diff --git a/lib/resque-unique_in_queue.rb b/lib/resque-unique_in_queue.rb
index 2a3c7d0..4066acf 100644
--- a/lib/resque-unique_in_queue.rb
+++ b/lib/resque-unique_in_queue.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 require 'digest/md5'
 
 # External Gems
-require 'colorized_string'
 require 'resque'
 
 # This Gem
@@ -23,7 +22,13 @@
 #   Resque, Resque::Job, or Resque::Queue.
 module Resque
   module UniqueInQueue
-    PLUGIN_TAG = (ColorizedString['[R-UIQ] '].blue).freeze
+    # Wraps text in ANSI blue escape codes. Replaces the former `colorize`
+    # dependency; produces the exact sequence colorize's String#blue emitted.
+    def self.blue_text(text)
+      "\e[0;34;49m#{text}\e[0m"
+    end
+
+    PLUGIN_TAG = blue_text('[R-UIQ] ').freeze
 
     def log(message)
       configuration.logger&.send(configuration.log_level, message) if configuration.logger
diff --git a/lib/resque/unique_in_queue/version.rb b/lib/resque/unique_in_queue/version.rb
index 3dec041..773fd82 100644
--- a/lib/resque/unique_in_queue/version.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/unique_in_queue/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module Resque
   module UniqueInQueue
-    VERSION = '2.0.1'.freeze
+    VERSION = '2.0.2'.freeze
   end
 end
diff --git a/resque-unique_in_queue.gemspec b/resque-unique_in_queue.gemspec
index d97f14f..98cf73e 100644
--- a/resque-unique_in_queue.gemspec
+++ b/resque-unique_in_queue.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'colorize', '>= 0.8'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'resque', '>= 1.2'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '>= 2.2.10'