diff --git a/lib/pure/asyncdispatch.nim b/lib/pure/asyncdispatch.nim
index dfc7201b8c7ad..43782cf4a55ca 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asyncdispatch.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asyncdispatch.nim
@@ -165,35 +165,14 @@ export asyncfutures, asyncstreams
 
 type
   PDispatcherBase = ref object of RootRef
-    timers*: HeapQueue[tuple[finishAt: float, fut: Future[void]]]
     callbacks*: Deque[proc ()]
 
-proc processTimers(p: PDispatcherBase; didSomeWork: var bool) {.inline.} =
-  #Process just part if timers at a step
-  var count = p.timers.len
-  let t = epochTime()
-  while count > 0 and t >= p.timers[0].finishAt:
-    p.timers.pop().fut.complete()
-    dec count
-    didSomeWork = true
-
 proc processPendingCallbacks(p: PDispatcherBase; didSomeWork: var bool) =
   while p.callbacks.len > 0:
     var cb = p.callbacks.popFirst()
     cb()
     didSomeWork = true
 
-proc adjustedTimeout(p: PDispatcherBase, timeout: int): int {.inline.} =
-  # If dispatcher has active timers this proc returns the timeout
-  # of the nearest timer. Returns `timeout` otherwise.
-  result = timeout
-  if p.timers.len > 0:
-    let timerTimeout = p.timers[0].finishAt
-    let curTime = epochTime()
-    if timeout == -1 or (curTime + (timeout / 1000)) > timerTimeout:
-      result = int((timerTimeout - curTime) * 1000)
-      if result < 0: result = 0
-
 proc callSoon(cbproc: proc ()) {.gcsafe.}
 
 proc initCallSoonProc =
@@ -1088,7 +1067,6 @@ else:
   proc newDispatcher*(): PDispatcher =
     new result
     result.selector = newSelector[AsyncData]()
-    result.timers.newHeapQueue()
     result.callbacks = initDeque[proc ()](InitDelayedCallbackListSize)
 
   var gDisp{.threadvar.}: PDispatcher ## Global dispatcher
@@ -1150,7 +1128,7 @@ else:
 
   proc hasPendingOperations*(): bool =
     let p = getGlobalDispatcher()
-    not p.selector.isEmpty() or p.timers.len != 0 or p.callbacks.len != 0
+    not p.selector.isEmpty() or p.callbacks.len != 0
 
   template processBasicCallbacks(ident, rwlist: untyped) =
     # Process pending descriptor and AsyncEvent callbacks.
@@ -1226,14 +1204,14 @@ else:
       let customSet = {Event.Timer, Event.Signal, Event.Process,
                        Event.Vnode}
 
-    if p.selector.isEmpty() and p.timers.len == 0 and p.callbacks.len == 0:
+    if p.selector.isEmpty() and p.callbacks.len == 0:
       raise newException(ValueError,
         "No handles or timers registered in dispatcher.")
 
     result = false
     if not p.selector.isEmpty():
       var keys: array[64, ReadyKey]
-      var count = p.selector.selectInto(p.adjustedTimeout(timeout), keys)
+      var count = p.selector.selectInto(timeout, keys)
       for i in 0..<count:
         var custom = false
         let fd = keys[i].fd
@@ -1271,8 +1249,6 @@ else:
             if wLength > 0: incl(newEvents, Event.Write)
             p.selector.updateHandle(SocketHandle(fd), newEvents)
 
-    # Timer processing.
-    processTimers(p, result)
     # Callback queue processing
     processPendingCallbacks(p, result)
 
@@ -1517,8 +1493,11 @@ proc sleepAsync*(ms: int | float): Future[void] =
   ## Suspends the execution of the current async procedure for the next
   ## ``ms`` milliseconds.
   var retFuture = newFuture[void]("sleepAsync")
-  let p = getGlobalDispatcher()
-  p.timers.push((epochTime() + (ms / 1000), retFuture))
+  addTimer(
+    ms,
+    oneshot=true,
+    proc (fd: AsyncFD): bool = retFuture.complete()
+  )
   return retFuture
 
 proc withTimeout*[T](fut: Future[T], timeout: int): Future[bool] =