diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index ae8b239..7dedd1a 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Revision history for {{$dist->name}}
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+  - Remove the most uses of stringy eval (gh#6) One still remains
+  - Remove dependency on Data::Munge (gh#6)
 
 0.06 2021-10-11 16:57:42 -0600
   - Fixed test bug (rt#133221)
diff --git a/lib/Return/MultiLevel.pm b/lib/Return/MultiLevel.pm
index af17dcc..4dfe6be 100644
--- a/lib/Return/MultiLevel.pm
+++ b/lib/Return/MultiLevel.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use 5.008001;
 use Carp qw(confess);
-use Data::Munge qw(eval_string);
 use parent 'Exporter';
 
 # ABSTRACT: Return across multiple call levels
@@ -14,90 +13,82 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(with_return);
 
 our $_backend;
 
+sub with_return (&);
+
 if (!$ENV{RETURN_MULTILEVEL_PP} && eval { require Scope::Upper }) {
-    eval_string <<'EOT';
-sub with_return (&) {
+
+  *with_return = sub (&) {
     my ($f) = @_;
     my $ctx = Scope::Upper::HERE();
-    my @canary =
-        !$ENV{RETURN_MULTILEVEL_DEBUG}
-            ? '-'
-            : Carp::longmess "Original call to with_return"
-    ;
+    my @canary = !$ENV{RETURN_MULTILEVEL_DEBUG}
+      ? '-'
+      : Carp::longmess "Original call to with_return";
+
     local $canary[0];
     $f->(sub {
-        $canary[0]
-            and confess
-                $canary[0] eq '-'
-                    ? ""
-                    : "Captured stack:\n$canary[0]\n",
-                "Attempt to re-enter dead call frame"
-        ;
-        Scope::Upper::unwind(@_, $ctx);
+      $canary[0] and confess $canary[0] eq '-'
+        ? ""
+        : "Captured stack:\n$canary[0]\n",
+        "Attempt to re-enter dead call frame";
+      Scope::Upper::unwind(@_, $ctx);
     })
-}
-EOT
+  };
 
-    $_backend = 'XS';
+  $_backend = 'XS';
 
 } else {
 
-    eval_string <<'EOT';
-{
+  *_label_at = do {
     my $_label_prefix = '_' . __PACKAGE__ . '_';
     $_label_prefix =~ tr/A-Za-z0-9_/_/cs;
 
-    sub _label_at { $_label_prefix . $_[0] }
-}
+    sub { $_label_prefix . $_[0] };
+  };
 
-our @_trampoline_cache;
+  our @_trampoline_cache;
 
-sub _get_trampoline {
+  *_get_trampoline = sub {
     my ($i) = @_;
-    my $label = _label_at $i;
+    my $label = _label_at($i);
     (
-        $label,
-        $_trampoline_cache[$i] ||= eval_string qq{
-            sub {
-                my \$rr = shift;
-                my \$fn = shift;
-                return &\$fn;
-                $label: splice \@\$rr
-            }
-        },
+      $label,
+      $_trampoline_cache[$i] ||= eval ## no critic (BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitStringyEval)
+      qq{
+        sub {
+          my \$rr = shift;
+          my \$fn = shift;
+          return &\$fn;
+          $label: splice \@\$rr
+        }
+      },
     )
-}
+  };
 
-our $_depth = 0;
+  our $_depth = 0;
 
-sub with_return (&) {
+  *with_return = sub (&) {
     my ($f) = @_;
-    my ($label, $trampoline) = _get_trampoline $_depth;
+    my ($label, $trampoline) = _get_trampoline($_depth);
     local $_depth = $_depth + 1;
-    my @canary =
-        !$ENV{RETURN_MULTILEVEL_DEBUG}
-            ? '-'
-            : Carp::longmess "Original call to with_return"
-    ;
+    my @canary = !$ENV{RETURN_MULTILEVEL_DEBUG}
+      ? '-'
+      : Carp::longmess "Original call to with_return";
+
     local $canary[0];
     my @ret;
     $trampoline->(
-        \@ret,
-        $f,
-        sub {
-            $canary[0]
-                and confess
-                    $canary[0] eq '-'
-                        ? ""
-                        : "Captured stack:\n$canary[0]\n",
-                    "Attempt to re-enter dead call frame"
-            ;
-            @ret = @_;
-            goto $label;
-        },
+      \@ret,
+      $f,
+      sub {
+        $canary[0] and confess $canary[0] eq '-'
+          ? ""
+          : "Captured stack:\n$canary[0]\n",
+          "Attempt to re-enter dead call frame";
+        @ret = @_;
+        goto $label;
+      },
     )
-}
-EOT
+  };
 
     $_backend = 'PP';
 }
diff --git a/t/00_diag.t b/t/00_diag.t
index b9168e2..9e0370c 100644
--- a/t/00_diag.t
+++ b/t/00_diag.t
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ my $post_diag;
 
 $modules{$_} = $_ for qw(
   Carp
-  Data::Munge
   Exporter
   ExtUtils::MakeMaker
   Scope::Upper
diff --git a/t/basic.t b/t/basic.t
index bdf0112..a2cdd48 100644
--- a/t/basic.t
+++ b/t/basic.t
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ use warnings;
 use Test::More tests => 5;
 use Return::MultiLevel qw(with_return);
 
+diag '';
+diag '';
+diag '';
+
+diag "backend = @{[ $Return::MultiLevel::_backend ]}";
+
+diag '';
+diag '';
+
 is with_return {
     my ($ret) = @_;
     42