diff --git a/lib/bruteforce.js b/lib/bruteforce.js
index 585c876..d9b614d 100644
--- a/lib/bruteforce.js
+++ b/lib/bruteforce.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 /* eslint no-use-before-define:0 */
 
 var debug = require("debug")("talon");
-var _ = require("lodash");
 
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -216,11 +215,13 @@ function extractSignature (msgBody) {
 function getSignatureCandidate (lines) {
   debug("getSignatureCandidate", lines);
   // keep only non-empty lines: ["hello", "", "world"] → [0, 2]
-  var nonEmpty = _.filter(_.map(lines, function (line, index) {
-    return (line && line.trim()) ? index : null;
-  }), function isNotNull (index) {
-    return index !== null;
-  });
+  var nonEmpty = lines
+    .map(function (line, index) {
+      return (line && line.trim()) ? index : null
+    })
+    .filter(function (index) {
+      return index !== null
+    });
   debug("nonEmpty", nonEmpty);
 
   // if message is empty or just one line then there is no signature
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ function markCandidateIndices (lines, candidateIndices) {
   // that did not seem very logical so I mark from the top to bottom here
   debug("markCandidateIndices", lines, candidateIndices);
   var markers = "";
-  _.forEachRight(candidateIndices, function (lineIdx) {
+  candidateIndices.slice().reverse().forEach(function (lineIdx) {
     var line = lines[lineIdx].trim();
     if (lineLengthIgnoringURLs(line) > TOO_LONG_SIGNATURE_LINE) {
       markers += "l"; // Marked as too long
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ function processMarkedCandidateIndices (candidateIndices, markers) {
     return [];
   }
 
-  var found = _.filter(match)[1] || "";
+  var found = match.filter(Boolean)[1] || "";
   var end = match.index + found.length;
 
   var candidates = candidateIndices.slice(-end);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9dbcdc..624abce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/lmtm/node-talon",
   "dependencies": {
-    "debug": "^2.1.1",
-    "lodash": "^3.2.0"
+    "debug": "^2.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^2.0.0",