diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d90659660..78ab0e924 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1753,70 +1753,6 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2153bd83ebc09db15bcbdc3e2194d901804952e3dc96967e1cd3b0c5c32d112"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding"
-version = "0.2.33"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b0d943856b990d12d3b55b359144ff341533e516d94098b1d3fc1ac666d36ec"
-dependencies = [
- "encoding-index-japanese",
- "encoding-index-korean",
- "encoding-index-simpchinese",
- "encoding-index-singlebyte",
- "encoding-index-tradchinese",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding-index-japanese"
-version = "1.20141219.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04e8b2ff42e9a05335dbf8b5c6f7567e5591d0d916ccef4e0b1710d32a0d0c91"
-dependencies = [
- "encoding_index_tests",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding-index-korean"
-version = "1.20141219.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4dc33fb8e6bcba213fe2f14275f0963fd16f0a02c878e3095ecfdf5bee529d81"
-dependencies = [
- "encoding_index_tests",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding-index-simpchinese"
-version = "1.20141219.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d87a7194909b9118fc707194baa434a4e3b0fb6a5a757c73c3adb07aa25031f7"
-dependencies = [
- "encoding_index_tests",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding-index-singlebyte"
-version = "1.20141219.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3351d5acffb224af9ca265f435b859c7c01537c0849754d3db3fdf2bfe2ae84a"
-dependencies = [
- "encoding_index_tests",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding-index-tradchinese"
-version = "1.20141219.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd0e20d5688ce3cab59eb3ef3a2083a5c77bf496cb798dc6fcdb75f323890c18"
-dependencies = [
- "encoding_index_tests",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "encoding_index_tests"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a246d82be1c9d791c5dfde9a2bd045fc3cbba3fa2b11ad558f27d01712f00569"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.34"
@@ -2762,7 +2698,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
- "encoding",
+ "encoding_rs",
  "enum-map",
  "futures",
  "getrandom",
diff --git a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
index 9b196c426..4033b4130 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ full = [
   "lemmy_db_views_moderator/full",
   "lemmy_utils/full",
   "activitypub_federation",
-  "encoding",
+  "encoding_rs",
   "reqwest-middleware",
   "webpage",
   "ts-rs",
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ mime = { version = "0.3.17", optional = true }
 webpage = { version = "1.6", default-features = false, features = [
   "serde",
 ], optional = true }
-encoding = { version = "0.2.33", optional = true }
+encoding_rs = { version = "0.8.34", optional = true }
 jsonwebtoken = { version = "8.3.0", optional = true }
 # necessary for wasmt compilation
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.14", features = ["js"] }
diff --git a/crates/api_common/src/request.rs b/crates/api_common/src/request.rs
index abf99f670..a2720998b 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/src/request.rs
+++ b/crates/api_common/src/request.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
   utils::{local_site_opt_to_sensitive, proxy_image_link, proxy_image_link_opt_apub},
 };
 use activitypub_federation::config::Data;
-use encoding::{all::encodings, DecoderTrap};
+use encoding_rs::{Encoding, UTF_8};
 use lemmy_db_schema::{
   newtypes::DbUrl,
   source::{
@@ -160,11 +160,9 @@ fn extract_opengraph_data(html_bytes: &[u8], url: &Url) -> LemmyResult<OpenGraph
   // proper encoding. If the specified encoding cannot be found, fall back to the original UTF-8
   // version.
   if let Some(charset) = page.meta.get("charset") {
-    if charset.to_lowercase() != "utf-8" {
-      if let Some(encoding_ref) = encodings().iter().find(|e| e.name() == charset) {
-        if let Ok(html_with_encoding) = encoding_ref.decode(html_bytes, DecoderTrap::Replace) {
-          page = HTML::from_string(html_with_encoding, None)?;
-        }
+    if charset != UTF_8.name() {
+      if let Some(encoding) = Encoding::for_label(charset.as_bytes()) {
+        page = HTML::from_string(encoding.decode(html_bytes).0.into(), None)?;
       }
     }
   }