diff --git a/src/main/java/org/folio/edge/patron/utils/PatronIdHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/folio/edge/patron/utils/PatronIdHelper.java
index de93ab6..8a33911 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/folio/edge/patron/utils/PatronIdHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/folio/edge/patron/utils/PatronIdHelper.java
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 import org.folio.edge.core.cache.TokenCache.NotInitializedException;
 import org.folio.edge.patron.cache.PatronIdCache;
 
-import me.escoffier.vertx.completablefuture.VertxCompletableFuture;
-
 public class PatronIdHelper {
 
   private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(PatronIdHelper.class);
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ private PatronIdHelper() {
   }
 
   public static CompletableFuture<String> lookupPatron(PatronOkapiClient client, String tenant, String extPatronId) {
-    VertxCompletableFuture<String> future = new VertxCompletableFuture<>(client.vertx);
+    CompletableFuture<String> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
 
     String patronId = null;
     try {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/folio/edge/patron/utils/PatronOkapiClient.java b/src/main/java/org/folio/edge/patron/utils/PatronOkapiClient.java
index e609d9d..748b726 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/folio/edge/patron/utils/PatronOkapiClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/folio/edge/patron/utils/PatronOkapiClient.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import io.vertx.core.MultiMap;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
-import me.escoffier.vertx.completablefuture.VertxCompletableFuture;
 import org.folio.edge.patron.model.Hold;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ public void getPatron(String extPatronId, Handler<HttpResponse<Buffer>> response
   }
 
   public CompletableFuture<String> getPatron(String extPatronId) {
-    VertxCompletableFuture<String> future = new VertxCompletableFuture<>(vertx);
+    CompletableFuture<String> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
 
     getPatron(
         extPatronId,