diff --git a/clients/native/Cargo.toml b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
index 076b7128c8..59e8d212c0 100644
--- a/clients/native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ url = { workspace = true }
 
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs = "4.0"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { workspace = true } # self explanatory
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4" # for formatting log messages
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] } # rng-related traits + some rng implementation to use
diff --git a/clients/native/src/commands/mod.rs b/clients/native/src/commands/mod.rs
index 3ebe929b16..c49b197f62 100644
--- a/clients/native/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/clients/native/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use crate::client::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config};
 use crate::error::ClientError;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::{error, info};
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info;
 use nym_bin_common::completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
@@ -21,18 +20,16 @@ use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
 use nym_config::OptionalSet;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 pub(crate) mod build_info;
+pub(crate) mod import_credential;
 pub(crate) mod init;
 pub(crate) mod run;
 
-lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String = bin_info!().pretty_print();
-}
-
-// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
 fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
-    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
+    static PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
+    PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION.get_or_init(|| bin_info!().pretty_print())
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
diff --git a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
index 89edffb4fc..00a1932209 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
diff --git a/clients/socks5/src/commands/mod.rs b/clients/socks5/src/commands/mod.rs
index 7bd5205791..3b2ebd25fa 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/clients/socks5/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use crate::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config, SocksClientPaths};
 use crate::error::Socks5ClientError;
 use clap::CommandFactory;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::{error, info};
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info;
 use nym_bin_common::completions::{fig_generate, ArgShell};
@@ -24,18 +23,15 @@ use nym_config::OptionalSet;
 use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 pub(crate) mod build_info;
 pub mod init;
 pub(crate) mod run;
 
-lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String = bin_info!().pretty_print();
-}
-
-// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
 fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
-    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
+    static PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
+    PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION.get_or_init(|| bin_info!().pretty_print())
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
diff --git a/explorer-api/Cargo.toml b/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
index f4d132d92a..eaf3876402 100644
--- a/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ dotenvy = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
 isocountry = "0.3.2"
 itertools = "0.10.3"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 maxminddb = "0.23.0"
 okapi = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["impl_json_schema"] }
diff --git a/explorer-api/src/commands/mod.rs b/explorer-api/src/commands/mod.rs
index 1e19d2efce..0c0855d065 100644
--- a/explorer-api/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/explorer-api/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -2,16 +2,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use clap::Parser;
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
-lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String = bin_info!().pretty_print();
-}
-
-// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
 fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
-    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
+    static PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
+    PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION.get_or_init(|| bin_info!().pretty_print())
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 51f0307f76..ac7aefb4a4 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ dotenvy = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = "1.0.1"
 ipnetwork = "0.16"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
diff --git a/gateway/src/main.rs b/gateway/src/main.rs
index 0ec4b7865a..f88398e0b9 100644
--- a/gateway/src/main.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/main.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 use clap::{crate_name, crate_version, Parser};
 use colored::Colorize;
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::error;
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info;
 use nym_bin_common::logging::{maybe_print_banner, setup_logging};
 use nym_bin_common::output_format::OutputFormat;
 use nym_network_defaults::setup_env;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 mod commands;
 mod config;
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@ mod http;
 mod node;
 pub(crate) mod support;
 
-lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String = bin_info!().pretty_print();
-}
-
-// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
 fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
-    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
+    static PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
+    PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION.get_or_init(|| bin_info!().pretty_print())
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
diff --git a/mixnode/Cargo.toml b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
index 9ad7c5081f..a15308cb4a 100644
--- a/mixnode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ cupid = "0.6.1"
 dirs = "4.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 rand = "0.7.3"
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/mixnode/src/main.rs b/mixnode/src/main.rs
index d6383477cc..a7b1592776 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/main.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/main.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 use ::nym_config::defaults::setup_env;
 use clap::{crate_name, crate_version, Parser};
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::info;
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 use nym_bin_common::logging::{maybe_print_banner, setup_logging};
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@ mod config;
 pub(crate) mod error;
 mod node;
 
-lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String = bin_info!().pretty_print();
-}
-
-// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
 fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
-    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
+    static PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
+    PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION.get_or_init(|| bin_info!().pretty_print())
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
diff --git a/nym-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
index 536f7915a8..5a5f31d778 100644
--- a/nym-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 itertools = "0.12.0"
 humantime-serde = "1.0"
 k256 = { version = "*", features = ["ecdsa-core"] } # needed for the Verifier trait; pull whatever version is used by other dependencies
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml b/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
index 425154a5cb..129afb5e87 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib", "rlib"]
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../../../common/bin-common"}
 nym-client-core = { path = "../../../common/client-core", default-features = false }
 nym-config-common = { path = "../../../common/config", package = "nym-config" }
diff --git a/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/src/lib.rs b/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/src/lib.rs
index 0c9e2f7771..352638f84d 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/src/lib.rs
+++ b/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use crate::config::{config_filepath_from_root, Config};
 use crate::persistence::MobileClientStorage;
 use ::safer_ffi::prelude::*;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::{debug, info, warn};
 use nym_bin_common::logging::setup_logging;
 use nym_client_core::init::helpers::current_gateways;
diff --git a/service-providers/ip-packet-router/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/ip-packet-router/Cargo.toml
index 39f3e33e48..ce6674550d 100644
--- a/service-providers/ip-packet-router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/ip-packet-router/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ bytes = "1.5.0"
 clap.workspace = true
 etherparse = "0.13.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
-lazy_static.workspace = true
 log = { workspace = true }
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common" }
 nym-client-core = { path = "../../common/client-core" }
diff --git a/service-providers/ip-packet-router/src/cli/mod.rs b/service-providers/ip-packet-router/src/cli/mod.rs
index d17391eaed..eda51a5554 100644
--- a/service-providers/ip-packet-router/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/service-providers/ip-packet-router/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use nym_client_core::client::base_client::storage::gateway_details::{
 use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
 use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
 use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 use crate::config::{BaseClientConfig, Config};
 use crate::error::IpPacketRouterError;
@@ -17,13 +18,9 @@ mod init;
 mod run;
 mod sign;
 
-lazy_static::lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String = bin_info!().pretty_print();
-}
-
-// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
 fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
-    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
+    static PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
+    PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION.get_or_init(|| bin_info!().pretty_print())
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
index 7a2805cd17..323a11c286 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ dirs = "4.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
 ipnetwork = "0.20.0"
-lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 publicsuffix = "2.2.3"
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/src/cli/mod.rs b/service-providers/network-requester/src/cli/mod.rs
index 2dba60cb16..874f191134 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -20,19 +20,16 @@ use nym_client_core::client::key_manager::persistence::OnDiskKeys;
 use nym_client_core::config::GatewayEndpointConfig;
 use nym_client_core::error::ClientCoreError;
 use nym_config::OptionalSet;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 
 mod build_info;
 mod init;
 mod run;
 mod sign;
 
-lazy_static::lazy_static! {
-    pub static ref PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: String = bin_info!().pretty_print();
-}
-
-// Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
 fn pretty_build_info_static() -> &'static str {
-    &PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION
+    static PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
+    PRETTY_BUILD_INFORMATION.get_or_init(|| bin_info!().pretty_print())
 }
 
 #[derive(Parser)]