diff --git a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/package.json b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/package.json
index 01fb81a..3e85d94 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/package.json
+++ b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/package.json
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@
   "peerDependencies": {
     "cytoscape": "^3.30.0",
     "cytoscape-layers": "^3.0.0",
-    "chroma-js": "^3.1.2",
-    "lodash": "^4.17.21"
+    "chroma-js": "^3.1.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "tslib": "^2.3.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/chroma-js": "^3.1.1",
-    "@types/lodash": "^4.17.0"
+    "@types/chroma-js": "^3.1.1"
   },
   "sideEffects": false
 }
diff --git a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/drawer/image-builder.ts b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/drawer/image-builder.ts
index fcf7007..f1b1552 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/drawer/image-builder.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/drawer/image-builder.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import cytoscape from 'cytoscape';
 import { gene } from './shape/gene-shape';
-import { isArray, isNumber, memoize } from 'lodash';
+import { memoize } from '../util/memoize';
 import { molecule } from './shape/molecule-shape';
 import { protein } from './shape/protein-shape';
 import { rna } from './shape/rna-shape';
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ export const imageBuilder = (properties: Properties, style: Style) =>
           ...l,
           'background-image': svgStr(
             l['background-image'] as string,
-            isNumber(l['background-width']) ? l['background-width'] : drawerParams.width,
-            isNumber(l['background-height']) ? l['background-height'] : drawerParams.height
+            typeof l['background-width'] === 'number' ? l['background-width'] : drawerParams.width,
+            typeof l['background-height'] === 'number'
+              ? l['background-height']
+              : drawerParams.height
           ),
         }));
 
@@ -167,20 +169,23 @@ function _expToGradient(
     exp: number | undefined;
     width: number;
   }[] = [];
-  const size = exps.reduce((l: number, e) => (e !== undefined && isArray(e) ? l + e[1] : l + 1), 0);
+  const size = exps.reduce(
+    (l: number, e) => (e !== undefined && Array.isArray(e) ? l + e[1] : l + 1),
+    0
+  );
   // Nothing to divide the width between: no gradient, not NaN widths.
   if (!(size > 0)) return undefined;
   const delta = 1 / size;
   exps.forEach((exp, _i) => {
     const p = stops.length - 1;
-    const realExp = isArray(exp) ? exp[0]! : exp;
+    const realExp = Array.isArray(exp) ? exp[0]! : exp;
     if (stops.length !== 0 && stops[p].exp === realExp) {
       // A [value, count] pair is count shares of the width, merged or not.
-      const share = isArray(exp) ? delta * exp[1] : delta;
+      const share = Array.isArray(exp) ? delta * exp[1] : delta;
       stops[p].stop += share;
       stops[p].width += share;
     } else {
-      if (isArray(exp)) {
+      if (Array.isArray(exp)) {
         stops.push({
           start: stops[p]?.stop || 0,
           stop: (stops[p]?.stop || 0) + delta * exp[1],
@@ -316,7 +321,7 @@ export function clearDrawersCache() {
   for (const value of classToDrawers.values()) {
     value.cache.clear();
   }
-  OMMITED_ICON.cache.clear!();
+  OMMITED_ICON.cache.clear();
 }
 
 function aggregate<T extends object, K extends keyof T>(
diff --git a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/interactivity.ts b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/interactivity.ts
index 3e3e129..26401d8 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/interactivity.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/interactivity.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { extract } from './properties-utils';
 import { Properties } from './properties';
 import { ReactomeEvent, ReactomeEventTypes } from './model/reactome-event.model';
 import Layers, { IHTMLLayer, layers, LayersPlugin } from 'cytoscape-layers';
-import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import { throttle } from './util/throttle';
 
 cytoscape.use(Layers);
 type RenderableHTMLElement = HTMLElement & {
-  render: _.DebouncedFunc<() => void>;
+  render: () => void;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ export class Interactivity {
           elem.style.display = 'flex';
           const video = elem.children[0] as HTMLVideoElement;
 
-          elem.render = _.throttle(() => {
+          elem.render = throttle(() => {
             if (isElementInViewport(elem)) {
               // console.log('rendering', name)
               if (
diff --git a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/style.ts b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/style.ts
index dc77409..1d7d4d2 100644
--- a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/style.ts
+++ b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/style.ts
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ export class Style {
   }
 
   clearCache() {
-    this.imageBuilder.cache.clear!();
+    this.imageBuilder.cache.clear();
     clearDrawersCache();
   }
 
diff --git a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/memoize.spec.ts b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/memoize.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5007a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/memoize.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { memoize as lodashMemoize } from 'lodash';
+import { memoize } from './memoize';
+
+// Replaces lodash's memoize, so it is held to lodash's behaviour.
+/** What both offer, so the same checks run against each. */
+type Impl = <F extends (...args: never[]) => unknown>(
+  fn: F,
+  resolver?: (...args: Parameters<F>) => unknown
+) => F & { cache: { clear(): void } };
+
+describe('memoize', () => {
+  for (const [name, impl] of [
+    ['lodash', lodashMemoize as unknown as Impl],
+    ['ours', memoize as Impl],
+  ] as const) {
+    it(`${name}: keys on the first argument by default`, () => {
+      const fn = vi.fn((_a: object, b: number) => b);
+      const m = impl(fn);
+      const key = {};
+      expect(m(key, 1)).toBe(1);
+      expect(m(key, 2)).toBe(1);
+      expect(m({}, 3)).toBe(3);
+      expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    it(`${name}: keys on what the resolver returns`, () => {
+      const fn = vi.fn((_p: object, size: { w: number }) => size.w * 2);
+      const m = impl(fn, (_p: object, size: { w: number }) => `${size.w}`);
+      expect(m({}, { w: 2 })).toBe(4);
+      expect(m({}, { w: 2 })).toBe(4);
+      expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it(`${name}: computes again once its cache is cleared`, () => {
+      const fn = vi.fn((a: string) => a.length);
+      const m = impl(fn);
+      m('abc');
+      m.cache.clear();
+      m('abc');
+      expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+
+    it(`${name}: remembers an undefined result`, () => {
+      const fn = vi.fn((_a: string) => undefined);
+      const m = impl(fn);
+      m('x');
+      m('x');
+      expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/memoize.ts b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/memoize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44237db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/memoize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * A function that remembers its results, keyed on its first argument or on what
+ * `resolver` returns for its arguments -- lodash's memoize, which this replaces.
+ *
+ * lodash is CommonJS, so a single named import of it carried the whole library
+ * (about 73 KB) into every bundle that used this one, the embeddable diagram's
+ * included. Nothing else here needed it.
+ */
+export type Memoized<F extends (...args: never[]) => unknown> = F & {
+  /** Every remembered result; clear it to have them computed again. */
+  readonly cache: Map<unknown, ReturnType<F>>;
+};
+
+export function memoize<F extends (...args: never[]) => unknown>(
+  fn: F,
+  resolver?: (...args: Parameters<F>) => unknown
+): Memoized<F> {
+  const cache = new Map<unknown, ReturnType<F>>();
+  const memoized = (...args: Parameters<F>): ReturnType<F> => {
+    const key = resolver ? resolver(...args) : args[0];
+    if (cache.has(key)) return cache.get(key) as ReturnType<F>;
+    const result = fn(...args) as ReturnType<F>;
+    cache.set(key, result);
+    return result;
+  };
+  return Object.assign(memoized, { cache }) as unknown as Memoized<F>;
+}
diff --git a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/throttle.spec.ts b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/throttle.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c17d180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/throttle.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { throttle as lodashThrottle } from 'lodash';
+import { throttle } from './throttle';
+
+// Replaces lodash's throttle(fn, wait), so it is held to lodash's behaviour: the
+// first call runs at once, calls inside the window run once at its end, and a
+// quiet window runs nothing.
+describe('throttle', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => vi.useFakeTimers());
+  afterEach(() => vi.useRealTimers());
+
+  /** When `fn` ran, for calls made at the given times. */
+  function runs(impl: (fn: () => void, wait: number) => () => void, callsAt: number[]) {
+    const at: number[] = [];
+    const start = Date.now();
+    const t = impl(() => at.push(Date.now() - start), 500);
+    let now = 0;
+    for (const time of callsAt) {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(time - now);
+      now = time;
+      t();
+    }
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000);
+    return at;
+  }
+
+  const sequences: [string, number[]][] = [
+    ['one call', [0]],
+    ['a burst', [0, 10, 20, 30]],
+    ['steady calls', [0, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100]],
+    ['two bursts apart', [0, 50, 2000, 2050]],
+    ['a call just after a window', [0, 499, 501, 1200]],
+  ];
+
+  // And some irregular ones, the way render events arrive: fixed seeds, so a
+  // failure names a sequence that can be replayed.
+  for (const seed of [1, 7, 42, 1234]) {
+    let x = seed;
+    const next = () => (x = (x * 1103515245 + 12345) % 2 ** 31) / 2 ** 31;
+    const calls: number[] = [];
+    let time = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 40; i++) calls.push((time += Math.floor(next() * 400)));
+    sequences.push([`irregular, seed ${seed}`, calls]);
+  }
+
+  for (const [name, calls] of sequences) {
+    it(`runs when lodash's does: ${name}`, () => {
+      expect(runs(throttle, calls)).toEqual(runs(lodashThrottle, calls));
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** When `fn` ran when the clock is set back mid-sequence, for each implementation. */
+  function runsWithClockBack(impl: (fn: () => void, wait: number) => () => void) {
+    vi.setSystemTime(100_000);
+    const at: number[] = [];
+    const t = impl(() => at.push(Date.now()), 500);
+    t();
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(100);
+    t();
+    // The clock goes back, as a system clock can: lodash treats that as a fresh start.
+    vi.setSystemTime(50_000);
+    t();
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000);
+    return at;
+  }
+
+  it("runs when lodash's does when the clock goes backwards", () => {
+    expect(runsWithClockBack(throttle)).toEqual(runsWithClockBack(lodashThrottle));
+  });
+
+  /** When `fn` ran when `fn` itself calls the throttled function, as a render can. */
+  function runsReentrant(impl: (fn: () => void, wait: number) => () => void) {
+    const start = Date.now();
+    const at: number[] = [];
+    let depth = 0;
+    const t: () => void = impl(() => {
+      at.push(Date.now() - start);
+      if (depth++ < 3) t();
+    }, 500);
+    t();
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(5000);
+    return at;
+  }
+
+  it("runs when lodash's does when fn calls it again", () => {
+    expect(runsReentrant(throttle)).toEqual(runsReentrant(lodashThrottle));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/throttle.ts b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/throttle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90bebcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ngx-reactome-cytoscape-style/src/lib/util/throttle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * `fn`, run at most once every `wait` milliseconds: lodash's throttle(fn, wait),
+ * which this replaces (see memoize.ts for why).
+ *
+ * A port of lodash's algorithm -- its throttle is its debounce with `leading`,
+ * `trailing` and `maxWait = wait` -- rather than a simpler timer. The first call
+ * runs at once; calls inside a window run `fn` once more when it ends; and a
+ * window's end follows the last call, as lodash's does. throttle.spec.ts holds
+ * the two to the same timings.
+ */
+export function throttle(fn: () => void, wait: number): () => void {
+  let lastCallTime: number | undefined;
+  let lastInvokeTime = 0;
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
+  let pending = false;
+
+  const invoke = (time: number) => {
+    pending = false;
+    lastInvokeTime = time;
+    fn();
+  };
+
+  const shouldInvoke = (time: number) => {
+    if (lastCallTime === undefined) return true;
+    const sinceCall = time - lastCallTime;
+    return sinceCall >= wait || sinceCall < 0 || time - lastInvokeTime >= wait;
+  };
+
+  const remainingWait = (time: number) =>
+    Math.min(wait - (time - (lastCallTime ?? time)), wait - (time - lastInvokeTime));
+
+  const timerExpired = () => {
+    const time = Date.now();
+    if (shouldInvoke(time)) {
+      timer = undefined;
+      if (pending) invoke(time);
+      return;
+    }
+    timer = setTimeout(timerExpired, remainingWait(time));
+  };
+
+  return () => {
+    const time = Date.now();
+    const invoking = shouldInvoke(time);
+    pending = true;
+    lastCallTime = time;
+    if (invoking) {
+      if (timer === undefined) {
+        lastInvokeTime = time;
+        timer = setTimeout(timerExpired, wait);
+        invoke(time);
+        return;
+      }
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      timer = setTimeout(timerExpired, wait);
+      invoke(time);
+      return;
+    }
+    timer ??= setTimeout(timerExpired, wait);
+  };
+}