diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a4ebc6b..28b09f2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 **Internal**:
 
-- Simplify `Hub::run` and `SentryFuture` by using a scope-guard and `arc-swap` for `Hub` switching. ([#524](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-rust/pull/524))
+- Simplify `Hub::run` and `SentryFuture` by using a scope-guard for `Hub` switching. ([#524](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-rust/pull/524), [#529](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-rust/pull/529))
 
 **Thank you**:
 
diff --git a/sentry-core/Cargo.toml b/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
index 26ca759b..6726b4b0 100644
--- a/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ harness = false
 
 [features]
 default = []
-client = ["rand", "arc-swap"]
+client = ["rand"]
 # I would love to just have a `log` feature, but this is used inside a macro,
 # and macros actually expand features (and extern crate) where they are used!
 debug-logs = ["dep:log"]
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ build_id = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
 findshlibs = { version = "=0.10.2", optional = true }
 rustc_version_runtime = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }
 indexmap = { version = "1.9.1", optional = true }
-arc-swap = { version = "1.5.1", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_family = "unix")'.dependencies]
 pprof = { version = "0.11.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
diff --git a/sentry-core/src/hub_impl.rs b/sentry-core/src/hub_impl.rs
index c3e5db11..76a91c3d 100644
--- a/sentry-core/src/hub_impl.rs
+++ b/sentry-core/src/hub_impl.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-use std::cell::Cell;
+use std::cell::{Cell, UnsafeCell};
 use std::sync::{Arc, PoisonError, RwLock};
 use std::thread;
 
 use crate::Scope;
 use crate::{scope::Stack, Client, Hub};
 
-use arc_swap::ArcSwap;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 
 static PROCESS_HUB: Lazy<(Arc<Hub>, thread::ThreadId)> = Lazy::new(|| {
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@ static PROCESS_HUB: Lazy<(Arc<Hub>, thread::ThreadId)> = Lazy::new(|| {
 });
 
 thread_local! {
-    static THREAD_HUB: (ArcSwap<Hub>, Cell<bool>) = (
-        ArcSwap::from_pointee(Hub::new_from_top(&PROCESS_HUB.0)),
+    static THREAD_HUB: (UnsafeCell<Arc<Hub>>, Cell<bool>) = (
+        UnsafeCell::new(Arc::new(Hub::new_from_top(&PROCESS_HUB.0))),
         Cell::new(PROCESS_HUB.1 == thread::current().id())
     );
 }
@@ -27,25 +26,26 @@ pub(crate) struct SwitchGuard {
 }
 
 impl SwitchGuard {
-    pub(crate) fn new(hub: Arc<Hub>) -> Self {
-        let inner = THREAD_HUB.with(|(old_hub, is_process_hub)| {
-            {
-                let old_hub = old_hub.load();
-                if std::ptr::eq(old_hub.as_ref(), hub.as_ref()) {
-                    return None;
-                }
+    pub(crate) fn new(mut hub: Arc<Hub>) -> Self {
+        let inner = THREAD_HUB.with(|(thread_hub, is_process_hub)| {
+            // SAFETY: `thread_hub` will always be a valid thread local hub,
+            // by definition not shared between threads.
+            let thread_hub = unsafe { &mut *thread_hub.get() };
+            if std::ptr::eq(thread_hub.as_ref(), hub.as_ref()) {
+                return None;
             }
-            let old_hub = old_hub.swap(hub);
+            std::mem::swap(thread_hub, &mut hub);
             let was_process_hub = is_process_hub.replace(false);
-            Some((old_hub, was_process_hub))
+            Some((hub, was_process_hub))
         });
         SwitchGuard { inner }
     }
 
     fn swap(&mut self) -> Option<Arc<Hub>> {
-        if let Some((old_hub, was_process_hub)) = self.inner.take() {
-            Some(THREAD_HUB.with(|(hub, is_process_hub)| {
-                let hub = hub.swap(old_hub);
+        if let Some((mut hub, was_process_hub)) = self.inner.take() {
+            Some(THREAD_HUB.with(|(thread_hub, is_process_hub)| {
+                let thread_hub = unsafe { &mut *thread_hub.get() };
+                std::mem::swap(thread_hub, &mut hub);
                 if was_process_hub {
                     is_process_hub.set(true);
                 }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ impl Hub {
             if is_process_hub.get() {
                 f(&PROCESS_HUB.0)
             } else {
-                f(&hub.load())
+                f(unsafe { &*hub.get() })
             }
         })
     }