diff --git a/src/stores/CustomRoomTagStore.js b/src/stores/CustomRoomTagStore.js
index ddcb30de78..9795abadc6 100644
--- a/src/stores/CustomRoomTagStore.js
+++ b/src/stores/CustomRoomTagStore.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import dis from '../dispatcher';
 import * as RoomNotifs from '../RoomNotifs';
 import RoomListStore from './RoomListStore';
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
-import * as _ from "lodash";
+import { throttle } from "lodash";
 
 const STANDARD_TAGS_REGEX = /^(m\.(favourite|lowpriority|server_notice)|im\.vector\.fake\.(invite|recent|direct|archived))$/;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class CustomRoomTagStore extends EventEmitter {
         this._state = {tags: {}};
         // as RoomListStore gets updated by every timeline event
         // throttle this to only run every 500ms
-        this._getUpdatedTags = _.throttle(
+        this._getUpdatedTags = throttle(
             this._getUpdatedTags, 500, {
                 leading: true,
                 trailing: true,