diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a93106c5..ba72716d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
         "mikehaertl/phpwkhtmltopdf": "^2.2",
         "monolog/monolog": "^1.21",
         "phly/phly-event-dispatcher": "^1.0",
-        "phly/phly-swoole-taskworker": "^1.1",
         "shlinkio/shlink-installer": "^1.1",
         "symfony/console": "^4.2",
         "symfony/filesystem": "^4.2",
diff --git a/config/autoload/event_dispatcher.global.php b/config/autoload/event_dispatcher.global.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53964152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/autoload/event_dispatcher.global.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shlinkio\Shlink;
+
+use Phly\EventDispatcher as Phly;
+use Psr\EventDispatcher as Psr;
+
+return [
+
+    'dependencies' => [
+        'factories' => [
+            Psr\ListenerProviderInterface::class => Common\EventDispatcher\ListenerProviderFactory::class,
+        ],
+        'aliases' => [
+            Psr\EventDispatcherInterface::class => Phly\EventDispatcher::class,
+        ],
+    ],
+
+];
diff --git a/config/autoload/events.global.php b/config/autoload/events.global.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e2d3561e..00000000
--- a/config/autoload/events.global.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Shlinkio\Shlink;
-
-use Phly\EventDispatcher as Phly;
-use Psr\EventDispatcher as Psr;
-use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractFactory\ConfigAbstractFactory;
-
-return [
-
-    'dependencies' => [
-        'factories' => [
-            Common\EventDispatcher\SwooleEventDispatcher::class => ConfigAbstractFactory::class,
-            Psr\ListenerProviderInterface::class => Common\EventDispatcher\ListenerProviderFactory::class,
-        ],
-        'aliases' => [
-            Psr\EventDispatcherInterface::class => Common\EventDispatcher\SwooleEventDispatcher::class,
-        ],
-    ],
-
-    ConfigAbstractFactory::class => [
-        Common\EventDispatcher\SwooleEventDispatcher::class => [Phly\EventDispatcher::class],
-    ],
-
-];
diff --git a/config/config.php b/config/config.php
index 48f638af..e10d3c1e 100644
--- a/config/config.php
+++ b/config/config.php
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ namespace Shlinkio\Shlink;
 
 use Acelaya\ExpressiveErrorHandler;
 use Phly\EventDispatcher;
-use Phly\Swoole\TaskWorker;
 use Zend\ConfigAggregator;
 use Zend\Expressive;
-
 use function Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\env;
 
 return (new ConfigAggregator\ConfigAggregator([
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ return (new ConfigAggregator\ConfigAggregator([
     Expressive\Swoole\ConfigProvider::class,
     ExpressiveErrorHandler\ConfigProvider::class,
     EventDispatcher\ConfigProvider::class,
-    TaskWorker\ConfigProvider::class,
     Common\ConfigProvider::class,
     Core\ConfigProvider::class,
     CLI\ConfigProvider::class,
diff --git a/module/Common/config/task_runner.config.php b/module/Common/config/task_runner.config.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f0e688e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/Common/config/task_runner.config.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common;
+
+use Swoole\Http\Server as HttpServer;
+
+return [
+
+    'dependencies' => [
+        'factories' => [
+            EventDispatcher\TaskRunner::class => EventDispatcher\TaskRunnerFactory::class,
+        ],
+        'delegators' => [
+            HttpServer::class => [
+                EventDispatcher\TaskRunnerDelegator::class,
+            ],
+        ],
+    ],
+
+];
diff --git a/module/Common/functions/functions.php b/module/Common/functions/functions.php
index 485df607..17856af2 100644
--- a/module/Common/functions/functions.php
+++ b/module/Common/functions/functions.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common;
 
+use Swoole\Http\Server as HttpServer;
+
 use const JSON_ERROR_NONE;
 
 use function getenv;
@@ -59,3 +61,8 @@ function json_decode(string $json, int $depth = 512, int $options = 0): array
 
     return $data;
 }
+
+function asyncListener(HttpServer $server, string $regularListenerName): EventDispatcher\AsyncEventListener
+{
+    return new EventDispatcher\AsyncEventListener($server, $regularListenerName);
+}
diff --git a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/AsyncEventListener.php b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/AsyncEventListener.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b65d083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/AsyncEventListener.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher;
+
+use Swoole\Http\Server as HttpServer;
+
+class AsyncEventListener
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    private $regularListenerName;
+    /** @var HttpServer */
+    private $server;
+
+    public function __construct(HttpServer $server, string $regularListenerName)
+    {
+        $this->regularListenerName = $regularListenerName;
+        $this->server = $server;
+    }
+
+    public function __invoke(object $event): void
+    {
+        $this->server->task(new Task($this->regularListenerName, $event));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/ListenerProviderFactory.php b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/ListenerProviderFactory.php
index a69f019a..3d9de084 100644
--- a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/ListenerProviderFactory.php
+++ b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/ListenerProviderFactory.php
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher;
 
 use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use Phly\EventDispatcher\ListenerProvider\AttachableListenerProvider;
+use Swoole\Http\Server as HttpServer;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\Factory\FactoryInterface;
 
 use function Phly\EventDispatcher\lazyListener;
+use function Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\asyncListener;
 
 class ListenerProviderFactory implements FactoryInterface
 {
@@ -17,12 +19,31 @@ class ListenerProviderFactory implements FactoryInterface
         $events = $config['events'] ?? [];
         $provider = new AttachableListenerProvider();
 
-        foreach ($events as $eventName => $listeners) {
-            foreach ($listeners as $listenerName) {
-                $provider->listen($eventName, lazyListener($container, $listenerName));
-            }
-        }
+        $this->registerListeners($events['regular'] ?? [], $container, $provider);
+        $this->registerListeners($events['async'] ?? [], $container, $provider, true);
 
         return $provider;
     }
+
+    private function registerListeners(
+        array $events,
+        ContainerInterface $container,
+        AttachableListenerProvider $provider,
+        bool $isAsync = false
+    ): void {
+        // Avoid registering async event listeners when the swoole server is not registered
+        if ($isAsync && ! $container->has(HttpServer::class)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($events as $eventName => $listeners) {
+            foreach ($listeners as $listenerName) {
+                $eventListener = $isAsync
+                    ? asyncListener($container->get(HttpServer::class), $listenerName)
+                    : lazyListener($container, $listenerName);
+
+                $provider->listen($eventName, $eventListener);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/SwooleEventDispatcher.php b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/SwooleEventDispatcher.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fada852..00000000
--- a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/SwooleEventDispatcher.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher;
-
-use Psr\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
-
-use const PHP_SAPI;
-
-use function extension_loaded;
-
-class SwooleEventDispatcher implements EventDispatcherInterface
-{
-    /** @var bool */
-    private $isSwoole;
-    /** @var EventDispatcherInterface */
-    private $innerDispatcher;
-
-    public function __construct(EventDispatcherInterface $innerDispatcher, ?bool $isSwoole = null)
-    {
-        $this->innerDispatcher = $innerDispatcher;
-        $this->isSwoole = $isSwoole ?? PHP_SAPI === 'cli' && extension_loaded('swoole');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Provide all relevant listeners with an event to process.
-     *
-     * @param object $event
-     *   The object to process.
-     *
-     * @return object
-     *   The Event that was passed, now modified by listeners.
-     */
-    public function dispatch(object $event)
-    {
-        // Do not really dispatch the event if the app is not being run with swoole
-        if (! $this->isSwoole) {
-            return $event;
-        }
-
-        return $this->innerDispatcher->dispatch($event);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/Task.php b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/Task.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f12abb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/Task.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher;
+
+use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
+
+use function get_class;
+use function sprintf;
+
+class Task
+{
+    /** @var string */
+    private $regularListenerName;
+    /** @var object */
+    private $event;
+
+    public function __construct(string $regularListenerName, object $event)
+    {
+        $this->regularListenerName = $regularListenerName;
+        $this->event = $event;
+    }
+
+    public function __invoke(ContainerInterface $container)
+    {
+        ($container->get($this->regularListenerName))($this->event);
+    }
+
+    public function toString(): string
+    {
+        return sprintf('Listener -> "%s", Event -> "%s"', $this->regularListenerName, get_class($this->event));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunner.php b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunner.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7329307e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunner.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher;
+
+use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Swoole\Http\Server as HttpServer;
+use Throwable;
+
+use function get_class;
+use function gettype;
+use function is_object;
+
+class TaskRunner
+{
+    /** @var LoggerInterface */
+    private $logger;
+    /** @var ContainerInterface */
+    private $container;
+
+    public function __construct(LoggerInterface $logger, ContainerInterface $container)
+    {
+        $this->logger = $logger;
+        $this->container = $container;
+    }
+
+    public function __invoke(HttpServer $server, int $taskId, int $fromId, $task): void
+    {
+        if (! $task instanceof Task) {
+            $this->logger->error('Invalid task provided to task worker: {type}', [
+                'type' => is_object($task) ? get_class($task) : gettype($task),
+            ]);
+            $server->finish('');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->logger->notice('Starting work on task {taskId}: {task}', [
+            'taskId' => $taskId,
+            'task' => $task->toString(),
+        ]);
+
+        try {
+            $task($this->container);
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
+            $this->logger->error('Error processing task {taskId}: {e}', [
+                'taskId' => $taskId,
+                'e' => $e,
+            ]);
+        } finally {
+            // Notify the server that processing of the task has finished:
+            $server->finish('');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunnerDelegator.php b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunnerDelegator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb7f138c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunnerDelegator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher;
+
+use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Swoole\Http\Server as HttpServer;
+use Zend\ServiceManager\Factory\DelegatorFactoryInterface;
+
+class TaskRunnerDelegator implements DelegatorFactoryInterface
+{
+    public function __invoke(
+        ContainerInterface $container,
+        $name,
+        callable $callback,
+        array $options = null
+    ): HttpServer {
+        $server = $callback();
+        $logger = $container->get(LoggerInterface::class);
+
+        $server->on('task', $container->get(TaskRunner::class));
+        $server->on('finish', function (HttpServer $server, int $taskId) use ($logger) {
+            $logger->notice('Task #{taskId} has finished processing', ['taskId' => $taskId]);
+        });
+
+        return $server;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunnerFactory.php b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunnerFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b24eebdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/Common/src/EventDispatcher/TaskRunnerFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher;
+
+use Interop\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Zend\ServiceManager\Factory\FactoryInterface;
+
+class TaskRunnerFactory implements FactoryInterface
+{
+    public function __invoke(ContainerInterface $container, $requestedName, array $options = null): TaskRunner
+    {
+        $logger = $container->get(LoggerInterface::class);
+        return new TaskRunner($logger, $container);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/module/Common/test/EventDispatcher/SwooleEventDispatcherTest.php b/module/Common/test/EventDispatcher/SwooleEventDispatcherTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 50bc8a26..00000000
--- a/module/Common/test/EventDispatcher/SwooleEventDispatcherTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace ShlinkioTest\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher;
-
-use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
-use Prophecy\Prophecy\ObjectProphecy;
-use Psr\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
-use Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\EventDispatcher\SwooleEventDispatcher;
-use stdClass;
-
-class SwooleEventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
-{
-    /** @var ObjectProphecy */
-    private $innerDispatcher;
-
-    public function setUp(): void
-    {
-        $this->innerDispatcher = $this->prophesize(EventDispatcherInterface::class);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @test
-     * @dataProvider provideIsSwoole
-     */
-    public function callsInnerDispatcherOnlyWhenInSwooleContext(bool $isSwoole, int $expectedCalls): void
-    {
-        $dispatcher = new SwooleEventDispatcher($this->innerDispatcher->reveal(), $isSwoole);
-        $event = new stdClass();
-
-        $dispatcher->dispatch($event);
-
-        $this->innerDispatcher->dispatch($event)->shouldHaveBeenCalledTimes($expectedCalls);
-    }
-
-    public function provideIsSwoole(): iterable
-    {
-        yield 'with swoole' => [true, 1];
-        yield 'without swoole' => [false, 0];
-    }
-}
diff --git a/module/Core/config/event_dispatcher.config.php b/module/Core/config/event_dispatcher.config.php
index 406e574f..ab34fe99 100644
--- a/module/Core/config/event_dispatcher.config.php
+++ b/module/Core/config/event_dispatcher.config.php
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace Shlinkio\Shlink\Core;
 
-use Phly\Swoole\TaskWorker\DeferredListenerDelegator;
 use Shlinkio\Shlink\Common\IpGeolocation\IpLocationResolverInterface;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractFactory\ConfigAbstractFactory;
 
 return [
 
     'events' => [
-        EventDispatcher\ShortUrlVisited::class => [
-            EventDispatcher\LocateShortUrlVisit::class,
+        'regular' => [],
+        'async' => [
+            EventDispatcher\ShortUrlVisited::class => [
+                EventDispatcher\LocateShortUrlVisit::class,
+            ],
         ],
     ],
 
@@ -19,11 +21,6 @@ return [
         'factories' => [
             EventDispatcher\LocateShortUrlVisit::class => ConfigAbstractFactory::class,
         ],
-        'delegators' => [
-            EventDispatcher\LocateShortUrlVisit::class => [
-                DeferredListenerDelegator::class,
-            ],
-        ],
     ],
 
     ConfigAbstractFactory::class => [