diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d48915b..d2709ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gimoji"
-version = "0.7.6"
+version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arboard",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 65b1c6c..fecee92 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gimoji"
 description = "Easily add emojis to your git commit messages 🎉"
-version = "0.7.6"
+version = "1.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Zeeshan Ali Khan <zeeshanak@gnome.org>"]
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ nix = { version = "0.28", default-features = false, features = ["process"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.114"
 databake = { version = "0.1.7", features = ["derive"] }
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = "fat"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3acc7c1..9b35dd3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ struct Args {
     #[arg(short, long)]
     init: bool,
 
-    /// Update local emoji cache (deprecated and NO-OP).
-    #[arg(short, long)]
-    update_cache: bool,
-
     /// Run as git commit hook.
     #[arg(long, value_delimiter = ' ', num_args = 1..3)]
     hook: Vec<String>,
@@ -67,13 +63,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     if args.init {
         install_hook(color_scheme)?;
 
-        return Ok(());
-    } else if args.update_cache {
-        println!(
-            "Emojis are now a part of the gimoji binary. This option is now a NO-OP and kept \
-             for backwards compatibility only and will be removed in a future release."
-        );
-
         return Ok(());
     }