diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 028ffa883..0d554d23e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   "bugs": "https://github.com/nextcloud/tasks/issues",
   "contributors": [],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@nextcloud/auth": "^2.4.0",
     "@nextcloud/axios": "^2.5.1",
     "@nextcloud/calendar-js": "8.1.1",
     "@nextcloud/cdav-library": "1.5.3",
@@ -43,14 +42,11 @@
     "color-convert": "^3.0.1",
     "debounce": "^2.2.0",
     "ical.js": "^2.1.0",
-    "linkify-it": "^5.0.0",
     "markdown-it": "^14.1.0",
     "markdown-it-emoji": "^3.0.0",
     "markdown-it-link-attributes": "^4.0.1",
     "markdown-it-task-lists": "^2.1.1",
-    "p-limit": "^6.2.0",
     "sortablejs-vue3": "^1.2.11",
-    "uuid": "^11.1.0",
     "vue": "^3.5.13",
     "vue-material-design-icons": "^5.3.1",
     "vue-router": "^4.5.0",
diff --git a/src/models/task.js b/src/models/task.js
index 5bdd1821d..dedbc0667 100644
--- a/src/models/task.js
+++ b/src/models/task.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 
 import moment from '@nextcloud/moment'
 
-import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
 import ICAL from 'ical.js'
+import { randomUUID } from '../utils/crypto.js'
 
 export default class Task {
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export default class Task {
 
 		if (!this.vtodo.hasProperty('uid')) {
 			console.debug('This task did not have a proper uid. Setting a new one for ', this)
-			this.vtodo.addPropertyWithValue('uid', uuid())
+			this.vtodo.addPropertyWithValue('uid', randomUUID())
 		}
 
 		// Define components
diff --git a/src/utils/crypto.js b/src/utils/crypto.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5e72737e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/crypto.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * Nextcloud - Tasks
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019 Georg Ehrke
+ *
+ * @author Georg Ehrke <oc.list@georgehrke.com>
+ *
+ * @license AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Generates a random UUID v4.
+ *
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+export function randomUUID() {
+	if (crypto?.randomUUID) {
+		// Only available in secure contexts
+		return crypto.randomUUID()
+	}
+
+	return insecureUuidV4()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generates a random UUID v4 from a weak, non-cryptographic random number generator.
+ * Please use randomUUID() instead.
+ *
+ * Adapted from https://gist.github.com/scwood/3bff42cc005cc20ab7ec98f0d8e1d59d
+ * Copyright 2018 Spencer Wood
+ *
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+function insecureUuidV4() {
+	const uuid = new Array(36)
+	for (let i = 0; i < 36; i++) {
+		uuid[i] = Math.floor(Math.random() * 16)
+	}
+	uuid[14] = 4 // set bits 12-15 of time-high-and-version to 0100
+	uuid[19] = uuid[19] &= ~(1 << 2) // set bit 6 of clock-seq-and-reserved to zero
+	uuid[19] = uuid[19] |= (1 << 3) // set bit 7 of clock-seq-and-reserved to one
+	uuid[8] = uuid[13] = uuid[18] = uuid[23] = '-'
+	return uuid.map((x) => x.toString(16)).join('')
+}