diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 87c5886..e4ccdb5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "eslint test src",
-    "test": "npm run lint && mocha test/",
+    "test": "mocha test/",
     "coveralls": "mocha --require blanket -R mocha-lcov-reporter | coveralls"
   },
   "repository": {
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/paperhive/mongoose-erase",
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.3.26",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
     "blanket": "^1.2.1",
+    "bluebird": "^3.1.1",
+    "co": "^4.6.0",
     "coveralls": "^2.11.6",
     "eslint": "^1.9.0",
     "eslint-config-airbnb": "^2.0.0",
@@ -44,8 +47,5 @@
       "data-cover-only": "src",
       "data-cover-never": "node_modules"
     }
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "async": "^1.5.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 50a9b5a..469f087 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,62 +1,43 @@
-const async = require('async');
+import { promisify } from 'bluebird';
+import co from 'co';
 
 // requires mongoose to be connected to the database
-function erase(mongoose, done) {
-  async.waterfall([
-    // ensure a database connection is established
-    (cb) => {
-      if (!mongoose.connection.db) {
-        return cb(new Error('no established database connection'));
-      }
-      cb();
-    },
-    // get collections
-    (cb) => {
-      mongoose.connection.db.collections(cb);
-    },
-    // drop collections
-    (collections, cb) => {
-      async.each(collections, (collection, eachCb) => {
-        if (collection.collectionName.match(/^system\./)) {return eachCb();}
-        // drop collection
-        collection.drop(eachCb);
-      }, cb);
-    },
-    // reset mongoose models
-    (cb) => {
-      mongoose.connection.models = {};
-      mongoose.models = {};
-      mongoose.modelSchemas = {};
-      cb();
-    },
-    // // ensureIndexes
-    // _.map(models, function (model) {
-    //   return model.ensureIndexes.bind(model);
-    // })
-  ], done);
-}
+export const erase = co.wrap(function* erase(mongoose) {
+  // ensure a database connection is established
+  if (!mongoose.connection.db) {
+    throw new Error('no established database connection');
+  }
 
-function connect(mongoose, dbURI, options, cb) {
-  if (mongoose.connection.db) {return cb();}
-  mongoose.connect(dbURI, options, cb);
-}
+  // get collections
+  const collections = yield promisify(
+    mongoose.connection.db.collections,
+    {context: mongoose.connection.db}
+  );
 
-function connectAndErase(mongoose, dbURI, options) {
+  // drop collections
+  yield collections.map(co.wrap((collection) => {
+    // Older MongoDB installations featur system.* collections; leave those
+    // untouched.
+    if (!collection.collectionName.match(/^system\./)) {
+      // drop collection
+      collection.drop();
+    }
+  }));
+
+  // reset mongoose models
+  mongoose.connection.models = {};
+  mongoose.models = {};
+  mongoose.modelSchemas = {};
+});
+
+export const connect = co.wrap(function* connect(mongoose, dbURI, options) {
+  if (mongoose.connection.db) {return;}
   const newOptions = options || {};
-  return (done) => {
-    async.series([
-      (cb) => {
-        connect(mongoose, dbURI, newOptions, cb);
-      },
-      (cb) => {
-        erase(mongoose, cb);
-      },
-    ], done);
-  };
-}
+  yield promisify(mongoose.connect, {context: mongoose})(dbURI, options);
+});
 
-module.exports = {
-  connect,
-  erase,
-  connectAndErase,
-};
+export const connectAndErase = co.wrap(function* connectAndErase(mongoose, dbURI, options) {
+  const newOptions = options || {};
+  yield connect(mongoose, dbURI, newOptions);
+  yield erase(mongoose);
+});
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index cb44e50..bf2d227 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -1,42 +1,49 @@
-const dbURI = 'mongodb://localhost/mongoose-erase';
-const mongoose = require('mongoose');
-const async = require('async');
-
-const erase = require('../');
-
-describe('erase()', () => {
-  before((done) => {
-    async.series([
-      // make sure that database is connected and erase it
-      erase.connectAndErase(mongoose, dbURI),
-      // add collection users
-      (cb) => {
-        const User = mongoose.model('User', new mongoose.Schema({
-          name: {type: String, index: true},
-        }));
-        User.create({name: 'Darth'}, cb);
-      },
-      // erase
-      (cb) => {
-        erase.erase(mongoose, cb);
-      },
-    ], done);
-  });
+import { promisify } from 'bluebird';
+import co from 'co';
+import mongoose from 'mongoose';
+
+import { connect, connectAndErase, erase } from '../src';
+
+const dbURI = 'mongodb://localhost/test';
+
+// generator/yield-version of the async/await-based mochaAsync
+function mochaAsync(fn) {
+  return function (done) {
+    const ctx = this;
+    co(function* () {
+      yield fn(ctx);
+    }).then(done, done);
+  };
+}
+
+describe('erase()', function lol() {
+  before(mochaAsync(function* () {
+    yield connectAndErase(mongoose, dbURI);
 
-  it('should remove collections', function assertDeletion(done) {
-    mongoose.connection.db.collections((err, collections) => {
-      if (err) {return done(err);}
-      // On older MongoDB installations, a collection "system.indexes" is
-      // always present.
-      if (collections.length > 0 &&
+    const User = mongoose.model('User', new mongoose.Schema({
+      name: {type: String, index: true},
+    }));
+    yield User.create({name: 'Darth'});
+
+    yield erase(mongoose);
+  }));
+
+  it('should remove collections', mochaAsync(function* () {
+    // get collections
+    const collections = yield promisify(
+      mongoose.connection.db.collections,
+      {context: mongoose.connection.db}
+    );
+
+    // On older MongoDB installations, a collection "system.indexes" is
+    // always present.
+    if (collections.length > 0 &&
         collections[0].collectionName.match(/^system\./)) {
-        collections.should.have.lengthOf(1);
-      } else {
-        collections.should.have.lengthOf(0);
-      }
-      done();
-    });
-  });
+      collections.should.have.lengthOf(1);
+    } else {
+      collections.should.have.lengthOf(0);
+    }
+  }));
 
   it('should remove models', () => {
     (() => {