diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.categories/init.js b/resources/skins.minerva.categories/init.js
index 4ec24918f..aa7d59f3e 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.categories/init.js
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.categories/init.js
@@ -6,40 +6,34 @@
 
 	// categories overlay
 	overlayManager.add( /^\/categories$/, function () {
-		var result = $.Deferred();
-
-		loader.loadModule( 'mobile.categories.overlays', true ).done( function ( loadingOverlay ) {
+		return loader.loadModule( 'mobile.categories.overlays', true ).then( function ( loadingOverlay ) {
 			var CategoryOverlay = M.require( 'mobile.categories.overlays/CategoryOverlay' );
 			M.on( 'category-added', function () {
 				window.location.hash = '#/categories';
 			} );
 
 			loadingOverlay.hide();
-			result.resolve( new CategoryOverlay( {
+			return new CategoryOverlay( {
 				api: new mw.Api(),
 				isAnon: user.isAnon(),
 				title: M.getCurrentPage().title
-			} ) );
+			} );
 		} );
-		return result;
 	} );
 
 	// add categories overlay
 	overlayManager.add( /^\/categories\/add$/, function () {
-		var result = $.Deferred();
-
-		loader.loadModule( 'mobile.categories.overlays' ).done( function ( loadingOverlay ) {
+		return loader.loadModule( 'mobile.categories.overlays' ).then( function ( loadingOverlay ) {
 			var CategoryAddOverlay = M.require( 'mobile.categories.overlays/CategoryAddOverlay' );
 
 			loadingOverlay.hide();
-			result.resolve( new CategoryAddOverlay( {
+			return new CategoryAddOverlay( {
 				api: new mw.Api(),
 				categories: mw.config.get( 'wgCategories' ),
 				isAnon: user.isAnon(),
 				title: M.getCurrentPage().title
-			} ) );
+			} );
 		} );
-		return result;
 	} );
 
 	/**
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.editor/init.js b/resources/skins.minerva.editor/init.js
index 59f56fb2d..0831923a5 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.editor/init.js
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.editor/init.js
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@
 		overlayManager.add( /^\/editor\/(\d+|all)$/, function ( sectionId ) {
 			var
 				$content = $( '#mw-content-text' ),
-				result = $.Deferred(),
 				preferredEditor = getPreferredEditor(),
 				editorOptions = {
 					overlayManager: overlayManager,
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@
 			function logInit( editor ) {
 				// If MobileFrontend is not available this will not be possible so
 				// check first.
-				mw.loader.using( 'mobile.loggingSchemas.edit' ).done( function () {
+				mw.loader.using( 'mobile.loggingSchemas.edit' ).then( function () {
 					mw.track( 'mf.schemaEdit', {
 						action: 'init',
 						type: 'section',
@@ -217,13 +216,14 @@
 			 * @private
 			 * @ignore
 			 * @method
+			 * @returns {JQuery.Promise}
 			 */
 			function loadSourceEditor() {
 				logInit( 'wikitext' );
 
-				loader.loadModule( 'mobile.editor.overlay' ).done( function () {
+				return loader.loadModule( 'mobile.editor.overlay' ).then( function () {
 					var EditorOverlay = M.require( 'mobile.editor.overlay/EditorOverlay' );
-					result.resolve( new EditorOverlay( editorOptions ) );
+					return new EditorOverlay( editorOptions );
 				} );
 			}
 
@@ -254,15 +254,13 @@
 				editorOverride !== 'SourceEditor'
 			) {
 				logInit( 'visualeditor' );
-				loader.loadModule( 'mobile.editor.ve' ).done( function () {
+				return loader.loadModule( 'mobile.editor.ve' ).then( function () {
 					var VisualEditorOverlay = M.require( 'mobile.editor.ve/VisualEditorOverlay' );
-					result.resolve( new VisualEditorOverlay( editorOptions ) );
-				} ).fail( loadSourceEditor );
+					return new VisualEditorOverlay( editorOptions );
+				}, loadSourceEditor );
 			} else {
-				loadSourceEditor();
+				return loadSourceEditor();
 			}
-
-			return result;
 		} );
 		updateEditPageButton( true );
 		// reveal edit links on user pages
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.notifications.badge/NotificationBadge.js b/resources/skins.minerva.notifications.badge/NotificationBadge.js
index 7b2ca7be9..ec9143da4 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.notifications.badge/NotificationBadge.js
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.notifications.badge/NotificationBadge.js
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@
 		 * @memberof NotificationBadge
 		 * @instance
 		 * @param {string} moduleName Name of a module to fetch
-		 * @return {JQuery.Deferred}
+		 * @return {JQuery.Promise}
 		 */
 		_loadModuleScript: function ( moduleName ) {
 			var self = this;
 
 			this.$el.html( this.options.loadingIconHtml );
-			return mw.loader.using( moduleName ).done( function () {
+			return mw.loader.using( moduleName ).then( function () {
 				// trigger a re-render once one to remove loading icon
 				self.render();
 			} );
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
 			this.$el.on( 'click', $.proxy( this.onClickBadge, this ) );
 			this.options.overlayManager.add( /^\/notifications$/, function () {
-				return self._loadNotificationOverlay().done( function ( overlay ) {
+				return self._loadNotificationOverlay().then( function ( overlay ) {
 					mainMenu.openNavigationDrawer( 'secondary' );
 					overlay.on( 'hide', function () {
 						mainMenu.closeNavigationDrawers();
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 					$( '#mw-mf-page-center' ).one( 'click.secondary', function () {
 						self.options.router.back();
 					} );
+					return overlay;
 				} );
 			} );
 		},
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.notifications/init.js b/resources/skins.minerva.notifications/init.js
index a503d385a..baa0c946b 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.notifications/init.js
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.notifications/init.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 			}
 
 			// Load the notification filter overlay
-			mw.loader.using( 'mobile.notifications.filter.overlay' ).done( function () {
+			mw.loader.using( 'mobile.notifications.filter.overlay' ).then( function () {
 				var $crossWikiUnreadFilter = $( '.mw-echo-ui-crossWikiUnreadFilterWidget' ),
 					$notifReadState = $( '.mw-echo-ui-notificationsInboxWidget-main-toolbar-readState' ),
 					NotificationsFilterOverlay = M.require( 'mobile.notifications.filter.overlay/NotificationsFilterOverlay' );
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.scripts/DownloadIcon.js b/resources/skins.minerva.scripts/DownloadIcon.js
index 863b814fa..29156ea49 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.scripts/DownloadIcon.js
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.scripts/DownloadIcon.js
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
 				window.print();
 				hideSpinner();
 			}
+
+			function doPrintBeforeTimeout() {
+				if ( self.timeout ) {
+					doPrint();
+				}
+			}
 			// The click handler may be invoked multiple times so if a pending print is occurring
 			// do nothing.
 			if ( !this.timeout ) {
@@ -134,11 +140,7 @@
 				// If all image downloads are taking longer to load then the MAX_PRINT_TIMEOUT
 				// abort the spinner and print regardless.
 				this.timeout = setTimeout( doPrint, MAX_PRINT_TIMEOUT );
-				this.skin.loadImagesList().always( function () {
-					if ( self.timeout ) {
-						doPrint();
-					}
-				} );
+				this.skin.loadImagesList().then( doPrintBeforeTimeout, doPrintBeforeTimeout );
 			}
 		},
 		events: {
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.scripts/init.js b/resources/skins.minerva.scripts/init.js
index 4a047515a..327b06118 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.scripts/init.js
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.scripts/init.js
@@ -130,25 +130,23 @@
 	// Routes
 	overlayManager.add( /^\/media\/(.+)$/, loadImageOverlay );
 	overlayManager.add( /^\/languages$/, function () {
-		var result = $.Deferred(),
-			lang = mw.config.get( 'wgUserLanguage' );
+		var lang = mw.config.get( 'wgUserLanguage' );
 
-		loader.loadModule( 'mobile.languages.structured', true ).done( function ( loadingOverlay ) {
+		return loader.loadModule( 'mobile.languages.structured', true ).then( function ( loadingOverlay ) {
 			var PageGateway = M.require( 'mobile.startup/PageGateway' ),
 				gateway = new PageGateway( new mw.Api() ),
 				LanguageOverlay = M.require( 'mobile.languages.structured/LanguageOverlay' );
 
-			gateway.getPageLanguages( mw.config.get( 'wgPageName' ), lang ).done( function ( data ) {
+			return gateway.getPageLanguages( mw.config.get( 'wgPageName' ), lang ).then( function ( data ) {
 				loadingOverlay.hide();
-				result.resolve( new LanguageOverlay( {
+				return new LanguageOverlay( {
 					currentLanguage: mw.config.get( 'wgContentLanguage' ),
 					languages: data.languages,
 					variants: data.variants,
 					deviceLanguage: getDeviceLanguage()
-				} ) );
+				} );
 			} );
 		} );
-		return result;
 	} );
 
 	// Setup
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.talk/init.js b/resources/skins.minerva.talk/init.js
index 5114a87ee..e1838aae7 100644
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.talk/init.js
+++ b/resources/skins.minerva.talk/init.js
@@ -36,16 +36,15 @@
 	}
 
 	overlayManager.add( /^\/talk\/?(.*)$/, function ( id ) {
-		var result = $.Deferred(),
-			talkOptions = {
-				api: new mw.Api(),
-				title: title,
-				// T184273 using `getCurrentPage` because 'wgPageName' contains underscores instead of spaces.
-				currentPageTitle: M.getCurrentPage().title,
-				licenseMsg: skin.getLicenseMsg()
-			};
+		var talkOptions = {
+			api: new mw.Api(),
+			title: title,
+			// T184273 using `getCurrentPage` because 'wgPageName' contains underscores instead of spaces.
+			currentPageTitle: M.getCurrentPage().title,
+			licenseMsg: skin.getLicenseMsg()
+		};
 
-		loader.loadModule( 'mobile.talk.overlays' ).done( function () {
+		return loader.loadModule( 'mobile.talk.overlays' ).then( function () {
 			var Overlay;
 			if ( id === 'new' ) {
 				Overlay = M.require( 'mobile.talk.overlays/TalkSectionAddOverlay' );
@@ -55,9 +54,8 @@
 			} else {
 				Overlay = M.require( 'mobile.talk.overlays/TalkOverlay' );
 			}
-			result.resolve( new Overlay( talkOptions ) );
+			return new Overlay( talkOptions );
 		} );
-		return result;
 	} );
 
 	/**