diff --git a/packages/browser/src/transports/utils.ts b/packages/browser/src/transports/utils.ts
index 5fc614d6b86f..5a8e17b42019 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/transports/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/transports/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { forget, getGlobalObject, isNativeFetch, logger, supportsFetch } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { getGlobalObject, isNativeFetch, logger, supportsFetch } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { IS_DEBUG_BUILD } from '../flags';
 
@@ -98,13 +98,11 @@ export function sendReport(url: string, body: string): void {
 
   if (supportsFetch()) {
     const fetch = getNativeFetchImplementation();
-    return forget(
-      fetch(url, {
-        body,
-        method: 'POST',
-        credentials: 'omit',
-        keepalive: true,
-      }),
-    );
+    fetch(url, {
+      body,
+      method: 'POST',
+      credentials: 'omit',
+      keepalive: true,
+    }).then(null, error => logger.error(error));
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/utils/errorhandling.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/utils/errorhandling.ts
index aa79eebcaee8..587840d040b5 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/utils/errorhandling.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/utils/errorhandling.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getCurrentHub } from '@sentry/core';
-import { forget, logger } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { logger } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 import { NodeClient } from '../../client';
 import { IS_DEBUG_BUILD } from '../../flags';
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ export function logAndExitProcess(error: Error): void {
   const timeout =
     (options && options.shutdownTimeout && options.shutdownTimeout > 0 && options.shutdownTimeout) ||
     DEFAULT_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT;
-  forget(
-    client.close(timeout).then((result: boolean) => {
+  client.close(timeout).then(
+    (result: boolean) => {
       if (!result) {
         IS_DEBUG_BUILD && logger.warn('We reached the timeout for emptying the request buffer, still exiting now!');
       }
       global.process.exit(1);
-    }),
+    },
+    error => logger.error(error),
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/async.ts b/packages/utils/src/async.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e811fe25c4a6..000000000000
--- a/packages/utils/src/async.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Consumes the promise and logs the error when it rejects.
- * @param promise A promise to forget.
- */
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-export function forget(promise: PromiseLike<any>): void {
-  void promise.then(null, e => {
-    // TODO: Use a better logging mechanism
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error(e);
-  });
-}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
index 4d33eeab55e3..0f004218c052 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-export * from './async';
 export * from './browser';
 export * from './dsn';
 export * from './error';
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/async.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/async.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d4edbeca7129..000000000000
--- a/packages/utils/test/async.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { forget } from '../src/async';
-
-describe('forget', () => {
-  const console = {
-    error: jest.fn(),
-    log: jest.fn(),
-  };
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    global.console = console as any as Console;
-  });
-
-  test('logs rejections to console.error', done => {
-    const error = new Error();
-    forget(Promise.reject(error));
-
-    setImmediate(() => {
-      expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledWith(error);
-      done();
-    });
-  });
-});