diff --git a/lib/TcpConnection.js b/lib/TcpConnection.js
index 04774e3..787469c 100644
--- a/lib/TcpConnection.js
+++ b/lib/TcpConnection.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 const net = require('net')
 const backoff = require('backoff')
-const tcping = require('tcp-ping')
 
 /**
  * @prop {string} [address] The host address to connect to. Default: `127.0.0.1`.
@@ -61,20 +60,11 @@ function TcpConnection (options) {
     this.connecting = true
     this.socket = net.createConnection(
       {host: this.options.address, port: this.options.port},
-      () => tcping.probe(
-        this.options.address,
-        this.options.port,
-        (err, result) => {
-          this.connecting = false
-          if (err) {
-            console.error(err.message, null)
-            if (cb) cb(err)
-            return
-          }
-          this.connected = result
-          if (cb) cb(null, this.connected)
-        }
-      )
+      () => {
+        this.connecting = false
+        this.connected = true
+        if (cb) cb(null, this.connected)
+      }
     )
     addListeners.call(this)
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65f56d7..ed71c59 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     "pump": "^1.0.1",
     "safe-buffer": "^5.0.1",
     "split2": "^2.0.1",
-    "tcp-ping": "^0.1.1",
     "through2": "^2.0.1"
   }
 }