diff --git a/styler/.local/bin/styler b/styler/.local/bin/styler
index a48570f..ea13e3a 100755
--- a/styler/.local/bin/styler
+++ b/styler/.local/bin/styler
@@ -8,20 +8,6 @@ readonly PROCESSOR_PATH="$BASE_PATH/processors"
 
 readonly VERSION="0.4.1"
 
-# ensures that some grep-like program is available, prefers rg
-setgrepper() {
-  if command -v rg 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    GREPPER="rg"
-  elif command -v grep 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    GREPPER="grep"
-  else
-    notify-send "grep missing" "styler needs grep, or preferably rg to work."
-    echo "grep missing!" "styler needs grep, or preferably rg to work."
-    exit 127
-  fi
-}
-setgrepper
-
 main() {
   local cmd=""
   local ret=0
@@ -116,7 +102,7 @@ get_processors() {
       for processor in "$package"/*; do
         [[ -e "$processor" ]] || break
         [[ -f "$processor" ]] || break
-        if ${GREPPER} -q -e '/theme_[[:alnum:]]\{1,\}$' <<<"$processor"; then
+        if grep -q -e '/theme_[[:alnum:]]\{1,\}$' <<<"$processor"; then
           printf "%s\n" "$(basename -- "$processor")"
         fi
       done
@@ -180,7 +166,7 @@ _fetch_universal_themes() {
   local filtered
   for t in $unique; do
     for p in $packages; do
-      if ! echo "$themes" | ${GREPPER} -qe "^.*$p.*$t.*$" -; then
+      if ! echo "$themes" | grep -qe "^.*$p.*$t.*$" -; then
         themes="$(echo "$themes" | sed "/$t/d")"
         unique="$(echo "$unique" | sed "/$t/d")"
         break
@@ -261,7 +247,7 @@ set_theme() {
     appext=$(sed -e 's|^[A-Za-z0-9-]\{1,\}/base16-||' <<<"$pkg")
 
     # Compares application extension with existing processors and runs the appropriate processor if found
-    processor=$(find "$PROCESSOR_PATH" -type f | ${GREPPER} -e "theme_$appext")
+    processor=$(find "$PROCESSOR_PATH" -type f | grep -e "theme_$appext")
     if [[ -f "$processor" ]]; then
       "$processor" "$PACKAGE_PATH" "$pkg" "$theme" "$permanent"
     else
@@ -315,9 +301,9 @@ download() {
 
   # if package has patter name/base16-program, put it in packages; if name/process16-program put it in processors
   # if none of the above, assume it's a processor but warn the user
-  if ${GREPPER} -q -e '^[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}/base16-[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}$' <<<"$pkg"; then
+  if grep -q -e '^[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}/base16-[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}$' <<<"$pkg"; then
     git clone "$repo" "$PACKAGE_PATH/$pkg"
-  elif ${GREPPER} -q -e '^[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}/process16-[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}$' <<<"$pkg"; then
+  elif grep -q -e '^[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}/process16-[0-9A-Za-z-]\{1,\}$' <<<"$pkg"; then
     git clone "$repo" "$PROCESSOR_PATH/$pkg"
   else
     echo "Package does not fit default naming scheme of packages/processors. Assuming it is a processor but please check manually."