diff --git a/d2m/actions/create-space.js b/d2m/actions/create-space.js
index 7d50199..a7390ed 100644
--- a/d2m/actions/create-space.js
+++ b/d2m/actions/create-space.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // @ts-check
 
 const assert = require("assert").strict
+const {isDeepStrictEqual} = require("util")
 const DiscordTypes = require("discord-api-types/v10")
-const deepEqual = require("deep-equal")
 const reg = require("../../matrix/read-registration")
 
 const passthrough = require("../../passthrough")
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ async function syncSpaceExpressions(data, checkBeforeSync) {
 				// State event not found. This space doesn't have any existing emojis. We create a dummy empty event for comparison's sake.
 				existing = fn([])
 			}
-			if (deepEqual(existing, content, {strict: true})) return
+			if (isDeepStrictEqual(existing, content)) return
 		}
 		api.sendState(spaceID, "im.ponies.room_emotes", eventKey, content)
 	}
diff --git a/db/orm-defs.d.ts b/db/orm-defs.d.ts
index 622e1a0..0223058 100644
--- a/db/orm-defs.d.ts
+++ b/db/orm-defs.d.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export type Prepared<Row> = {
 	safeIntegers: () => Prepared<{[K in keyof Row]: Row[K] extends number ? BigInt : Row[K]}>
 	raw: () => Prepared<Row[keyof Row][]>
 	all: (..._: any[]) => Row[]
-	get: (..._: any[]) => Row | null
+	get: (..._: any[]) => Row | null | undefined
 }
 
 export type AllKeys<U> = U extends any ? keyof U : never
diff --git a/db/orm.test.js b/db/orm.test.js
index 066eabb..3d4e8ef 100644
--- a/db/orm.test.js
+++ b/db/orm.test.js
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ test("orm: from: join direction works", t => {
 	const hasNoOwner = from("sim").join("sim_proxy", "user_id", "left").select("user_id", "proxy_owner_id").where({sim_name: "crunch_god"}).get()
 	t.deepEqual(hasNoOwner, {user_id: "820865262526005258", proxy_owner_id: null})
 	const hasNoOwnerInner = from("sim").join("sim_proxy", "user_id", "inner").select("user_id", "proxy_owner_id").where({sim_name: "crunch_god"}).get()
-	t.deepEqual(hasNoOwnerInner, null)
+	t.deepEqual(hasNoOwnerInner, undefined)
 })
diff --git a/matrix/kstate.js b/matrix/kstate.js
index 6358974..3c4189d 100644
--- a/matrix/kstate.js
+++ b/matrix/kstate.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const assert = require("assert").strict
 const mixin = require("mixin-deep")
-const deepEqual = require("deep-equal")
+const {isDeepStrictEqual} = require("util")
 
 /** Mutates the input. */
 function kstateStripConditionals(kstate) {
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ function diffKState(actual, target) {
 			// Special handling for power levels, we want to deep merge the actual and target into the final state.
 			if (!(key in actual)) throw new Error(`want to apply a power levels diff, but original power level data is missing\nstarted with:  ${JSON.stringify(actual)}\nwant to apply: ${JSON.stringify(target)}`)
 			const temp = mixin({}, actual[key], target[key])
-			if (!deepEqual(actual[key], temp, {strict: true})) {
+			if (!isDeepStrictEqual(actual[key], temp)) {
 				// they differ. use the newly prepared object as the diff.
 				diff[key] = temp
 			}
 
 		} else if (key in actual) {
 			// diff
-			if (!deepEqual(actual[key], target[key], {strict: true})) {
+			if (!isDeepStrictEqual(actual[key], target[key])) {
 				// they differ. use the target as the diff.
 				diff[key] = target[key]
 			}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 880c150..2e45796 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
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         "chunk-text": "^2.0.1",
         "cloudstorm": "^0.10.8",
-        "deep-equal": "^2.2.3",
         "discord-markdown": "git+https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/nodejs-discord-markdown#2881b447954fcea10510f212fa4c1dbbdc0a57a3",
         "entities": "^4.5.0",
         "get-stream": "^6.0.1",
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+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/array-buffer-byte-length/-/array-buffer-byte-length-1.0.1.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
-        "call-bind": "^1.0.2",
-        "is-array-buffer": "^3.0.1"
+        "call-bind": "^1.0.5",
+        "is-array-buffer": "^3.0.4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.4"
       },
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
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+      "dependencies": {
+        "possible-typed-array-names": "^1.0.0"
+      },
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       "dependencies": {
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+        "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
         "function-bind": "^1.1.2",
-        "get-intrinsic": "^1.2.1",
-        "set-function-length": "^1.1.1"
+        "get-intrinsic": "^1.2.4",
+        "set-function-length": "^1.2.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.4"
       },
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
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+        "es-errors": "^1.3.0",
+        "gopd": "^1.0.1"
       },
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         "node": ">= 0.4"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
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@@ -1252,10 +1270,30 @@
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       }
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         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
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         "has-symbols": "^1.0.3",
         "hasown": "^2.0.0"
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         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
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@@ -1667,21 +1711,11 @@
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