diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1763e95..0418c67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ The callback `:success` is called with a map containing:
 
 - `:value`: a return value from the pod var
 
-The callback `:error` is called with a map containing:
+The callback `:error` is called in case the pod sends an error, a map
+containing:
 
 - `:ex-message`: an error message
 - `:ex-data`: an arbitrary additional error data map. Typically it will contain
@@ -371,9 +372,9 @@ The callback `:error` is called with a map containing:
 If desired, `:ex-message` and `:ex-data` can be reified into a
 `java.lang.Exception` using `ex-info`.
 
-The callback `:done` is called with one argument which is currently
-undefined. This callback can be used to determine if the pod is done sending
-values.
+The callback `:done` is called with one argument, a map. This callback can be
+used to determine if the pod is done sending values, in case it wants to send
+multiple. The callback is only called if no errors were sent by the pod.
 
 In the above example the wrapper function calls the pod identified by
 `"pod.babashka.filewatcher"`. It calls the var
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 85e11d9..8a39f0b 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {:deps {nrepl/bencode {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
-        cheshire {:mvn/version "5.10.0"}
-        org.clojure/core.async {:mvn/version "1.1.587"}}
+        cheshire {:mvn/version "5.10.0"}}
  :aliases
  {:sci
   {:extra-deps
diff --git a/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj b/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
index 6f94ace..5506afc 100644
--- a/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [read])
   (:require [bencode.core :as bencode]
             [cheshire.core :as cheshire]
-            [clojure.core.async :as async]
             [clojure.edn :as edn]))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@
                       (and error? error-handler)
                       (error-handler {:ex-message ex-message
                                       :ex-data ex-data})))
-              (when done?
+              (when (and done? (not error?))
                 (when promise?
                   (deliver chan nil))
                 (when done-handler
diff --git a/test/babashka/pods/sci_test.clj b/test/babashka/pods/sci_test.clj
index 9500582..f5ee07a 100644
--- a/test/babashka/pods/sci_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/pods/sci_test.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 (ns babashka.pods.sci-test
   (:require [babashka.pods.sci :as pods]
             [babashka.pods.test-common :refer [test-program assertions]]
-            [clojure.core.async :as async]
             [clojure.test :refer [deftest]]
             [sci.core :as sci]))
 
@@ -14,7 +13,5 @@
                test-program
                {:namespaces {'babashka.pods
                              {'load-pod pods/load-pod
-                              'invoke pods/invoke}
-                             'clojure.core.async
-                             {'<!! async/<!!}}}))]
+                              'invoke pods/invoke}}}))]
     (assertions out err ret)))