diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95a701c4..f9e613f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     "clean-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.0",
     "cookie": "^0.6.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^11.0.0",
-    "cross-fetch": "^4.0.0",
     "css-loader": "^6.7.3",
     "date-fns": "^2.30.0",
     "emoji-mart": "^5.4.0",
diff --git a/src/server/handlers/catch-all-handler.tsx b/src/server/handlers/catch-all-handler.tsx
index aacbc21d..f4fd8a45 100644
--- a/src/server/handlers/catch-all-handler.tsx
+++ b/src/server/handlers/catch-all-handler.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { initializeSite, isAuthPath } from "@utils/app";
 import { getHttpBaseInternal } from "@utils/env";
 import { ErrorPageData } from "@utils/types";
 import * as cookie from "cookie";
-import fetch from "cross-fetch";
 import type { Request, Response } from "express";
 import { StaticRouter, matchPath } from "inferno-router";
 import { renderToString } from "inferno-server";
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     const headers = setForwardedHeaders(req.headers);
 
     const client = wrapClient(
-      new LemmyHttp(getHttpBaseInternal(), { fetchFunction: fetch, headers }),
+      new LemmyHttp(getHttpBaseInternal(), { headers }),
     );
 
     const auth = req.headers.cookie
@@ -37,7 +36,8 @@ export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
       : undefined;
 
     if (auth) {
-      client.setHeaders({ Authorization: `Bearer ${auth}` });
+      headers["Authorization"] = `Bearer ${auth}`;
+      client.setHeaders(headers);
     }
     const { path, url, query } = req;
 
diff --git a/src/server/handlers/manifest-handler.ts b/src/server/handlers/manifest-handler.ts
index dfc1ad8e..fced7bd6 100644
--- a/src/server/handlers/manifest-handler.ts
+++ b/src/server/handlers/manifest-handler.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { getHttpBaseExternal, getHttpBaseInternal } from "@utils/env";
-import fetch from "cross-fetch";
 import type { Request, Response } from "express";
 import { LemmyHttp } from "lemmy-js-client";
 import { wrapClient } from "../../shared/services/HttpService";
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ export default async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   if (!manifest || manifest.start_url !== getHttpBaseExternal()) {
     const headers = setForwardedHeaders(req.headers);
     const client = wrapClient(
-      new LemmyHttp(getHttpBaseInternal(), { fetchFunction: fetch, headers }),
+      new LemmyHttp(getHttpBaseInternal(), { headers }),
     );
     const site = await client.getSite();
 
diff --git a/src/server/utils/fetch-icon-png.ts b/src/server/utils/fetch-icon-png.ts
index 75497a21..12b09e70 100644
--- a/src/server/utils/fetch-icon-png.ts
+++ b/src/server/utils/fetch-icon-png.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import fetch from "cross-fetch";
-
 export async function fetchIconPng(iconUrl: string) {
   return await fetch(iconUrl)
     .then(res => res.blob())
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index eb88ecb1..c51cb2f4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2985,13 +2985,6 @@ cross-fetch@^3.1.5:
   dependencies:
     node-fetch "^2.6.12"
 
-cross-fetch@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-fetch/-/cross-fetch-4.0.0.tgz#f037aef1580bb3a1a35164ea2a848ba81b445983"
-  integrity sha512-e4a5N8lVvuLgAWgnCrLr2PP0YyDOTHa9H/Rj54dirp61qXnNq46m82bRhNqIA5VccJtWBvPTFRV3TtvHUKPB1g==
-  dependencies:
-    node-fetch "^2.6.12"
-
 cross-spawn@^5.0.1:
   version "5.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-5.1.0.tgz#e8bd0efee58fcff6f8f94510a0a554bbfa235449"