diff --git a/src/private.h b/src/private.h
index 5b744ca5..b89bb224 100644
--- a/src/private.h
+++ b/src/private.h
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ JSValue tjs_throw_errno(JSContext *ctx, int err);
 JSValue tjs_new_pipe(JSContext *ctx);
 uv_stream_t *tjs_pipe_get_stream(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst obj);
 
-void tjs_execute_jobs(JSContext *ctx);
-
 JSModuleDef *tjs__load_builtin(JSContext *ctx, const char *name);
 int tjs__load_file(JSContext *ctx, DynBuf *dbuf, const char *filename);
 JSModuleDef *tjs_module_loader(JSContext *ctx, const char *module_name, void *opaque);
diff --git a/src/timers.c b/src/timers.c
index d7467857..0bc84a73 100644
--- a/src/timers.c
+++ b/src/timers.c
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ static void uv__timer_cb(uv_timer_t *handle) {
     TJSTimer *th = handle->data;
     CHECK_NOT_NULL(th);
 
-    /* Timer always executes before check phase in libuv,
-       so clear the microtask queue here before running setTimeout macrotasks */
-    tjs_execute_jobs(th->ctx);
-
     call_timer(th);
     if (!th->interval)
         clear_timer(th);
diff --git a/src/vm.c b/src/vm.c
index 461f3e8e..7336aa8b 100644
--- a/src/vm.c
+++ b/src/vm.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static void uv__prepare_cb(uv_prepare_t *handle) {
     uv__maybe_idle(qrt);
 }
 
-void tjs_execute_jobs(JSContext *ctx) {
+static void tjs__execute_jobs(JSContext *ctx) {
     JSContext *ctx1;
     int err;
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static void uv__check_cb(uv_check_t *handle) {
     TJSRuntime *qrt = handle->data;
     CHECK_NOT_NULL(qrt);
 
-    tjs_execute_jobs(qrt->ctx);
+    tjs__execute_jobs(qrt->ctx);
 
     uv__maybe_idle(qrt);
 }
@@ -347,9 +347,11 @@ int TJS_Run(TJSRuntime *qrt) {
     if (ret != 0)
         return ret;
 
-    uv__maybe_idle(qrt);
-
-    uv_run(&qrt->loop, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+    int r;
+    do {
+        uv__maybe_idle(qrt);
+        r = uv_run(&qrt->loop, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+    } while (r == 0 && JS_IsJobPending(qrt->rt));
 
     JSValue exc = JS_GetException(qrt->ctx);
     if (!JS_IsNull(exc)) {