diff --git a/bin/find.js b/bin/find.js
index 9547df2..a7e5194 100755
--- a/bin/find.js
+++ b/bin/find.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var _ = require('lodash');
+var findItem = require('../lib/util').findItem;
 var getContents = require('../lib/fileio').getContents;
 var convert = require('../lib/fileio').convert;
 var narrowDown = require('../lib/find').narrowDown;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if (yargs.listLanguages) {
 }
 
 try {
-  articles = _.find(db, { lang: lang }).articles;
+  articles = findItem(db, 'lang', lang).articles;
 } catch (e) {
   if (e instanceof TypeError) {
     console.log('Sorry, ' + chalk.yellow(lang) + ' is ' + chalk.bold('not') + ' a supported language.\n`awman --list-languages` to get a list of available languages');
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 if (lang !== 'english') {
-  englishArticles = _.find(db, { lang: 'english' }).articles;
+  englishArticles = findItem(db, 'lang', 'english').articles;
 }
 
 Promise.resolve(narrowDown(articles, searchTerms, isDeep, isApro, doFallback, englishArticles)).then(function select(filteredArticles) {
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 43fb09a..63cfb33 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -4,8 +4,26 @@ var path = require('path');
 var archWiki = require.resolve('arch-wiki-md-repo');
 
 exports.getArticlePath = getArticlePath;
+exports.findItem = findItem;
 
+/**
+ * Turn relative path from the database into an absolute path
+ **/
 function getArticlePath(relativeArticlePath) {
   var absoluteArticlePath = path.resolve(archWiki, '..', 'wiki', relativeArticlePath);
   return absoluteArticlePath;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Replacement for _.find
+ **/
+function findItem(array, prop, match) {
+  var i = 0;
+  var len = array.length;
+
+  for (; i < len; i++) {
+    if (array[i][prop] === match) {
+      return array[i];
+    }
+  }
+}