diff --git a/lib/receiver.js b/lib/receiver.js
index 9e87d811f..4515e6887 100644
--- a/lib/receiver.js
+++ b/lib/receiver.js
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ const { concat, toArrayBuffer, unmask } = require('./buffer-util');
 const { isValidStatusCode, isValidUTF8 } = require('./validation');
 
 const FastBuffer = Buffer[Symbol.species];
-const promise = Promise.resolve();
-
-//
-// `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
-//
-const queueTask =
-  typeof queueMicrotask === 'function' ? queueMicrotask : queueMicrotaskShim;
 
 const GET_INFO = 0;
 const GET_PAYLOAD_LENGTH_16 = 1;
@@ -567,17 +560,12 @@ class Receiver extends Writable {
         data = fragments;
       }
 
-      //
-      // If the state is `INFLATING`, it means that the frame data was
-      // decompressed asynchronously, so there is no need to defer the event
-      // as it will be emitted asynchronously anyway.
-      //
-      if (this._state === INFLATING || this._allowSynchronousEvents) {
+      if (this._allowSynchronousEvents) {
         this.emit('message', data, true);
         this._state = GET_INFO;
       } else {
         this._state = DEFER_EVENT;
-        queueTask(() => {
+        setImmediate(() => {
           this.emit('message', data, true);
           this._state = GET_INFO;
           this.startLoop(cb);
@@ -604,7 +592,7 @@ class Receiver extends Writable {
         this._state = GET_INFO;
       } else {
         this._state = DEFER_EVENT;
-        queueTask(() => {
+        setImmediate(() => {
           this.emit('message', buf, false);
           this._state = GET_INFO;
           this.startLoop(cb);
@@ -675,7 +663,7 @@ class Receiver extends Writable {
       this._state = GET_INFO;
     } else {
       this._state = DEFER_EVENT;
-      queueTask(() => {
+      setImmediate(() => {
         this.emit(this._opcode === 0x09 ? 'ping' : 'pong', data);
         this._state = GET_INFO;
         this.startLoop(cb);
@@ -711,32 +699,3 @@ class Receiver extends Writable {
 }
 
 module.exports = Receiver;
-
-/**
- * A shim for `queueMicrotask()`.
- *
- * @param {Function} cb Callback
- */
-function queueMicrotaskShim(cb) {
-  promise.then(cb).catch(throwErrorNextTick);
-}
-
-/**
- * Throws an error.
- *
- * @param {Error} err The error to throw
- * @private
- */
-function throwError(err) {
-  throw err;
-}
-
-/**
- * Throws an error in the next tick.
- *
- * @param {Error} err The error to throw
- * @private
- */
-function throwErrorNextTick(err) {
-  process.nextTick(throwError, err);
-}
diff --git a/test/receiver.test.js b/test/receiver.test.js
index a88f29b9a..f3a0fa645 100644
--- a/test/receiver.test.js
+++ b/test/receiver.test.js
@@ -1085,17 +1085,21 @@ describe('Receiver', () => {
     receiver.write(Buffer.from([0x88, 0x03, 0x03, 0xe8, 0xf8]));
   });
 
-  it('emits at most one event per microtask', (done) => {
+  it('emits at most one event per event loop iteration', (done) => {
     const actual = [];
     const expected = [
       '1',
-      'microtask 1',
+      '- 1',
+      '-- 1',
       '2',
-      'microtask 2',
+      '- 2',
+      '-- 2',
       '3',
-      'microtask 3',
+      '- 3',
+      '-- 3',
       '4',
-      'microtask 4'
+      '- 4',
+      '-- 4'
     ];
 
     function listener(data) {
@@ -1104,12 +1108,16 @@ describe('Receiver', () => {
 
       // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
       Promise.resolve().then(() => {
-        actual.push(`microtask ${message}`);
+        actual.push(`- ${message}`);
 
-        if (actual.length === 8) {
-          assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected);
-          done();
-        }
+        Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+          actual.push(`-- ${message}`);
+
+          if (actual.length === 12) {
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected);
+            done();
+          }
+        });
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/test/websocket.test.js b/test/websocket.test.js
index e1b3bd239..d27457d6c 100644
--- a/test/websocket.test.js
+++ b/test/websocket.test.js
@@ -4205,8 +4205,7 @@ describe('WebSocket', () => {
 
               if (messages.push(message.toString()) > 1) return;
 
-              // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
-              Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+              setImmediate(() => {
                 process.nextTick(() => {
                   assert.strictEqual(ws._receiver._state, 5);
                   ws.close(1000);
@@ -4456,8 +4455,7 @@ describe('WebSocket', () => {
 
               if (messages.push(message.toString()) > 1) return;
 
-              // `queueMicrotask()` is not available in Node.js < 11.
-              Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+              setImmediate(() => {
                 process.nextTick(() => {
                   assert.strictEqual(ws._receiver._state, 5);
                   ws.terminate();