diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dd45a3c4..2ca90926 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.20
 require (
 	github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5 v5.0.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.11.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fd2d328f..cb9a9258 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5 v5.0.0 h1:KqvIQtc9qt34uq+nu4nd1PwingWfBt/IISgtUQ2nSJk=
 github.com/cactus/go-statsd-client/v5 v5.0.0/go.mod h1:COEvJ1E+/E2L4q6QE5CkjWPi4eeDw9maJBMIuMPBZbY=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 h1:6MnRN8NT7+YBpUIWxHtefFZOKTAPgGjpQSxqLNn0+qY=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20161129095857-cc309e4a2223/go.mod h1:qRW
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
-github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
@@ -97,26 +95,16 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.4.2/go.mod h1:tLMulIdttU9McNUspp0xgXVQah82FyeX6Mwd
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0/go.mod h1:7uNnSEd1DgxDLC74fIahvMZmmYsHGZGEOFrfsX/uA88=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0 h1:pSgiaMZlXftHpm5L7V1+rVB+AZJydKsMxsQBIJw4PKk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/twmb/murmur3 v1.1.5 h1:i9OLS9fkuLzBXjt6dptlAEyk58fJsSTXbRg3SgVyqgk=
-github.com/twmb/murmur3 v1.1.5/go.mod h1:Qq/R7NUyOfr65zD+6Q5IHKsJLwP7exErjN6lyyq3OSQ=
 github.com/twmb/murmur3 v1.1.8 h1:8Yt9taO/WN3l08xErzjeschgZU2QSrwm1kclYq+0aRg=
 github.com/twmb/murmur3 v1.1.8/go.mod h1:Qq/R7NUyOfr65zD+6Q5IHKsJLwP7exErjN6lyyq3OSQ=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.3.5/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
-go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 h1:ADUqmZGgLDDfbSL9ZmPxKTybcoEYHgpYfELNoN+7hsw=
-go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 h1:ZvwS0R+56ePWxUNi+Atn9dWONBPp/AUETXlHW0DxSjE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
-go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1 h1:NBol2c7O1ZokfZ0LEU9K6Whx/KnwvepVetCUhtKja4A=
-go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1/go.mod h1:qlT2yGI9QafXHhZZLxlSuNsMw3FFLxBr+tBRlmO1xH4=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
@@ -188,6 +176,5 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.5/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/m3/reporter.go b/m3/reporter.go
index 32c0d429..f573ad33 100644
--- a/m3/reporter.go
+++ b/m3/reporter.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package m3
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	tally "github.com/uber-go/tally/v4"
 	"github.com/uber-go/tally/v4/internal/cache"
 	customtransport "github.com/uber-go/tally/v4/m3/customtransports"
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func NewReporter(opts Options) (Reporter, error) {
 		if opts.CommonTags[HostTag] == "" {
 			hostname, err := os.Hostname()
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, errors.WithMessage(err, "error resolving host tag")
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error resolving host tag: %w", err)
 			}
 			tagm[HostTag] = hostname
 		}
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ func NewReporter(opts Options) (Reporter, error) {
 	)
 
 	if err := batch.Write(proto); err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.WithMessage(
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"failed to write to proto for size calculation: %w",
 			err,
-			"failed to write to proto for size calculation",
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/prometheus/reporter.go b/prometheus/reporter.go
index 4807f195..3211889a 100644
--- a/prometheus/reporter.go
+++ b/prometheus/reporter.go
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 package prometheus
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	prom "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	tally "github.com/uber-go/tally/v4"
@@ -295,11 +296,11 @@ func NewReporter(opts Options) Reporter {
 			//      this message as a concrete error type (it uses fmt.Errorf),
 			//      we need to check the error message.
 			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "previously registered") {
-				err = errors.WithMessagef(
-					err,
+				err = fmt.Errorf(
 					"potential tally.Scope() vs Prometheus usage contract mismatch: "+
 						"if this occurs after using Scope.Tagged(), different metric "+
-						"names must be used than were registered with the parent scope",
+						"names must be used than were registered with the parent scope: %w",
+					err,
 				)
 			}