diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bca7823..f24cbea 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -574,7 +574,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "alot",
  "arboard",
- "bytemuck",
  "cushy-macros",
  "figures",
  "image",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 00cc8ed..f302ca9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ arboard = "3.2.1"
 zeroize = "1.6.1"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.10.1"
 pollster = "0.3.0"
-bytemuck = "1.14.0"
 
 
 # [patch.crates-io]
diff --git a/src/window.rs b/src/window.rs
index ae29088..fcbc53a 100644
--- a/src/window.rs
+++ b/src/window.rs
@@ -2774,8 +2774,7 @@ where
             Ok(())
         })?;
 
-        self.data
-            .extend_from_slice(bytemuck::cast_slice(&slice.get_mapped_range()));
+        self.data.extend_from_slice(&slice.get_mapped_range());
 
         Format::convert_rgba(&mut self.data, render_size.width.get(), bytes_per_row);