diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 9b7650f..3790bb3 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
   :source-paths ["src"]
 
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.7.0"]
-                 [org.clojure/tools.macro "0.1.2"]]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.7.0"]]
   
   :profiles {:dev {:source-paths ["dev" "test/app"]
                    :dependencies [[yesql "0.5.1"]
diff --git a/src/mount/core.clj b/src/mount/core.clj
index 6ca57c4..aa7b7f2 100644
--- a/src/mount/core.clj
+++ b/src/mount/core.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (ns mount.core
-  (:require [clojure.tools.macro :as macro]))
+  (:require [mount.tools.macro :as macro]))
 
 (defonce ^:private mount-state 42)
 (defonce ^:private -args (atom :no-args))                  ;; mostly for command line args and external files
diff --git a/src/mount/tools/macro.clj b/src/mount/tools/macro.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0b1e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mount/tools/macro.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+(ns mount.tools.macro)
+
+;; this is a one to one copy from https://github.com/clojure/tools.macro
+;; to avoid a lib dependency for a single function
+
+(defn name-with-attributes
+  "To be used in macro definitions.
+   Handles optional docstrings and attribute maps for a name to be defined
+   in a list of macro arguments. If the first macro argument is a string,
+   it is added as a docstring to name and removed from the macro argument
+   list. If afterwards the first macro argument is a map, its entries are
+   added to the name's metadata map and the map is removed from the
+   macro argument list. The return value is a vector containing the name
+   with its extended metadata map and the list of unprocessed macro
+   arguments."
+  [name macro-args]
+  (let [[docstring macro-args] (if (string? (first macro-args))
+                                 [(first macro-args) (next macro-args)]
+                                 [nil macro-args])
+    [attr macro-args]          (if (map? (first macro-args))
+                                 [(first macro-args) (next macro-args)]
+                                 [{} macro-args])
+    attr                       (if docstring
+                                 (assoc attr :doc docstring)
+                                 attr)
+    attr                       (if (meta name)
+                                 (conj (meta name) attr)
+                                 attr)]
+    [(with-meta name attr) macro-args]))