diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 32e3227..58b585b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -100,17 +100,6 @@ version = "1.0.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-recursion"
-version = "1.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b43422f69d8ff38f95f1b2bb76517c91589a924d1559a0e935d7c8ce0274c11"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.77",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -1122,7 +1111,6 @@ checksum = "650eef8c711430f1a879fdd01d4745a7deea475becfb90269c06775983bbf086"
 name = "nix-weather"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
- "async-recursion",
  "clap",
  "clap_complete",
  "clap_mangen",
diff --git a/crates/nix-weather/Cargo.toml b/crates/nix-weather/Cargo.toml
index ab0c7e6..8140899 100644
--- a/crates/nix-weather/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nix-weather/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ publish = false
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-async-recursion = "1.0.5"
 clap = { version = "4.5.1", features = ["cargo"] }
 console-subscriber = "0.2.0"
 dns-lookup = "2.0.4"
diff --git a/crates/nix-weather/src/net.rs b/crates/nix-weather/src/net.rs
index 6f693cd..902e3b1 100644
--- a/crates/nix-weather/src/net.rs
+++ b/crates/nix-weather/src/net.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use async_recursion::async_recursion;
 use reqwest::Client;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ use log;
 
 const MAX_SLIDE: u64 = 1000;
 
-#[async_recursion]
 pub async fn nar_exists(client: Client, domain: &str, hash: &str, slide: u64) -> usize {
     let response = client
         .head(format!("https://{domain}/{hash}.narinfo"))
@@ -30,7 +28,13 @@ pub async fn nar_exists(client: Client, domain: &str, hash: &str, slide: u64) ->
             // so we do this instead.
             log::trace!("rate limited! {slide}");
             sleep(Duration::from_millis(slide)).await;
-            nar_exists(client, domain, hash, std::cmp::min(slide * 2, MAX_SLIDE)).await
+            Box::pin(nar_exists(
+                client,
+                domain,
+                hash,
+                std::cmp::min(slide * 2, MAX_SLIDE),
+            ))
+            .await
         }
     }
 }