diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 70dca2436b99dd2f530918448a54a94ef17b3bea..2a11d31504f5dc440e1a8621ce26fa672669025c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12132,7 +12132,7 @@       }
     },
     "packages/tailwindcss-intellisense": {
       "name": "vscode-tailwindcss",
-      "version": "0.5.3",
+      "version": "0.5.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/debounce": "^1.2.0",
@@ -12147,7 +12147,6 @@         "debounce": "^1.2.0",
         "dlv": "^1.1.3",
         "dset": "^2.0.1",
         "esm": "^3.2.25",
-        "execa": "^3.4.0",
         "fast-glob": "^3.2.4",
         "glob-exec": "^0.1.1",
         "import-from": "^3.0.0",
@@ -20172,7 +20171,6 @@         "debounce": "^1.2.0",
         "dlv": "^1.1.3",
         "dset": "^2.0.1",
         "esm": "^3.2.25",
-        "execa": "^3.4.0",
         "fast-glob": "^3.2.4",
         "glob-exec": "^0.1.1",
         "import-from": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/package-lock.json b/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/package-lock.json
index 5ed9145e91d53094b990ee02fd04933135a5cae0..1d238c0f62488cfa60a8a13e71cb47f6cc3ed6b2 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/package-lock.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@         "debounce": "^1.2.0",
         "dlv": "^1.1.3",
         "dset": "^2.0.1",
         "esm": "^3.2.25",
-        "execa": "^3.4.0",
         "fast-glob": "^3.2.4",
         "glob-exec": "^0.1.1",
         "import-from": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/package.json b/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/package.json
index a6488acd4cd483807fdecfa668190762891f7617..0996ab0589f8373452f714718771a100f2587451 100755
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/package.json
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/package.json
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@     "debounce": "^1.2.0",
     "dlv": "^1.1.3",
     "dset": "^2.0.1",
     "esm": "^3.2.25",
-    "execa": "^3.4.0",
     "fast-glob": "^3.2.4",
     "glob-exec": "^0.1.1",
     "import-from": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/src/class-names/index.js b/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/src/class-names/index.js
index 737b5bedf5f72851ca20936e5756e562e5049174..922900da05a7abbbaf299745350a6fd26167088f 100644
--- a/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/src/class-names/index.js
+++ b/packages/tailwindcss-intellisense/src/class-names/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import * as fs from 'fs'
 import { getUtilityConfigMap } from './getUtilityConfigMap'
 import glob from 'fast-glob'
 import normalizePath from 'normalize-path'
-import execa from 'execa'
 
 function arraysEqual(arr1, arr2) {
   return (
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ ) {
   async function run() {
     let postcss
     let tailwindcss
+    let browserslistModule
     let version
     let featureFlags = { future: [], experimental: [] }
 
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@     postcss = importFrom(tailwindBase, 'postcss')
     tailwindcss = importFrom(configDir, 'tailwindcss')
     version = importFrom(configDir, 'tailwindcss/package.json').version
     console.log(`Found tailwindcss v${version}: ${tailwindBase}`)
+
+    try {
+      // this is not required
+      browserslistModule = importFrom(tailwindBase, 'browserslist')
+    } catch (_) {}
 
     try {
       featureFlags = importFrom(tailwindBase, './lib/featureFlags.js').default
@@ -125,21 +130,11 @@       delete config.purge
     }
 
     const resolvedConfig = resolveConfig({ cwd: configDir, config })
-
-    let browserslist = []
-    try {
-      const { stdout, stderr } = await execa('browserslist', [], {
-        preferLocal: true,
-        localDir: configDir,
-        cwd: configDir,
-      })
-      if (stderr) {
-        throw Error(stderr)
-      }
-      browserslist = stdout.split('\n')
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Failed to load browserslist:', error)
-    }
+    const browserslist = browserslistModule
+      ? browserslistModule(undefined, {
+          path: configDir,
+        })
+      : []
 
     return {
       version,