diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 774cca321e..98135e7b27 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hermit-entry",
  "hermit-sync",
  "include-transformed",
- "linked_list_allocator",
  "lock_api",
  "log",
  "multiboot",
@@ -367,6 +366,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_chacha",
  "shell-words",
  "smoltcp",
+ "talc",
  "time",
  "tock-registers",
  "uart_16550",
@@ -375,12 +375,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "linked_list_allocator"
-version = "0.10.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9afa463f5405ee81cdb9cc2baf37e08ec7e4c8209442b5d72c04cfb2cd6e6286"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -854,6 +848,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "talc"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0f5a67558ec5b9d8f6356bdf89b3b9087c705d6aed2196457fb3c0979e57fd9f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.6.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e4a00ce313..5777b91819 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ hashbrown = { version = "0.14", default-features = false }
 hermit-entry = { version = "0.9", features = ["kernel"] }
 hermit-sync = "0.1.3"
 include-transformed = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
-linked_list_allocator = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 pci-ids = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 pflock = "0.2"
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@ num = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 num-derive = "0.4"
 zerocopy = "0.6"
+talc = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 time = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 pci_types = { version = "0.5" }
 
diff --git a/src/mm/allocator/mod.rs b/src/mm/allocator/mod.rs
index 083660de64..a9c3b9f344 100644
--- a/src/mm/allocator/mod.rs
+++ b/src/mm/allocator/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use core::ptr::NonNull;
 
 use align_address::Align;
 use hermit_sync::InterruptTicketMutex;
-use linked_list_allocator::Heap;
+use talc::{ErrOnOom, Span, Talc};
 
 use self::bootstrap::BootstrapAllocator;
 use self::bump::BumpAllocator;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct GlobalAllocator {
 	/// The heap allocator.
 	///
 	/// This is not available immediately and must be initialized ([`Self::init`]).
-	heap: Option<Heap>,
+	heap: Option<Talc<ErrOnOom>>,
 }
 
 impl GlobalAllocator {
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ impl GlobalAllocator {
 	/// The memory starting from `heap_bottom` with a size of `heap_size`
 	/// must be valid and ready to be managed and allocated from.
 	unsafe fn init(&mut self, heap_bottom: *mut u8, heap_size: usize) {
-		self.heap = Some(unsafe { Heap::new(heap_bottom, heap_size) });
+		self.heap = unsafe {
+			Some(Talc::with_arena(
+				ErrOnOom,
+				Span::from_base_size(heap_bottom, heap_size),
+			))
+		}
 	}
 
 	fn align_layout(layout: Layout) -> Layout {
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ impl GlobalAllocator {
 	fn allocate(&mut self, layout: Layout) -> Result<NonNull<u8>, AllocError> {
 		let layout = Self::align_layout(layout);
 		match &mut self.heap {
-			Some(heap) => heap.allocate_first_fit(layout).map_err(|()| AllocError),
+			Some(heap) => unsafe { heap.malloc(layout).map_err(|_| AllocError) },
 			None => self
 				.bootstrap_allocator
 				.get_or_insert_with(Default::default)
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ impl GlobalAllocator {
 			}
 		} else {
 			unsafe {
-				self.heap.as_mut().unwrap().deallocate(ptr, layout);
+				self.heap.as_mut().unwrap().free(ptr, layout);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/mm/mod.rs b/src/mm/mod.rs
index 771ead996d..1a51c6e7cf 100644
--- a/src/mm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/mm/mod.rs
@@ -181,9 +181,6 @@ pub fn init() {
 		}
 
 		heap_start_addr = virt_addr;
-		unsafe {
-			crate::ALLOCATOR.init(virt_addr.as_mut_ptr(), virt_size);
-		}
 
 		map_addr = virt_addr + counter;
 		map_size = virt_size - counter;
@@ -215,6 +212,14 @@ pub fn init() {
 
 	let heap_end_addr = map_addr;
 
+	#[cfg(not(feature = "newlib"))]
+	unsafe {
+		crate::ALLOCATOR.init(
+			heap_start_addr.as_mut_ptr(),
+			(heap_end_addr - heap_start_addr).into(),
+		);
+	}
+
 	let heap_addr_range = heap_start_addr..heap_end_addr;
 	info!("Heap is located at {heap_addr_range:#x?} ({map_size} Bytes unmapped)");
 	#[cfg(feature = "newlib")]