diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 74da69b..f99c7bd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive", "cargo"], optional = true }
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen = "0.2"
 console_error_panic_hook = "0.1"
-wee_alloc = "0.4"
+# Note: wee_alloc was removed as it is unmaintained and has known memory leaks.
+# Rust 1.71+ provides a suitable default allocator for wasm32 targets.
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # Testing
diff --git a/src/wasm.rs b/src/wasm.rs
index 967975c..ef0d7c8 100644
--- a/src/wasm.rs
+++ b/src/wasm.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@
 use crate::{Error, NickelLoader};
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 
-// When the `wee_alloc` feature is enabled, use `wee_alloc` as the global allocator
-#[cfg(feature = "wee_alloc")]
-#[global_allocator]
-static ALLOC: wee_alloc::WeeAlloc = wee_alloc::WeeAlloc::INIT;
+// Note: wee_alloc was removed as it is unmaintained and has known memory leaks.
+// Rust 1.71+ provides a suitable default allocator for wasm32 targets.
 
 /// Initialize WASM module
 ///