diff --git a/cmd/analyze.go b/cmd/analyze.go
index f971c928..ba3afdd4 100644
--- a/cmd/analyze.go
+++ b/cmd/analyze.go
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
-func humanf(arg interface{}) string {
+func humanf(arg float64) string {
 	return color.Wrap(color.BrightWhite, humanize.Hf(arg))
 }
 
 func writeAggrOutput(writer multiterm.MultilineTerm, aggr *aggregation.MatchNumerical, extra bool, quantiles []float64) int {
-	writer.WriteForLinef(0, "Samples:  %v", color.Wrap(color.BrightWhite, humanize.Hi(aggr.Count())))
+	writer.WriteForLinef(0, "Samples:  %v", color.Wrap(color.BrightWhite, humanize.Hui(aggr.Count())))
 	writer.WriteForLinef(1, "Mean:     %v", humanf(aggr.Mean()))
 	writer.WriteForLinef(2, "StdDev:   %v", humanf(aggr.StdDev()))
 	writer.WriteForLinef(3, "Min:      %v", humanf(aggr.Min()))
diff --git a/cmd/expressions.go b/cmd/expressions.go
index 39d817ef..8a3b7522 100644
--- a/cmd/expressions.go
+++ b/cmd/expressions.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func expressionFunction(c *cli.Context) error {
 		duration, iterations := exprofiler.Benchmark(compiled, &expCtx)
 		perf := (duration / time.Duration(iterations)).String()
 		fmt.Printf("Benchmark: %s ", color.Wrap(color.BrightWhite, perf))
-		fmt.Print(color.Wrapf(color.BrightBlack, "(%s iterations in %s)", humanize.Hi(iterations), duration.String()))
+		fmt.Print(color.Wrapf(color.BrightBlack, "(%s iterations in %s)", humanize.Hi32(iterations), duration.String()))
 		fmt.Print("\n")
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/helpers/summary.go b/cmd/helpers/summary.go
index 258283db..7ce415ec 100644
--- a/cmd/helpers/summary.go
+++ b/cmd/helpers/summary.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 
 func FWriteMatchSummary(w io.Writer, matched, total uint64) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Matched: %s / %s",
-		color.Wrapi(color.BrightGreen, humanize.Hi(matched)),
-		color.Wrapi(color.BrightWhite, humanize.Hi(total)))
+		color.Wrapi(color.BrightGreen, humanize.Hui(matched)),
+		color.Wrapi(color.BrightWhite, humanize.Hui(total)))
 }
 
 func FWriteExtractorSummary(extractor *extractor.Extractor, errors uint64, additionalParts ...string) string {
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ func FWriteExtractorSummary(extractor *extractor.Extractor, errors uint64, addit
 		w.WriteString(p)
 	}
 	if extractor.IgnoredLines() > 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&w, " (Ignored: %s)", color.Wrapi(color.Red, humanize.Hi(extractor.IgnoredLines())))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&w, " (Ignored: %s)", color.Wrapi(color.Red, humanize.Hui(extractor.IgnoredLines())))
 	}
 	if errors > 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&w, " %s", color.Wrapf(color.Red, "(Errors: %v)", humanize.Hi(errors)))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&w, " %s", color.Wrapf(color.Red, "(Errors: %v)", humanize.Hui(errors)))
 	}
 	return w.String()
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a6411613..384c5096 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.14.1
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211019181941-9d821ace8654
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210503060354-a79de5458b56
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 // indirect
 	honnef.co/go/tools v0.3.2
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d0826691..6e324da2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211019181941-9d821ace8654 h1:id054HUawV2/6IGm2IV8KZQjq
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211019181941-9d821ace8654/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210503060354-a79de5458b56 h1:b8jxX3zqjpqb2LklXPzKSGJhzyxCOZSz8ncv8Nv+y7w=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210503060354-a79de5458b56/go.mod h1:tfny5GFUkzUvx4ps4ajbZsCe5lw1metzhBm9T3x7oIY=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 h1:olpwvP2KacW1ZWvsR7uQhoyTYvKAupfQrRGBFM352Gk=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.11-0.20220513221640-090b14e8501f h1:OKYpQQVE3DKSc3r3zHVzq46vq5YH7x8xpR3/k9ixmUg=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.11-0.20220513221640-090b14e8501f/go.mod h1:SgwaegtQh8clINPpECJMqnxLv9I09HLqnW3RMqW0CA4=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/pkg/expressions/stdlib/funcsStrings.go b/pkg/expressions/stdlib/funcsStrings.go
index 6a93b923..c5071bc4 100644
--- a/pkg/expressions/stdlib/funcsStrings.go
+++ b/pkg/expressions/stdlib/funcsStrings.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func kfHumanizeInt(args []KeyBuilderStage) KeyBuilderStage {
 		if err != nil {
 			return ErrorType
 		}
-		return humanize.Hi(val)
+		return humanize.Hi32(val)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/humanize/humanize.go b/pkg/humanize/humanize.go
index 14cb8d86..b3f92cf6 100644
--- a/pkg/humanize/humanize.go
+++ b/pkg/humanize/humanize.go
@@ -1,46 +1,43 @@
 package humanize
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
-
-	"golang.org/x/text/language"
-	"golang.org/x/text/message"
 )
 
-var printer = message.NewPrinter(language.English)
-
 // Enabled determines whether to use language message printer, or fmt
 var Enabled = true
 var Decimals = 4
 
-// H humanizes the output
-func H(format string, args ...interface{}) string {
+func Hi(arg int64) string {
 	if !Enabled {
-		return fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
+		return strconv.FormatInt(arg, 10)
 	}
-	return printer.Sprintf(format, args...)
+	return humanizeInt(arg)
 }
 
-func Hi(arg interface{}) string {
+func Hui(arg uint64) string {
 	if !Enabled {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", arg)
+		return strconv.FormatUint(arg, 10)
 	}
-	return printer.Sprintf("%d", arg)
+	return humanizeInt(arg)
 }
 
-func Hf(arg interface{}) string {
+func Hi32(arg int) string {
 	if !Enabled {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%f", arg)
+		return strconv.Itoa(arg)
 	}
-	return printer.Sprintf("%.[2]*[1]f", arg, Decimals)
+	return humanizeInt(arg)
+}
+
+func Hf(arg float64) string {
+	return Hfd(arg, Decimals)
 }
 
-func Hfd(arg interface{}, decimals int) string {
+func Hfd(arg float64, decimals int) string {
 	if !Enabled {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%f", arg)
+		return strconv.FormatFloat(arg, 'f', decimals, 64)
 	}
-	return printer.Sprintf("%.[2]*[1]f", arg, decimals)
+	return humanizeFloat(arg, decimals)
 }
 
 var byteSizes = [...]string{"B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB"}
diff --git a/pkg/humanize/humanize_test.go b/pkg/humanize/humanize_test.go
index 38b6f7a9..ee384ae3 100644
--- a/pkg/humanize/humanize_test.go
+++ b/pkg/humanize/humanize_test.go
@@ -6,16 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestH(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.Equal(t, "Hello 1,000", H("Hello %d", 1000))
-}
-
 func TestHDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	Enabled = false
-	assert.Equal(t, "Hello 1000", H("Hello %d", 1000))
 	assert.Equal(t, "1000", Hi(1000))
-	assert.Equal(t, "1000.000000", Hf(1000.0))
-	assert.Equal(t, "1000.000000", Hfd(1000.0, 5))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1000", Hui(1000))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1000", Hi32(1000))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1000.0000", Hf(1000.0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1000.00000", Hfd(1000.0, 5))
 	assert.Equal(t, "12341234", ByteSize(12341234))
 	Enabled = true
 }
@@ -24,6 +21,14 @@ func TestHi(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "1,500", Hi(1500))
 }
 
+func TestHui(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "1,500", Hui(1500))
+}
+
+func TestHi32(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "1,500", Hi32(1500))
+}
+
 func TestHf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "1,234,567.8912", Hf(1234567.89121111))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/humanize/numeric.go b/pkg/humanize/numeric.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80c64aad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/humanize/numeric.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package humanize
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"math"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+/*
+Previously, rare used the `message` i18n go library to add commas to numbers, but
+as it turns out that was a bit overkill (Benchmarking shows easily 10x slower, and added 600 KB to the
+binary).  In an effort to pull out and streamline simpler parts of the overall process,
+the two below functions are implementations of the simplistic english-only localization
+of numbers
+*/
+
+const (
+	baseSeparator    = ','
+	decimalSeparator = '.'
+)
+
+type IntType interface {
+	int64 | int32 | uint64 | uint32 | int | uint
+}
+
+func humanizeInt[T IntType](v T) string {
+	var buf [32]byte // stack alloc
+
+	if v >= 0 && v < 100 { // faster for small numbers
+		return strconv.FormatInt(int64(v), 10)
+	}
+
+	negative := v < 0
+	if negative {
+		v = -v
+	}
+
+	ci := 0
+	idx := len(buf) - 1
+	for v > 0 {
+		if ci == 3 {
+			buf[idx] = baseSeparator
+			ci = 0
+			idx--
+		}
+
+		buf[idx] = byte('0' + (v % 10))
+		idx--
+		ci++
+		v /= 10
+	}
+
+	if negative {
+		buf[idx] = '-'
+		idx--
+	}
+
+	return string(buf[idx+1:])
+}
+
+func isDigit(s byte) bool {
+	return s >= '0' && s <= '9'
+}
+
+func humanizeFloat(v float64, decimals int) string {
+	// Special cases
+	if math.IsNaN(v) {
+		return "NaN"
+	}
+	if math.IsInf(v, 0) {
+		return "Inf"
+	}
+
+	// Float to string is complicated, but can leverage FormatFload and insert commas
+	var buf [64]byte // Operations on the stack
+	s := strconv.AppendFloat(buf[:0], v, 'f', decimals, 64)
+
+	if v > -1000.0 && v < 1000.0 {
+		// performance escape hatch when no commas
+		return string(s)
+	}
+
+	negative := s[0] == '-'
+	if !isDigit(s[0]) { // assume it's a sign/prefix
+		s = s[1:]
+	}
+
+	decIdx := bytes.IndexByte(s, '.')
+	if decIdx < 0 { // no decimal
+		decIdx = len(s)
+	}
+
+	// Return stack buf
+	var retbuf [64]byte
+	ret := retbuf[:0]
+
+	if negative {
+		ret = append(ret, '-')
+	}
+
+	// write base
+	c3 := 3 - (decIdx % 3)
+
+	for i := 0; i < decIdx; i++ {
+		if c3 == 3 {
+			if i > 0 {
+				ret = append(ret, baseSeparator)
+			}
+			c3 = 0
+		}
+		ret = append(ret, s[i])
+		c3++
+	}
+
+	// write decimal
+	if decIdx < len(s) {
+		ret = append(ret, decimalSeparator)
+		ret = append(ret, s[decIdx+1:]...)
+	}
+
+	return string(ret)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/humanize/numeric_test.go b/pkg/humanize/numeric_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b28a7b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/humanize/numeric_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package humanize
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestFormatInt(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "0", humanizeInt(0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1", humanizeInt(1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "-1", humanizeInt(-1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "10", humanizeInt(10))
+	assert.Equal(t, "100", humanizeInt(100))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1,000", humanizeInt(1000))
+	assert.Equal(t, "10,000", humanizeInt(10000))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "-100", humanizeInt(-100))
+	assert.Equal(t, "-1,000", humanizeInt(-1000))
+	assert.Equal(t, "-123,123", humanizeInt(-123123))
+}
+
+func TestFormatFloat(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "0", humanizeFloat(0.0, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "0.00", humanizeFloat(0.0, 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1", humanizeFloat(1.0, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "12", humanizeFloat(12.0, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "123", humanizeFloat(123.0, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1,234", humanizeFloat(1234.0, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "12,345.0", humanizeFloat(12345.0, 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "112,345.0", humanizeFloat(112345.0, 1))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1", humanizeFloat(1.123, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "-1", humanizeFloat(-1.123, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1,123,123", humanizeFloat(1123123.123, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "-1,123,123", humanizeFloat(-1123123.123, 0))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1,123,123.12", humanizeFloat(1123123.123, 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "1,123,123.123456", humanizeFloat(1123123.123456, 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "-1,123,123.123456", humanizeFloat(-1123123.123456, 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "-111,121,231,233,123.125000", humanizeFloat(-111121231233123.123456, 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "111,121,231,233,123.125000", humanizeFloat(111121231233123.123456, 6))
+	assert.Equal(t, "28,446,744,073,709,551,616.0", humanizeFloat(28446744073709551615.0, 1))
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "NaN", humanizeFloat(math.NaN(), 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Inf", humanizeFloat(math.Inf(1), 2))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Inf", humanizeFloat(math.Inf(-1), 2))
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFormatInt(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		humanizeInt(10000)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkItoa(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		strconv.Itoa(10000)
+	}
+}
+
+// BenchmarkFormatFloat-4   	 2549425	       473.6 ns/op	      24 B/op	       1 allocs/op
+func BenchmarkFormatFloat(b *testing.B) {
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		humanizeFloat(10000.123123123123, 10)
+	}
+}