diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 976268b..1954ae1 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const punycodeRegex = require('punycode-regex')()
 const urlRegex = require('url-regex-safe')
 
 const REGEX_HTTP_PROTOCOL = /^https?:\/\//i
@@ -9,12 +8,14 @@ module.exports = url => {
   try {
     const { href, hostname, origin, username, password } = new URL(url)
     if (!REGEX_HTTP_PROTOCOL.test(href) || username || password) return false
-    const isIPv6 = hostname.startsWith('[') && hostname.endsWith(']')
-    const isPunycode = punycodeRegex.test(hostname)
-    // url-regex-safe cannot exact-match IPv6 or punycode authorities.
-    const exact = !isIPv6 && !isPunycode
+    // url-regex-safe cannot exact-match IPv6 authorities.
+    const exact = !(hostname.startsWith('[') && hostname.endsWith(']'))
+
+    // url-regex-safe's TLD list has no xn-- entries, so an IDN TLD has to be
+    // supplied; an ASCII one stays subject to the built-in public-suffix list.
+    const tld = hostname.slice(hostname.lastIndexOf('.') + 1)
+    const tlds = tld.startsWith('xn--') ? [tld] : undefined
 
-    const tlds = isPunycode ? [] : undefined
     const regex = urlRegex({ apostrophes: true, exact, parens: true, tlds })
     if (!regex.test(href)) return false
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c626f25..e6fd44d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "whatwg"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "punycode-regex": "~1.0.1",
     "re2": "~1.26.0",
     "url-regex-safe": "~4.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 183baf0..79b02c6 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ const test = require('ava').default
         'http://-kikobeats.com',
         'http://internal/https://example.com/#:~:text=x',
         'http://metadata/https://example.com/#:~:text=x',
-        'http://xn--internal/https://example.com/'
+        'http://xn--internal/https://example.com/',
+        'https://example.local/',
+        'https://xn--e1afmkfd.local/',
+        'https://пример.local/',
+        'https://xn--80a0aaa.internal/',
+        'https://xn--80a0aaa.invalidtld/'
       ])
     ).forEach(input => {
       const url = httpUrl(input)