diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 5bacb0a..5cc1317 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ verify_ssl = true
 name = "pypi"
 
 [packages]
-async-timeout = "~=3.0.1"
 
 [dev-packages]
 black = "*"
@@ -12,4 +11,4 @@ flake8 = "*"
 pydocstyle = "~=4.0.0"
 pytest = "~=6.2.3"
 pytest-asyncio = "~=0.15.1"
-mypy = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
+mypy = "*"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 216028c..1670a13 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "94f0f4790efc443878e1340cadba9239cd32309fe8c9c831712d1e757aef1ffa"
+            "sha256": "e1ac82277132512ba749ea8996291af36edddfe42171564b84536e340971a889"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
-        "requires": {
-            "python_version": ">=3.7"
-        },
+        "requires": {},
         "sources": [
             {
                 "name": "pypi",
@@ -15,17 +13,7 @@
             }
         ]
     },
-    "default": {
-        "async-timeout": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0c3c816a028d47f659d6ff5c745cb2acf1f966da1fe5c19c77a70282b25f4c5f",
-                "sha256:4291ca197d287d274d0b6cb5d6f8f8f82d434ed288f962539ff18cc9012f9ea3"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "markers": "python_full_version >= '3.5.3'",
-            "version": "==3.0.1"
-        }
-    },
+    "default": {},
     "develop": {
         "attrs": {
             "hashes": [
diff --git a/aiosocketpool/__init__.py b/aiosocketpool/__init__.py
index 04ca089..fb28f18 100644
--- a/aiosocketpool/__init__.py
+++ b/aiosocketpool/__init__.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 from typing import Optional, Type, AsyncGenerator
 import weakref
 
-import async_timeout
-
 
 def can_use_kqueue():
     # kqueue doesn't work on OS X 10.6 and below
@@ -171,8 +169,9 @@ async def connect(self) -> bool:
 
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
-        with async_timeout.timeout(self.timeout):
-            await loop.sock_connect(self._socket, (self.host, self.port))
+        await asyncio.wait_for(
+            loop.sock_connect(self._socket, (self.host, self.port)), self.timeout
+        )
 
         if not is_connected(self._socket):
             raise SocketPoolException(f"Connection to {self.host}:{self.port} failed")
@@ -228,8 +227,7 @@ async def sendall(self, data: bytes):
         """
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
-        with async_timeout.timeout(self.timeout):
-            return await loop.sock_sendall(self._socket, data)
+        return await asyncio.wait_for(loop.sock_sendall(self._socket, data), self.timeout)
 
     async def recv(self, size: int = 1024) -> bytes:
         """Receive some data from the remote host.
@@ -247,8 +245,7 @@ async def recv(self, size: int = 1024) -> bytes:
         """
         loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
-        with async_timeout.timeout(self.timeout):
-            return await loop.sock_recv(self._socket, size)
+        return await asyncio.wait_for(loop.sock_recv(self._socket, size), self.timeout)
 
     async def recv_exactly(self, size: int) -> bytes:
         """Receive an exact amount of data from the remote host.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8df1ac1..e4f81fa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 -i https://pypi.org/simple
-async-timeout==3.0.1 --hash=sha256:0c3c816a028d47f659d6ff5c745cb2acf1f966da1fe5c19c77a70282b25f4c5f --hash=sha256:4291ca197d287d274d0b6cb5d6f8f8f82d434ed288f962539ff18cc9012f9ea3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61f4572..9cade6f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     name="aiosocketpool",
     version=__version__,  # type: ignore
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*test*"]),
-    install_requires=["async_timeout>=3.0.1"],
     extras_require={
         "testing": [
             "black>=19.3b0",