diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0d6e0db..b2d411d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.19.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.82"
@@ -144,5 +138,4 @@ name = "xtask"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argh",
- "once_cell",
 ]
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index a8494b7..ee26fcb 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 argh       = "0.1"
-once_cell  = "1.18"
diff --git a/xtask/src/fmt.rs b/xtask/src/fmt.rs
index 4be107a..18a8c4a 100644
--- a/xtask/src/fmt.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/fmt.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use {
-    crate::{utils::IterExt, ROOT},
+    crate::utils::IterExt,
     argh::FromArgs,
     std::{
         fs::File,
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ pub struct Command {
 }
 
 pub fn command(args: Command) -> io::Result<()> {
-    let mut file =
-        File::options().read(true).write(true).open(ROOT.join("hbbytecode/instructions.in"))?;
+    let mut file = File::options()
+        .read(true)
+        .write(true)
+        .open(crate::root().join("hbbytecode/instructions.in"))?;
 
     // Extract records
     let reader = BufReader::new(&file);
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 0fc50f7..988a66f 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ mod utils;
 
 use {
     argh::FromArgs,
-    once_cell::sync::Lazy,
     std::{io, path::Path},
 };
 
-static ROOT: Lazy<&Path> = Lazy::new(|| Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).parent().unwrap());
+fn root() -> &'static Path {
+    Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).parent().unwrap()
+}
 
 /// xTask for Holey Bytes project
 #[derive(FromArgs)]