diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7df21c5..65cc025 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -680,7 +680,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "indoc",
  "itertools",
  "ratatui",
- "unicode-width",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a4102fe..d46f17b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 ratatui = "0.26.2"
-unicode-width = "0.1.12"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/text_prompt.rs b/src/text_prompt.rs
index 09f1a58..e6d0f69 100644
--- a/src/text_prompt.rs
+++ b/src/text_prompt.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use ratatui::{
     prelude::*,
     widgets::{Block, Paragraph, StatefulWidget, Widget},
 };
-use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 
 // TODO style the widget
 // TODO style each element of the widget.
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ impl<'a> StatefulWidget for TextPrompt<'a> {
             " › ".cyan().dim(),
             Span::raw(value),
         ]);
-        let prompt_length = line.to_string().width() - value_length;
+        let prompt_length = line.width() - value_length;
         let lines = wrap(line, width).take(height).collect_vec();
 
         // constrain the position to the area