diff --git a/packages/core/src/Subscribe.tsx b/packages/core/src/Subscribe.tsx
index 51afdc2..8c52199 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Subscribe.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/Subscribe.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import React, { useState } from "react"
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react"
 import { Observable } from "rxjs"
-import useLayoutEffect from "./useLayoutEffect"
 
 /**
  * A React Component that creates a subscription to the provided observable once
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ export const Subscribe: React.FC<{
   fallback?: null | JSX.Element
 }> = ({ source$, children, fallback }) => {
   const [mounted, setMounted] = useState(0)
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useEffect(() => {
     const subscription = source$.subscribe()
     setMounted(1)
     return () => subscription.unsubscribe()
diff --git a/packages/core/src/internal/useObservable.ts b/packages/core/src/internal/useObservable.ts
index 1916a3f..985eae7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/internal/useObservable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/internal/useObservable.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { useReducer } from "react"
-import { Observable } from "rxjs"
+import { useEffect, useReducer } from "react"
 import { BehaviorObservable } from "./BehaviorObservable"
 import { SUSPENSE } from "../SUSPENSE"
-import useLayoutEffect from "../useLayoutEffect"
+import { Observable } from "rxjs"
 
 const ERROR: "e" = "e"
 const VALUE: "v" = "v"
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export const useObservable = <O>(
 ): Exclude<O, typeof SUSPENSE> => {
   const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(reducer, source$, init)
 
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useEffect(() => {
     const subscription = defaultSUSPENSE(source$).subscribe(
       (value) => {
         if ((value as any) === SUSPENSE) {
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ export const useObservable = <O>(
     return () => subscription.unsubscribe()
   }, [source$])
 
-  if (state.type === VALUE) return state.payload
-  throw state.payload
+  const { type, payload } = state
+  if (type === VALUE) return payload
+  throw payload
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useLayoutEffect.ts b/packages/core/src/useLayoutEffect.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eccc89..0000000
--- a/packages/core/src/useLayoutEffect.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { useLayoutEffect } from "react"
-import { noop } from "rxjs"
-
-const isSSR = process.env.IS_SSR
-// istanbul ignore next
-export default (isSSR ? noop : useLayoutEffect) as typeof useLayoutEffect
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useSubscribe.ts b/packages/core/src/useSubscribe.ts
index 17fa648..09ccee1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useSubscribe.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useSubscribe.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Observable } from "rxjs"
-import useLayoutEffect from "./useLayoutEffect"
+import { useEffect } from "react"
 
 /**
  * A React hook that creates a subscription to the provided observable once the
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import useLayoutEffect from "./useLayoutEffect"
  * @remarks This hook doesn't trigger any updates.
  */
 export const useSubscribe = <T>(source$: Observable<T>) => {
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+  useEffect(() => {
     const subscription = source$.subscribe()
     return () => subscription.unsubscribe()
   }, [source$])