diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index eef47bbd..cd114974 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -296,11 +296,6 @@
 			<version>${querydsl.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.16.1</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
index c67c7148..69a5ecf2 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/service/FeedService.java
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package com.commafeed.backend.service;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-
 import com.commafeed.backend.Digests;
 import com.commafeed.backend.dao.FeedDAO;
 import com.commafeed.backend.favicon.AbstractFaviconFetcher;
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import com.commafeed.backend.favicon.Favicon;
 import com.commafeed.backend.feed.FeedUtils;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.Feed;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.Models;
+import com.google.common.io.Resources;
 
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ public class FeedService {
 		this.faviconFetchers = faviconFetchers;
 
 		try {
-			defaultFavicon = new Favicon(IOUtils.toByteArray(getClass().getResource("/images/default_favicon.gif")), "image/gif");
+			defaultFavicon = new Favicon(
+					Resources.toByteArray(Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getResource("/images/default_favicon.gif"))), "image/gif");
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException("could not load default favicon", e);
 		}
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
index 6e70824b..bc600bb4 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/resource/FeedREST.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ObjectUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.media.multipart.FormDataParam;
@@ -524,7 +523,7 @@ public class FeedREST {
 			return Response.status(Status.FORBIDDEN).entity("Import is disabled for the demo account").build();
 		}
 		try {
-			String opml = IOUtils.toString(input, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			String opml = new String(input.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 			opmlImporter.importOpml(user, opml);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			log.error(e.getMessage(), e);