diff --git a/embassy-nrf/src/buffered_uarte.rs b/embassy-nrf/src/buffered_uarte.rs
index c3cba2470..84ef86c96 100644
--- a/embassy-nrf/src/buffered_uarte.rs
+++ b/embassy-nrf/src/buffered_uarte.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use futures::future::poll_fn;
 // Re-export SVD variants to allow user to directly set values
 pub use pac::uarte0::{baudrate::BAUDRATE_A as Baudrate, config::PARITY_A as Parity};
 
-use crate::gpio::Pin as GpioPin;
+use crate::gpio::{self, Pin as GpioPin};
 use crate::interrupt::InterruptExt;
 use crate::ppi::{AnyConfigurableChannel, ConfigurableChannel, Event, Ppi, Task};
 use crate::timer::{Frequency, Instance as TimerInstance, Timer};
@@ -427,23 +427,26 @@ impl<'u, 'd: 'u, U: UarteInstance, T: TimerInstance> embedded_io::asynch::Write
 
 impl<'a, U: UarteInstance, T: TimerInstance> Drop for StateInner<'a, U, T> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
+        debug!("oh no, dropping uarte");
         let r = U::regs();
 
         // TODO this probably deadlocks. do like Uarte instead.
+        r.inten.reset();
+        r.events_rxto.reset();
+        r.tasks_stoprx.write(|w| w.tasks_stoprx().set_bit());
 
-        self.timer.stop();
-        if let RxState::Receiving = self.rx_state {
-            r.tasks_stoprx.write(|w| unsafe { w.bits(1) });
-        }
-        if let TxState::Transmitting(_) = self.tx_state {
-            r.tasks_stoptx.write(|w| unsafe { w.bits(1) });
-        }
-        if let RxState::Receiving = self.rx_state {
-            low_power_wait_until(|| r.events_endrx.read().bits() == 1);
-        }
-        if let TxState::Transmitting(_) = self.tx_state {
-            low_power_wait_until(|| r.events_endtx.read().bits() == 1);
-        }
+        r.events_txstopped.reset();
+        r.tasks_stoptx.write(|w| w.tasks_stoptx().set_bit());
+        while !r.events_txstopped.read().events_txstopped().bit_is_set() {}
+
+        while !r.events_rxto.read().events_rxto().bit_is_set() {}
+
+        r.enable.write(|w| w.enable().disabled());
+
+        gpio::deconfigure_pin(r.psel.rxd.read().bits());
+        gpio::deconfigure_pin(r.psel.txd.read().bits());
+        gpio::deconfigure_pin(r.psel.rts.read().bits());
+        gpio::deconfigure_pin(r.psel.cts.read().bits());
     }
 }