diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4367cb4b3..4fbf4e188 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1277,12 +1277,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memory_units"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8452105ba047068f40ff7093dd1d9da90898e63dd61736462e9cdda6a90ad3c3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mimalloc"
 version = "0.1.28"
@@ -1501,7 +1495,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-test",
  "wasm-logger",
  "web-sys",
- "wee_alloc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2946,18 +2939,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wee_alloc"
-version = "0.4.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dbb3b5a6b2bb17cb6ad44a2e68a43e8d2722c997da10e928665c72ec6c0a0b8e"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 0.1.10",
- "libc",
- "memory_units",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
diff --git a/packages_rs/nextclade-web/Cargo.toml b/packages_rs/nextclade-web/Cargo.toml
index 48669781c..3ce8ccb56 100644
--- a/packages_rs/nextclade-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages_rs/nextclade-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ typescript-definitions-derive = { path = "../../3rdparty/typescript-definitions/
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2.79", features = ["serde-serialize"] }
 wasm-logger = "0.2.0"
 web-sys = { version = "0.3.56", features = ["console"] }
-wee_alloc = "0.4.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert2 = "0.3.6"
diff --git a/packages_rs/nextclade-web/src/lib.rs b/packages_rs/nextclade-web/src/lib.rs
index c62eb720b..f539b360f 100644
--- a/packages_rs/nextclade-web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages_rs/nextclade-web/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
 mod wasm;
-
-#[global_allocator]
-static ALLOC: wee_alloc::WeeAlloc<'_> = wee_alloc::WeeAlloc::INIT;