diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6585a7c..fc6fb1d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 var promise     = require('cb2promise');
 var Errorifier  = require('errorifier');
-var ensureAsync = require('ensure-async');
 
-var parseAsync = ensureAsync(function(data, cb) {
+var parseAsync = function(data, cb) {
   var content;
   var error;
 
@@ -17,9 +16,11 @@ var parseAsync = ensureAsync(function(data, cb) {
       message: err.message
     });
   } finally {
-    return cb(error, content);
+    return process.nextTick(function() {
+      return cb(error, content);
+    });
   }
-});
+};
 
 function parseJSON(data, cb) {
   if (arguments.length === 1) return promise(parseAsync, data);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3eb2c4e..e5129b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "cb2promise": "~1.0.0",
-    "ensure-async": "~1.0.0",
     "errorifier": "~0.1.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {