diff --git a/addon-test-support/setup-context.js b/addon-test-support/setup-context.js
index 6b1a3eda1..8dccd7c15 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/setup-context.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/setup-context.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { run, next } from '@ember/runloop';
+import { run } from '@ember/runloop';
 import { set, setProperties, get, getProperties } from '@ember/object';
 import buildOwner from './build-owner';
 import { _setupPromiseListeners } from './ext/rsvp';
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default function(context, options = {}) {
 
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     // ensure "real" async and not "fake" RSVP based async
-    next(() => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
       let resolver = options.resolver;
       let owner = buildOwner(resolver);
 
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ export default function(context, options = {}) {
       _setupPromiseListeners();
 
       resolve(context);
-    });
+    }, 0);
   });
 }
diff --git a/addon-test-support/setup-rendering-context.js b/addon-test-support/setup-rendering-context.js
index 4c694d5aa..ab95f267a 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/setup-rendering-context.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/setup-rendering-context.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { guidFor } from '@ember/object/internals';
-import { run, next } from '@ember/runloop';
+import { run } from '@ember/runloop';
 import { Promise } from 'rsvp';
 import Ember from 'ember';
 import global from './global';
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default function(context) {
 
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     // ensure "real" async and not "fake" RSVP based async
-    next(() => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
       let { owner } = context;
 
       let dispatcher = owner.lookup('event_dispatcher:main') || Ember.EventDispatcher.create();
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export default function(context) {
         return new Promise(function asyncRender(resolve) {
           // manually enter async land, so that rendering itself is always async (even though
           // Ember <= 2.18 do not require async rendering)
-          next(function asyncRenderSetup() {
+          setTimeout(function asyncRenderSetup() {
             templateId += 1;
             let templateFullName = `template:-undertest-${templateId}`;
             owner.register(templateFullName, template);
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export default function(context) {
             //
             // * [view:outlet](https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/blob/f94a4b6aef5b41b96ef2e481f35e07608df01440/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/views/outlet.js#L129-L145) manually dirties its own tag upon `setOutletState`
             // * [backburner's custom end hook](https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/blob/f94a4b6aef5b41b96ef2e481f35e07608df01440/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/renderer.js#L145-L159) detects that the current revision of the root is no longer the latest, and triggers a new rendering transaction
-            next(function asyncUpdateElementAfterRender() {
+            setTimeout(function asyncUpdateElementAfterRender() {
               // ensure the element is based on the wrapping toplevel view
               // Ember still wraps the main application template with a
               // normal tagged view
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ export default function(context) {
               element = document.querySelector('#ember-testing > .ember-view');
 
               resolve();
-            });
-          });
+            }, 0);
+          }, 0);
         });
       };
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export default function(context) {
         return new Promise(function async_clearRender(resolve) {
           element = undefined;
 
-          next(function async_clearRender() {
+          setTimeout(function async_clearRender() {
             toplevelView.setOutletState({
               render: {
                 owner,
@@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ export default function(context) {
             });
 
             // RE: next usage, see detailed comment above
-            next(resolve);
-          });
+            setTimeout(resolve, 0);
+          }, 0);
         });
       };
 
       resolve(context);
-    });
+    }, 0);
   });
 }
diff --git a/addon-test-support/teardown-context.js b/addon-test-support/teardown-context.js
index ab916ae4b..e6f456d99 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/teardown-context.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/teardown-context.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { run, next } from '@ember/runloop';
+import { run } from '@ember/runloop';
 import { _teardownPromiseListeners } from './ext/rsvp';
 import { _teardownAJAXHooks } from './settled';
 import { Promise } from 'rsvp';
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Ember from 'ember';
 export default function(context) {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     // ensure "real" async and not "fake" RSVP based async
-    next(() => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
       let { owner } = context;
 
       _teardownPromiseListeners();
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ export default function(context) {
       Ember.testing = false;
 
       resolve(context);
-    });
+    }, 0);
   });
 }
diff --git a/addon-test-support/teardown-rendering-context.js b/addon-test-support/teardown-rendering-context.js
index bb3b04280..8fe60c72f 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/teardown-rendering-context.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/teardown-rendering-context.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { guidFor } from '@ember/object/internals';
-import { run, next } from '@ember/runloop';
+import { run } from '@ember/runloop';
 import { Promise } from 'rsvp';
 import { RENDERING_CLEANUP } from './setup-rendering-context';
 
 export default function(context) {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     // ensure "real" async and not "fake" RSVP based async
-    next(() => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
       let guid = guidFor(context);
       let destroyables = RENDERING_CLEANUP[guid];
 
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ export default function(context) {
 
       delete RENDERING_CLEANUP[guid];
       resolve(context);
-    });
+    }, 0);
   });
 }