diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/extract/mod.rs b/lychee-lib/src/extract/mod.rs
index b051cf6..1c41666 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/extract/mod.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/extract/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::collections::HashSet;
-
 use crate::types::{uri::raw::RawUri, FileType, InputContent};
 
 mod html5ever;
@@ -8,26 +6,16 @@ mod markdown;
 mod plaintext;
 
 use markdown::extract_markdown;
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use plaintext::extract_plaintext;
 
-/// HTML elements that are deemed verbatim (i.e. preformatted).
+/// Check if the given element is in the list of preformatted ("verbatim") tags.
+///
 /// These will be excluded from link checking by default.
-static VERBATIM_ELEMENTS: Lazy<HashSet<String>> = Lazy::new(|| {
-    HashSet::from_iter([
-        "pre".into(),
-        "code".into(),
-        "textarea".into(),
-        "samp".into(),
-        "xmp".into(),
-        "plaintext".into(),
-        "listing".into(),
-    ])
-});
-
-/// Check if the given element is in the list of preformatted tags
 pub(crate) fn is_verbatim_elem(name: &str) -> bool {
-    VERBATIM_ELEMENTS.contains(name)
+    matches!(
+        name,
+        "pre" | "code" | "textarea" | "samp" | "xmp" | "plaintext" | "listing"
+    )
 }
 
 /// A handler for extracting links from various input formats like Markdown and