diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f4e2369..49936d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hostname",
  "indicatif",
  "itertools",
- "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "ntest",
@@ -607,9 +606,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
-version = "0.10.5"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0fd2260e829bddf4cb6ea802289de2f86d6a7a690192fbe91b3f46e0f2c8473"
+checksum = "b1c173a5686ce8bfa551b3563d0c2170bf24ca44da99c7ca4bfdab5418c3fe57"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d1215f2..d358f2e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ futures = "0.3.28"
 glob = "0.3.1"
 hostname = "0.3.1"
 indicatif = "0.17.3"
-itertools = "0.10.5"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+itertools = "0.11.0"
 libc = "0.2.144"
 log = "0.4.17"
 quit = "2.0.0"
@@ -29,8 +28,8 @@ regex = "1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.163", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 shell-escape = "0.1.5"
-sys-info = "0.9.1"
 snafu = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["backtrace", "backtraces-impl-backtrace-crate"] }
+sys-info = "0.9.1"
 tempfile = "3.5.0"
 tokio-stream = "0.1.14"
 uuid = { version = "1.3.2", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 2741032..c6246bd 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ use clap::{
     Command as ClapCommand, ValueEnum,
 };
 use clap_complete::Shell;
-use const_format::concatcp;
+use const_format::{concatcp, formatcp};
 use env_logger::fmt::WriteStyle;
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 use crate::command;
 
@@ -34,36 +33,30 @@ const MANUAL_URL: &str = concatcp!(
 /// API stability cannot be guaranteed for pre-release versions.
 /// Links to the version currently in development automatically
 /// leads the user to the unstable manual.
-const MANUAL_DISCREPANCY_NOTE: &str = "Note: You are using a pre-release version of Colmena, so the supported options may be different from what's in the manual.";
+const MANUAL_DISCREPANCY_NOTE: &str = "\nNote: You are using a pre-release version of Colmena, so the supported options may be different from what's in the manual.";
 
-lazy_static! {
-    static ref LONG_ABOUT: String = {
-        let mut message = format!(
-            r#"NixOS deployment tool
+static LONG_ABOUT: &str = formatcp!(
+    r#"NixOS deployment tool
 
 Colmena helps you deploy to multiple hosts running NixOS.
 For more details, read the manual at <{}>.
 
-"#,
-            MANUAL_URL
-        );
+{}"#,
+    MANUAL_URL,
+    if !env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PRE").is_empty() {
+        MANUAL_DISCREPANCY_NOTE
+    } else {
+        ""
+    }
+);
 
-        if !env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION_PRE").is_empty() {
-            message += MANUAL_DISCREPANCY_NOTE;
-        }
-
-        message
-    };
-    static ref CONFIG_HELP: String = {
-        format!(
-            r#"If this argument is not specified, Colmena will search upwards from the current working directory for a file named "flake.nix" or "hive.nix". This behavior is disabled if --config/-f is given explicitly.
+static CONFIG_HELP: &str = formatcp!(
+    r#"If this argument is not specified, Colmena will search upwards from the current working directory for a file named "flake.nix" or "hive.nix". This behavior is disabled if --config/-f is given explicitly.
 
 For a sample configuration, check the manual at <{}>.
 "#,
-            MANUAL_URL
-        )
-    };
-}
+    MANUAL_URL
+);
 
 /// Display order in `--help` for arguments that should be shown first.
 ///
@@ -130,14 +123,14 @@ pub fn build_cli(include_internal: bool) -> ClapCommand {
         .version(version)
         .author("Zhaofeng Li <hello@zhaofeng.li>")
         .about("NixOS deployment tool")
-        .long_about(LONG_ABOUT.as_str())
+        .long_about(LONG_ABOUT)
         .arg_required_else_help(true)
         .arg(Arg::new("config")
             .short('f')
             .long("config")
             .value_name("CONFIG")
             .help("Path to a Hive expression, a flake.nix, or a Nix Flake URI")
-            .long_help(Some(CONFIG_HELP.as_str()))
+            .long_help(Some(CONFIG_HELP))
             .display_order(HELP_ORDER_FIRST)
 
             // The default value is a lie (sort of)!