diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 864b52c8..24321691 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ coreaudio-sys-utils = { path = "coreaudio-sys-utils" }
 cubeb-backend = "0.13"
 float-cmp = "0.6"
 libc = "0.2"
-lazy_static = "1.2"
 mach = "0.3"
 audio-mixer = "0.2"
 ringbuf = "0.2.6"
diff --git a/src/backend/mod.rs b/src/backend/mod.rs
index 3917171b..82e4bdb6 100644
--- a/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 // accompanying file LICENSE for details.
 #![allow(unused_assignments)]
 #![allow(unused_must_use)]
-
 extern crate coreaudio_sys_utils;
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate ringbuf;
@@ -106,16 +105,6 @@ bitflags! {
     }
 }
 
-lazy_static! {
-    static ref HOST_TIME_TO_NS_RATIO: (u32, u32) = {
-        let mut timebase_info = mach_timebase_info { numer: 0, denom: 0 };
-        unsafe {
-            mach_timebase_info(&mut timebase_info);
-        }
-        (timebase_info.numer, timebase_info.denom)
-    };
-}
-
 #[cfg(feature = "audio-dump")]
 fn dump_audio(stream: cubeb_audio_dump_stream_t, audio_samples: *mut c_void, count: u32) {
     unsafe {
@@ -682,10 +671,10 @@ extern "C" fn audiounit_input_callback(
     }
 }
 
-fn host_time_to_ns(host_time: u64) -> u64 {
+fn host_time_to_ns(ctx: &AudioUnitContext, host_time: u64) -> u64 {
     let mut rv: f64 = host_time as f64;
-    rv *= HOST_TIME_TO_NS_RATIO.0 as f64;
-    rv /= HOST_TIME_TO_NS_RATIO.1 as f64;
+    rv *= ctx.host_time_to_ns_ratio.0 as f64;
+    rv /= ctx.host_time_to_ns_ratio.1 as f64;
     rv as u64
 }
 
@@ -697,7 +686,7 @@ fn compute_output_latency(stm: &AudioUnitStream, audio_output_time: u64, now: u6
     // The total output latency is the timestamp difference + the stream latency + the hardware
     // latency.
     let total_output_latency_ns =
-        fixed_latency_ns + host_time_to_ns(audio_output_time.saturating_sub(now));
+        fixed_latency_ns + host_time_to_ns(stm.context, audio_output_time.saturating_sub(now));
 
     (total_output_latency_ns * output_hw_rate / NS2S) as u32
 }
@@ -710,7 +699,7 @@ fn compute_input_latency(stm: &AudioUnitStream, audio_input_time: u64, now: u64)
     // The total input latency is the timestamp difference + the stream latency +
     // the hardware latency.
     let total_input_latency_ns =
-        host_time_to_ns(now.saturating_sub(audio_input_time)) + fixed_latency_ns;
+        host_time_to_ns(stm.context, now.saturating_sub(audio_input_time)) + fixed_latency_ns;
 
     (total_input_latency_ns * input_hw_rate / NS2S) as u32
 }
@@ -729,6 +718,14 @@ extern "C" fn audiounit_output_callback(
     assert!(!user_ptr.is_null());
     let stm = unsafe { &mut *(user_ptr as *mut AudioUnitStream) };
 
+    if output_frames == 0 {
+        cubeb_alog!(
+            "({:p}) output callback empty.",
+            stm as *const AudioUnitStream
+        );
+        return NO_ERR;
+    }
+
     let out_buffer_list_ref = unsafe { &mut (*out_buffer_list) };
     assert_eq!(out_buffer_list_ref.mNumberBuffers, 1);
     let buffers = unsafe {
@@ -879,6 +876,7 @@ extern "C" fn audiounit_output_callback(
         output_frames
     );
 
+    assert_ne!(output_frames, 0);
     let outframes = stm.core_stream_data.resampler.fill(
         input_buffer,
         if input_buffer.is_null() {
@@ -2474,6 +2472,7 @@ pub struct AudioUnitContext {
     serial_queue: Queue,
     latency_controller: Mutex<LatencyController>,
     devices: Mutex<SharedDevices>,
+    host_time_to_ns_ratio: (u32, u32),
     // Storage for a context-global vpio unit. Duplex streams that need one will take this
     // and return it when done.
     shared_voice_processing_unit: SharedVoiceProcessingUnitManager,
@@ -2488,11 +2487,19 @@ impl AudioUnitContext {
             format!("{}.context.shared_vpio", DISPATCH_QUEUE_LABEL).as_str(),
             &serial_queue,
         );
+        let host_time_to_ns_ratio = {
+            let mut timebase_info = mach_timebase_info { numer: 0, denom: 0 };
+            unsafe {
+                mach_timebase_info(&mut timebase_info);
+            }
+            (timebase_info.numer, timebase_info.denom)
+        };
         Self {
             _ops: &OPS as *const _,
             serial_queue,
             latency_controller: Mutex::new(LatencyController::default()),
             devices: Mutex::new(SharedDevices::default()),
+            host_time_to_ns_ratio,
             shared_voice_processing_unit: SharedVoiceProcessingUnitManager::new(shared_vp_queue),
         }
     }
@@ -4922,7 +4929,7 @@ impl<'ctx> StreamOps for AudioUnitStream<'ctx> {
                 let now = unsafe { mach_absolute_time() };
                 let diff = now - timestamp;
                 let interpolated_frames = cmp::min(
-                    host_time_to_ns(diff)
+                    host_time_to_ns(self.context, diff)
                         * self.core_stream_data.output_stream_params.rate() as u64
                         / NS2S,
                     buffer_size,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 87efbf54..bf1ae96f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ extern crate bitflags;
 extern crate cubeb_backend;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate float_cmp;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate lazy_static;
 extern crate mach;
 
 mod backend;