diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4cebc74c..9f47ebb9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -664,12 +664,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazy_static"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.186"
@@ -857,7 +851,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "futures",
  "gossamer-rs",
- "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "libloading",
  "notify",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 434ed13a..fb727d8e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ serde_json = "1"
 
 # Shared state (replaces Tauri State<> extractor)
 once_cell = "1"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 
 # HTTP clients for service bridges (BoJ, VeriSimDB, ECHIDNA, Fleet, Hypatia, etc.)
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "stream"] }
diff --git a/src-gossamer/src/system_tray/mod.rs b/src-gossamer/src/system_tray/mod.rs
index b633abf2..367a478b 100644
--- a/src-gossamer/src/system_tray/mod.rs
+++ b/src-gossamer/src/system_tray/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 //! Provides system tray icon and menu for PanLL, including service toggling
 //! for Burble and Gossamer.
 
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 /// System tray state
 struct SystemTrayState {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct SystemTrayState {
 }
 
 impl SystemTrayState {
-    fn new() -> Self {
+    const fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             tray_handle: None,
             burble_enabled: true,
@@ -25,12 +25,8 @@ impl SystemTrayState {
     }
 }
 
-lazy_static::lazy_static! {
-    /// Global system tray state
-    static ref SYSTEM_TRAY_STATE: Arc<Mutex<SystemTrayState>> = {
-        Arc::new(Mutex::new(SystemTrayState::new()))
-    };
-}
+/// Global system tray state
+static SYSTEM_TRAY_STATE: Mutex<SystemTrayState> = Mutex::new(SystemTrayState::new());
 
 /// Initialize the system tray
 pub fn init(app: &gossamer_rs::App) -> Result<(), String> {