diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 40f5ea9f..792e615d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
  "backtrace",
- "bitflags 2.3.3",
  "clap_lex 0.5.0",
  "color-print",
  "humantime",
diff --git a/clap_builder/Cargo.toml b/clap_builder/Cargo.toml
index 1bbe4393..19f3451c 100644
--- a/clap_builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clap_builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ bench = false
 
 [dependencies]
 clap_lex = { path = "../clap_lex", version = "0.5.0" }
-bitflags = "2.3.3"
 unicase = { version = "2.6.0", optional = true }
 strsim = { version = "0.10.0",  optional = true }
 anstream = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/clap_builder/src/builder/app_settings.rs b/clap_builder/src/builder/app_settings.rs
index a531f57e..4fce4b4a 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/builder/app_settings.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/builder/app_settings.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,35 @@
-// Std
-use std::ops::BitOr;
-
 #[allow(unused)]
 use crate::Arg;
 #[allow(unused)]
 use crate::Command;
 
-// Third party
-use bitflags::bitflags;
+#[derive(Default, Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) struct AppFlags(u32);
 
-#[doc(hidden)]
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub(crate) struct AppFlags(Flags);
+impl AppFlags {
+    pub(crate) fn set(&mut self, setting: AppSettings) {
+        self.0 |= setting.bit();
+    }
 
-impl Default for AppFlags {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        AppFlags(Flags::COLOR_AUTO)
+    pub(crate) fn unset(&mut self, setting: AppSettings) {
+        self.0 &= !setting.bit();
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn is_set(&self, setting: AppSettings) -> bool {
+        self.0 & setting.bit() != 0
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn insert(&mut self, other: Self) {
+        self.0 |= other.0;
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::ops::BitOr for AppFlags {
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn bitor(mut self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+        self.insert(rhs);
+        self
     }
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +40,7 @@ impl Default for AppFlags {
 ///
 /// [`Command`]: crate::Command
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
+#[repr(u8)]
 pub(crate) enum AppSettings {
     IgnoreErrors,
     AllowHyphenValues,
@@ -62,112 +76,8 @@ pub(crate) enum AppSettings {
     BinNameBuilt,
 }
 
-bitflags! {
-    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-    struct Flags: u64 {
-        const SC_NEGATE_REQS                 = 1;
-        const SC_REQUIRED                    = 1 << 1;
-        const ARG_REQUIRED_ELSE_HELP         = 1 << 2;
-        const PROPAGATE_VERSION              = 1 << 3;
-        const DISABLE_VERSION_FOR_SC         = 1 << 4;
-        const WAIT_ON_ERROR                  = 1 << 6;
-        const DISABLE_VERSION_FLAG           = 1 << 10;
-        const HIDDEN                         = 1 << 11;
-        const TRAILING_VARARG                = 1 << 12;
-        const NO_BIN_NAME                    = 1 << 13;
-        const ALLOW_UNK_SC                   = 1 << 14;
-        const LEADING_HYPHEN                 = 1 << 16;
-        const NO_POS_VALUES                  = 1 << 17;
-        const NEXT_LINE_HELP                 = 1 << 18;
-        const DISABLE_COLORED_HELP           = 1 << 20;
-        const COLOR_ALWAYS                   = 1 << 21;
-        const COLOR_AUTO                     = 1 << 22;
-        const COLOR_NEVER                    = 1 << 23;
-        const DONT_DELIM_TRAIL               = 1 << 24;
-        const ALLOW_NEG_NUMS                 = 1 << 25;
-        const DISABLE_HELP_SC                = 1 << 27;
-        const ARGS_NEGATE_SCS                = 1 << 29;
-        const PROPAGATE_VALS_DOWN            = 1 << 30;
-        const ALLOW_MISSING_POS              = 1 << 31;
-        const TRAILING_VALUES                = 1 << 32;
-        const BUILT                          = 1 << 33;
-        const BIN_NAME_BUILT                 = 1 << 34;
-        const VALID_ARG_FOUND                = 1 << 35;
-        const INFER_SUBCOMMANDS              = 1 << 36;
-        const CONTAINS_LAST                  = 1 << 37;
-        const ARGS_OVERRIDE_SELF             = 1 << 38;
-        const HELP_REQUIRED                  = 1 << 39;
-        const SUBCOMMAND_PRECEDENCE_OVER_ARG = 1 << 40;
-        const DISABLE_HELP_FLAG              = 1 << 41;
-        const INFER_LONG_ARGS                = 1 << 43;
-        const IGNORE_ERRORS                  = 1 << 44;
-        const MULTICALL                      = 1 << 45;
-        const EXPAND_HELP_SUBCOMMAND_TREES   = 1 << 46;
-        const NO_OP                          = 0;
+impl AppSettings {
+    fn bit(self) -> u32 {
+        1 << (self as u8)
     }
 }
-
-impl_settings! { AppSettings, AppFlags,
-    ArgRequiredElseHelp
-        => Flags::ARG_REQUIRED_ELSE_HELP,
-    SubcommandPrecedenceOverArg
-        => Flags::SUBCOMMAND_PRECEDENCE_OVER_ARG,
-    ArgsNegateSubcommands
-        => Flags::ARGS_NEGATE_SCS,
-    AllowExternalSubcommands
-        => Flags::ALLOW_UNK_SC,
-    AllowHyphenValues
-        => Flags::LEADING_HYPHEN,
-    AllowNegativeNumbers
-        => Flags::ALLOW_NEG_NUMS,
-    AllowMissingPositional
-        => Flags::ALLOW_MISSING_POS,
-    ColorAlways
-        => Flags::COLOR_ALWAYS,
-    ColorAuto
-        => Flags::COLOR_AUTO,
-    ColorNever
-        => Flags::COLOR_NEVER,
-    DontDelimitTrailingValues
-        => Flags::DONT_DELIM_TRAIL,
-    DisableColoredHelp
-        => Flags::DISABLE_COLORED_HELP,
-    DisableHelpSubcommand
-        => Flags::DISABLE_HELP_SC,
-    DisableHelpFlag
-        => Flags::DISABLE_HELP_FLAG,
-    DisableVersionFlag
-        => Flags::DISABLE_VERSION_FLAG,
-    PropagateVersion
-        => Flags::PROPAGATE_VERSION,
-    HidePossibleValues
-        => Flags::NO_POS_VALUES,
-    HelpExpected
-        => Flags::HELP_REQUIRED,
-    Hidden
-        => Flags::HIDDEN,
-    Multicall
-        => Flags::MULTICALL,
-    NoBinaryName
-        => Flags::NO_BIN_NAME,
-    SubcommandsNegateReqs
-        => Flags::SC_NEGATE_REQS,
-    SubcommandRequired
-        => Flags::SC_REQUIRED,
-    TrailingVarArg
-        => Flags::TRAILING_VARARG,
-    NextLineHelp
-        => Flags::NEXT_LINE_HELP,
-    IgnoreErrors
-        => Flags::IGNORE_ERRORS,
-    Built
-        => Flags::BUILT,
-    BinNameBuilt
-        => Flags::BIN_NAME_BUILT,
-    InferSubcommands
-        => Flags::INFER_SUBCOMMANDS,
-    AllArgsOverrideSelf
-        => Flags::ARGS_OVERRIDE_SELF,
-    InferLongArgs
-        => Flags::INFER_LONG_ARGS
-}
diff --git a/clap_builder/src/builder/arg.rs b/clap_builder/src/builder/arg.rs
index 65d7cc95..5bfea9ad 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/builder/arg.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/builder/arg.rs
@@ -858,21 +858,15 @@ impl Arg {
 
     #[inline]
     #[must_use]
-    pub(crate) fn setting<F>(mut self, setting: F) -> Self
-    where
-        F: Into<ArgFlags>,
-    {
-        self.settings.insert(setting.into());
+    pub(crate) fn setting(mut self, setting: ArgSettings) -> Self {
+        self.settings.set(setting);
         self
     }
 
     #[inline]
     #[must_use]
-    pub(crate) fn unset_setting<F>(mut self, setting: F) -> Self
-    where
-        F: Into<ArgFlags>,
-    {
-        self.settings.remove(setting.into());
+    pub(crate) fn unset_setting(mut self, setting: ArgSettings) -> Self {
+        self.settings.unset(setting);
         self
     }
 }
diff --git a/clap_builder/src/builder/arg_settings.rs b/clap_builder/src/builder/arg_settings.rs
index 6dd4d6c8..fd475040 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/builder/arg_settings.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/builder/arg_settings.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
-// Std
-use std::ops::BitOr;
-
-// Third party
-use bitflags::bitflags;
-
 #[allow(unused)]
 use crate::Arg;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub(crate) struct ArgFlags(Flags);
+#[derive(Default, Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) struct ArgFlags(u32);
 
-impl Default for ArgFlags {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self::empty()
+impl ArgFlags {
+    pub(crate) fn set(&mut self, setting: ArgSettings) {
+        self.0 |= setting.bit();
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn unset(&mut self, setting: ArgSettings) {
+        self.0 &= !setting.bit();
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn is_set(&self, setting: ArgSettings) -> bool {
+        self.0 & setting.bit() != 0
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn insert(&mut self, other: Self) {
+        self.0 |= other.0;
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::ops::BitOr for ArgFlags {
+    type Output = Self;
+
+    fn bitor(mut self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+        self.insert(rhs);
+        self
     }
 }
 
@@ -25,7 +40,7 @@ impl Default for ArgFlags {
 /// [`Arg::unset_setting`]: crate::Arg::unset_setting()
 /// [`Arg::is_set`]: crate::Arg::is_set()
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
-#[non_exhaustive]
+#[repr(u8)]
 pub(crate) enum ArgSettings {
     Required,
     Global,
@@ -48,55 +63,12 @@ pub(crate) enum ArgSettings {
     Exclusive,
 }
 
-bitflags! {
-    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
-    struct Flags: u32 {
-        const REQUIRED         = 1;
-        const GLOBAL           = 1 << 3;
-        const HIDDEN           = 1 << 4;
-        const TRAILING_VARARG  = 1 << 5;
-        const ALLOW_NEG_NUMS   = 1 << 6;
-        const NEXT_LINE_HELP   = 1 << 7;
-        const DELIM_NOT_SET    = 1 << 10;
-        const HIDE_POS_VALS    = 1 << 11;
-        const ALLOW_TAC_VALS   = 1 << 12;
-        const REQUIRE_EQUALS   = 1 << 13;
-        const LAST             = 1 << 14;
-        const HIDE_DEFAULT_VAL = 1 << 15;
-        const CASE_INSENSITIVE = 1 << 16;
-        #[cfg(feature = "env")]
-        const HIDE_ENV_VALS    = 1 << 17;
-        const HIDDEN_SHORT_H   = 1 << 18;
-        const HIDDEN_LONG_H    = 1 << 19;
-        #[cfg(feature = "env")]
-        const HIDE_ENV         = 1 << 21;
-        const EXCLUSIVE        = 1 << 23;
-        const NO_OP            = 0;
+impl ArgSettings {
+    fn bit(self) -> u32 {
+        1 << (self as u8)
     }
 }
 
-impl_settings! { ArgSettings, ArgFlags,
-    Required => Flags::REQUIRED,
-    Global => Flags::GLOBAL,
-    Hidden => Flags::HIDDEN,
-    NextLineHelp => Flags::NEXT_LINE_HELP,
-    HidePossibleValues => Flags::HIDE_POS_VALS,
-    AllowHyphenValues => Flags::ALLOW_TAC_VALS,
-    AllowNegativeNumbers => Flags::ALLOW_NEG_NUMS,
-    RequireEquals => Flags::REQUIRE_EQUALS,
-    Last => Flags::LAST,
-    TrailingVarArg => Flags::TRAILING_VARARG,
-    IgnoreCase => Flags::CASE_INSENSITIVE,
-    #[cfg(feature = "env")]
-    HideEnv => Flags::HIDE_ENV,
-    #[cfg(feature = "env")]
-    HideEnvValues => Flags::HIDE_ENV_VALS,
-    HideDefaultValue => Flags::HIDE_DEFAULT_VAL,
-    HiddenShortHelp => Flags::HIDDEN_SHORT_H,
-    HiddenLongHelp => Flags::HIDDEN_LONG_H,
-    Exclusive => Flags::EXCLUSIVE
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
@@ -116,31 +88,4 @@ mod test {
         let m = m.unset_setting(ArgSettings::Required);
         assert!(!m.is_required_set(), "{m:#?}");
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn setting_bitor() {
-        let m = Arg::new("setting_bitor")
-            .setting(ArgSettings::Required | ArgSettings::Hidden | ArgSettings::Last);
-
-        assert!(m.is_required_set());
-        assert!(m.is_hide_set());
-        assert!(m.is_last_set());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn unset_setting_bitor() {
-        let m = Arg::new("unset_setting_bitor")
-            .setting(ArgSettings::Required)
-            .setting(ArgSettings::Hidden)
-            .setting(ArgSettings::Last);
-
-        assert!(m.is_required_set());
-        assert!(m.is_hide_set());
-        assert!(m.is_last_set());
-
-        let m = m.unset_setting(ArgSettings::Required | ArgSettings::Hidden | ArgSettings::Last);
-        assert!(!m.is_required_set(), "{m:#?}");
-        assert!(!m.is_hide_set(), "{m:#?}");
-        assert!(!m.is_last_set(), "{m:#?}");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/clap_builder/src/builder/command.rs b/clap_builder/src/builder/command.rs
index 71ea73c0..2c5eb198 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/builder/command.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/builder/command.rs
@@ -1907,21 +1907,15 @@ impl Command {
 
     #[inline]
     #[must_use]
-    pub(crate) fn setting<F>(mut self, setting: F) -> Self
-    where
-        F: Into<AppFlags>,
-    {
-        self.settings.insert(setting.into());
+    pub(crate) fn setting(mut self, setting: AppSettings) -> Self {
+        self.settings.set(setting);
         self
     }
 
     #[inline]
     #[must_use]
-    pub(crate) fn unset_setting<F>(mut self, setting: F) -> Self
-    where
-        F: Into<AppFlags>,
-    {
-        self.settings.remove(setting.into());
+    pub(crate) fn unset_setting(mut self, setting: AppSettings) -> Self {
+        self.settings.unset(setting);
         self
     }
 
@@ -3852,26 +3846,22 @@ impl Command {
             self.settings = self.settings | self.g_settings;
 
             if self.is_multicall_set() {
-                self.settings.insert(AppSettings::SubcommandRequired.into());
-                self.settings.insert(AppSettings::DisableHelpFlag.into());
-                self.settings.insert(AppSettings::DisableVersionFlag.into());
+                self.settings.set(AppSettings::SubcommandRequired);
+                self.settings.set(AppSettings::DisableHelpFlag);
+                self.settings.set(AppSettings::DisableVersionFlag);
             }
             if !cfg!(feature = "help") && self.get_override_help().is_none() {
-                self.settings.insert(AppSettings::DisableHelpFlag.into());
-                self.settings
-                    .insert(AppSettings::DisableHelpSubcommand.into());
+                self.settings.set(AppSettings::DisableHelpFlag);
+                self.settings.set(AppSettings::DisableHelpSubcommand);
             }
             if self.is_set(AppSettings::ArgsNegateSubcommands) {
-                self.settings
-                    .insert(AppSettings::SubcommandsNegateReqs.into());
+                self.settings.set(AppSettings::SubcommandsNegateReqs);
             }
             if self.external_value_parser.is_some() {
-                self.settings
-                    .insert(AppSettings::AllowExternalSubcommands.into());
+                self.settings.set(AppSettings::AllowExternalSubcommands);
             }
             if !self.has_subcommands() {
-                self.settings
-                    .insert(AppSettings::DisableHelpSubcommand.into());
+                self.settings.set(AppSettings::DisableHelpSubcommand);
             }
 
             self._propagate();
@@ -3924,14 +3914,13 @@ impl Command {
                 let is_allow_negative_numbers_set = self.is_allow_negative_numbers_set();
                 for arg in self.args.args_mut() {
                     if is_allow_hyphen_values_set && arg.is_takes_value_set() {
-                        arg.settings.insert(ArgSettings::AllowHyphenValues.into());
+                        arg.settings.set(ArgSettings::AllowHyphenValues);
                     }
                     if is_allow_negative_numbers_set && arg.is_takes_value_set() {
-                        arg.settings
-                            .insert(ArgSettings::AllowNegativeNumbers.into());
+                        arg.settings.set(ArgSettings::AllowNegativeNumbers);
                     }
                     if is_trailing_var_arg_set && arg.get_index() == Some(highest_idx) {
-                        arg.settings.insert(ArgSettings::TrailingVarArg.into());
+                        arg.settings.set(ArgSettings::TrailingVarArg);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/clap_builder/src/macros.rs b/clap_builder/src/macros.rs
index 713c0838..945cdaaa 100644
--- a/clap_builder/src/macros.rs
+++ b/clap_builder/src/macros.rs
@@ -531,99 +531,6 @@ macro_rules! arg {
     }};
 }
 
-macro_rules! impl_settings {
-    ($settings:ident, $flags:ident,
-        $(
-            $(#[$inner:ident $($args:tt)*])*
-            $setting:ident => $flag:path
-        ),+
-    ) => {
-        impl $flags {
-            #[allow(dead_code)]
-            pub(crate) fn empty() -> Self {
-                $flags(Flags::empty())
-            }
-
-            #[allow(dead_code)]
-            pub(crate) fn insert(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
-                self.0.insert(rhs.0);
-            }
-
-            #[allow(dead_code)]
-            pub(crate) fn remove(&mut self, rhs: Self) {
-                self.0.remove(rhs.0);
-            }
-
-            #[allow(dead_code)]
-            pub(crate) fn set(&mut self, s: $settings) {
-                match s {
-                    $(
-                        $(#[$inner $($args)*])*
-                        $settings::$setting => self.0.insert($flag),
-                    )*
-                }
-            }
-
-            #[allow(dead_code)]
-            pub(crate) fn unset(&mut self, s: $settings) {
-                match s {
-                    $(
-                        $(#[$inner $($args)*])*
-                        $settings::$setting => self.0.remove($flag),
-                    )*
-                }
-            }
-
-            #[allow(dead_code)]
-            pub(crate) fn is_set(&self, s: $settings) -> bool {
-                match s {
-                    $(
-                        $(#[$inner $($args)*])*
-                        $settings::$setting => self.0.contains($flag),
-                    )*
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        impl BitOr for $flags {
-            type Output = Self;
-
-            fn bitor(mut self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
-                self.0.insert(rhs.0);
-                self
-            }
-        }
-
-        impl From<$settings> for $flags {
-            fn from(setting: $settings) -> Self {
-                let mut flags = $flags::empty();
-                flags.set(setting);
-                flags
-            }
-        }
-
-        impl BitOr<$settings> for $flags {
-            type Output = Self;
-
-            fn bitor(mut self, rhs: $settings) -> Self::Output {
-                self.set(rhs);
-                self
-            }
-        }
-
-        impl BitOr for $settings {
-            type Output = $flags;
-
-            fn bitor(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
-                let mut flags = $flags::empty();
-                flags.set(self);
-                flags.set(rhs);
-                flags
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(feature = "debug")]
 macro_rules! debug {
     ($($arg:tt)*) => ({