diff --git a/crates/bevy_reflect/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_reflect/Cargo.toml
index 96884618458ee..a098d03f19e1f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_reflect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_reflect/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ bevy_ptr = { path = "../bevy_ptr", version = "0.12.0-dev" }
 erased-serde = "0.3"
 downcast-rs = "1.2"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-once_cell = "1.11"
 serde = "1"
 smallvec = { version = "1.6", features = [
     "serde",
diff --git a/crates/bevy_reflect/src/utility.rs b/crates/bevy_reflect/src/utility.rs
index 71f82539f114a..75ad95b376a96 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_reflect/src/utility.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_reflect/src/utility.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 use crate::TypeInfo;
 use bevy_utils::{FixedState, StableHashMap};
-use once_cell::race::OnceBox;
 use std::{
     any::{Any, TypeId},
     hash::BuildHasher,
-    sync::{PoisonError, RwLock},
+    sync::{OnceLock, PoisonError, RwLock},
 };
 
 /// A type that can be stored in a ([`Non`])[`GenericTypeCell`].
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ mod sealed {
 /// ```
 ///
 /// [`TypePath`]: crate::TypePath
-pub struct NonGenericTypeCell<T: TypedProperty>(OnceBox<T::Stored>);
+pub struct NonGenericTypeCell<T: TypedProperty>(OnceLock<T::Stored>);
 
 /// See [`NonGenericTypeCell`].
 pub type NonGenericTypeInfoCell = NonGenericTypeCell<TypeInfo>;
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ pub type NonGenericTypeInfoCell = NonGenericTypeCell<TypeInfo>;
 impl<T: TypedProperty> NonGenericTypeCell<T> {
     /// Initialize a [`NonGenericTypeCell`] for non-generic types.
     pub const fn new() -> Self {
-        Self(OnceBox::new())
+        Self(OnceLock::new())
     }
 
     /// Returns a reference to the [`TypedProperty`] stored in the cell.
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ impl<T: TypedProperty> NonGenericTypeCell<T> {
     where
         F: FnOnce() -> T::Stored,
     {
-        self.0.get_or_init(|| Box::new(f()))
+        self.0.get_or_init(f)
     }
 }