diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2a9d63a..a800ba3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -155,12 +155,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazy_static"
-version = "1.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.103"
@@ -199,6 +193,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "692fcb63b64b1758029e0a96ee63e049ce8c5948587f2f7208df04625e5f6b56"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ouch"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "bzip2",
  "flate2",
  "infer",
- "lazy_static",
  "libc",
+ "once_cell",
  "rand",
  "strsim",
  "tar",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f1d3a9f..071672a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "A command-line utility for easily compressing and decompressing f
 
 [dependencies]
 atty        = "0.2.14"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+once_cell   = "1.8.0"
 walkdir     = "2.3.2"
 strsim      = "0.10.0"
 bzip2       = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index c8289fa..11e345a 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ pub fn run(command: Command, flags: &oof::Flags) -> crate::Result<()> {
                 // Print an extra alert message pointing out that we left a possibly
                 // CORRUPTED FILE at `output_path`
                 if let Err(err) = fs::remove_file(&output_path) {
-                    eprintln!("{red}FATAL ERROR:\n", red = colors::red());
+                    eprintln!("{red}FATAL ERROR:\n", red = *colors::RED);
                     eprintln!("  Please manually delete '{}'.", to_utf(&output_path));
                     eprintln!("  Compression failed and we could not delete '{}'.", to_utf(&output_path),);
-                    eprintln!("  Error:{reset} {}{red}.{reset}\n", err, reset = colors::reset(), red = colors::red());
+                    eprintln!("  Error:{reset} {}{red}.{reset}\n", err, reset = *colors::RESET, red = *colors::RED);
                 }
             } else {
                 info!("Successfully compressed '{}'.", to_utf(output_path));
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ fn compress_files(
                 writer.flush()?;
             }
             Zip => {
-                eprintln!("{yellow}Warning:{reset}", yellow = colors::yellow(), reset = colors::reset());
+                eprintln!("{yellow}Warning:{reset}", yellow = *colors::YELLOW, reset = *colors::RESET);
                 eprintln!("\tCompressing .zip entirely in memory.");
                 eprintln!("\tIf the file is too big, your PC might freeze!");
                 eprintln!(
diff --git a/src/dialogs.rs b/src/dialogs.rs
index 95db53f..4f4d7b2 100644
--- a/src/dialogs.rs
+++ b/src/dialogs.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl<'a> Confirmation<'a> {
         };
 
         loop {
-            print!("{} [{}Y{}/{}n{}] ", message, colors::green(), colors::reset(), colors::red(), colors::reset());
+            print!("{} [{}Y{}/{}n{}] ", message, *colors::GREEN, *colors::RESET, *colors::RED, *colors::RESET);
             io::stdout().flush()?;
 
             let mut answer = String::new();
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index caf7e6c..9a7e673 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ pub struct FinalError {
 impl Display for FinalError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         // Title
-        writeln!(f, "{}[ERROR]{} {}", red(), reset(), self.title)?;
+        writeln!(f, "{}[ERROR]{} {}", *RED, *RESET, self.title)?;
 
         // Details
         for detail in &self.details {
-            writeln!(f, " {}-{} {}", white(), yellow(), detail)?;
+            writeln!(f, " {}-{} {}", *WHITE, *YELLOW, detail)?;
         }
 
         // Hints
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ impl Display for FinalError {
             // Separate by one blank line.
             writeln!(f)?;
             for hint in &self.hints {
-                writeln!(f, "{}hint:{} {}", green(), reset(), hint)?;
+                writeln!(f, "{}hint:{} {}", *GREEN, *RESET, hint)?;
             }
         }
 
-        write!(f, "{}", reset())
+        write!(f, "{}", *RESET)
     }
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
                     .detail("This should not have happened")
                     .detail("It's probably our fault")
                     .detail("Please help us improve by reporting the issue at:")
-                    .detail(format!("    {}https://github.com/vrmiguel/ouch/issues ", cyan()))
+                    .detail(format!("    {}https://github.com/vrmiguel/ouch/issues ", *CYAN))
                     .clone();
 
                 error
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Error::OofError(err) => FinalError::with_title(err),
             Error::IoError { reason } => FinalError::with_title(reason),
             Error::CompressionTypo => FinalError::with_title("Possible typo detected")
-                .hint(format!("Did you mean '{}ouch compress{}'?", magenta(), reset()))
+                .hint(format!("Did you mean '{}ouch compress{}'?", *MAGENTA, *RESET))
                 .clone(),
             Error::UnknownExtensionError(_) => todo!(),
             Error::AlreadyExists => todo!(),
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 52537a8..3c3830d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,21 +19,11 @@ mod utils;
 
 pub use error::{Error, Result};
 
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-
 /// The status code ouch has when an error is encountered
 pub const EXIT_FAILURE: i32 = libc::EXIT_FAILURE;
 
 const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
-lazy_static! {
-    static ref NO_COLOR_IS_SET: bool = {
-        use std::env;
-
-        env::var("NO_COLOR").is_ok() || atty::isnt(atty::Stream::Stdout) || atty::isnt(atty::Stream::Stderr)
-    };
-}
-
 fn help_command() {
     use utils::colors::*;
 
@@ -62,17 +52,17 @@ fn help_command() {
                                 another folder.
 
 Visit https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch for more usage examples.",
-        magenta = magenta(),
-        white = white(),
-        green = green(),
-        yellow = yellow(),
-        reset = reset(),
-        cyan = cyan()
+        magenta = *MAGENTA,
+        white = *WHITE,
+        green = *GREEN,
+        yellow = *YELLOW,
+        reset = *RESET,
+        cyan = *CYAN
     );
 }
 
 #[inline]
 fn version_command() {
     use utils::colors::*;
-    println!("{green}ouch{reset} {}", crate::VERSION, green = green(), reset = reset());
+    println!("{green}ouch{reset} {}", crate::VERSION, green = *GREEN, reset = *RESET);
 }
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index bed8ba9..14996e3 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use crate::NO_COLOR_IS_SET;
-
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! info {
     ($writer:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => {
@@ -14,11 +12,7 @@ macro_rules! info {
 }
 
 pub fn _info_helper() {
-    use crate::utils::colors::{reset, yellow};
+    use crate::utils::colors::{RESET, YELLOW};
 
-    if *NO_COLOR_IS_SET {
-        print!("[INFO] ");
-    } else {
-        print!("{}[INFO]{} ", yellow(), reset());
-    }
+    print!("{}[INFO]{} ", *YELLOW, *RESET);
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index a03d227..74b7210 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -64,52 +64,31 @@ pub struct Bytes {
 
 /// Module with a list of bright colors.
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-#[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
 pub mod colors {
-    pub const fn reset() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[39m"
+    use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+
+    static NO_COLOR_IS_SET: Lazy<bool> = Lazy::new(|| {
+        std::env::var_os("NO_COLOR").is_some() || atty::isnt(atty::Stream::Stdout) || atty::isnt(atty::Stream::Stderr)
+    });
+
+    macro_rules! color {
+        ($name:ident = $value:literal) => {
+            #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+            pub static $name: Lazy<&str> = Lazy::new(|| if *NO_COLOR_IS_SET { "" } else { $value });
+            #[cfg(not(target_family = "unix"))]
+            pub static $name: &&str = &"";
+        };
     }
-    pub const fn black() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[38;5;8m"
-    }
-    pub const fn blue() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[38;5;12m"
-    }
-    pub const fn cyan() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[38;5;14m"
-    }
-    pub const fn green() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[38;5;10m"
-    }
-    pub const fn magenta() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[38;5;13m"
-    }
-    pub const fn red() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[38;5;9m"
-    }
-    pub const fn white() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[38;5;15m"
-    }
-    pub const fn yellow() -> &'static str {
-        "\u{1b}[38;5;11m"
-    }
-}
-// Windows does not support ANSI escape codes
-#[allow(dead_code, non_upper_case_globals)]
-#[cfg(not(target_family = "unix"))]
-pub mod colors {
-    pub const fn empty() -> &'static str {
-        ""
-    }
-    pub const reset: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
-    pub const black: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
-    pub const blue: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
-    pub const cyan: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
-    pub const green: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
-    pub const magenta: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
-    pub const red: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
-    pub const white: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
-    pub const yellow: fn() -> &'static str = empty;
+
+    color!(RESET = "\u{1b}[39m");
+    color!(BLACK = "\u{1b}[38;5;8m");
+    color!(BLUE = "\u{1b}[38;5;12m");
+    color!(CYAN = "\u{1b}[38;5;14m");
+    color!(GREEN = "\u{1b}[38;5;10m");
+    color!(MAGENTA = "\u{1b}[38;5;13m");
+    color!(RED = "\u{1b}[38;5;9m");
+    color!(WHITE = "\u{1b}[38;5;15m");
+    color!(YELLOW = "\u{1b}[38;5;11m");
 }
 
 impl Bytes {