diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0322ee7..6929794 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
     "clone": "^2.1.2",
     "eventemitter2": "^6.4.4",
     "hash-it": "^6.0.0",
-    "jsonpath-plus": "^7.2.0",
-    "lodash.isobjectlike": "^4.0.0"
+    "jsonpath-plus": "^7.2.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/almanac.js b/src/almanac.js
index 58cc243..610e280 100644
--- a/src/almanac.js
+++ b/src/almanac.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { UndefinedFactError } from './errors'
 import debug from './debug'
 
 import { JSONPath } from 'jsonpath-plus'
-import isObjectLike from 'lodash.isobjectlike'
 
 function defaultPathResolver (value, path) {
   return JSONPath({ path, json: value, wrap: false })
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ export default class Almanac {
       debug(`condition::evaluate extracting object property ${path}`)
       return factValuePromise
         .then(factValue => {
-          if (isObjectLike(factValue)) {
+          if (factValue != null && typeof factValue === 'object') {
             const pathValue = this.pathResolver(factValue, path)
             debug(`condition::evaluate extracting object property ${path}, received: ${JSON.stringify(pathValue)}`)
             return pathValue
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ export default class Almanac {
    * Interprets value as either a primitive, or if a fact, retrieves the fact value
    */
   getValue (value) {
-    if (isObjectLike(value) && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, 'fact')) { // value = { fact: 'xyz' }
+    if (value != null && typeof value === 'object' && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(value, 'fact')) { // value = { fact: 'xyz' }
       return this.factValue(value.fact, value.params, value.path)
     }
     return Promise.resolve(value)
diff --git a/src/rule-result.js b/src/rule-result.js
index 5e1fcbd..09350c7 100644
--- a/src/rule-result.js
+++ b/src/rule-result.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
 import deepClone from 'clone'
-import isObject from 'lodash.isobjectlike'
 
 export default class RuleResult {
   constructor (conditions, event, priority, name) {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ export default class RuleResult {
   }
 
   resolveEventParams (almanac) {
-    if (isObject(this.event.params)) {
+    if (this.event.params !== null && typeof this.event.params === 'object') {
       const updates = []
       for (const key in this.event.params) {
         if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.event.params, key)) {