diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5dc29c8..5ecc1ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "README.md"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "async": "^1.5.2",
     "bit-twiddle": "^1.0.2",
     "earcut": "^2.0.7",
     "eventemitter3": "^1.1.1",
@@ -73,4 +72,4 @@
       "browserify-versionify"
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5dc29c8..5ecc1ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "README.md"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "async": "^1.5.2",
     "bit-twiddle": "^1.0.2",
     "earcut": "^2.0.7",
     "eventemitter3": "^1.1.1",
@@ -73,4 +72,4 @@
       "browserify-versionify"
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/loaders/spritesheetParser.js b/src/loaders/spritesheetParser.js
index 8bf810d..97fd258 100644
--- a/src/loaders/spritesheetParser.js
+++ b/src/loaders/spritesheetParser.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var Resource = require('resource-loader').Resource,
     path = require('path'),
-    core = require('../core'),
-    async = require('async');
+    core = require('../core');
 
 var BATCH_SIZE = 1000;
 
@@ -25,11 +24,11 @@
         };
 
         // Prepend url path unless the resource image is a data url
-        if (resource.isDataUrl) 
+        if (resource.isDataUrl)
         {
             resourcePath = resource.data.meta.image;
-        } 
-        else 
+        }
+        else
         {
             resourcePath = path.dirname(resource.url.replace(this.baseUrl, '')) + '/' + resource.data.meta.image;
         }
@@ -101,6 +100,16 @@
                 setTimeout(done, 0);
             }
 
+            function iteration() {
+                processNextBatch(function() {
+                    if (shouldProcessNextBatch()) {
+                        iteration();
+                    } else {
+                        next();
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+
             if (frameKeys.length <= BATCH_SIZE)
             {
                 processFrames(0, BATCH_SIZE);
@@ -108,7 +117,7 @@
             }
             else
             {
-                async.whilst(shouldProcessNextBatch, processNextBatch, next);
+                iteration();
             }
         });
     };