diff --git a/test/headless/headless.cpp b/test/headless/headless.cpp
index cccd0d44b..aac5dda83 100644
--- a/test/headless/headless.cpp
+++ b/test/headless/headless.cpp
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 #include <mbgl/platform/default/headless_display.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/storage/default_file_source.hpp>
 
-#include <uv.h>
-
 #include <dirent.h>
 
+#include <future>
+
 void rewriteLocalScheme(rapidjson::Value &value, rapidjson::Document::AllocatorType &allocator) {
     ASSERT_TRUE(value.IsString());
     auto string = std::string { value.GetString(),value.GetStringLength() };
@@ -154,32 +154,15 @@ TEST_P(HeadlessTest, render) {
         map.setLatLngZoom(mbgl::LatLng(latitude, longitude), zoom);
         map.setBearing(bearing);
 
-        struct Data {
-            std::string path;
-            std::unique_ptr<const StillImage> image;
-        };
+        std::promise<void> promise;
 
-        uv_async_t *async = new uv_async_t;
-        async->data = new Data { "test/suite/tests/" + base + "/" + name +  "/actual.png", nullptr };
-        uv_async_init(uv_default_loop(), async, [](uv_async_t *as, int) {
-            auto data = std::unique_ptr<Data>(reinterpret_cast<Data *>(as->data));
-            as->data = nullptr;
-            uv_close(reinterpret_cast<uv_handle_t *>(as), [](uv_handle_t *handle) {
-                delete reinterpret_cast<uv_async_t *>(handle);
-            });
-
-            assert(data);
-            const std::string png = util::compress_png(data->image->width, data->image->height, data->image->pixels.get());
-            util::write_file(data->path, png);
+        map.renderStill([&](std::unique_ptr<const StillImage> image) {
+            const std::string png = util::compress_png(image->width, image->height, image->pixels.get());
+            util::write_file("test/suite/tests/" + base + "/" + name +  "/actual.png", png);
+            promise.set_value();
         });
 
-        map.renderStill([async](std::unique_ptr<const StillImage> image) {
-            reinterpret_cast<Data *>(async->data)->image = std::move(image);
-            uv_async_send(async);
-        });
-
-        // This loop will terminate once the async was fired.
-        uv_run(uv_default_loop(), UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+        promise.get_future().get();
 
         map.stop();
     }