diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8af8abe..e5a7754 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -927,18 +927,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "flume"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55ac459de2512911e4b674ce33cf20befaba382d05b62b008afc1c8b57cbf181"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
- "nanorand",
- "spin",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -1564,9 +1552,6 @@ name = "nanorand"
 version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6a51313c5820b0b02bd422f4b44776fbf47961755c74ce64afc73bfad10226c3"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
@@ -1836,7 +1821,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "diesel",
  "diesel-async",
  "diesel-derive-enum",
- "flume",
  "futures-core",
  "hex",
  "md-5",
@@ -2681,9 +2665,6 @@ name = "spin"
 version = "0.9.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
-dependencies = [
- "lock_api",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spki"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d52c770..2d011cc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ dashmap = "5.1.0"
 diesel = { version = "2.1.1", features = ["postgres_backend", "serde_json", "time", "uuid"] }
 diesel-async = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["bb8", "postgres"] }
 diesel-derive-enum = { version = "2.1.0", features = ["postgres"] }
-flume = "0.11.0"
 futures-core = "0.3"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 md-5 = "0.10.5"
diff --git a/src/middleware/payload.rs b/src/middleware/payload.rs
index 5f017dc..ad45c85 100644
--- a/src/middleware/payload.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/payload.rs
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ impl Drop for MetricsGuard {
     }
 }
 
-async fn drain(rx: flume::Receiver<actix_web::dev::Payload>) {
+async fn drain(mut rx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<actix_web::dev::Payload>) {
     let mut set = JoinSet::new();
 
-    while let Ok(payload) = rx.recv_async().await {
+    while let Some(payload) = rx.recv().await {
         tracing::trace!("drain: looping");
 
         // draining a payload is a best-effort task - if we can't collect in 2 minutes we bail
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ async fn drain(rx: flume::Receiver<actix_web::dev::Payload>) {
 struct DrainHandle(Option<Rc<tokio::task::JoinHandle<()>>>);
 
 pub(crate) struct Payload {
-    sender: flume::Sender<actix_web::dev::Payload>,
+    sender: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<actix_web::dev::Payload>,
     handle: DrainHandle,
 }
 pub(crate) struct PayloadMiddleware<S> {
     inner: S,
-    sender: flume::Sender<actix_web::dev::Payload>,
+    sender: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<actix_web::dev::Payload>,
     _handle: DrainHandle,
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct PayloadStream {
     inner: Option<actix_web::dev::Payload>,
-    sender: flume::Sender<actix_web::dev::Payload>,
+    sender: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<actix_web::dev::Payload>,
 }
 
 impl DrainHandle {
diff --git a/src/repo/postgres.rs b/src/repo/postgres.rs
index ebb4914..6a546a9 100644
--- a/src/repo/postgres.rs
+++ b/src/repo/postgres.rs
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ where
 
 async fn build_pool(
     postgres_url: &Url,
-    tx: flume::Sender<Notification>,
+    tx: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<Notification>,
     connector: Option<MakeRustlsConnect>,
     max_size: u32,
 ) -> Result<Pool<AsyncPgConnection>, ConnectPostgresError> {
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ impl PostgresRepo {
             .map(|u| u.into())
             .unwrap_or(1_usize);
 
-        let (tx, rx) = flume::bounded(10);
+        let (tx, rx) = crate::sync::channel(10);
 
         let pool = build_pool(
             &postgres_url,
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ type ConfigFn =
     Box<dyn Fn(&str) -> BoxFuture<'_, ConnectionResult<AsyncPgConnection>> + Send + Sync + 'static>;
 
 async fn delegate_notifications(
-    receiver: flume::Receiver<Notification>,
+    mut receiver: tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<Notification>,
     inner: Arc<Inner>,
     capacity: usize,
 ) {
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ async fn delegate_notifications(
 
     let keyed_notifier_state = KeyedNotifierState { inner: &inner };
 
-    while let Ok(notification) = receiver.recv_async().await {
+    while let Some(notification) = receiver.recv().await {
         tracing::trace!("delegate_notifications: looping");
         metrics::counter!(crate::init_metrics::POSTGRES_NOTIFICATION).increment(1);
 
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ async fn delegate_notifications(
 }
 
 fn build_handler(
-    sender: flume::Sender<Notification>,
+    sender: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<Notification>,
     connector: Option<MakeRustlsConnect>,
 ) -> ConfigFn {
     Box::new(
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ fn build_handler(
 }
 
 fn spawn_db_notification_task<S>(
-    sender: flume::Sender<Notification>,
+    sender: tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<Notification>,
     mut conn: Connection<Socket, S>,
 ) where
     S: tokio_postgres::tls::TlsStream + Send + Unpin + 'static,
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ fn spawn_db_notification_task<S>(
                     tracing::warn!("Database Notice {e:?}");
                 }
                 Ok(AsyncMessage::Notification(notification)) => {
-                    if sender.send_async(notification).await.is_err() {
+                    if sender.send(notification).await.is_err() {
                         tracing::warn!("Missed notification. Are we shutting down?");
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index 3235415..43dbd6d 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ where
     S: Stream + 'static,
     S::Item: Send + Sync,
 {
-    let (tx, rx) = crate::sync::channel(1);
+    let (tx, mut rx) = crate::sync::channel(1);
 
     let handle = crate::sync::abort_on_drop(crate::sync::spawn("send-stream", async move {
         let stream = std::pin::pin!(stream);
@@ -100,16 +100,14 @@ where
         while let Some(res) = streamer.next().await {
             tracing::trace!("make send tx: looping");
 
-            if tx.send_async(res).await.is_err() {
+            if tx.send(res).await.is_err() {
                 break;
             }
         }
     }));
 
     streem::from_fn(|yiedler| async move {
-        let mut stream = rx.into_stream().into_streamer();
-
-        while let Some(res) = stream.next().await {
+        while let Some(res) = rx.recv().await {
             tracing::trace!("make send rx: looping");
 
             yiedler.yield_(res).await;
@@ -124,20 +122,18 @@ where
     I: IntoIterator + Send + 'static,
     I::Item: Send + Sync,
 {
-    let (tx, rx) = crate::sync::channel(buffer);
+    let (tx, mut rx) = crate::sync::channel(buffer);
 
     let handle = crate::sync::spawn_blocking("blocking-iterator", move || {
         for value in iterator {
-            if tx.send(value).is_err() {
+            if tx.blocking_send(value).is_err() {
                 break;
             }
         }
     });
 
     streem::from_fn(|yielder| async move {
-        let mut stream = rx.into_stream().into_streamer();
-
-        while let Some(res) = stream.next().await {
+        while let Some(res) = rx.recv().await {
             tracing::trace!("from_iterator: looping");
 
             yielder.yield_(res).await;
diff --git a/src/sync.rs b/src/sync.rs
index 008e924..a00859a 100644
--- a/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src/sync.rs
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ impl<T> std::future::Future for DropHandle<T> {
 }
 
 #[track_caller]
-pub(crate) fn channel<T>(bound: usize) -> (flume::Sender<T>, flume::Receiver<T>) {
+pub(crate) fn channel<T>(
+    bound: usize,
+) -> (tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender<T>, tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver<T>) {
     let span = tracing::trace_span!(parent: None, "make channel");
     let guard = span.enter();
 
-    let channel = flume::bounded(bound);
+    let channel = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(bound);
 
     drop(guard);
     channel