diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 293599a..f77acce 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ version = "0.19.0"
 default = ["url"]
 
 [dependencies]
-arrayref = "0.3"
 byteorder = "1.5.0"
 bytes = "1.7.2"
 data-encoding = "2.6.0"
diff --git a/src/protocol.rs b/src/protocol.rs
index 763674a..a7bdc89 100644
--- a/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/src/protocol.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use crate::onion_addr::Onion3Addr;
 use crate::{Error, PeerId, Result};
-use arrayref::array_ref;
 use byteorder::{BigEndian, ByteOrder, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
 use data_encoding::BASE32;
 use std::{
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ impl<'a> Protocol<'a> {
                 let (data, rest) = split_at(12, input)?;
                 let port = BigEndian::read_u16(&data[10..]);
                 Ok((
-                    Protocol::Onion(Cow::Borrowed(array_ref!(data, 0, 10)), port),
+                    Protocol::Onion(Cow::Borrowed(data.first_chunk::<10>().unwrap()), port),
                     rest,
                 ))
             }
@@ -378,7 +377,7 @@ impl<'a> Protocol<'a> {
                 let (data, rest) = split_at(37, input)?;
                 let port = BigEndian::read_u16(&data[35..]);
                 Ok((
-                    Protocol::Onion3((array_ref!(data, 0, 35), port).into()),
+                    Protocol::Onion3((data.first_chunk::<35>().unwrap(), port).into()),
                     rest,
                 ))
             }