diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 92ce0871..4a59492a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4202,7 +4202,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "futures",
  "image",
- "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "ndarray",
  "num",
diff --git a/wonnx/Cargo.toml b/wonnx/Cargo.toml
index dc8c150c..27eba8d8 100644
--- a/wonnx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wonnx/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ bytemuck = { version = "1.9.1", features = ["extern_crate_alloc"] }
 protobuf = { version = "2.27.1", features = ["with-bytes"] }
 log = "0.4.17"
 tera = { version = "1.15.0", default-features = false }
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.31"
 serde_derive = "1.0.137"
 serde = { version = "1.0.137", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/wonnx/src/compiler.rs b/wonnx/src/compiler.rs
index ba757c20..49126346 100644
--- a/wonnx/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/wonnx/src/compiler.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 //! Compiles individual ONNX ops to a WebGPU shader using WGSL templates
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
+
 use crate::utils::{
     ceil, AttributeNotFoundError, DataTypeError, MultiType, NodeAttributes, ScalarType, Shape,
 };
@@ -15,9 +17,10 @@ pub const MAX_WORKGROUP_SIZE_X: u32 = 256;
 pub const MAX_WORKGROUP_SIZE_Y: u32 = 256;
 // pub const MAX_WORKGROUP_SIZE_Z: u32 = 64;
 
-lazy_static! {
-    // Templates for shader source code that we generate for nodes
-    pub static ref TEMPLATES: Tera = {
+static TEMPLATES: OnceLock<Tera> = OnceLock::new();
+
+fn get_templates() -> &'static Tera {
+    TEMPLATES.get_or_init(|| {
         let mut tera = Tera::default();
         tera.add_raw_template(
             "endomorphism/activation.wgsl",
@@ -66,8 +69,9 @@ lazy_static! {
         .unwrap();
         tera.add_raw_template(
             "matrix/pad.wgsl",
-            include_str!("../templates/matrix/pad.wgsl")
-        ).unwrap();
+            include_str!("../templates/matrix/pad.wgsl"),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
         tera.add_raw_template(
             "matrix/resize.wgsl",
             include_str!("../templates/matrix/resize.wgsl"),
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         )
         .unwrap();
         tera
-    };
+    })
 }
 
 pub struct CompiledNode {
@@ -1428,7 +1432,7 @@ pub fn compile(
     context.insert("mat3x3_stride", &(48));
 
     // Render template
-    let shader = TEMPLATES
+    let shader = get_templates()
         .render(node_template.template, &context)
         .expect("failed to render shader");
 
diff --git a/wonnx/src/lib.rs b/wonnx/src/lib.rs
index de622522..929edf23 100644
--- a/wonnx/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wonnx/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ mod optimizer;
 mod resource;
 pub mod utils;
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate lazy_static;
-
 pub use compiler::CompileError;
 pub use gpu::GpuError;
 use ir::IrError;