diff --git a/src/util/stream.rs b/src/util/stream.rs
index 158e28d5213..76e6c27e05e 100644
--- a/src/util/stream.rs
+++ b/src/util/stream.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "timer")]
 use tokio_timer::{
-    debounce::{Debounce, DebounceBuilder, Edge},
     throttle::Throttle,
-    timeout::Timeout,
+    Timeout,
 };
 
 use futures::Stream;
@@ -25,63 +24,6 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 ///
 /// [`timeout`]: #method.timeout
 pub trait StreamExt: Stream {
-    /// Debounce the stream on the trailing edge using the given duration.
-    ///
-    /// Errors will pass through without being debounced. Debouncing will
-    /// happen on the trailing edge. This means all items (except the last
-    /// one) will be discarded until the delay has elapsed without an item
-    /// being passed through. The last item that was passed through will
-    /// be returned.
-    ///
-    /// Care must be taken that this stream returns `Async::NotReady` at some point,
-    /// otherwise the debouncing implementation will overflow the stack during
-    /// `.poll()` (i. e. don't use this directly on `stream::repeat`).
-    ///
-    /// See also [`debounce_builder`], which allows more configuration over how the
-    /// debouncing is done.
-    ///
-    /// [`debounce_builder`]: #method.debounce_builder
-    fn debounce(self, dur: Duration) -> Debounce<Self>
-    where Self: Sized
-    {
-        self.debounce_builder()
-            .duration(dur)
-            .edge(Edge::Trailing)
-            .build()
-    }
-
-    /// Create a builder that builds a debounced version of this stream.
-    ///
-    /// The returned builder can be used to configure the debouncing process.
-    ///
-    /// Care must be taken that this stream returns `Async::NotReady` at some point,
-    /// otherwise the debouncing implementation will overflow the stack during
-    /// `.poll()` (i. e. don't use this directly on `stream::repeat`).
-    fn debounce_builder(self) -> DebounceBuilder<Self>
-    where Self: Sized
-    {
-        DebounceBuilder::from_stream(self)
-    }
-
-    /// Sample the stream at the given `interval`.
-    ///
-    /// Sampling works similar to debouncing in that frequent values will be
-    /// ignored. Sampling, however, ensures that an item is passed through at
-    /// least after every `interval`. Debounce, on the other hand, would not
-    /// pass items through until there has been enough "silence".
-    ///
-    /// Care must be taken that this stream returns `Async::NotReady` at some point,
-    /// otherwise the sampling implementation will overflow the stack during
-    /// `.poll()` (i. e. don't use this directly on `stream::repeat`).
-    fn sample(self, interval: Duration) -> Debounce<Self>
-    where Self: Sized
-    {
-        self.debounce_builder()
-            .max_wait(interval)
-            .edge(Edge::Leading)
-            .build()
-    }
-
     /// Throttle down the stream by enforcing a fixed delay between items.
     ///
     /// Errors are also delayed.
diff --git a/tokio-timer/src/debounce.rs b/tokio-timer/src/debounce.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c9bdd79ed8..00000000000
--- a/tokio-timer/src/debounce.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,408 +0,0 @@
-//! Debounce streams on the leading or trailing edge or both edges for a certain
-//! amount of time.
-//!
-//! See [`Debounce`] for more details.
-//!
-//! [`Debounce`]: struct.Debounce.html
-
-use {clock, Delay, Error};
-
-use futures::{
-    future::Either,
-    prelude::*,
-};
-use std::{
-    cmp,
-    error::Error as StdError,
-    fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult},
-    time::{Duration, Instant},
-};
-
-/// Debounce streams on the leading or trailing edge or both.
-///
-/// Useful for slowing processing of e. g. user input or network events
-/// to a bearable rate.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-#[must_use = "streams do nothing unless polled"]
-pub struct Debounce<T: Stream> {
-    delay: Option<Delay>,
-    duration: Duration,
-    edge: Edge,
-    last_item: Option<T::Item>,
-    max_wait: Option<Duration>,
-    max_wait_to: Option<Instant>,
-    stream: T,
-}
-
-/// Builds a debouncing stream.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct DebounceBuilder<T> {
-    duration: Option<Duration>,
-    edge: Option<Edge>,
-    max_wait: Option<Duration>,
-    stream: T,
-}
-
-/// Either the error of the underlying stream, or an error within tokio's
-/// timing machinery.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct DebounceError<T>(Either<T, Error>);
-
-/// Which edge the debounce tiggers on.
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
-pub enum Edge {
-    /// The debounce triggers on the leading edge.
-    ///
-    /// The first stream item will be returned immediately and subsequent ones
-    /// will be ignored until the delay has elapsed without items passing through.
-    Leading,
-
-    /// The debounce triggers on the trailing edge.
-    ///
-    /// All items (except the last one) are thrown away until the delay has elapsed
-    /// without items passing through. The last item is returned.
-    Trailing,
-
-    /// The debounce triggers on both the leading and the trailing edge.
-    ///
-    /// The first and the last items will be returned.
-    ///
-    /// Note that trailing edge behavior will only be visible if the underlying
-    /// stream fires at least twice during the debouncing period.
-    Both,
-}
-
-impl<T: Stream> Debounce<T> {
-    /// Constructs a new stream that debounces the items passed through.
-    ///
-    /// Care must be taken that `stream` returns `Async::NotReady` at some point,
-    /// otherwise the debouncing implementation will overflow the stack during
-    /// `.poll()` (i. e. don't use this directly on `stream::repeat`).
-    pub fn new(
-        stream: T,
-        duration: Duration,
-        edge: Edge,
-        max_wait: Option<Duration>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            delay: None,
-            duration,
-            edge,
-            last_item: None,
-            max_wait,
-            max_wait_to: None,
-            stream,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Acquires a reference to the underlying stream that this combinator is
-    /// pulling from.
-    pub fn get_ref(&self) -> &T {
-        &self.stream
-    }
-
-    /// Acquires a mutable reference to the underlying stream that this combinator
-    /// is pulling from.
-    ///
-    /// Note that care must be taken to avoid tampering with the state of the stream
-    /// which may otherwise confuse this combinator.
-    pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
-        &mut self.stream
-    }
-
-    /// Consumes this combinator, returning the underlying stream.
-    ///
-    /// Note that this may discard intermediate state of this combinator, so care
-    /// should be taken to avoid losing resources when this is called.
-    pub fn into_inner(self) -> T {
-        self.stream
-    }
-
-    /// Computes the instant at which the next debounce delay elapses.
-    fn delay_time(&mut self) -> Instant {
-        let next = clock::now() + self.duration;
-
-        if let Some(to) = self.max_wait_to {
-            cmp::min(next, to)
-        } else {
-            next
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Polls the underlying delay future.
-    fn poll_delay(d: &mut Delay) -> Poll<(), <Self as Stream>::Error> {
-        d.poll().map_err(DebounceError::from_timer_error)
-    }
-
-    /// Polls the underlying stream.
-    fn poll_stream(
-        &mut self,
-    ) -> Poll<Option<<Self as Stream>::Item>, <Self as Stream>::Error> {
-        self.stream.poll().map_err(DebounceError::from_stream_error)
-    }
-
-    /// Starts a new delay using the current duration and maximum waiting time.
-    fn start_delay(&mut self) {
-        self.max_wait_to = self.max_wait.map(|dur| clock::now() + dur);
-        self.delay = Some(Delay::new(self.delay_time()));
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: Stream> Stream for Debounce<T> {
-    type Item = T::Item;
-    type Error = DebounceError<T::Error>;
-
-    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>, Self::Error> {
-        match self.delay.take() {
-            Some(mut d) => match Self::poll_delay(&mut d)? {
-                // Delay has woken us up and is over, if we're trailing edge this
-                // means we need to return the last item.
-                Async::Ready(_) => {
-                    if self.edge.is_trailing() {
-                        if let Some(item) = self.last_item.take() {
-                            return Ok(Async::Ready(Some(item)));
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    return Ok(Async::NotReady);
-                },
-
-                // The stream has woken us up, but we have a delay.
-                Async::NotReady => match self.poll_stream()? {
-                    // We have gotten an item, but we're currently blocked on
-                    // the delay. Save it for later and reset the timer.
-                    Async::Ready(Some(item)) => {
-                        d.reset(self.delay_time());
-
-                        self.delay = Some(d);
-                        self.last_item = Some(item);
-
-                        self.poll()
-                    },
-
-                    // The stream has ended. Communicate this immediately to the
-                    // following stream.
-                    Async::Ready(None) => Ok(Async::Ready(None)),
-
-                    Async::NotReady => {
-                        self.delay = Some(d);
-                        Ok(Async::NotReady)
-                    },
-                },
-            },
-
-            None => match try_ready!(self.poll_stream()) {
-                // We have gotten an item. Set up the delay for future items to be
-                // debounced. If we're on leading edge, return the item, otherwise
-                // save it for later.
-                Some(item) => {
-                    self.start_delay();
-
-                    if self.edge.is_leading() {
-                        Ok(Async::Ready(Some(item)))
-                    } else {
-                        self.last_item = Some(item);
-
-                        self.poll()
-                    }
-                },
-
-                // The stream has ended. Communicate this immediately to the
-                // following stream.
-                None => Ok(Async::Ready(None)),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> DebounceBuilder<T> {
-    /// Creates a new builder from the given debounce stream.
-    ///
-    /// Care must be taken that `stream` returns `Async::NotReady` at some point,
-    /// otherwise the debouncing implementation will overflow the stack during
-    /// `.poll()` (i. e. don't use this directly on `stream::repeat`).
-    pub fn from_stream(stream: T) -> Self {
-        DebounceBuilder {
-            duration: None,
-            edge: None,
-            max_wait: None,
-            stream: stream,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Sets the duration to debounce to.
-    ///
-    /// If no duration is set here but [`max_wait`] is given instead, the resulting
-    /// stream will sample the underlying stream at the interval given by
-    /// [`max_wait`] instead of debouncing it.
-    ///
-    /// [`max_wait`]: #method.max_wait
-    pub fn duration(mut self, dur: Duration) -> Self {
-        self.duration = Some(dur);
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Sets the debouncing edge.
-    ///
-    /// An edge MUST be set before trying to [`build`] the debounce stream.
-    ///
-    /// [`build`]: #method.build
-    pub fn edge(mut self, edge: Edge) -> Self {
-        self.edge = Some(edge);
-        self
-    }
-
-    /// Sets the maximum waiting time.
-    ///
-    /// If only a `max_wait` is given (and no [`duration`]), the resulting stream
-    /// will sample the underlying stream at the interval given by `max_wait`
-    /// instead of debouncing it.
-    /// Sampling cannot occur on both edges. Trying to build a sampling stream
-    /// on both edges will panic.
-    ///
-    /// [`duration`]: #method.duration
-    pub fn max_wait(mut self, max_wait: Duration) -> Self {
-        self.max_wait = Some(max_wait);
-        self
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: Stream> DebounceBuilder<T> {
-    /// Builds the debouncing stream.
-    ///
-    /// Panics if the edge or the duration is unspecified, or if only `max_wait`
-    /// together with `Edge::Both` was specified.
-    pub fn build(self) -> Debounce<T> {
-        let edge = self.edge.expect("missing debounce edge");
-
-        // If we've only been given a maximum waiting time, this means we need to
-        // sample the stream at the interval given by max_wait instead of
-        // debouncing it.
-        let duration = match self.max_wait {
-            Some(max_wait) => match self.duration {
-                Some(dur) => dur,
-
-                None => {
-                    // Sampling on both edges leads to unexpected behavior where, when a
-                    // sample interval elapses, two items will be returned.
-                    assert!(edge != Edge::Both, "cannot sample on both edges");
-
-                    // The actual duration added here doesn't matter, as long as its
-                    // means the result is longer than `max_wait` and we have more than
-                    // a millisecond (tokio timer precision).
-                    max_wait + Duration::from_secs(1)
-                },
-            },
-
-            None => self.duration.expect("missing debounce duration")
-        };
-
-        Debounce::new(
-            self.stream,
-            duration,
-            edge,
-            self.max_wait,
-        )
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> DebounceError<T> {
-    /// Creates an error from the given stream error.
-    pub fn from_stream_error(err: T) -> Self {
-        DebounceError(Either::A(err))
-    }
-
-    /// Creates an error from the given timer error.
-    pub fn from_timer_error(err: Error) -> Self {
-        DebounceError(Either::B(err))
-    }
-
-    /// Gets the underlying stream error, if present.
-    pub fn get_stream_error(&self) -> Option<&T> {
-        match self.0 {
-            Either::A(ref err) => Some(err),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Gets the underlying timer error, if present.
-    pub fn get_timer_error(&self) -> Option<&Error> {
-        match self.0 {
-            Either::B(ref err) => Some(err),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Attempts to convert the error into the stream error.
-    pub fn into_stream_error(self) -> Option<T> {
-        match self.0 {
-            Either::A(err) => Some(err),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Attempts to convert the error into the timer error.
-    pub fn into_timer_error(self) -> Option<Error> {
-        match self.0 {
-            Either::B(err) => Some(err),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Determines whether the underlying error is a stream error.
-    pub fn is_stream_error(&self) -> bool {
-        !self.is_timer_error()
-    }
-
-    /// Determines whether the underlying error is an error within
-    /// tokio's timer machinery.
-    pub fn is_timer_error(&self) -> bool {
-        match self.0 {
-            Either::B(_) => true,
-            _ => false,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: StdError> Display for DebounceError<T> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> FmtResult {
-        match self.0 {
-            Either::A(ref err) => write!(f, "stream error: {}", err),
-            Either::B(ref err) => write!(f, "timer error: {}", err),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: StdError + 'static> StdError for DebounceError<T> {
-    fn description(&self) -> &str {
-        match self.0 {
-            Either::A(_) => "stream error",
-            Either::B(_) => "timer error",
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&StdError> {
-        match self.0 {
-            Either::A(ref err) => Some(err),
-            Either::B(ref err) => Some(err),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Edge {
-    /// The edge is either leading edge or both edges.
-    pub fn is_leading(&self) -> bool {
-        match self {
-            Edge::Leading | Edge::Both => true,
-            _ => false,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// The edge is either trailing edge or both edges.
-    pub fn is_trailing(&self) -> bool {
-        match self {
-            Edge::Trailing | Edge::Both => true,
-            _ => false
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tokio-timer/src/lib.rs b/tokio-timer/src/lib.rs
index 6238adf435c..e6d804922ea 100644
--- a/tokio-timer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio-timer/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 //!
 //! This crate provides a number of utilities for working with periods of time:
 //!
-//! * [`Debounce`]: Wraps a stream, throwing items away until there has been at
-//!   least some amount of time without items having passed through.
-//!
 //! * [`Delay`]: A future that completes at a specified instant in time.
 //!
 //! * [`Interval`] A stream that yields at fixed time intervals.
@@ -27,7 +24,6 @@
 //!
 //! [`Delay`]: struct.Delay.html
 //! [`Throttle`]: throttle/struct.Throttle.html
-//! [`Debounce`]: debounce/struct.Debounce.html
 //! [`Timeout`]: struct.Timeout.html
 //! [`Interval`]: struct.Interval.html
 //! [`Timer`]: timer/struct.Timer.html
@@ -40,7 +36,6 @@ extern crate futures;
 extern crate slab;
 
 pub mod clock;
-pub mod debounce;
 pub mod delay_queue;
 pub mod throttle;
 pub mod timeout;
diff --git a/tokio-timer/tests/debounce.rs b/tokio-timer/tests/debounce.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b839d71b24..00000000000
--- a/tokio-timer/tests/debounce.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-extern crate futures;
-extern crate tokio;
-extern crate tokio_executor;
-extern crate tokio_timer;
-
-#[macro_use]
-mod support;
-use support::*;
-
-use futures::{
-    prelude::*,
-    sync::mpsc,
-};
-use tokio::util::StreamExt;
-use tokio_timer::{
-    debounce::{Debounce, Edge},
-    Timer,
-};
-
-#[test]
-fn debounce_leading() {
-    mocked(|timer, _| {
-        let (debounced, tx) = make_debounced(Edge::Leading, None);
-        let items = smoke_tests(timer, tx, debounced);
-
-        assert_eq!(items.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(items[0], 0);
-    });
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn debounce_trailing_many() {
-    mocked(|timer, _| {
-        let (mut debounced, tx) = make_debounced(Edge::Trailing, None);
-
-        // Send in two items.
-        tx.unbounded_send(1).unwrap();
-        tx.unbounded_send(2).unwrap();
-
-        // We shouldn't be ready yet, but we should have stored 2 as our last item.
-        assert_not_ready!(debounced);
-
-        // Go past our delay instant.
-        advance(timer, ms(11));
-
-        // Poll again, we should get 2.
-        assert_ready_eq!(debounced, Some(2));
-
-        // No more items in the stream, delay finished: we should be NotReady.
-        assert_not_ready!(debounced);
-    });
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn debounce_trailing() {
-    mocked(|timer, _| {
-        let (debounced, tx) = make_debounced(Edge::Trailing, None);
-        let items = smoke_tests(timer, tx, debounced);
-
-        assert_eq!(items.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(items[0], 4);
-    });
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn debounce_both() {
-    mocked(|timer, _| {
-        let (debounced, tx) = make_debounced(Edge::Both, None);
-        let items = smoke_tests(timer, tx, debounced);
-
-        assert_eq!(items.len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(items[0], 0);
-        assert_eq!(items[1], 4);
-    });
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn sample_leading() {
-    mocked(|timer, _| {
-        let (debounced, tx) = make_debounced(Edge::Leading, Some(3));
-        let items = smoke_tests(timer, tx, debounced);
-
-        assert_eq!(items.len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(items[0], 0);
-        assert_eq!(items[1], 3);
-    });
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn sample_trailing() {
-    mocked(|timer, _| {
-        let (debounced, tx) = make_debounced(Edge::Trailing, Some(3));
-        let items = smoke_tests(timer, tx, debounced);
-
-        assert_eq!(items.len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(items[0], 2);
-        assert_eq!(items[1], 4);
-    });
-}
-
-#[test]
-#[should_panic]
-fn sample_both_panics() {
-    let (_, rx) = mpsc::unbounded::<()>();
-    let _ = rx.debounce_builder()
-        .max_wait(ms(10))
-        .edge(Edge::Both)
-        .build();
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn combinator_debounce() {
-    let (_, rx1) = mpsc::unbounded::<()>();
-    let _ = rx1.debounce(ms(100));
-}
-
-#[test]
-fn combinator_sample() {
-    let (_, rx1) = mpsc::unbounded::<()>();
-    let _ = rx1.sample(ms(100));
-}
-
-fn make_debounced(
-    edge: Edge,
-    max_wait: Option<u64>,
-) -> (impl Stream<Item=u32, Error=()>, mpsc::UnboundedSender<u32>) {
-    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
-    let debounced = Debounce::new(
-        rx,
-        ms(10),
-        edge,
-        max_wait.map(ms),
-    )
-        .map_err(|e| panic!("stream error: {:?}", e));
-
-    (debounced, tx)
-}
-
-fn smoke_tests(
-    timer: &mut Timer<MockPark>,
-    tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<u32>,
-    mut s: impl Stream<Item=u32, Error=()>,
-) -> Vec<u32> {
-    assert_not_ready!(s);
-
-    let mut result = Vec::new();
-
-    // Drive forward 1ms at a time adding items to the stream
-    for i in 0..5 {
-        tx.unbounded_send(i).unwrap();
-        advance(timer, ms(1));
-
-        match s.poll().unwrap() {
-            Async::Ready(Some(it)) => result.push(it),
-            Async::Ready(None) => break,
-            Async::NotReady => {},
-        }
-    }
-
-    // Pull final items out of stream
-    for _ in 0..100 {
-        match s.poll().unwrap() {
-            Async::Ready(Some(it)) => result.push(it),
-            Async::Ready(None) => break,
-            Async::NotReady => {},
-        }
-
-        advance(timer, ms(1));
-    }
-
-    advance(timer, ms(1000));
-
-    assert_not_ready!(s);
-    result
-}