diff --git a/frontend/Cargo.toml b/frontend/Cargo.toml
index 5f5a179..78fbfc2 100644
--- a/frontend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ thiserror = "2"
 
 futures = "0.3"
 
-scanf = "1.2"
-
 web-sys = { version = "0.3", features = [
     "console",
     "Document",
diff --git a/frontend/src/calendar.rs b/frontend/src/calendar.rs
index 37ff1e3..dd77168 100644
--- a/frontend/src/calendar.rs
+++ b/frontend/src/calendar.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use gloo::{
     events::EventListener,
     utils::{document, window},
 };
-use scanf::sscanf;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use wasm_bindgen_futures::spawn_local;
 use web_sys::{Element, HtmlInputElement};
@@ -133,15 +132,11 @@ pub fn setup(
             );
         } else if target.class_name().contains("remove-scheduled-recipe") {
             spawn_local(async move {
-                let mut recipe_id: i64 = 0;
-                let mut date: NaiveDate = NaiveDate::default();
-                sscanf!(
-                    &target.parent_element().unwrap().id(),
-                    "scheduled-recipe-{}-{}",
-                    recipe_id,
-                    date
-                )
-                .unwrap();
+                // Element id format example: "scheduled-recipe-1-2025-05-15".
+                let element_id = target.parent_element().unwrap().id();
+                let element_id_splitted: Vec<&str> = element_id.splitn(4, '-').collect();
+                let recipe_id: i64 = element_id_splitted[2].parse().unwrap();
+                let date: NaiveDate = element_id_splitted[3].parse().unwrap();
 
                 let title = target.previous_element_sibling().unwrap().inner_html();