diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e9c6933af1844b..75e9ef7fe93768 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -18276,7 +18276,7 @@
 			"version": "file:packages/url",
 			"requires": {
 				"@babel/runtime": "^7.16.0",
-				"lodash": "^4.17.21"
+				"remove-accents": "^0.4.2"
 			}
 		},
 		"@wordpress/viewport": {
@@ -52225,6 +52225,11 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rememo/-/rememo-4.0.0.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-6BAfg1Dqg6UteZBEH9k6EHHersM86/EcBOMtJV+h+xEn1GC3H+gAgJWpexWYAamAxD0qXNmIt50iS/zuZKnQag=="
 		},
+		"remove-accents": {
+			"version": "0.4.2",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/remove-accents/-/remove-accents-0.4.2.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-7pXIJqJOq5tFgG1A2Zxti3Ht8jJF337m4sowbuHsW30ZnkQFnDzy9qBNhgzX8ZLW4+UBcXiiR7SwR6pokHsxiA=="
+		},
 		"remove-trailing-separator": {
 			"version": "1.1.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/remove-trailing-separator/-/remove-trailing-separator-1.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/url/package.json b/packages/url/package.json
index f6461729b74589..516cd0bcb446fa 100644
--- a/packages/url/package.json
+++ b/packages/url/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	"sideEffects": false,
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@babel/runtime": "^7.16.0",
-		"lodash": "^4.17.21"
+		"remove-accents": "^0.4.2"
 	},
 	"publishConfig": {
 		"access": "public"
diff --git a/packages/url/src/clean-for-slug.js b/packages/url/src/clean-for-slug.js
index 5773b70ed92929..49bc367e7e57d7 100644
--- a/packages/url/src/clean-for-slug.js
+++ b/packages/url/src/clean-for-slug.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import { deburr, trim } from 'lodash';
+import removeAccents from 'remove-accents';
 
 /**
  * Performs some basic cleanup of a string for use as a post slug.
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ export function cleanForSlug( string ) {
 	if ( ! string ) {
 		return '';
 	}
-	return trim(
-		deburr( string )
+	return (
+		removeAccents( string )
+			// Convert each group of whitespace, periods, and forward slashes to a hyphen.
 			.replace( /[\s\./]+/g, '-' )
+			// Remove anything that's not a letter, number, underscore or hyphen.
 			.replace( /[^\p{L}\p{N}_-]+/gu, '' )
-			.toLowerCase(),
-		'-'
+			// Convert to lowercase
+			.toLowerCase()
+			// Remove any remaining leading or trailing hyphens.
+			.replace( /(^-+)|(-+$)/g, '' )
 	);
 }
diff --git a/packages/url/src/test/index.js b/packages/url/src/test/index.js
index 83370e74d67f8e..4eab5bbd96dc8f 100644
--- a/packages/url/src/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/url/src/test/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * External dependencies
- */
-import { every } from 'lodash';
-
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
@@ -44,35 +39,37 @@ describe( 'isURL', () => {
 } );
 
 describe( 'isEmail', () => {
-	it( 'returns true when given things that look like an email', () => {
-		const emails = [
-			'simple@wordpress.org',
-			'very.common@wordpress.org',
-			'disposable.style.email.with+symbol@wordpress.org',
-			'other.email-with-hyphen@wordpress.org',
-			'fully-qualified-domain@wordpress.org',
-			'user.name+tag+sorting@wordpress.org',
-			'x@wordpress.org',
-			'wordpress-indeed@strange-wordpress.org',
-			'wordpress@s.wordpress',
-		];
-
-		expect( every( emails, isEmail ) ).toBe( true );
-	} );
-
-	it( "returns false when given things that don't look like an email", () => {
-		const emails = [
-			'Abc.wordpress.org',
-			'A@b@c@wordpress.org',
-			'a"b(c)d,e:f;g<h>i[jk]l@wordpress.org',
-			'just"not"right@wordpress.org',
-			'this is"notallowed@wordpress.org',
-			'this still"not\\allowed@wordpress.org',
-			'1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234+x@wordpress.org',
-		];
-
-		expect( every( emails, isEmail ) ).toBe( false );
-	} );
+	it.each( [
+		'simple@wordpress.org',
+		'very.common@wordpress.org',
+		'disposable.style.email.with+symbol@wordpress.org',
+		'other.email-with-hyphen@wordpress.org',
+		'fully-qualified-domain@wordpress.org',
+		'user.name+tag+sorting@wordpress.org',
+		'x@wordpress.org',
+		'wordpress-indeed@strange-wordpress.org',
+		'wordpress@s.wordpress',
+		'1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234+x@wordpress.org',
+	] )(
+		'returns true when given things that look like an email: %s',
+		( email ) => {
+			expect( isEmail( email ) ).toBe( true );
+		}
+	);
+
+	it.each( [
+		'Abc.wordpress.org',
+		'A@b@c@wordpress.org',
+		'a"b(c)d,e:f;g<h>i[jk]l@wordpress.org',
+		'just"not"right@wordpress.org',
+		'this is"notallowed@wordpress.org',
+		'this still"not\\allowed@wordpress.org',
+	] )(
+		"returns false when given things that don't look like an email: %s",
+		( email ) => {
+			expect( isEmail( email ) ).toBe( false );
+		}
+	);
 } );
 
 describe( 'getProtocol', () => {
@@ -1001,6 +998,12 @@ describe( 'cleanForSlug', () => {
 		expect( cleanForSlug( '안녕하세요 ' ) ).toBe( '안녕하세요' );
 		expect( cleanForSlug( '繁体字 ' ) ).toBe( '繁体字' );
 	} );
+
+	it( 'Should trim multiple leading and trailing dashes', () => {
+		expect( cleanForSlug( '  -Is th@t Déjà_vu- 	' ) ).toBe(
+			'is-tht-deja_vu'
+		);
+	} );
 } );
 
 describe( 'normalizePath', () => {