diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c98e425f..ce06f64b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 palette = "0.6.1"
 cosmic-panel-config = {git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-panel", default-features = false, optional = true }
 sctk = { package = "smithay-client-toolkit", git = "https://github.com/Smithay/client-toolkit", optional = true }
-static-rc = "0.6.1"
 
 [dependencies.cosmic-theme]
 git = "https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-theme.git"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 705510fc..402ac775 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ pub mod widget;
 mod ext;
 pub use ext::ElementExt;
 
-mod utils;
-
 pub use theme::Theme;
 pub type Renderer = iced::Renderer<Theme>;
 pub type Element<'a, Message> = iced::Element<'a, Message, Renderer>;
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bcfaaff..00000000
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 System76 <info@system76.com>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
-use static_rc::StaticRc;
-
-/// Uses [`StaticRc`] to create two halves of value with shared ownership, with no runtime reference counting required.
-pub(crate) fn static_rc_halves<T>(value: T) -> (StaticRc<T, 1, 3>, StaticRc<T, 2, 3>) {
-    StaticRc::split::<1, 2>(StaticRc::<T, 3, 3>::new(value))
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/widget/icon.rs b/src/widget/icon.rs
index df9f76a6..0d5311c1 100644
--- a/src/widget/icon.rs
+++ b/src/widget/icon.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use iced::{
 };
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::hash::Hash;
+use std::rc::Rc;
 use derive_setters::Setters;
 use crate::{Element, Renderer};
 
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ pub fn icon<'a>(name: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>>, size: u16) -> Icon<'a> {
 impl<'a> Icon<'a> {
     #[must_use]
     fn into_svg<Message: 'static>(self) -> Element<'a, Message> {
-        let (svg, svg_clone) = crate::utils::static_rc_halves(self);
+        let svg = Rc::new(self);
+        let svg_clone = Rc::clone(&svg);
 
         iced_lazy::lazy(svg_clone, move || -> Element<Message> {
             let icon = freedesktop_icons::lookup(&svg.name)