diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 95a8a0a99..a49d97f31 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3353,15 +3353,6 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "open"
-version = "4.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd61e3bf9d78956c72ee864bba52431f7f43994b21a17e9e72596a81bd61075b"
-dependencies = [
- "pathdiff",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.38"
@@ -3485,12 +3476,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pathdiff"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8835116a5c179084a830efb3adc117ab007512b535bc1a21c991d3b32a6b44dd"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pem"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -6106,7 +6091,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "wezterm-open-url"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "open",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
diff --git a/wezterm-open-url/Cargo.toml b/wezterm-open-url/Cargo.toml
index 102c8fd1f..aa792764e 100644
--- a/wezterm-open-url/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wezterm-open-url/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-open = "4.0"
 winapi = {version="0.3", features=["shellapi"]}
diff --git a/wezterm-open-url/src/lib.rs b/wezterm-open-url/src/lib.rs
index d8ef32547..9a61fd947 100644
--- a/wezterm-open-url/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wezterm-open-url/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,57 @@
+// Portions of this file are derived from code that is
+// Copyright © 2015 Sebastian Thiel
+// <https://github.com/Byron/open-rs>
+
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 pub fn open_url(url: &str) {
     let url = url.to_string();
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        let _ = open::that(&url);
+        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+        let candidates: &[&[&str]] = &[&["/usr/bin/open", &url]];
+
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+        let candidates: &[&[&str]] = &[
+            &["xdg-open", &url],
+            &["gio", "open", &url] as &[_],
+            &["gnome-open", &url],
+            &["kde-open", &url],
+            &["wslview", &url],
+        ];
+
+        for candidate in candidates {
+            let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new(candidate[0]);
+            cmd.args(&candidate[1..]);
+
+            if let Ok(status) = cmd.status() {
+                if status.success() {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     });
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
 pub fn open_with(url: &str, app: &str) {
-    open::with_in_background(url, app);
+    let url = url.to_string();
+    let app = app.to_string();
+
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+        let args: &[&str] = &["/usr/bin/open", "-a", &app, &url];
+
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+        let args: &[&str] = &[&app, &url];
+
+        let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new(args[0]);
+        cmd.args(&args[1..]);
+
+        if let Ok(status) = cmd.status() {
+            if status.success() {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    });
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]