207bb65232eda1f588cf46db2fee75c0808d557f6b3cf19a75f5d6d7c94df1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.6.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3a766e1110788c36f4fa1c2b71b387a7815aa65f88ce0229841826633d93723e"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "softbuffer"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -5871,45 +5967,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio"
-version = "1.50.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "27ad5e34374e03cfffefc301becb44e9dc3c17584f414349ebe29ed26661822d"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "libc",
- "mio",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2",
- "tokio-macros",
- "tracing",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c55a2eff8b69ce66c84f85e1da1c233edc36ceb85a2058d11b0d6a3c7e7569c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-stream"
-version = "0.1.18"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "32da49809aab5c3bc678af03902d4ccddea2a87d028d86392a4b1560c6906c70"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.5.11"
@@ -6336,6 +6393,12 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "value-bag"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ba6f5989077681266825251a52748b8c1d8a4ad098cc37e440103d0ea717fc0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -7905,7 +7968,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "blocking",
  "enumflags2",
- "event-listener",
+ "event-listener 5.4.1",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-lite",
  "hex",
@@ -7914,7 +7977,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustix 1.1.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_repr",
- "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "uds_windows",
  "uuid",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6e3b03a6..dfe80f5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cosmic-comp-config = { path = "cosmic-comp-config", features = [
     "output",
 ] }
 cosmic-config = { path = "../libcosmic/cosmic-config", features = [
+    "async-std",
     "calloop",
     "macro",
 ] }
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ iced_tiny_skia = { path = "../libcosmic/iced/tiny_skia" }
 indexmap = "2.13"
 keyframe = "1.1.1"
 cosmic = { package = "libcosmic-yoda", path = "../libcosmic", default-features = false, features = [
-    "tokio",
+    "async-std",
     "wayland",
     "multi-window",
 ] }
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ xdg = "^3.0"
 xdg-user = "0.2.1"
 xkbcommon = "0.9"
 zbus = "5.14.0"
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 profiling = { version = "1.0" }
 rustix = { version = "1.1.4", features = ["process"] }
 rand = "0.10"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ffa37236..7ae05991 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
 fn main() {
-    // libcosmic-yoda enables zbus' `tokio` feature, so zbus 5.14 expects an
-    // ambient Tokio runtime via Handle::current(). cosmic-comp's loop is not
-    // async, so hold a runtime guard for the lifetime of run().
-    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
-        .enable_all()
-        .build()
-        .expect("failed to build tokio runtime");
-    let _guard = runtime.enter();
-
     if let Err(err) = cosmic_comp::run(Default::default()) {
         tracing::error!("Error occured in main(): {}", err);
         std::process::exit(1);