diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 71f9d2b..921ee7b 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package language
 
 import (
 	"context"
-
-	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 )
 
 type contextKey string
@@ -11,13 +9,13 @@ type contextKey string
 const languageKey contextKey = "language"
 
 // FromContext returns language tag. If language tag does not exist it returns language.Und value.
-func FromContext(ctx context.Context) language.Tag {
-	tag, _ := ctx.Value(languageKey).(language.Tag)
+func FromContext(ctx context.Context) Tag {
+	tag, _ := ctx.Value(languageKey).(Tag)
 
 	return tag
 }
 
 // WithContext adds language tag to context.
-func WithContext(ctx context.Context, tag language.Tag) context.Context {
+func WithContext(ctx context.Context, tag Tag) context.Context {
 	return context.WithValue(ctx, languageKey, tag)
 }
diff --git a/middleware.go b/middleware.go
index f14cfda..e71cdd0 100644
--- a/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func ReadFromAcceptHeader() MiddlewareOption {
 }
 
 // SupportedLanguages is used to set up list of supported languages. See language.NewMatcher() for details.
-func SupportedLanguages(tags ...language.Tag) MiddlewareOption {
+func SupportedLanguages(tags ...Tag) MiddlewareOption {
 	return func(middleware *Middleware) {
 		middleware.matcher = language.NewMatcher(tags)
 	}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func NewMiddleware(next http.Handler, options ...MiddlewareOption) *Middleware {
 		setOption(middleware)
 	}
 	if middleware.matcher == nil {
-		middleware.matcher = language.NewMatcher([]language.Tag{language.English})
+		middleware.matcher = language.NewMatcher([]Tag{English})
 	}
 	if len(middleware.readers) == 0 {
 		middleware.readers = append(middleware.readers, readFromAcceptLanguageHeader)
diff --git a/middleware_test.go b/middleware_test.go
index f43b212..e303180 100644
--- a/middleware_test.go
+++ b/middleware_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/muonsoft/language"
-	textlanguage "golang.org/x/text/language"
 )
 
 func TestMiddleware_ServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ func TestMiddleware_ServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 		name             string
 		request          *http.Request
 		options          []language.MiddlewareOption
-		expectedLanguage textlanguage.Tag
+		expectedLanguage language.Tag
 	}{
 		{
 			name:             "no options",
diff --git a/tags.go b/tags.go
index 7d85f07..a63c2c4 100644
--- a/tags.go
+++ b/tags.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package language
 
 import "golang.org/x/text/language"
 
+// Tag is an alias for language.Tag.
+type Tag = language.Tag
+
 // Equal compares language tags by base ISO 639 language code.
-func Equal(tag1, tag2 language.Tag) bool {
+func Equal(tag1, tag2 Tag) bool {
 	base1, _, _ := tag1.Raw()
 	base2, _, _ := tag2.Raw()