diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 56b92d8d4..4865d713e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3962,7 +3962,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dynfmt",
  "eudex",
  "ext-sort",
- "fast-float",
  "fastrand 2.0.1",
  "file-format",
  "filetime",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ca1566c6..9b60b5aab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ eudex = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 ext-sort = { version = "0.1", features = [
     "memory-limit",
 ], default-features = false }
-fast-float = "0.2"
 fastrand = "2"
 flate2 = { version = "1", optional = true }
 file-format = { version = "0.22", features = ["reader"] }
diff --git a/src/cmd/apply.rs b/src/cmd/apply.rs
index b771dc23a..b78f8323e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/apply.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/apply.rs
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ fn apply_operations(
                 *cell = censor.count(cell).to_string();
             },
             Operations::Thousands => {
-                if let Ok(num) = fast_float::parse::<f64, _>(&cell) {
+                if let Ok(num) = cell.parse::<f64>() {
                     let mut temp_string = num.separate_by_policy(*THOUSANDS_POLICY.get().unwrap());
 
                     // if there is a decimal separator (fractional part > 0.0), use the requested
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ fn apply_operations(
                 }
             },
             Operations::Round => {
-                if let Ok(num) = fast_float::parse::<f64, _>(&cell) {
+                if let Ok(num) = cell.parse::<f64>() {
                     *cell = util::round_num(num, *ROUND_PLACES.get().unwrap());
                 }
             },
@@ -1172,10 +1172,8 @@ fn apply_operations(
                 };
 
                 if let Ok(currency_value) = Currency::from_str(&cell_val) {
-                    let currency_wrk = currency_value.convert(
-                        fast_float::parse::<f64, _>(replacement).unwrap_or(1.0_f64),
-                        comparand,
-                    );
+                    let currency_wrk = currency_value
+                        .convert(replacement.parse::<f64>().unwrap_or(1.0_f64), comparand);
                     *cell = if formatstr.contains("euro") {
                         format!("{currency_wrk:e}")
                     } else {
diff --git a/src/cmd/applydp.rs b/src/cmd/applydp.rs
index 4f87a7ed9..107cba8f1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/applydp.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/applydp.rs
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ fn applydp_operations(
                 *cell = regexreplace.replace_all(cell, replacement).to_string();
             },
             Operations::Round => {
-                if let Ok(num) = fast_float::parse(&cell) {
+                if let Ok(num) = cell.parse::<f64>() {
                     *cell = util::round_num(num, *ROUND_PLACES.get().unwrap());
                 }
             },
diff --git a/src/cmd/geocode.rs b/src/cmd/geocode.rs
index 8facfab7b..fb078aa9c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/geocode.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/geocode.rs
@@ -1529,8 +1529,8 @@ fn search_index(
 
     let loccaps = locregex.captures(cell);
     if let Some(loccaps) = loccaps {
-        let lat = fast_float::parse(&loccaps[1]).unwrap_or_default();
-        let long = fast_float::parse(&loccaps[2]).unwrap_or_default();
+        let lat = loccaps[1].to_string().parse::<f32>().unwrap_or_default();
+        let long = loccaps[2].to_string().parse::<f32>().unwrap_or_default();
         if (-90.0..=90.0).contains(&lat) && (-180.0..=180.0).contains(&long) {
             let search_result = engine.reverse((lat, long), 1, k, country_filter_list.as_deref());
             let Some(cityrecord) = (match search_result {
diff --git a/src/cmd/schema.rs b/src/cmd/schema.rs
index 539e76f62..2c59041a6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/schema.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/schema.rs
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ pub fn infer_schema_from_stats(args: &Args, input_filename: &str) -> CliResult<M
                 type_list.push(Value::String("number".to_string()));
 
                 if let Some(min_str) = stats_record.get(stats_col_index_map["min"]) {
-                    let min = fast_float::parse::<f64, _>(min_str).unwrap();
+                    let min = min_str.parse::<f64>().unwrap();
                     field_map.insert(
                         "minimum".to_string(),
                         Value::Number(Number::from_f64(min).unwrap()),
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ pub fn infer_schema_from_stats(args: &Args, input_filename: &str) -> CliResult<M
                 };
 
                 if let Some(max_str) = stats_record.get(stats_col_index_map["max"]) {
-                    let max = fast_float::parse::<f64, _>(max_str).unwrap();
+                    let max = max_str.parse::<f64>().unwrap();
                     field_map.insert(
                         "maximum".to_string(),
                         Value::Number(Number::from_f64(max).unwrap()),
diff --git a/src/cmd/sort.rs b/src/cmd/sort.rs
index 31c4d3f97..998aec7b5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/sort.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/sort.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ where
         .and_then(|s| {
             if let Ok(i) = s.parse::<i64>() {
                 Some(Number::Int(i))
-            } else if let Ok(f) = fast_float::parse(s) {
+            } else if let Ok(f) = s.parse::<f64>() {
                 Some(Number::Float(f))
             } else {
                 None
diff --git a/src/cmd/stats.rs b/src/cmd/stats.rs
index 5009a75b1..6726e6c2f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/stats.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/stats.rs
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ impl Stats {
         // sum
         if let Some(sum) = self.sum.as_ref().and_then(|sum| sum.show(typ)) {
             if typ == FieldType::TFloat {
-                if let Ok(f64_val) = fast_float::parse::<f64, _>(&sum) {
+                if let Ok(f64_val) = sum.parse::<f64>() {
                     pieces.push(util::round_num(f64_val, round_places));
                 } else {
                     pieces.push(format!("ERROR: Cannot convert {sum} to a float."));
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ impl FieldType {
                 return (TInteger, None);
             }
 
-            if fast_float::parse::<f64, _>(string).is_ok() {
+            if string.parse::<f64>().is_ok() {
                 return (TFloat, None);
             }
         }
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ impl TypedMinMax {
         match typ {
             TString | TNull => {},
             TFloat => {
-                let n = fast_float::parse::<f64, _>(from_utf8(sample).unwrap()).unwrap();
+                let n = from_utf8(sample).unwrap().parse::<f64>().unwrap();
 
                 self.floats.add(n);
                 self.integers.add(n as i64);
diff --git a/src/cmd/validate.rs b/src/cmd/validate.rs
index c492c2049..c142aab1d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/validate.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/validate.rs
@@ -779,10 +779,10 @@ fn to_json_instance(
             },
             b'n' => {
                 // number
-                if let Ok(float) = fast_float::parse(&value_string) {
+                if let Ok(float) = value_string.parse::<f64>() {
                     json_object_map.insert(
                         key_string,
-                        // safety: we know it's a valid f64 from the fast_float::parse() above
+                        // safety: we know it's a valid f64 from the parse() above
                         Value::Number(Number::from_f64(float).unwrap()),
                     );
                 } else {