diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 01877674c4..4e3d6731fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ compiletest_rs = "0.3.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 panic-abort = "0.1.1"
-panic-itm = "0.1.0"
 typenum = "1.10.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies.stm32f103xx]
diff --git a/ci/script.sh b/ci/script.sh
index 9e91aad5e8..58a0784a8d 100644
--- a/ci/script.sh
+++ b/ci/script.sh
@@ -7,15 +7,31 @@ main() {
         return
     fi
 
+    # examples that don't require the timer-queue feature
+    local examples=(
+        async
+        empty
+        interrupt
+    )
+
     case $TARGET in
         thumbv7em-none-eabi*)
             cargo check --target $TARGET --features cm7-r0p1
-            cargo check --target $TARGET --features cm7-r0p1 --examples
+            for ex in ${examples[@]}; do
+                cargo check --target $TARGET --features cm7-r0p1 --example $ex
+            done
+
+            cargo check timer-queue --target $TARGET --features "cm7-r0p1 timer-queue"
+            cargo check --target $TARGET --features "cm7-r0p1 timer-queue" --examples
         ;;
     esac
 
     cargo check --target $TARGET
-    cargo check --target $TARGET --examples
+    for ex in ${examples[@]}; do
+        cargo check --target $TARGET --features cm7-r0p1 --example $ex
+    done
+    cargo check --features timer-queue --target $TARGET
+    cargo check --features timer-queue --target $TARGET --examples
 }
 
 main
diff --git a/examples/periodic-payload.rs b/examples/periodic-payload.rs
index 7b09e91c82..24a203f9c7 100644
--- a/examples/periodic-payload.rs
+++ b/examples/periodic-payload.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// 52 bytes .bss
+//
 // # -Os
 // init
 // a(bl=8000000, now=8000180, input=0)
diff --git a/examples/periodic-preemption-payload.rs b/examples/periodic-preemption-payload.rs
index 9f3bbb2b1f..5b1b143782 100644
--- a/examples/periodic-preemption-payload.rs
+++ b/examples/periodic-preemption-payload.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// 104 bytes .bss
+//
 // # -Os
 // a(bl=16000000, now=16000248, input=0)
 // b(bl=24000000, now=24000251, input=0)
diff --git a/examples/periodic-preemption.rs b/examples/periodic-preemption.rs
index 08ad528c05..968e8be72f 100644
--- a/examples/periodic-preemption.rs
+++ b/examples/periodic-preemption.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// 96 bytes .bss
+//
 // # -Os
 // init
 // a(bl=16000000, now=16000249)
diff --git a/examples/periodic.rs b/examples/periodic.rs
index e086e0ae94..2d8d43ecc3 100644
--- a/examples/periodic.rs
+++ b/examples/periodic.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// 52 bytes .bss
+//
 // # -Os
 // init
 // a(bl=8000000, now=8000180)
diff --git a/src/node.rs b/src/node.rs
index 9010b37bf0..43794a8d4a 100644
--- a/src/node.rs
+++ b/src/node.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,30 @@ where
     payload: T,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "timer-queue")]
+impl<T> Eq for Node<T> {}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "timer-queue")]
+impl<T> PartialEq for Node<T> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Node<T>) -> bool {
+        self.baseline == other.baseline
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "timer-queue")]
+impl<T> Ord for Node<T> {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Node<T>) -> Ordering {
+        self.baseline.cmp(&other.baseline)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "timer-queue")]
+impl<T> PartialOrd for Node<T> {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Node<T>) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct Slot<T>
 where