diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d46dc02..02e9bab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@mapbox/point-geometry": "^0.1.0",
-    "eventemitter3": "^1.1.0",
-    "scriptjs": "^2.5.7"
+    "eventemitter3": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "autoprefixer": "^6.3.6",
diff --git a/src/loaders/google_map_loader.js b/src/loaders/google_map_loader.js
index ce29d73..676d758 100644
--- a/src/loaders/google_map_loader.js
+++ b/src/loaders/google_map_loader.js
@@ -1,87 +1,89 @@
 const BASE_URL = 'https://maps';
 const DEFAULT_URL = `${BASE_URL}.googleapis.com`;
-const API_PATH = '/maps/api/js?callback=_$_google_map_initialize_$_';
+const API_PATH = '/maps/api/js?callback=googleMapsAPILoadedPromise';
+const EVENT_GMAPS_LOADED = 'EVENT_GMAPS_LOADED';
 
-const getUrl = region => {
+const getBaseUrl = region => {
   if (region && region.toLowerCase() === 'cn') {
     return `${BASE_URL}.google.cn`;
   }
   return DEFAULT_URL;
 };
 
-let $script_ = null;
+let currentResolver = null;
+let lastBaseUrl = '';
+let lastScriptUrl = '';
+let googleMapsPromise;
 
-let loadPromise_;
+const destroyOldGoogleMapsInstance = url => {
+  document
+    .querySelectorAll(`script[src^='${url}']`)
+    .forEach(script => script.remove());
+  if (window.google) delete window.google.maps;
+};
 
-let resolveCustomPromise_;
+// Callback for the Google Maps API src
+window.googleMapsAPILoadedPromise = () =>
+  window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(EVENT_GMAPS_LOADED));
 
-const _customPromise = new Promise(resolve => {
-  resolveCustomPromise_ = resolve;
-});
+const getScriptUrl = bootstrapURLKeys => {
+  const baseUrl = getBaseUrl(bootstrapURLKeys.region);
+  const params = Object.keys(bootstrapURLKeys).reduce(
+    (r, key) => `${r}&${key}=${bootstrapURLKeys[key]}`,
+    ''
+  );
+  return `${baseUrl}${API_PATH}${params}`;
+};
 
-// TODO add libraries language and other map options
-export default (bootstrapURLKeys, heatmapLibrary) => {
-  if (!$script_) {
-    $script_ = require('scriptjs'); // eslint-disable-line
-  }
+const loadScript = url => {
+  const script = document.createElement('script');
 
-  // call from outside google-map-react
-  // will be as soon as loadPromise_ resolved
-  if (!bootstrapURLKeys) {
-    return _customPromise;
-  }
+  script.type = 'text/javascript';
+  script.async = true;
+  script.src = url;
+  document.querySelector('head').appendChild(script);
 
-  if (loadPromise_) {
-    return loadPromise_;
-  }
-
-  loadPromise_ = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
-      reject(new Error('google map cannot be loaded outside browser env'));
-      return;
+  return new Promise(resolve => {
+    if (currentResolver) {
+      window.removeEventListener(EVENT_GMAPS_LOADED, currentResolver);
     }
-
-    if (window.google && window.google.maps) {
-      resolve(window.google.maps);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (typeof window._$_google_map_initialize_$_ !== 'undefined') {
-      reject(new Error('google map initialization error'));
-    }
-
-    window._$_google_map_initialize_$_ = () => {
-      delete window._$_google_map_initialize_$_;
-      resolve(window.google.maps);
+    currentResolver = () => {
+      resolve();
     };
+    window.addEventListener(EVENT_GMAPS_LOADED, currentResolver);
+  });
+};
 
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-      if (Object.keys(bootstrapURLKeys).indexOf('callback') > -1) {
-        const message = `"callback" key in bootstrapURLKeys is not allowed,
-                          use onGoogleApiLoaded property instead`;
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-        console.error(message);
-        throw new Error(message);
-      }
-    }
-
-    const params = Object.keys(bootstrapURLKeys).reduce(
-      (r, key) => `${r}&${key}=${bootstrapURLKeys[key]}`,
-      ''
-    );
-
-    const baseUrl = getUrl(bootstrapURLKeys.region);
-    const libraries = heatmapLibrary ? '&libraries=visualization' : '';
-
-    $script_(
-      `${baseUrl}${API_PATH}${params}${libraries}`,
-      () =>
-        typeof window.google === 'undefined' &&
-        reject(new Error('google map initialization error (not loaded)'))
-    );
+const loadGoogleMaps = bootstrapURLKeys =>
+  new Promise(async resolve => {
+    lastScriptUrl = getScriptUrl(bootstrapURLKeys);
+    await loadScript(lastScriptUrl);
+    resolve(window.google.maps);
   });
 
-  resolveCustomPromise_(loadPromise_);
+export default bootstrapURLKeys => {
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    throw new Error('google map cannot be loaded outside browser env');
+  }
 
-  return loadPromise_;
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+    if (Object.keys(bootstrapURLKeys).includes('callback')) {
+      const message = `'callback' key in bootstrapURLKeys is not allowed, use onGoogleapiLoadedPromise property instead`;
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.error(message);
+      throw new Error(message);
+    }
+  }
+  if (googleMapsPromise) {
+    if (lastScriptUrl !== getScriptUrl(bootstrapURLKeys)) {
+      destroyOldGoogleMapsInstance(lastBaseUrl);
+      googleMapsPromise = loadGoogleMaps(bootstrapURLKeys);
+    }
+    return googleMapsPromise;
+  }
+
+  googleMapsPromise = loadGoogleMaps(bootstrapURLKeys);
+  lastBaseUrl = getBaseUrl(bootstrapURLKeys.region);
+
+  return googleMapsPromise;
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 378cdd0..6c768ce 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4989,10 +4989,6 @@ sax@^1.2.4, sax@~1.2.1:
   version "1.2.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/sax/-/sax-1.2.4.tgz#2816234e2378bddc4e5354fab5caa895df7100d9"
 
-scriptjs@^2.5.7:
-  version "2.5.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scriptjs/-/scriptjs-2.5.8.tgz#d0c43955c2e6bad33b6e4edf7b53b8965aa7ca5f"
-
 scss-tokenizer@^0.2.3:
   version "0.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scss-tokenizer/-/scss-tokenizer-0.2.3.tgz#8eb06db9a9723333824d3f5530641149847ce5d1"