diff --git a/addon/ajax-request.js b/addon/ajax-request.js
index 2478f6ba..5ff21ac6 100644
--- a/addon/ajax-request.js
+++ b/addon/ajax-request.js
@@ -42,18 +42,14 @@ function isJSONAPIContentType(header) {
   return header.indexOf(JSONAPIContentType) === 0;
 }
 
-export default class AjaxRequest {
-
-  constructor() {
-    this.init();
-  }
+let pendingRequestCount = 0;
+if (testing) {
+  Test.registerWaiter(function() {
+    return pendingRequestCount === 0;
+  });
+}
 
-  init() {
-    this.pendingRequestCount = 0;
-    if (testing) {
-      Test.registerWaiter(() => this.pendingRequestCount === 0);
-    }
-  }
+export default class AjaxRequest {
 
   request(url, options) {
     const hash = this.options(url, options);
@@ -90,7 +86,7 @@ export default class AjaxRequest {
           requestData
         );
 
-        this.pendingRequestCount--;
+        pendingRequestCount--;
 
         if (isAjaxError(response)) {
           run.join(null, reject, { payload, textStatus, jqXHR, response });
@@ -118,12 +114,12 @@ export default class AjaxRequest {
           );
         }
 
-        this.pendingRequestCount--;
+        pendingRequestCount--;
 
         run.join(null, reject, { payload, textStatus, jqXHR, errorThrown, response });
       };
 
-      this.pendingRequestCount++;
+      pendingRequestCount++;
 
       ajax(hash);
     }, `ember-ajax: ${hash.type} ${hash.url}`);
@@ -216,7 +212,6 @@ export default class AjaxRequest {
     options.url = this._buildURL(url, options);
     options.type = options.type || 'GET';
     options.dataType = options.dataType || 'json';
-    options.context = this;
 
     if (this._shouldSendHeaders(options)) {
       options.headers = this._getFullHeadersHash(options.headers);
diff --git a/tests/unit/ajax-request-test.js b/tests/unit/ajax-request-test.js
index f5b42f7d..419ef5a9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ajax-request-test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/ajax-request-test.js
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ test('options() sets raw data', function(assert) {
   const ajaxOptions = service.options(url, { type, data: { key: 'value' } });
 
   assert.deepEqual(ajaxOptions, {
-    context: service,
     data: {
       key: 'value'
     },
@@ -195,7 +194,6 @@ test('options() sets options correctly', function(assert) {
 
   assert.deepEqual(ajaxOptions, {
     contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
-    context: service,
     data: '{"key":"value"}',
     dataType: 'json',
     headers: {},
@@ -211,7 +209,6 @@ test('options() empty data', function(assert) {
   const ajaxOptions = service.options(url, { type });
 
   assert.deepEqual(ajaxOptions, {
-    context: service,
     dataType: 'json',
     headers: {},
     type: 'POST',