diff --git a/categories/web/multichoice/react/package.json b/categories/web/multichoice/react/package.json
index d566642..007dcee 100644
--- a/categories/web/multichoice/react/package.json
+++ b/categories/web/multichoice/react/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
     "@modal-sh/react-utils": "workspace:*",
     "@tesseract-design/web-base": "workspace:*",
     "clsx": "^1.2.1",
-    "react-tag-input-component": "^2.0.2",
     "tailwindcss": "3.3.2"
   },
   "types": "./dist/types/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/categories/web/multichoice/react/src/components/TagInput/index.tsx b/categories/web/multichoice/react/src/components/TagInput/index.tsx
index 8689f62..90aa738 100644
--- a/categories/web/multichoice/react/src/components/TagInput/index.tsx
+++ b/categories/web/multichoice/react/src/components/TagInput/index.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { TagsInput } from 'react-tag-input-component';
+import { TagsInput } from './internal';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import { useClientSide, useFallbackId, useProxyInput } from '@modal-sh/react-utils';
 import { TextControl } from '@tesseract-design/web-base';
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ export interface TagInputProps extends Omit<React.HTMLProps<TagInputDerivedEleme
 export const tagInputPlugin = plugin(({ addComponents }) => {
   addComponents({
     '.tag-input': {
+      '&[data-size] label + * + div': {
+        'background': 'red',
+      },
       '& label + * + div > input': {
         'flex': 'auto',
       },
@@ -462,10 +465,6 @@ export const TagInput = React.forwardRef<TagInputDerivedElement, TagInputProps>(
       {clientSide && (
         <TagsInput
           value={tags}
-          classNames={{
-            input: 'peer bg-transparent font-inherit',
-            tag: 'text-xs p-2 select-none font-inherit',
-          }}
           isEditOnRemove={editOnRemove}
           placeHolder={placeholder}
           disabled={disabled}
diff --git a/categories/web/multichoice/react/src/components/TagInput/internal.tsx b/categories/web/multichoice/react/src/components/TagInput/internal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8f6e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/categories/web/multichoice/react/src/components/TagInput/internal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+
+const useDidUpdateEffect = (fn: () => void, inputs: unknown[]) => {
+	const didMountRef = React.useRef(false);
+
+	React.useEffect(() => {
+		if (didMountRef.current) fn();
+		else didMountRef.current = true;
+	}, inputs);
+}
+
+interface TagProps {
+	text: string;
+	remove: any;
+	disabled?: boolean;
+	className?: string;
+}
+
+export const Tag = ({ text, remove, disabled }: TagProps) => {
+	const handleOnRemove: React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLButtonElement> = (e) => {
+		e.stopPropagation();
+		remove(text);
+	};
+
+	return (
+		<span className="text-xs p-2 select-none font-inherit">
+      <span>{text}</span>
+			{!disabled && (
+				<button
+					type="button"
+					onClick={handleOnRemove}
+					aria-label={`remove ${text}`}
+				>
+					&#10005;
+				</button>
+			)}
+    </span>
+	);
+}
+
+export interface TagsInputProps {
+	name?: string;
+	placeHolder?: string;
+	value?: string[];
+	onChange?: (tags: string[]) => void;
+	onBlur?: any;
+	separators?: string[];
+	disableBackspaceRemove?: boolean;
+	onExisting?: (tag: string) => void;
+	onRemoved?: (tag: string) => void;
+	disabled?: boolean;
+	isEditOnRemove?: boolean;
+	beforeAddValidate?: (tag: string, existingTags: string[]) => boolean;
+	onKeyUp?: (e: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => void;
+	classNames?: {
+		input?: string;
+		tag?: string;
+	};
+}
+
+const defaultSeparators = ["Enter"];
+
+export const TagsInput = ({
+	name,
+	placeHolder,
+	value,
+	onChange,
+	onBlur,
+	separators,
+	disableBackspaceRemove,
+	onExisting,
+	onRemoved,
+	disabled,
+	isEditOnRemove,
+	beforeAddValidate,
+	onKeyUp,
+	classNames,
+}: TagsInputProps) => {
+	const [tags, setTags] = React.useState<any>(value || []);
+
+	useDidUpdateEffect(() => {
+		onChange && onChange(tags);
+	}, [tags]);
+
+	useDidUpdateEffect(() => {
+		if (JSON.stringify(value) !== JSON.stringify(tags)) {
+			setTags(value);
+		}
+	}, [value]);
+
+	const handleOnKeyUp: React.KeyboardEventHandler<HTMLInputElement> = (e) => {
+		e.stopPropagation();
+
+		const text = e.currentTarget.value;
+
+		if (
+			!text &&
+			!disableBackspaceRemove &&
+			tags.length &&
+			e.key === "Backspace"
+		) {
+			e.currentTarget.value = isEditOnRemove ? `${tags.at(-1)} ` : "";
+			setTags([...tags.slice(0, -1)]);
+		}
+
+		if (text && (separators || defaultSeparators).includes(e.key)) {
+			e.preventDefault();
+			if (beforeAddValidate && !beforeAddValidate(text, tags)) return;
+
+			if (tags.includes(text)) {
+				onExisting && onExisting(text);
+				return;
+			}
+			setTags([...tags, text]);
+			e.currentTarget.value = "";
+		}
+	};
+
+	const onTagRemove = (text: string) => {
+		setTags(tags.filter((tag: string) => tag !== text));
+		onRemoved && onRemoved(text);
+	};
+
+	return (
+		<div aria-labelledby={name} className="rti--container">
+			{tags.map((tag: string) => (
+				<Tag
+					key={tag}
+					className={classNames?.tag}
+					text={tag}
+					remove={onTagRemove}
+					disabled={disabled}
+				/>
+			))}
+
+			<input
+				className="peer bg-transparent font-inherit focus:outline-0"
+				type="text"
+				name={name}
+				placeholder={placeHolder}
+				onKeyDown={handleOnKeyUp}
+				onBlur={onBlur}
+				disabled={disabled}
+				onKeyUp={onKeyUp}
+			/>
+		</div>
+	);
+};
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 83adbc6..7e1ca0d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -516,9 +516,6 @@ importers:
       clsx:
         specifier: ^1.2.1
         version: 1.2.1
-      react-tag-input-component:
-        specifier: ^2.0.2
-        version: 2.0.2(react-dom@18.2.0)(react@18.2.0)
       tailwindcss:
         specifier: 3.3.2
         version: 3.3.2
@@ -7814,16 +7811,6 @@ packages:
       react-is: 18.2.0
     dev: true
 
-  /react-tag-input-component@2.0.2(react-dom@18.2.0)(react@18.2.0):
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-dydI9luVwwv9vrjE5u1TTnkcOVkOVL6mhFti8r6hLi78V2F2EKWQOLptURz79UYbDHLSk6tnbvGl8FE+sMpADg==}
-    peerDependencies:
-      react: ^16 || ^17 || ^18
-      react-dom: ^16 || ^17 || ^18
-    dependencies:
-      react: 18.2.0
-      react-dom: 18.2.0(react@18.2.0)
-    dev: false
-
   /react-test-renderer@18.2.0(react@18.2.0):
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-JWD+aQ0lh2gvh4NM3bBM42Kx+XybOxCpgYK7F8ugAlpaTSnWsX+39Z4XkOykGZAHrjwwTZT3x3KxswVWxHPUqA==}
     peerDependencies: