diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index add0e37ce9..c7abd25c62 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     "lodash.omit": "^4.5.0",
     "mobx": "^6.6.1",
     "mobx-react-lite": "^3.4.0",
-    "moment": "^2.29.4",
     "react": "17.0.2",
     "react-circular-progressbar": "^2.1.0",
     "react-dom": "17.0.2",
diff --git a/src/view/com/feed/FeedItem.tsx b/src/view/com/feed/FeedItem.tsx
index 616fb0acae..e79c153267 100644
--- a/src/view/com/feed/FeedItem.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/feed/FeedItem.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import React from 'react'
 import {observer} from 'mobx-react-lite'
 import {Image, StyleSheet, Text, TouchableOpacity, View} from 'react-native'
 import {bsky, AdxUri} from '@adxp/mock-api'
-import moment from 'moment'
 import {FontAwesomeIcon} from '@fortawesome/react-native-fontawesome'
 import {OnNavigateContent} from '../../routes/types'
 import {FeedViewItemModel} from '../../../state/models/feed-view'
 import {s} from '../../lib/styles'
+import {ago} from '../../lib/strings'
 import {AVIS} from '../../lib/assets'
 
 export const FeedItem = observer(function FeedItem({
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export const FeedItem = observer(function FeedItem({
               @{item.author.name}
             </Text>
             <Text style={[styles.metaItem, s.f14, s.gray]}>
-              &middot; {moment(item.indexedAt).fromNow(true)}
+              &middot; {ago(item.indexedAt)}
             </Text>
           </View>
           <Text style={[styles.postText, s.f15, s['lh15-1.3']]}>
diff --git a/src/view/com/post-thread/PostThreadItem.tsx b/src/view/com/post-thread/PostThreadItem.tsx
index 7ed00403b9..981aab0924 100644
--- a/src/view/com/post-thread/PostThreadItem.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/post-thread/PostThreadItem.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import React from 'react'
 import {observer} from 'mobx-react-lite'
 import {Image, StyleSheet, Text, TouchableOpacity, View} from 'react-native'
 import {bsky, AdxUri} from '@adxp/mock-api'
-import moment from 'moment'
 import {FontAwesomeIcon} from '@fortawesome/react-native-fontawesome'
 import {OnNavigateContent} from '../../routes/types'
 import {PostThreadViewPostModel} from '../../../state/models/post-thread-view'
 import {s} from '../../lib/styles'
-import {pluralize} from '../../lib/strings'
+import {ago, pluralize} from '../../lib/strings'
 import {AVIS} from '../../lib/assets'
 
 function iter<T>(n: number, fn: (_i: number) => T): Array<T> {
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ export const PostThreadItem = observer(function PostThreadItem({
               @{item.author.name}
             </Text>
             <Text style={[styles.metaItem, s.f14, s.gray]}>
-              &middot; {moment(item.indexedAt).fromNow(true)}
+              &middot; {ago(item.indexedAt)}
             </Text>
           </View>
           <Text
diff --git a/src/view/index.ts b/src/view/index.ts
index 645aa425bc..026bea1238 100644
--- a/src/view/index.ts
+++ b/src/view/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import moment from 'moment'
 import {library} from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core'
 
 import {faArrowLeft} from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faArrowLeft'
@@ -16,26 +15,6 @@ import {faRetweet} from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faRetweet'
 import {faX} from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faX'
 
 export function setup() {
-  moment.updateLocale('en', {
-    relativeTime: {
-      future: 'in %s',
-      past: '%s ago',
-      s: 'a few seconds',
-      ss: '%ds',
-      m: 'a minute',
-      mm: '%dm',
-      h: 'an hour',
-      hh: '%dh',
-      d: 'a day',
-      dd: '%dd',
-      w: 'a week',
-      ww: '%dw',
-      M: 'a month',
-      MM: '%dmo',
-      y: 'a year',
-      yy: '%dy',
-    },
-  })
   library.add(
     faArrowLeft,
     faBars,
diff --git a/src/view/lib/strings.ts b/src/view/lib/strings.ts
index 3ef707dd87..30426e6746 100644
--- a/src/view/lib/strings.ts
+++ b/src/view/lib/strings.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,35 @@ export function makeRecordUri(
   urip.recordKey = recordKey
   return urip.toString()
 }
+
+const MINUTE = 60
+const HOUR = MINUTE * 60
+const DAY = HOUR * 24
+const MONTH = DAY * 30
+const YEAR = DAY * 365
+export function ago(date: number | string | Date): string {
+  let ts: number
+  if (typeof date === 'string') {
+    ts = Number(new Date(date))
+  } else if (date instanceof Date) {
+    ts = Number(date)
+  } else {
+    ts = date
+  }
+  const diffSeconds = Math.floor((Date.now() - ts) / 1e3)
+  if (diffSeconds === 0) {
+    return 'just now'
+  } else if (diffSeconds < MINUTE) {
+    return `${diffSeconds}s`
+  } else if (diffSeconds < HOUR) {
+    return `${Math.floor(diffSeconds / MINUTE)}m`
+  } else if (diffSeconds < DAY) {
+    return `${Math.floor(diffSeconds / HOUR)}h`
+  } else if (diffSeconds < MONTH) {
+    return `${Math.floor(diffSeconds / DAY)}d`
+  } else if (diffSeconds < YEAR) {
+    return `${Math.floor(diffSeconds / MONTH)}mo`
+  } else {
+    return new Date(ts).toLocaleDateString()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/todos.txt b/todos.txt
index 221de14f38..70807cfe2b 100644
--- a/todos.txt
+++ b/todos.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,4 @@ Paul's todo list
   - *
 - Linking
   - Web linking
-  - App linking
-- Housekeeping
-  - Remove moment.js -- it's too heavy a dependency
\ No newline at end of file
+  - App linking
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 082f054ff8..8adea6b04d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9753,11 +9753,6 @@ mobx@^6.6.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mobx/-/mobx-6.6.1.tgz#70ee6aa82f25aeb7e7d522bd621207434e509318"
   integrity sha512-7su3UZv5JF+ohLr2opabjbUAERfXstMY+wiBtey8yNAPoB8H187RaQXuhFjNkH8aE4iHbDWnhDFZw0+5ic4nGQ==
 
-moment@^2.29.4:
-  version "2.29.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/moment/-/moment-2.29.4.tgz#3dbe052889fe7c1b2ed966fcb3a77328964ef108"
-  integrity sha512-5LC9SOxjSc2HF6vO2CyuTDNivEdoz2IvyJJGj6X8DJ0eFyfszE0QiEd+iXmBvUP3WHxSjFH/vIsA0EN00cgr8w==
-
 ms@2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz#5608aeadfc00be6c2901df5f9861788de0d597c8"