diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index f5a2c90..80ad99d 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 name = "BlockHaloArrays"
 uuid = "8029ca6b-11ad-4a59-88a2-2e6eee4ef8a2"
 authors = ["Sam Miller <smil@lle.rochester.edu> and contributors"]
-version = "0.4.8"
+version = "0.4.9"
 
 [deps]
 EllipsisNotation = "da5c29d0-fa7d-589e-88eb-ea29b0a81949"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 NumaAllocators = "21436f30-1b4a-4f08-87af-e26101bb5379"
 OffsetArrays = "6fe1bfb0-de20-5000-8ca7-80f57d26f881"
-ThreadPools = "b189fb0b-2eb5-4ed4-bc0c-d34c51242431"
 
 [compat]
 EllipsisNotation = "1"
 NumaAllocators = "0.2"
 OffsetArrays = "1"
-ThreadPools = "2"
 julia = "1.6"
 
 [extras]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ea3df3..d799b23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ end
 Then the `stencil!()` function is split among threads via:
 ```julia
 @sync for block_id in 1:nthreads()
-    ThreadPools.@tspawnat block_id stencil!(A, block_id)
+    @tspawnat block_id stencil!(A, block_id)
 end
 ```
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ end
 
 # Let each thread initialize it's own block
 @sync for tid in 1:nblocks(A)
-    ThreadPools.@tspawnat tid init(A1)
+    @tspawnat tid init(A1)
 end
 
 # Let each block sync its halo region with its neighbors
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Anew = flatten(A) # Anew is a 2D Array -- no longer a BlockHaloArray
 
  - `flatten(A)`: Return a flattened `Array` of `A`. This is a copy.
  - `repartition(A, nblocks)`: Repartition the BlockHaloArray into a different block layout 
- - `updatehalo!(A, include_periodic_bc=false)`: Sync all block halo regions. This uses a `@sync` loop with Threadpools.@tspawnat to sync each block.
+ - `updatehalo!(A, include_periodic_bc=false)`: Sync all block halo regions. This uses a `@sync` loop with @tspawnat to sync each block.
  - `updateblockhalo!(A, block_id, include_periodic_bc=false)`: Sync the halo regions of a single block. No `@sync` or `@spawn` calls are used.
  - `domainview(A, blockid)`: Return a view of a the domain (no halo regions) of block `blockid`
  - `onboundary(A, blockid)`: Is the current block `blockid` on a boundary? This is used help apply boundary conditions in a user code.
diff --git a/src/BlockHaloArrays.jl b/src/BlockHaloArrays.jl
index e2d4176..69654f3 100644
--- a/src/BlockHaloArrays.jl
+++ b/src/BlockHaloArrays.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export domainview
 export onboundary
 export donorview, haloview
 export blockindex, localindex
+export @tspawnat
 
 abstract type AbstractBlockHaloArray end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/common.jl b/test/unit/common.jl
index d5ed54e..0a8ac3c 100644
--- a/test/unit/common.jl
+++ b/test/unit/common.jl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using .Threads
 using BlockHaloArrays
 using EllipsisNotation
-using ThreadPools: @tspawnat
+using BlockHaloArrays: @tspawnat
 using Test
 # using TestItems, TestItemRunner