diff --git a/lib/createInlinePluginCreator.js b/lib/createInlinePluginCreator.js
index fbe4d40..1b625f9 100644
--- a/lib/createInlinePluginCreator.js
+++ b/lib/createInlinePluginCreator.js
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ const hasChangedDeep = require("./hasChangedDeep");
 function createInlinePluginCreator(packages, multiContext, synchronizer) {
 	// Vars.
 	const { cwd } = multiContext;
-	const { todo, waitForAll, announceForAll, emit, getLucky } = synchronizer;
-
-	// Announcement of readiness for release.
-	announceForAll("_readyToGenerateNotes");
-	announceForAll("_readyForRelease");
+	const { todo, waitFor, waitForAll, emit, getLucky } = synchronizer;
 
 	/**
 	 * Update pkg deps.
@@ -172,7 +168,7 @@ function createInlinePluginCreator(packages, multiContext, synchronizer) {
 
 			// Wait until the current pkg is ready to generate notes
 			getLucky("_readyToGenerateNotes", pkg);
-			await pkg._readyToGenerateNotes;
+			await waitFor("_readyToGenerateNotes", pkg);
 
 			// Update pkg deps.
 			updateManifestDeps(pkg, path);
diff --git a/lib/getSynchronizer.js b/lib/getSynchronizer.js
index f0fe85a..0dc7f7b 100644
--- a/lib/getSynchronizer.js
+++ b/lib/getSynchronizer.js
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ const { identity } = require("lodash");
 /**
  * Cross-packages synchronization context.
  * @typedef Synchronizer
- * @param {EventEmitter} ee Shared signal bus
+ * @param {EventEmitter} ee Shared event emitter class.
  * @param {Function} todo Gets the list of packages which are still todo
- * @params {Function} waitForAll return a promise that waits until all the packages have the same target probe value.
- * @params {Function} announce Attach expected state promise to target package.
- * @params {Function} announceForAll Attach expected state promise to all packages.
+ * @param {Function} once Memoized event subscriber.
+ * @param {Function} emit Memoized event emitter.
+ * @params {Function} waitFor Function returns a promise that waits until the package has target probe value.
+ * @params {Function} waitForAll Function returns a promise that waits until all the packages have the same target probe value.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -28,17 +29,22 @@ const getSynchronizer = (packages) => {
 		evt: {},
 		subscr: {},
 	};
+
 	const emit = (probe, pkg) => {
 		const name = getEventName(probe, pkg);
-
 		return store.evt[name] || (store.evt[name] = ee.emit(name));
 	};
+
 	const once = (probe, pkg) => {
 		const name = getEventName(probe, pkg);
-
 		return store.evt[name] || store.subscr[name] || (store.subscr[name] = ee.once(name));
 	};
 
+	const waitFor = (probe, pkg) => {
+		const name = getEventName(probe, pkg);
+		return pkg[name] || (pkg[name] = once(probe, pkg));
+	};
+
 	// Status sync point.
 	const waitForAll = (probe, filter = identity) => {
 		const promise = once(probe);
@@ -54,9 +60,6 @@ const getSynchronizer = (packages) => {
 		return promise;
 	};
 
-	const announce = (probe, pkg) => (pkg[probe] = once(probe, pkg));
-	const announceForAll = (probe) => todo().forEach((p) => announce(probe, p));
-
 	// Only the first lucky package passes the probe.
 	const getLucky = (probe, pkg) => {
 		if (getLucky[probe]) {
@@ -71,8 +74,7 @@ const getSynchronizer = (packages) => {
 		emit,
 		once,
 		todo,
-		announce,
-		announceForAll,
+		waitFor,
 		waitForAll,
 		getLucky,
 	};
diff --git a/lib/multiSemanticRelease.js b/lib/multiSemanticRelease.js
index 00e1613..fa2516a 100644
--- a/lib/multiSemanticRelease.js
+++ b/lib/multiSemanticRelease.js
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@ async function multiSemanticRelease(
 
 	// Shared signal bus.
 	const synchronizer = getSynchronizer(packages);
-	const { getLucky } = synchronizer;
+	const { getLucky, waitFor } = synchronizer;
 
 	// Release all packages.
 	const createInlinePlugin = createInlinePluginCreator(packages, multiContext, synchronizer);
 	await Promise.all(
 		packages.map(async (pkg) => {
-			// Avoid hypothetical concurrent initialization collisions.
+			// Avoid hypothetical concurrent initialization collisions / throttling issues.
 			// https://github.com/dhoulb/multi-semantic-release/issues/24
 			if (flags.sequentialInit) {
 				getLucky("_readyForRelease", pkg);
-				await pkg._readyForRelease;
+				await waitFor("_readyForRelease", pkg);
 			}
 
 			return releasePackage(pkg, createInlinePlugin, multiContext);