diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 6ac51855..3884ebd4 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -259,16 +259,12 @@ clone the repository, install the python dependencies, compile and install:
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/mirukana/mirage
 cd mirage
 pip3 install --user -Ur requirements.txt
-pip3 install --user -U uvloop==0.14.0
 
 qmake mirage.pro
 make
 sudo make install
 ```
 
-`uvloop` brings performance improvements, but can be skipped 
-if you have trouble installing it.
-
 If everything went fine, run `mirage` to start.
 
 
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 6916d2a9..e1c78905 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # TODO
 
+- highlight messages being responded to
+- highlight messages with mention
 - add room members loading indicator
 
 - fix main pane appearance when collapsed
diff --git a/packaging/appimage/build.sh b/packaging/appimage/build.sh
index 9d2a3392..daa471ee 100755
--- a/packaging/appimage/build.sh
+++ b/packaging/appimage/build.sh
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ get_app_and_pip_dependencies() {
 
     cd mirage
     pip3 install --user -Ur requirements.txt
-    pip3 install --user -U uvloop==0.14.0 certifi
+    pip3 install --user -U certifi
 }
 
 
diff --git a/packaging/flatpak/mirage.flatpak.yaml b/packaging/flatpak/mirage.flatpak.yaml
index 8be86ce4..25a9354d 100644
--- a/packaging/flatpak/mirage.flatpak.yaml
+++ b/packaging/flatpak/mirage.flatpak.yaml
@@ -656,15 +656,6 @@ modules:
   - type: file
     url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/96/da/2ebf30d2fdf0f4dc949b4935e408aaa9cca948963e55ea3c99730b1f74c0/unpaddedbase64-1.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
     sha256: 81cb4eaaa28cc6a282dd3f2c3855eaa1fbaafa736b5ee64df69889e20540a339
-- name: python3-uvloop
-  buildsystem: simple
-  build-commands:
-  - pip3 install --no-index --find-links="file://${PWD}" --prefix=${FLATPAK_DEST}
-    uvloop==0.14.0
-  sources:
-  - type: file
-    url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/84/2e/462e7a25b787d2b40cf6c9864a9e702f358349fc9cfb77e83c38acb73048/uvloop-0.14.0.tar.gz
-    sha256: 123ac9c0c7dd71464f58f1b4ee0bbd81285d96cdda8bc3519281b8973e3a461e
 - name: python3-webencodings
   buildsystem: simple
   build-commands:
diff --git a/packaging/flatpak/requirements.flatpak.txt b/packaging/flatpak/requirements.flatpak.txt
index 07199972..0ed08d33 100644
--- a/packaging/flatpak/requirements.flatpak.txt
+++ b/packaging/flatpak/requirements.flatpak.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 multidict       == 4.5.2
-uvloop          == 0.14.0
 
 pytest-runner
 setuptools-scm
diff --git a/src/backend/qml_bridge.py b/src/backend/qml_bridge.py
index ee311fd2..0efe026b 100644
--- a/src/backend/qml_bridge.py
+++ b/src/backend/qml_bridge.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
 
-"""Install `uvloop` if possible and provide a `QMLBridge`."""
-
 # WARNING: make sure to not top-level import the media_cache module here,
 # directly or indirectly via another module import (e.g. backend).
 # See https://stackoverflow.com/a/55918049
@@ -18,13 +16,6 @@ from typing import Coroutine, Sequence
 
 from .pyotherside_events import CoroutineDone, LoopException
 
-try:
-    import uvloop
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    log.warning("uvloop module not found, using slower default asyncio loop")
-else:
-    uvloop.install()
-
 
 class QMLBridge:
     """Setup asyncio and provide synchronous methods to call coroutines.