diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index c56b19ca7..5bfa4332f 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fi
 rust_files=$(echo "$files" | { grep -E '\.rs$' || true; })
 if [[ -n "$rust_files" ]]; then
   if command -v cargo &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "$rust_files" | step xargs cargo fmt --manifest-path native/Cargo.toml --
+    echo "$rust_files" | step xargs cargo fmt --manifest-path native/philomena/Cargo.toml --
   else
     info "Skipping rustfmt, cargo not found"
   fi
diff --git a/native/philomena/Cargo.lock b/native/philomena/Cargo.lock
index 9cab0d36d..d40119f5e 100644
--- a/native/philomena/Cargo.lock
+++ b/native/philomena/Cargo.lock
@@ -782,7 +782,6 @@ checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
 name = "mediaproc"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
  "serde",
  "tarpc",
  "tokio",
@@ -964,7 +963,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "jemallocator",
  "mediaproc",
- "once_cell",
  "regex",
  "ring",
  "rustler",
diff --git a/native/philomena/Cargo.toml b/native/philomena/Cargo.toml
index e624be8ed..6a29d1f7a 100644
--- a/native/philomena/Cargo.toml
+++ b/native/philomena/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,14 +23,9 @@ comrak = { git = "https://github.com/philomena-dev/comrak", branch = "philomena-
 http = "1.3"
 jemallocator = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["disable_initial_exec_tls"] }
 mediaproc = { path = "./mediaproc" }
-once_cell = "1.21"
 regex = "1"
 ring = "0.17"
 rustler = "0.37"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 url = "2.5"
 zip = { version = "5.1.1", features = ["deflate"], default-features = false }
-
-[profile.release]
-opt-level = 3
-lto = true
diff --git a/native/philomena/mediaproc/Cargo.toml b/native/philomena/mediaproc/Cargo.toml
index 246b707b3..6898802c4 100644
--- a/native/philomena/mediaproc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/native/philomena/mediaproc/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
-once_cell = "1.20"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tarpc = { version = "0.35", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/native/philomena/mediaproc/src/client.rs b/native/philomena/mediaproc/src/client.rs
index f76ef6d5e..8b4704f9a 100644
--- a/native/philomena/mediaproc/src/client.rs
+++ b/native/philomena/mediaproc/src/client.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use crate::{CommandReply, ExecuteCommandError, FileMap, MediaProcessorClient};
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use tarpc::context::Context;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct CallParameters {
 }
 
 /// List of file extensions which can be forwarded.
-static FORWARDED_EXTS: Lazy<HashSet<OsString>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+static FORWARDED_EXTS: LazyLock<HashSet<OsString>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     vec![
         "gif", "jpg", "jpeg", "png", "svg", "webm", "webp", "mp4", "icc",
     ]
diff --git a/native/philomena/mediaproc/src/lib.rs b/native/philomena/mediaproc/src/lib.rs
index a53520ba4..a46bd2648 100644
--- a/native/philomena/mediaproc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/native/philomena/mediaproc/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 pub mod client;
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub enum ExecuteCommandError {
 }
 
 /// Enumeration of permitted program names.
-pub static PERMITTED_PROGRAMS: Lazy<HashSet<&'static str>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+pub static PERMITTED_PROGRAMS: LazyLock<HashSet<&'static str>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     vec![
         "ffprobe",
         "ffmpeg",
diff --git a/native/philomena/src/asyncnif.rs b/native/philomena/src/asyncnif.rs
index faf845844..017684eb8 100644
--- a/native/philomena/src/asyncnif.rs
+++ b/native/philomena/src/asyncnif.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use rustler::{Atom, Env, OwnedEnv, Term};
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::marker::Send;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 
-static RUNTIME: Lazy<Runtime> = Lazy::new(|| Runtime::new().unwrap());
+static RUNTIME: LazyLock<Runtime> = LazyLock::new(|| Runtime::new().unwrap());
 
 pub fn call_async<F, T, W>(caller_env: Env, fut: F, w: W) -> Atom
 where
diff --git a/native/philomena/src/camo.rs b/native/philomena/src/camo.rs
index 7068daafb..9c8fcca88 100644
--- a/native/philomena/src/camo.rs
+++ b/native/philomena/src/camo.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn untrusted_host(url: Url, camo_host: &str, camo_key: &str) -> Option<String> {
     Some(camo_uri.to_string())
 }
 
-pub fn image_url(uri: &str) -> Option<String> {
+pub fn try_image_url(uri: &str) -> Option<String> {
     let cdn_host = env::var("CDN_HOST").ok()?;
     let camo_host = env::var("CAMO_HOST").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".into());
     let camo_key = env::var("CAMO_KEY").unwrap_or_else(|_| "".into());
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ pub fn image_url(uri: &str) -> Option<String> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn image_url_careful(uri: &str) -> String {
-    image_url(uri).unwrap_or_else(|| "".into())
+pub fn image_url(uri: &str) -> String {
+    try_image_url(uri).unwrap_or_else(|| "".into())
 }
diff --git a/native/philomena/src/domains.rs b/native/philomena/src/domains.rs
index 9bcacfc98..3e82e9789 100644
--- a/native/philomena/src/domains.rs
+++ b/native/philomena/src/domains.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::env;
 
 use http::Uri;
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use regex::Regex;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 pub type DomainSet = BTreeSet<String>;
 
-static DOMAINS: Lazy<Option<DomainSet>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+static DOMAINS: LazyLock<Option<DomainSet>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
     if let Ok(domains) = env::var("SITE_DOMAINS") {
         return Some(domains.split(',').map(|s| s.to_string()).collect());
     }
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub fn get() -> &'static Option<DomainSet> {
     &DOMAINS
 }
 
-pub fn relativize(domains: &DomainSet, url: &str) -> Option<String> {
+pub fn try_relativize(domains: &DomainSet, url: &str) -> Option<String> {
     let uri = url.parse::<Uri>().ok()?;
 
     if let Some(a) = uri.authority() {
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ pub fn relativize(domains: &DomainSet, url: &str) -> Option<String> {
     Some(url.into())
 }
 
-pub fn relativize_careful(domains: &DomainSet, url: &str) -> String {
-    relativize(domains, url).unwrap_or_else(|| url.into())
+pub fn relativize(domains: &DomainSet, url: &str) -> String {
+    try_relativize(domains, url).unwrap_or_else(|| url.into())
 }
diff --git a/native/philomena/src/lib.rs b/native/philomena/src/lib.rs
index f2f5893ea..eec279585 100644
--- a/native/philomena/src/lib.rs
+++ b/native/philomena/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn markdown_to_html_unsafe(input: &str, reps: HashMap<String, String>) -> String
 
 #[rustler::nif]
 fn camo_image_url(input: &str) -> String {
-    camo::image_url_careful(input)
+    camo::image_url(input)
 }
 
 // Remote NIF wrappers.
diff --git a/native/philomena/src/markdown.rs b/native/philomena/src/markdown.rs
index 0606a2826..539a67888 100644
--- a/native/philomena/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/native/philomena/src/markdown.rs
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ pub fn common_options() -> Options<'static> {
     options.extension.philomena = true;
     options.render.ignore_empty_links = true;
 
-    options.extension.image_url_rewriter = Some(Arc::new(|url: &str| camo::image_url_careful(url)));
+    options.extension.image_url_rewriter = Some(Arc::new(|url: &str| camo::image_url(url)));
 
     if let Some(domains) = domains::get() {
-        options.extension.link_url_rewriter = Some(Arc::new(|url: &str| {
-            domains::relativize_careful(domains, url)
-        }));
+        options.extension.link_url_rewriter =
+            Some(Arc::new(|url: &str| domains::relativize(domains, url)));
     }
 
     options
diff --git a/native/philomena/src/tests.rs b/native/philomena/src/tests.rs
index 6a2cddef5..5bafbed5d 100644
--- a/native/philomena/src/tests.rs
+++ b/native/philomena/src/tests.rs
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ fn image_mention_line_start() {
 #[test]
 fn auto_relative_links() {
     let domains = Arc::new(vec!["example.com".into()].into_iter().collect());
-    let f = Arc::new(move |url: &str| domains::relativize_careful(&*domains, url));
+    let f = Arc::new(move |url: &str| domains::relativize(&*domains, url));
 
     html_opts_i(
         "[some link text](https://example.com/some/path)",