diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ffc7886..c360ce0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dashmap",
  "dotenv",
  "flume",
- "futures-util",
  "http-signature-normalization-actix",
  "http-signature-normalization-reqwest",
  "lru",
@@ -427,6 +426,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sled",
+ "streem",
  "teloxide",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
@@ -3064,6 +3064,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "der",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "streem"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56bcbf3c75c402c87b9a1947202c83bbc566ba9f4b788ee3d39db75f20c840a2"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "string_cache"
 version = "0.8.7"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 370982e..f3e58d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ console-subscriber = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 dashmap = "5.1.0"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 flume = "0.11.0"
-futures-util = "0.3.17"
 lru = "0.11.0"
 metrics = "0.21.0"
 metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false, features = [
@@ -80,6 +79,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = [
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "sync"] }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
+streem = "0.1.0"
 
 [dependencies.background-jobs]
 version = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/src/extractors.rs b/src/extractors.rs
index 3226398..385ce9a 100644
--- a/src/extractors.rs
+++ b/src/extractors.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ use actix_web::{
     FromRequest, HttpMessage, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, ResponseError,
 };
 use bcrypt::{BcryptError, DEFAULT_COST};
-use futures_util::future::LocalBoxFuture;
 use http_signature_normalization_actix::{prelude::InvalidHeaderValue, Canceled, Spawn};
 use std::{convert::Infallible, str::FromStr, time::Instant};
 use tracing_error::SpanTrace;
 
-use crate::{db::Db, spawner::Spawner};
+use crate::{db::Db, future::LocalBoxFuture, spawner::Spawner};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct AdminConfig {
diff --git a/src/future.rs b/src/future.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..905a931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/future.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin};
+
+pub(crate) type LocalBoxFuture<'a, T> = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = T> + 'a>>;
diff --git a/src/jobs/deliver_many.rs b/src/jobs/deliver_many.rs
index fc9107c..f932a12 100644
--- a/src/jobs/deliver_many.rs
+++ b/src/jobs/deliver_many.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{
     error::Error,
+    future::LocalBoxFuture,
     jobs::{debug_object, Deliver, JobState},
 };
 use activitystreams::iri_string::types::IriString;
 use background_jobs::ActixJob;
-use futures_util::future::LocalBoxFuture;
 
 #[derive(Clone, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 pub(crate) struct DeliverMany {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index eaa6d3d..0373afb 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ mod data;
 mod db;
 mod error;
 mod extractors;
+mod future;
 mod jobs;
 mod middleware;
 mod requests;
diff --git a/src/middleware/payload.rs b/src/middleware/payload.rs
index bae7774..c23a271 100644
--- a/src/middleware/payload.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/payload.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ use actix_web::{
     web::BytesMut,
     HttpMessage,
 };
-use futures_util::{
-    future::TryFutureExt,
-    stream::{once, TryStreamExt},
-};
 use std::{
     future::{ready, Ready},
     task::{Context, Poll},
 };
+use streem::IntoStreamer;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct DebugPayload(pub bool);
@@ -53,19 +50,23 @@ where
 
     fn call(&self, mut req: ServiceRequest) -> Self::Future {
         if self.0 && req.method() == Method::POST {
-            let pl = req.take_payload();
+            let mut pl = req.take_payload().into_streamer();
+
             req.set_payload(Payload::Stream {
-                payload: Box::pin(once(
-                    pl.try_fold(BytesMut::new(), |mut acc, bytes| async {
-                        acc.extend(bytes);
-                        Ok(acc)
-                    })
-                    .map_ok(|bytes| {
-                        let bytes = bytes.freeze();
-                        tracing::info!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes));
-                        bytes
-                    }),
-                )),
+                payload: Box::pin(streem::try_from_fn(|yielder| async move {
+                    let mut buf = BytesMut::new();
+
+                    while let Some(bytes) = pl.try_next().await? {
+                        buf.extend(bytes);
+                    }
+
+                    let bytes = buf.freeze();
+                    tracing::info!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes));
+
+                    yielder.yield_ok(bytes).await;
+
+                    Ok(())
+                })),
             });
 
             self.1.call(req)
diff --git a/src/middleware/webfinger.rs b/src/middleware/webfinger.rs
index 9ccbe0e..0590408 100644
--- a/src/middleware/webfinger.rs
+++ b/src/middleware/webfinger.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{
     config::{Config, UrlKind},
     data::State,
+    future::LocalBoxFuture,
 };
 use actix_web::web::Data;
 use actix_webfinger::{Resolver, Webfinger};
-use futures_util::future::LocalBoxFuture;
 use rsa_magic_public_key::AsMagicPublicKey;
 
 pub(crate) struct RelayResolver;