diff --git a/.changes/instant.md b/.changes/instant.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03b2461d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/instant.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tao": "minor"
+---
+
+Remove `instant` dependency, changed `StartCause::ResumeTimeReached`, `StartCause::WaitCancelled` and `ControlFlow::WaitUntil` to use `std::time::Instant` instead.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9471dc19d..933559e68 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ serde = [ "dep:serde", "dpi/serde" ]
 members = [ "tao-macros" ]
 
 [dependencies]
-instant = "0.1"
 lazy_static = "1"
 libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/examples/timer.rs b/examples/timer.rs
index 4ba2d3f71..047c5039b 100644
--- a/examples/timer.rs
+++ b/examples/timer.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 Tauri Programme within The Commons Conservancy
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-use instant::Instant;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 use tao::{
   event::{Event, StartCause, WindowEvent},
diff --git a/src/event.rs b/src/event.rs
index b0d916059..d6efde565 100644
--- a/src/event.rs
+++ b/src/event.rs
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 //! describes what happens in what order.
 //!
 //! [event_loop_run]: crate::event_loop::EventLoop::run
-use instant::Instant;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 use crate::{
   dpi::{PhysicalPosition, PhysicalSize},
diff --git a/src/event_loop.rs b/src/event_loop.rs
index 6565dde06..c27578d39 100644
--- a/src/event_loop.rs
+++ b/src/event_loop.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! [create_proxy]: crate::event_loop::EventLoop::create_proxy
 //! [event_loop_proxy]: crate::event_loop::EventLoopProxy
 //! [send_event]: crate::event_loop::EventLoopProxy::send_event
-use instant::Instant;
+use std::time::Instant;
 use std::{error, fmt, marker::PhantomData, ops::Deref};
 
 use crate::{