diff --git a/src/ExtEventLoop.php b/src/ExtEventLoop.php
index 593c2c62..51704475 100644
--- a/src/ExtEventLoop.php
+++ b/src/ExtEventLoop.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 use EventBase;
 use EventConfig as EventBaseConfig;
 use React\EventLoop\Tick\FutureTickQueue;
-use React\EventLoop\Tick\NextTickQueue;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\Timer;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\TimerInterface;
 use SplObjectStorage;
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
 class ExtEventLoop implements LoopInterface
 {
     private $eventBase;
-    private $nextTickQueue;
     private $futureTickQueue;
     private $timerCallback;
     private $timerEvents;
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ class ExtEventLoop implements LoopInterface
     public function __construct(EventBaseConfig $config = null)
     {
         $this->eventBase = new EventBase($config);
-        $this->nextTickQueue = new NextTickQueue($this);
         $this->futureTickQueue = new FutureTickQueue($this);
         $this->timerEvents = new SplObjectStorage();
 
@@ -153,14 +150,6 @@ public function isTimerActive(TimerInterface $timer)
         return $this->timerEvents->contains($timer);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function nextTick(callable $listener)
-    {
-        $this->nextTickQueue->add($listener);
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -177,12 +166,10 @@ public function run()
         $this->running = true;
 
         while ($this->running) {
-            $this->nextTickQueue->tick();
-
             $this->futureTickQueue->tick();
 
             $flags = EventBase::LOOP_ONCE;
-            if (!$this->running || !$this->nextTickQueue->isEmpty() || !$this->futureTickQueue->isEmpty()) {
+            if (!$this->running || !$this->futureTickQueue->isEmpty()) {
                 $flags |= EventBase::LOOP_NONBLOCK;
             } elseif (!$this->streamEvents && !$this->timerEvents->count()) {
                 break;
diff --git a/src/LibEvLoop.php b/src/LibEvLoop.php
index ca3426a9..1f0124ae 100644
--- a/src/LibEvLoop.php
+++ b/src/LibEvLoop.php
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 use libev\IOEvent;
 use libev\TimerEvent;
 use React\EventLoop\Tick\FutureTickQueue;
-use React\EventLoop\Tick\NextTickQueue;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\Timer;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\TimerInterface;
 use SplObjectStorage;
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
 class LibEvLoop implements LoopInterface
 {
     private $loop;
-    private $nextTickQueue;
     private $futureTickQueue;
     private $timerEvents;
     private $readEvents = [];
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ class LibEvLoop implements LoopInterface
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->loop = new EventLoop();
-        $this->nextTickQueue = new NextTickQueue($this);
         $this->futureTickQueue = new FutureTickQueue($this);
         $this->timerEvents = new SplObjectStorage();
     }
@@ -157,14 +154,6 @@ public function isTimerActive(TimerInterface $timer)
         return $this->timerEvents->contains($timer);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function nextTick(callable $listener)
-    {
-        $this->nextTickQueue->add($listener);
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -181,12 +170,10 @@ public function run()
         $this->running = true;
 
         while ($this->running) {
-            $this->nextTickQueue->tick();
-
             $this->futureTickQueue->tick();
 
             $flags = EventLoop::RUN_ONCE;
-            if (!$this->running || !$this->nextTickQueue->isEmpty() || !$this->futureTickQueue->isEmpty()) {
+            if (!$this->running || !$this->futureTickQueue->isEmpty()) {
                 $flags |= EventLoop::RUN_NOWAIT;
             } elseif (!$this->readEvents && !$this->writeEvents && !$this->timerEvents->count()) {
                 break;
diff --git a/src/LibEventLoop.php b/src/LibEventLoop.php
index f6a4aba0..b2c771cf 100644
--- a/src/LibEventLoop.php
+++ b/src/LibEventLoop.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 use Event;
 use EventBase;
 use React\EventLoop\Tick\FutureTickQueue;
-use React\EventLoop\Tick\NextTickQueue;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\Timer;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\TimerInterface;
 use SplObjectStorage;
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ class LibEventLoop implements LoopInterface
     const MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND = 1000000;
 
     private $eventBase;
-    private $nextTickQueue;
     private $futureTickQueue;
     private $timerCallback;
     private $timerEvents;
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ class LibEventLoop implements LoopInterface
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->eventBase = event_base_new();
-        $this->nextTickQueue = new NextTickQueue($this);
         $this->futureTickQueue = new FutureTickQueue($this);
         $this->timerEvents = new SplObjectStorage();
 
@@ -161,14 +158,6 @@ public function isTimerActive(TimerInterface $timer)
         return $this->timerEvents->contains($timer);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function nextTick(callable $listener)
-    {
-        $this->nextTickQueue->add($listener);
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -185,12 +174,10 @@ public function run()
         $this->running = true;
 
         while ($this->running) {
-            $this->nextTickQueue->tick();
-
             $this->futureTickQueue->tick();
 
             $flags = EVLOOP_ONCE;
-            if (!$this->running || !$this->nextTickQueue->isEmpty() || !$this->futureTickQueue->isEmpty()) {
+            if (!$this->running || !$this->futureTickQueue->isEmpty()) {
                 $flags |= EVLOOP_NONBLOCK;
             } elseif (!$this->streamEvents && !$this->timerEvents->count()) {
                 break;
diff --git a/src/LoopInterface.php b/src/LoopInterface.php
index bb01d720..b4750dd0 100644
--- a/src/LoopInterface.php
+++ b/src/LoopInterface.php
@@ -85,16 +85,6 @@ public function cancelTimer(TimerInterface $timer);
      */
     public function isTimerActive(TimerInterface $timer);
 
-    /**
-     * Schedule a callback to be invoked on the next tick of the event loop.
-     *
-     * Callbacks are guaranteed to be executed in the order they are enqueued,
-     * before any timer or stream events.
-     *
-     * @param callable $listener The callback to invoke.
-     */
-    public function nextTick(callable $listener);
-
     /**
      * Schedule a callback to be invoked on a future tick of the event loop.
      *
diff --git a/src/StreamSelectLoop.php b/src/StreamSelectLoop.php
index f0d68e1a..da5ddaa4 100644
--- a/src/StreamSelectLoop.php
+++ b/src/StreamSelectLoop.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace React\EventLoop;
 
 use React\EventLoop\Tick\FutureTickQueue;
-use React\EventLoop\Tick\NextTickQueue;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\Timer;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\TimerInterface;
 use React\EventLoop\Timer\Timers;
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ class StreamSelectLoop implements LoopInterface
 {
     const MICROSECONDS_PER_SECOND = 1000000;
 
-    private $nextTickQueue;
     private $futureTickQueue;
     private $timers;
     private $readStreams = [];
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ class StreamSelectLoop implements LoopInterface
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->nextTickQueue = new NextTickQueue($this);
         $this->futureTickQueue = new FutureTickQueue($this);
         $this->timers = new Timers();
     }
@@ -132,14 +129,6 @@ public function isTimerActive(TimerInterface $timer)
         return $this->timers->contains($timer);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * {@inheritdoc}
-     */
-    public function nextTick(callable $listener)
-    {
-        $this->nextTickQueue->add($listener);
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
@@ -156,14 +145,12 @@ public function run()
         $this->running = true;
 
         while ($this->running) {
-            $this->nextTickQueue->tick();
-
             $this->futureTickQueue->tick();
 
             $this->timers->tick();
 
-            // Next-tick or future-tick queues have pending callbacks ...
-            if (!$this->running || !$this->nextTickQueue->isEmpty() || !$this->futureTickQueue->isEmpty()) {
+            // Future-tick queue has pending callbacks ...
+            if (!$this->running || !$this->futureTickQueue->isEmpty()) {
                 $timeout = 0;
 
             // There is a pending timer, only block until it is due ...
diff --git a/src/Tick/NextTickQueue.php b/src/Tick/NextTickQueue.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b8e1de8..00000000
--- a/src/Tick/NextTickQueue.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace React\EventLoop\Tick;
-
-use React\EventLoop\LoopInterface;
-use SplQueue;
-
-class NextTickQueue
-{
-    private $eventLoop;
-    private $queue;
-
-    /**
-     * @param LoopInterface $eventLoop The event loop passed as the first parameter to callbacks.
-     */
-    public function __construct(LoopInterface $eventLoop)
-    {
-        $this->eventLoop = $eventLoop;
-        $this->queue = new SplQueue();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Add a callback to be invoked on the next tick of the event loop.
-     *
-     * Callbacks are guaranteed to be executed in the order they are enqueued,
-     * before any timer or stream events.
-     *
-     * @param callable $listener The callback to invoke.
-     */
-    public function add(callable $listener)
-    {
-        $this->queue->enqueue($listener);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Flush the callback queue.
-     */
-    public function tick()
-    {
-        while (!$this->queue->isEmpty()) {
-            call_user_func(
-                $this->queue->dequeue(),
-                $this->eventLoop
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Check if the next tick queue is empty.
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function isEmpty()
-    {
-        return $this->queue->isEmpty();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/AbstractLoopTest.php b/tests/AbstractLoopTest.php
index c45c4d7a..8c175a67 100644
--- a/tests/AbstractLoopTest.php
+++ b/tests/AbstractLoopTest.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function () {
             }
         );
 
-        $this->loop->nextTick(
+        $this->loop->futureTick(
             function () {
                 $this->loop->stop();
             }
@@ -238,126 +238,19 @@ public function testIgnoreRemovedCallback()
         $loop->run();
     }
 
-    public function testNextTick()
-    {
-        $called = false;
-
-        $callback = function ($loop) use (&$called) {
-            $this->assertSame($this->loop, $loop);
-            $called = true;
-        };
-
-        $this->loop->nextTick($callback);
-
-        $this->assertFalse($called);
-
-        $this->tickLoop($this->loop);
-
-        $this->assertTrue($called);
-    }
-
-    public function testNextTickFiresBeforeIO()
+    public function testFutureTickEventGeneratedByFutureTick()
     {
-        $stream = $this->createStream();
-
-        $this->loop->addWriteStream(
-            $stream,
-            function () {
-                echo 'stream' . PHP_EOL;
-            }
-        );
-
-        $this->loop->nextTick(
-            function () {
-                echo 'next-tick' . PHP_EOL;
-            }
-        );
-
-        $this->expectOutputString('next-tick' . PHP_EOL . 'stream' . PHP_EOL);
-
-        $this->tickLoop($this->loop);
-    }
-
-    public function testRecursiveNextTick()
-    {
-        $stream = $this->createStream();
-
-        $this->loop->addWriteStream(
-            $stream,
-            function () {
-                echo 'stream' . PHP_EOL;
-            }
-        );
-
-        $this->loop->nextTick(
-            function () {
-                $this->loop->nextTick(
-                    function () {
-                        echo 'next-tick' . PHP_EOL;
-                    }
-                );
-            }
-        );
-
-        $this->expectOutputString('next-tick' . PHP_EOL . 'stream' . PHP_EOL);
-
-        $this->tickLoop($this->loop);
-    }
-
-    public function testRunWaitsForNextTickEvents()
-    {
-        $stream = $this->createStream();
-
-        $this->loop->addWriteStream(
-            $stream,
-            function () use ($stream) {
-                $this->loop->removeStream($stream);
-                $this->loop->nextTick(
-                    function () {
-                        echo 'next-tick' . PHP_EOL;
-                    }
-                );
-            }
-        );
-
-        $this->expectOutputString('next-tick' . PHP_EOL);
-
-        $this->loop->run();
-    }
-
-    public function testNextTickEventGeneratedByFutureTick()
-    {
-        $stream = $this->createStream();
-
         $this->loop->futureTick(
             function () {
-                $this->loop->nextTick(
-                    function () {
-                        echo 'next-tick' . PHP_EOL;
-                    }
-                );
-            }
-        );
-
-        $this->expectOutputString('next-tick' . PHP_EOL);
-
-        $this->loop->run();
-    }
-
-    public function testNextTickEventGeneratedByTimer()
-    {
-        $this->loop->addTimer(
-            0.001,
-            function () {
-                $this->loop->nextTick(
+                $this->loop->futureTick(
                     function () {
-                        echo 'next-tick' . PHP_EOL;
+                        echo 'future-tick' . PHP_EOL;
                     }
                 );
             }
         );
 
-        $this->expectOutputString('next-tick' . PHP_EOL);
+        $this->expectOutputString('future-tick' . PHP_EOL);
 
         $this->loop->run();
     }
@@ -451,25 +344,6 @@ function () {
         $this->loop->run();
     }
 
-    public function testFutureTickEventGeneratedByNextTick()
-    {
-        $stream = $this->createStream();
-
-        $this->loop->nextTick(
-            function () {
-                $this->loop->futureTick(
-                    function () {
-                        echo 'future-tick' . PHP_EOL;
-                    }
-                );
-            }
-        );
-
-        $this->expectOutputString('future-tick' . PHP_EOL);
-
-        $this->loop->run();
-    }
-
     public function testFutureTickEventGeneratedByTimer()
     {
         $this->loop->addTimer(