diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0627233..27e0841 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ psycopg2==2.9.6
 djangorestframework
 django-htmx==1.14.0
 wagtail-metadata==4.0.3
-humanize==4.6.0
 django-plausible==0.5.0
 sentry-sdk==1.25.0
 django-sri==0.6.0
diff --git a/website/common/models.py b/website/common/models.py
index 314796f..afc684d 100644
--- a/website/common/models.py
+++ b/website/common/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Any, Optional, Type
 
+from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags.humanize import NaturalTimeFormatter
 from django.contrib.syndication.views import Feed
 from django.core.paginator import EmptyPage
 from django.core.paginator import Page as PaginatorPage
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 from django.db import models
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.http.response import Http404, HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property, classproperty
 from django.utils.text import slugify
@@ -113,6 +115,12 @@ class BaseContentPage(BasePage, MetadataMixin):
         """
         return timedelta(seconds=(self.word_count / 265) * 60)
 
+    @cached_property
+    def reading_time_display(self) -> str:
+        return NaturalTimeFormatter.string_for(
+            timezone.now() - self.reading_time
+        ).removesuffix(" ago")
+
     @cached_property
     def show_reading_time(self) -> bool:
         """
diff --git a/website/common/templates/common/content-details.html b/website/common/templates/common/content-details.html
index 006af58..109c179 100644
--- a/website/common/templates/common/content-details.html
+++ b/website/common/templates/common/content-details.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% load wagtailcore_tags humanize_tags cache util_tags %}
+{% load wagtailcore_tags cache util_tags %}
 
 {% cache FRAGMENT_CACHE_TTL|jitter:FRAGMENT_CACHE_TTL_JITTER "content-details" page.id request.is_preview %}
   <div class="content-details field is-grouped">
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <span class="icon">
           <i class="far fa-lg fa-clock"></i>
         </span>
-        <span>{{ page.reading_time|naturaldelta }}</span>
+        <span>{{ page.reading_time_display }}</span>
       </div>
     {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/website/common/templates/wagtailmetadata/parts/tags.html b/website/common/templates/wagtailmetadata/parts/tags.html
index 1ffcff1..4467e08 100644
--- a/website/common/templates/wagtailmetadata/parts/tags.html
+++ b/website/common/templates/wagtailmetadata/parts/tags.html
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 {% extends "wagtailmetadata/parts/tags.html" %}
 
-{% load humanize_tags %}
-
 {% block twitter %}
   {{ block.super }}
   {% if object.show_reading_time %}
     <meta name="twitter:label1" content="Reading time" />
-    <meta name="twitter:data1" content="{{ object.reading_time|naturaldelta }}" />
+    <meta name="twitter:data1" content="{{ object.reading_time_display }}" />
   {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
 
diff --git a/website/utils/templatetags/humanize_tags.py b/website/utils/templatetags/humanize_tags.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 11b6898..0000000
--- a/website/utils/templatetags/humanize_tags.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import humanize
-from django.template import Library
-
-register = Library()
-
-register.filter(humanize.naturaldelta)