diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9c68466c..d3ea6364 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## 6.3.1
 Released 2018-mm-dd
 
+- Remove use of `step` module to handle asynchronous code, now it's defined as development dependency.
+
 
 ## 6.3.0
 Released 2018-07-26
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a4274e1..163cfe43 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     "redis-mpool": "0.5.0",
     "request": "2.87.0",
     "semver": "5.5.0",
-    "step": "1.0.0",
     "step-profiler": "0.3.0",
     "turbo-carto": "0.20.4",
     "underscore": "1.6.0",
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@
     "moment": "2.22.1",
     "nock": "9.2.6",
     "redis": "2.8.0",
+    "step": "1.0.0",
     "strftime": "0.10.0"
   },
   "scripts": {