diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
index 78855474a..6bbf7c8b0 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/AbstractXMPPConnection.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smack.parsing.ParsingExceptionCallback;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.ExtensionElementProvider;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.provider.ProviderManager;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.sasl.core.SASLAnonymous;
-import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.BoundedThreadPoolExecutor;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.DNSUtil;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.Objects;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.util.PacketParserUtils;
@@ -233,14 +232,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
 
     private ParsingExceptionCallback parsingExceptionCallback = SmackConfiguration.getDefaultParsingExceptionCallback();
 
-    /**
-     * ExecutorService used to invoke the PacketListeners on newly arrived and parsed stanzas. It is
-     * important that we use a <b>single threaded ExecutorService</b> in order to guarantee that the
-     * PacketListeners are invoked in the same order the stanzas arrived.
-     */
-    private final BoundedThreadPoolExecutor executorService = new BoundedThreadPoolExecutor(1, 1, 0, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
-                    100, new SmackExecutorThreadFactory(this, "Incoming Processor"));
-
     /**
      * This scheduled thread pool executor is used to remove pending callbacks.
      */
@@ -1081,17 +1072,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
         assert (stanza != null);
         lastStanzaReceived = System.currentTimeMillis();
         // Deliver the incoming packet to listeners.
-        executorService.executeBlocking(new Runnable() {
-            @Override
-            public void run() {
-                invokeStanzaCollectorsAndNotifyRecvListeners(stanza);
-            }
-        });
+        invokeStanzaCollectorsAndNotifyRecvListeners(stanza);
     }
 
     /**
      * Invoke {@link StanzaCollector#processStanza(Stanza)} for every
      * StanzaCollector with the given packet. Also notify the receive listeners with a matching stanza(/packet) filter about the packet.
+     * <p>
+     * This method will be invoked by the connections incoming processing thread which may be shared across multiple connections and
+     * thus it is important that no user code, e.g. in form of a callback, is invoked by this method. For the same reason,
+     * this method must not block for an extended period of time.
+     * </p>
      *
      * @param packet the stanza(/packet) to notify the StanzaCollectors and receive listeners about.
      */
@@ -1413,7 +1404,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractXMPPConnection implements XMPPConnection {
             // reference to their ExecutorService which prevents the ExecutorService from being
             // gc'ed. It is possible that the XMPPConnection instance is gc'ed while the
             // listenerExecutor ExecutorService call not be gc'ed until it got shut down.
-            executorService.shutdownNow();
             cachedExecutorService.shutdown();
             removeCallbacksService.shutdownNow();
             singleThreadedExecutorService.shutdownNow();
diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/BoundedThreadPoolExecutor.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/BoundedThreadPoolExecutor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c09ddd5d5..000000000
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/BoundedThreadPoolExecutor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/**
- *
- * Copyright 2015 Florian Schmaus
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.jivesoftware.smack.util;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
-import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-
-public class BoundedThreadPoolExecutor extends ThreadPoolExecutor {
-
-    private final Semaphore semaphore;
-
-    public BoundedThreadPoolExecutor(int corePoolSize, int maximumPoolSize, long keepAliveTime,
-                    TimeUnit unit, int bound, ThreadFactory threadFactory) {
-        // One could think that the array blocking queue bound should be "bound - 1" because the bound protected by the
-        // Semaphore also includes the "slot" in the worker thread executing the Runnable. But using that as bound could
-        // actually cause a RejectedExecutionException as the queue could fill up while the worker thread remains
-        // unscheduled and is thus not removing any entries.
-        super(corePoolSize, maximumPoolSize, keepAliveTime,
-                        unit, new ArrayBlockingQueue<Runnable>(bound), threadFactory);
-        semaphore = new Semaphore(bound);
-    }
-
-    public void executeBlocking(final Runnable command) throws InterruptedException {
-        semaphore.acquire();
-        try {
-            execute(new Runnable() {
-                @Override
-                public void run() {
-                    try {
-                        command.run();
-                    } finally {
-                        semaphore.release();
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            semaphore.release();
-            if (e instanceof RejectedExecutionException) {
-                throw (RejectedExecutionException) e;
-            } else {
-                throw new RuntimeException(e);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}