diff --git a/src/kibana/components/notify/notify.js b/src/kibana/components/notify/notify.js
index fedcde19e91f7..201adf7bcafbf 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/notify/notify.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/notify/notify.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 define(function (require) {
   var _ = require('lodash');
-  var nextTick = require('utils/next_tick');
   var $ = require('jquery');
   var modules = require('modules');
   var module = modules.get('kibana/notify');
diff --git a/src/kibana/utils/next_tick.js b/src/kibana/utils/next_tick.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bf3278b7aa5e1..0000000000000
--- a/src/kibana/utils/next_tick.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-define(function () {
-
-  var canSetImmediate = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.setImmediate;
-  var canPost = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.postMessage && window.addEventListener
-  ;
-
-  if (canSetImmediate) {
-    return function (f) { return window.setImmediate(f); };
-  }
-
-  if (canPost) {
-    var queue = [];
-    window.addEventListener('message', function (ev) {
-      if (ev.source === window && ev.data === 'process-tick') {
-        ev.stopPropagation();
-        if (queue.length > 0) {
-          var fn = queue.shift();
-          if (typeof fn === 'function') {
-            fn();
-          } else {
-            // partial args were supplied
-            var args = fn;
-            fn = args.shift();
-            fn.apply(null, args);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }, true);
-
-    return function nextTick(fn) {
-      if (arguments.length > 1) {
-        queue.push([fn].concat([].slice.call(arguments, 1)));
-      } else {
-        queue.push(fn);
-      }
-      window.postMessage('process-tick', '*');
-    };
-  }
-
-  return function nextTick(fn) {
-    setTimeout(fn, 0);
-  };
-
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/dev/index.js b/src/server/dev/index.js
index 84a037c603caf..82daed130d720 100644
--- a/src/server/dev/index.js
+++ b/src/server/dev/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
     filter: function (filename) {
       return filename.match(/.*\/src\/.*\.js$/)
         && !filename.match(/.*\/src\/kibana\/bower_components\/.*\.js$/)
-        && !filename.match(/.*\/src\/kibana\/utils\/(event_emitter|next_tick|rison)\.js$/);
+        && !filename.match(/.*\/src\/kibana\/utils\/(event_emitter|rison)\.js$/);
     }
   }));
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
     filter: function (filename) {
       return filename.match(/.*\/src\/.*\.js$/)
         && !filename.match(/.*\/src\/kibana\/bower_components\/.*\.js$/)
-        && !filename.match(/.*\/src\/kibana\/utils\/(event_emitter|next_tick|rison)\.js$/);
+        && !filename.match(/.*\/src\/kibana\/utils\/(event_emitter|rison)\.js$/);
     }
   }));