diff --git a/docs/source/devel/testloop.rst b/docs/source/devel/testloop.rst
index 3c20a26..9df88b4 100644
--- a/docs/source/devel/testloop.rst
+++ b/docs/source/devel/testloop.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ to an ``async def`` test case.
 Async commands
 ==============
 
-.. autoclass:: PingPong
-
 .. autoclass:: Schedule(*await Any)
 
 .. py:class::  Switch(skip: int, /)
diff --git a/unittests/test_builtins.py b/unittests/test_builtins.py
index c1a64d7..6231b4b 100644
--- a/unittests/test_builtins.py
+++ b/unittests/test_builtins.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import asyncstdlib as a
 
-from .utility import sync, asyncify, awaitify, inside_loop
+from .utility import sync, asyncify, awaitify
 
 
 def hide_coroutine(corofunc):
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ async def __aiter__(self):
                     yield 1
             finally:
                 nonlocal closed
-                if await inside_loop():
-                    closed = True
+                closed = True
 
     zip_iter = a.zip(asyncify(range(-5, 0)), SomeIterable())
     async for va, vb in zip_iter:
diff --git a/unittests/utility.py b/unittests/utility.py
index c901a3f..479278d 100644
--- a/unittests/utility.py
+++ b/unittests/utility.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from typing import (
     Callable,
     Coroutine,
-    Generator,
     Iterable,
     AsyncIterator,
     TypeVar,
@@ -45,25 +44,6 @@ async def await_wrapper(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> T:
     return await_wrapper
 
 
-class PingPong:
-    """
-    Signal to the event loop which gets returned unchanged
-
-    The coroutine yields to the event loop but is resumed
-    immediately, without running others in the meantime.
-    This is mainly useful for ensuring the event loop is used.
-    """
-
-    def __await__(self) -> "Generator[PingPong, Any, Any]":
-        return (yield self)
-
-
-async def inside_loop() -> bool:
-    """Test whether there is an active event loop available"""
-    signal = PingPong()
-    return await signal is signal
-
-
 class Schedule:
     r"""
     Signal to the event loop to adopt and run new coroutines
@@ -136,9 +116,7 @@ def sync(test_case: Callable[..., Coroutine[None, Any, Any]], /) -> Callable[...
     Mark an ``async def`` test case to be run synchronously with children
 
     This provides a primitive "event loop" which only responds
-    to the :py:class:`PingPong`, :py:class:`Schedule`, :py:class:`Switch`
-    and :py:class:`Lock`. This loop is appropriate for tests that need
-    to check concurrency.
+    to :py:class:`Schedule`, :py:class:`Switch` and :py:class:`Lock`.
 
     It should be applied as a decorator on an ``async def`` function, which
     is then turned into a synchronous callable that will run the ``async def``
@@ -159,9 +137,7 @@ def run_sync(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
                 result = e.args[0] if e.args else None
                 assert result is None, f"got '{result!r}' expected 'None'"
             else:
-                if isinstance(event, PingPong):
-                    run_queue.appendleft((coro, event))
-                elif isinstance(event, Schedule):
+                if isinstance(event, Schedule):
                     run_queue.extend((new_coro, None) for new_coro in event.coros)
                     run_queue.append((coro, event))
                 elif isinstance(event, Switch):