diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9506f5..9bdccae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "ismobilejs": "^0.4.0",
     "object-assign": "^4.0.1",
     "pixi-gl-core": "^1.0.3",
+    "remove-array-items": "^1.0.0",
     "resource-loader": "^2.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9506f5..9bdccae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "ismobilejs": "^0.4.0",
     "object-assign": "^4.0.1",
     "pixi-gl-core": "^1.0.3",
+    "remove-array-items": "^1.0.0",
     "resource-loader": "^2.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/core/utils/index.js b/src/core/utils/index.js
index 098b383..22e2d98 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/index.js
+++ b/src/core/utils/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import pluginTarget from './pluginTarget';
 import * as mixins from './mixin';
 import * as isMobile from 'ismobilejs';
+import removeItems from 'remove-array-items';
 
 let nextUid = 0;
 let saidHello = false;
@@ -35,6 +36,15 @@
      * @type {Object}
      */
     isMobile,
+
+    /**
+     * @see {@link https://github.com/mreinstein/remove-array-items}
+     *
+     * @memberof PIXI.utils
+     * @function removeItems
+     * @type {Object}
+     */
+    removeItems,
     /**
      * @see {@link https://github.com/primus/eventemitter3}
      *
@@ -333,36 +343,6 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Remove a range of items from an array
- *
- * @memberof PIXI.utils
- * @function removeItems
- * @param {Array<*>} arr The target array
- * @param {number} startIdx The index to begin removing from (inclusive)
- * @param {number} removeCount How many items to remove
- */
-export function removeItems(arr, startIdx, removeCount)
-{
-    const length = arr.length;
-
-    if (startIdx >= length || removeCount === 0)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    removeCount = (startIdx + removeCount > length ? length - startIdx : removeCount);
-
-    const len = length - removeCount;
-
-    for (let i = startIdx; i < len; ++i)
-    {
-        arr[i] = arr[i + removeCount];
-    }
-
-    arr.length = len;
-}
-
-/**
  * @todo Describe property usage
  *
  * @memberof PIXI.utils

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9506f5..9bdccae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     "ismobilejs": "^0.4.0",
     "object-assign": "^4.0.1",
     "pixi-gl-core": "^1.0.3",
+    "remove-array-items": "^1.0.0",
     "resource-loader": "^2.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/core/utils/index.js b/src/core/utils/index.js
index 098b383..22e2d98 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/index.js
+++ b/src/core/utils/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import pluginTarget from './pluginTarget';
 import * as mixins from './mixin';
 import * as isMobile from 'ismobilejs';
+import removeItems from 'remove-array-items';
 
 let nextUid = 0;
 let saidHello = false;
@@ -35,6 +36,15 @@
      * @type {Object}
      */
     isMobile,
+
+    /**
+     * @see {@link https://github.com/mreinstein/remove-array-items}
+     *
+     * @memberof PIXI.utils
+     * @function removeItems
+     * @type {Object}
+     */
+    removeItems,
     /**
      * @see {@link https://github.com/primus/eventemitter3}
      *
@@ -333,36 +343,6 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Remove a range of items from an array
- *
- * @memberof PIXI.utils
- * @function removeItems
- * @param {Array<*>} arr The target array
- * @param {number} startIdx The index to begin removing from (inclusive)
- * @param {number} removeCount How many items to remove
- */
-export function removeItems(arr, startIdx, removeCount)
-{
-    const length = arr.length;
-
-    if (startIdx >= length || removeCount === 0)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    removeCount = (startIdx + removeCount > length ? length - startIdx : removeCount);
-
-    const len = length - removeCount;
-
-    for (let i = startIdx; i < len; ++i)
-    {
-        arr[i] = arr[i + removeCount];
-    }
-
-    arr.length = len;
-}
-
-/**
  * @todo Describe property usage
  *
  * @memberof PIXI.utils
diff --git a/test/core/util.js b/test/core/util.js
index 239aaeb..68c7e6d 100755
--- a/test/core/util.js
+++ b/test/core/util.js
@@ -280,39 +280,9 @@
 
     describe('.removeItems', function ()
     {
-        var arr;
-
-        beforeEach(() =>
+        it('should exist', function ()
         {
-            arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
-        });
-
-        it('should return if the start index is greater than or equal to the length of the array', function ()
-        {
-            PIXI.utils.removeItems(arr, arr.length + 1, 5);
-            expect(arr.length).to.be.equal(10);
-        });
-
-        it('should return if the remove count is 0', function ()
-        {
-            PIXI.utils.removeItems(arr, 2, 0);
-            expect(arr.length).to.be.equal(10);
-        });
-
-        it('should remove the number of elements specified from the array, starting from the start index', function ()
-        {
-            const res = [1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10];
-
-            PIXI.utils.removeItems(arr, 3, 4);
-            expect(arr).to.be.deep.equal(res);
-        });
-
-        it('should remove other elements if delete count is > than the number of elements after start index', function ()
-        {
-            const res = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
-
-            PIXI.utils.removeItems(arr, 7, 10);
-            expect(arr).to.be.deep.equal(res);
+            expect(PIXI.utils.removeItems).to.be.a('function');
         });
     });