diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 225f4c1..c1c4381 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.9.3
+=====
+
+* Removed saranwrap as an option for making db connections nonblocking in db_pool.
+
 0.9.2
 =====
 
diff --git a/eventlet/db_pool.py b/eventlet/db_pool.py
index 4fd0c0d..1b1f731 100644
--- a/eventlet/db_pool.py
+++ b/eventlet/db_pool.py
@@ -236,25 +236,6 @@ class BaseConnectionPool(Pool):
         self.clear()
 
 
-class SaranwrappedConnectionPool(BaseConnectionPool):
-    """A pool which gives out saranwrapped database connections.
-    """
-    def create(self):
-        return self.connect(self._db_module,
-                                    self.connect_timeout,
-                                    *self._args,
-                                    **self._kwargs)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def connect(cls, db_module, connect_timeout, *args, **kw):
-        timeout = api.exc_after(connect_timeout, ConnectTimeout())
-        try:
-            from eventlet import saranwrap
-            return saranwrap.wrap(db_module).connect(*args, **kw)
-        finally:
-            timeout.cancel()
-
-
 class TpooledConnectionPool(BaseConnectionPool):
     """A pool which gives out :class:`~eventlet.tpool.Proxy`-based database
     connections.
diff --git a/tests/db_pool_test.py b/tests/db_pool_test.py
index 6cee304..2c37d85 100644
--- a/tests/db_pool_test.py
+++ b/tests/db_pool_test.py
@@ -448,23 +448,6 @@ class TestTpoolConnectionPool(TestDBConnectionPool):
         super(TestTpoolConnectionPool, self).tearDown()
 
 
-class TestSaranwrapConnectionPool(TestDBConnectionPool):
-    __test__ = False  # so that nose doesn't try to execute this directly
-    def create_pool(self, max_size = 1, max_idle = 10, max_age = 10, connect_timeout= 0.5, module=None):
-        if module is None:
-            module = self._dbmodule
-        return db_pool.SaranwrappedConnectionPool(module,
-            min_size=0, max_size=max_size, 
-            max_idle=max_idle, max_age=max_age,
-            connect_timeout=connect_timeout,
-            **self._auth)
-
-    def test_raising_create(self):
-        # *TODO: this fails because of saranwrap's unwillingness to
-        # wrap objects in tests, but it should be fixable
-        pass
-
-
 class TestRawConnectionPool(TestDBConnectionPool):
     __test__ = False  # so that nose doesn't try to execute this directly
     def create_pool(self, max_size = 1, max_idle = 10, max_age = 10, connect_timeout= 0.5, module=None):
@@ -477,7 +460,7 @@ class TestRawConnectionPool(TestDBConnectionPool):
             **self._auth)
 
     def test_connection_timeout(self):
-        pass # not gonna work for raw connections because they're not nonblocking
+        pass # not gonna work for raw connections because they're blocking
 
 
 def get_auth():
@@ -535,14 +518,10 @@ class TestMysqlConnectionPool(object):
         del db
 
 
-# for some reason the tpool test hangs if run after the saranwrap test
 class Test01MysqlTpool(TestMysqlConnectionPool, TestTpoolConnectionPool, TestCase):
     pass
 
-class Test02MysqlSaranwrap(TestMysqlConnectionPool, TestSaranwrapConnectionPool, TestCase):
-    pass
-
-class Test03MysqlRaw(TestMysqlConnectionPool, TestRawConnectionPool, TestCase):
+class Test02MysqlRaw(TestMysqlConnectionPool, TestRawConnectionPool, TestCase):
     pass