diff --git a/actix-http/CHANGES.md b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
index 587abaf77..212ce6a15 100644
--- a/actix-http/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changes
 
-## [1.0.0] - 2019-12-xx
+## [1.0.0] - 2019-12-13
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index 63e3977a5..c0e7419c2 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ chrono = "0.4.6"
 derive_more = "0.99.2"
 either = "1.5.3"
 encoding_rs = "0.8"
-futures = "0.3.1"
+futures-core = "0.3.1"
+futures-util = "0.3.1"
+futures-channel = "0.3.1"
 fxhash = "0.2.1"
 h2 = "0.2.1"
 http = "0.2.0"
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ actix-server = "1.0.0"
 actix-connect = { version = "1.0.0", features=["openssl"] }
 actix-http-test = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.3", features=["openssl"] }
 actix-tls = { version = "1.0.0", features=["openssl"] }
+futures = "0.3.1"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 open-ssl = { version="0.10", package = "openssl" }
diff --git a/actix-http/src/body.rs b/actix-http/src/body.rs
index ecb12fc23..850f97ee4 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/body.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/body.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 use std::{fmt, mem};
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-use futures::Stream;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 use pin_project::{pin_project, project};
 
 use crate::error::Error;
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ where
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use futures::future::poll_fn;
+    use futures_util::future::poll_fn;
 
     impl Body {
         pub(crate) fn get_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/client/connection.rs b/actix-http/src/client/connection.rs
index 566769c5e..0ca788b32 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/client/connection.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/client/connection.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::{fmt, io, mem, time};
 
 use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, Framed};
 use bytes::{Buf, Bytes};
-use futures::future::{err, Either, Future, FutureExt, LocalBoxFuture, Ready};
+use futures_util::future::{err, Either, Future, FutureExt, LocalBoxFuture, Ready};
 use h2::client::SendRequest;
 use pin_project::{pin_project, project};
 
diff --git a/actix-http/src/client/connector.rs b/actix-http/src/client/connector.rs
index a06afa7b0..055d4276d 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/client/connector.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/client/connector.rs
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ where
 mod connect_impl {
     use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
-    use futures::future::{err, Either, Ready};
+    use futures_util::future::{err, Either, Ready};
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::client::connection::IoConnection;
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ mod connect_impl {
     use std::pin::Pin;
     use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
-    use futures::future::Either;
-    use futures::ready;
+    use futures_core::ready;
+    use futures_util::future::Either;
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::client::connection::EitherConnection;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/client/h1proto.rs b/actix-http/src/client/h1proto.rs
index db4dede71..a0a20edf6 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/client/h1proto.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/client/h1proto.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ use std::{io, mem, time};
 use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, Framed};
 use bytes::buf::BufMutExt;
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-use futures::future::poll_fn;
-use futures::{SinkExt, Stream, StreamExt};
+use futures_core::Stream;
+use futures_util::future::poll_fn;
+use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 
 use crate::error::PayloadError;
 use crate::h1;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/client/h2proto.rs b/actix-http/src/client/h2proto.rs
index ff8f21d00..eabf54e97 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/client/h2proto.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/client/h2proto.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::time;
 
 use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::future::poll_fn;
+use futures_util::future::poll_fn;
 use h2::{client::SendRequest, SendStream};
 use http::header::{HeaderValue, CONNECTION, CONTENT_LENGTH, TRANSFER_ENCODING};
 use http::{request::Request, Method, Version};
diff --git a/actix-http/src/client/pool.rs b/actix-http/src/client/pool.rs
index 0346c0614..acf76559a 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/client/pool.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/client/pool.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use actix_rt::time::{delay_for, Delay};
 use actix_service::Service;
 use actix_utils::{oneshot, task::LocalWaker};
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::future::{poll_fn, FutureExt, LocalBoxFuture};
+use futures_util::future::{poll_fn, FutureExt, LocalBoxFuture};
 use fxhash::FxHashMap;
 use h2::client::{handshake, Connection, SendRequest};
 use http::uri::Authority;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/config.rs b/actix-http/src/config.rs
index 77633bdc2..be949aaef 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/config.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/config.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::{fmt, net};
 
 use actix_rt::time::{delay_for, delay_until, Delay, Instant};
 use bytes::BytesMut;
-use futures::{future, FutureExt};
+use futures_util::{future, FutureExt};
 use time;
 
 // "Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT".len()
diff --git a/actix-http/src/encoding/decoder.rs b/actix-http/src/encoding/decoder.rs
index 10635b3b3..cdc4699d5 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/encoding/decoder.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/encoding/decoder.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use actix_threadpool::{run, CpuFuture};
 use brotli::DecompressorWriter;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use flate2::write::{GzDecoder, ZlibDecoder};
-use futures::{ready, Stream};
+use futures_core::{ready, Stream};
 
 use super::Writer;
 use crate::error::PayloadError;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/encoding/encoder.rs b/actix-http/src/encoding/encoder.rs
index c58e1f434..6ec122fa0 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/encoding/encoder.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/encoding/encoder.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use actix_threadpool::{run, CpuFuture};
 use brotli::CompressorWriter;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use flate2::write::{GzEncoder, ZlibEncoder};
+use futures_core::ready;
 
 use crate::body::{Body, BodySize, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
 use crate::http::header::{ContentEncoding, CONTENT_ENCODING};
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ impl<B: MessageBody> MessageBody for Encoder<B> {
             }
 
             if let Some(ref mut fut) = self.fut {
-                let mut encoder = match futures::ready!(Pin::new(fut).poll(cx)) {
+                let mut encoder = match ready!(Pin::new(fut).poll(cx)) {
                     Ok(item) => item,
                     Err(e) => return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(e.into()))),
                 };
diff --git a/actix-http/src/error.rs b/actix-http/src/error.rs
index 512b14ca7..bb18184d8 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/error.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/error.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub use actix_threadpool::BlockingError;
 use actix_utils::timeout::TimeoutError;
 use bytes::BytesMut;
 use derive_more::{Display, From};
-pub use futures::channel::oneshot::Canceled;
+pub use futures_channel::oneshot::Canceled;
 use http::uri::InvalidUri;
 use http::{header, Error as HttpError, StatusCode};
 use httparse;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/codec.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/codec.rs
index 5b75a4e56..de2af9ee7 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/codec.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/codec.rs
@@ -195,17 +195,11 @@ impl Encoder for Codec {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use std::{cmp, io};
-
-    use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
-    use bytes::{Buf, Bytes, BytesMut};
-    use http::{Method, Version};
+    use bytes::BytesMut;
+    use http::Method;
 
     use super::*;
-    use crate::error::ParseError;
-    use crate::h1::Message;
     use crate::httpmessage::HttpMessage;
-    use crate::request::Request;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_http_request_chunked_payload_and_next_message() {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
index 1147465be..6b37be683 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/dispatcher.rs
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ where
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use actix_service::IntoService;
-    use futures::future::{lazy, ok};
+    use futures_util::future::{lazy, ok};
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::error::Error;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs
index c3426c6e0..4689906b4 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs
@@ -521,12 +521,14 @@ fn write_camel_case(value: &[u8], buffer: &mut [u8]) {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::rc::Rc;
+
     use bytes::Bytes;
-    //use std::rc::Rc;
+    use http::header::AUTHORIZATION;
 
     use super::*;
     use crate::http::header::{HeaderValue, CONTENT_TYPE};
-    use http::header::AUTHORIZATION;
+    use crate::RequestHead;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_chunked_te() {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/expect.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/expect.rs
index 187999358..6c08df08e 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/expect.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/expect.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use actix_service::{Service, ServiceFactory};
-use futures::future::{ok, Ready};
+use futures_util::future::{ok, Ready};
 
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::request::Request;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/payload.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/payload.rs
index abf42dc89..6a348810c 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/payload.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/payload.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use actix_utils::task::LocalWaker;
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::Stream;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 
 use crate::error::PayloadError;
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ impl Inner {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use futures::future::poll_fn;
+    use futures_util::future::poll_fn;
 
     #[actix_rt::test]
     async fn test_unread_data() {
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/service.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/service.rs
index 6d5123843..fb5514da3 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/service.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/service.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use std::{fmt, net};
 use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, Framed};
 use actix_rt::net::TcpStream;
 use actix_service::{pipeline_factory, IntoServiceFactory, Service, ServiceFactory};
-use futures::future::{ok, Ready};
-use futures::ready;
+use futures_core::ready;
+use futures_util::future::{ok, Ready};
 
 use crate::body::MessageBody;
 use crate::cloneable::CloneableService;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h1/upgrade.rs b/actix-http/src/h1/upgrade.rs
index d02d4f075..22ba99e26 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h1/upgrade.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h1/upgrade.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use actix_codec::Framed;
 use actix_service::{Service, ServiceFactory};
-use futures::future::Ready;
+use futures_util::future::Ready;
 
 use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::h1::Codec;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h2/mod.rs b/actix-http/src/h2/mod.rs
index 6ba29bbcf..b00969227 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h2/mod.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h2/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::Stream;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 use h2::RecvStream;
 
 mod dispatcher;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/h2/service.rs b/actix-http/src/h2/service.rs
index 91d721baf..7cae99f5b 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/h2/service.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/h2/service.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ use actix_service::{
     ServiceFactory,
 };
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::future::ok;
-use futures::ready;
+use futures_core::ready;
+use futures_util::future::ok;
 use h2::server::{self, Handshake};
 use log::error;
 
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ mod openssl {
 #[cfg(feature = "rustls")]
 mod rustls {
     use super::*;
-    use actix_tls::rustls::{Acceptor, ServerConfig, Session, TlsStream};
+    use actix_tls::rustls::{Acceptor, ServerConfig, TlsStream};
     use actix_tls::SslError;
-    use std::{fmt, io};
+    use std::io;
 
     impl<S, B> H2Service<TlsStream<TcpStream>, S, B>
     where
diff --git a/actix-http/src/payload.rs b/actix-http/src/payload.rs
index 9f7f2a31f..54de6ed93 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/payload.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/payload.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::Stream;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 use h2::RecvStream;
 
 use crate::error::PayloadError;
diff --git a/actix-http/src/response.rs b/actix-http/src/response.rs
index be62151be..fcdcd7cdf 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/response.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/response.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 use std::{fmt, str};
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-use futures::stream::Stream;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json;
 
diff --git a/actix-http/src/service.rs b/actix-http/src/service.rs
index cb7e541ee..2d934cc19 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/service.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/service.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use actix_codec::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, Framed};
 use actix_rt::net::TcpStream;
 use actix_service::{pipeline_factory, IntoServiceFactory, Service, ServiceFactory};
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::{future::ok, ready, Future};
+use futures_core::{ready, Future};
+use futures_util::future::ok;
 use h2::server::{self, Handshake};
 use pin_project::{pin_project, project};
 
diff --git a/awc/CHANGES.md b/awc/CHANGES.md
index f4923db88..726a6d666 100644
--- a/awc/CHANGES.md
+++ b/awc/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.0.0] - 2019-12-13
+
+* Release
+
 ## [1.0.0-alpha.3]
 
 * Migrate to `std::future`
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index a183b9fee..a84e7295c 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ actix-rt = "1.0.0"
 base64 = "0.11"
 bytes = "0.5.2"
 derive_more = "0.99.2"
-futures = "0.3.1"
+futures-core = "0.3.1"
 log =" 0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@ actix-server = "1.0.0"
 actix-tls = { version = "1.0.0", features=["openssl", "rustls"] }
 brotli = "3.3.0"
 flate2 = "1.0.13"
+futures = "0.3.1"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 webpki = "0.21"
diff --git a/awc/src/connect.rs b/awc/src/connect.rs
index 59a909df5..618d653f5 100644
--- a/awc/src/connect.rs
+++ b/awc/src/connect.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ use actix_http::h1::ClientCodec;
 use actix_http::http::HeaderMap;
 use actix_http::{RequestHead, RequestHeadType, ResponseHead};
 use actix_service::Service;
-use futures::future::{FutureExt, LocalBoxFuture};
 
 use crate::response::ClientResponse;
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) trait Connect {
         head: RequestHead,
         body: Body,
         addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    ) -> LocalBoxFuture<'static, Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>;
+    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>>>;
 
     fn send_request_extra(
         &mut self,
@@ -32,16 +32,22 @@ pub(crate) trait Connect {
         extra_headers: Option<HeaderMap>,
         body: Body,
         addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    ) -> LocalBoxFuture<'static, Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>;
+    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>>>;
 
     /// Send request, returns Response and Framed
     fn open_tunnel(
         &mut self,
         head: RequestHead,
         addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    ) -> LocalBoxFuture<
-        'static,
-        Result<(ResponseHead, Framed<BoxedSocket, ClientCodec>), SendRequestError>,
+    ) -> Pin<
+        Box<
+            dyn Future<
+                Output = Result<
+                    (ResponseHead, Framed<BoxedSocket, ClientCodec>),
+                    SendRequestError,
+                >,
+            >,
+        >,
     >;
 
     /// Send request and extra headers, returns Response and Framed
@@ -50,9 +56,15 @@ pub(crate) trait Connect {
         head: Rc<RequestHead>,
         extra_headers: Option<HeaderMap>,
         addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    ) -> LocalBoxFuture<
-        'static,
-        Result<(ResponseHead, Framed<BoxedSocket, ClientCodec>), SendRequestError>,
+    ) -> Pin<
+        Box<
+            dyn Future<
+                Output = Result<
+                    (ResponseHead, Framed<BoxedSocket, ClientCodec>),
+                    SendRequestError,
+                >,
+            >,
+        >,
     >;
 }
 
@@ -70,14 +82,14 @@ where
         head: RequestHead,
         body: Body,
         addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    ) -> LocalBoxFuture<'static, Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>> {
+    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>>> {
         // connect to the host
         let fut = self.0.call(ClientConnect {
             uri: head.uri.clone(),
             addr,
         });
 
-        async move {
+        Box::pin(async move {
             let connection = fut.await?;
 
             // send request
@@ -85,8 +97,7 @@ where
                 .send_request(RequestHeadType::from(head), body)
                 .await
                 .map(|(head, payload)| ClientResponse::new(head, payload))
-        }
-            .boxed_local()
+        })
     }
 
     fn send_request_extra(
@@ -95,14 +106,14 @@ where
         extra_headers: Option<HeaderMap>,
         body: Body,
         addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    ) -> LocalBoxFuture<'static, Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>> {
+    ) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>>> {
         // connect to the host
         let fut = self.0.call(ClientConnect {
             uri: head.uri.clone(),
             addr,
         });
 
-        async move {
+        Box::pin(async move {
             let connection = fut.await?;
 
             // send request
@@ -111,17 +122,22 @@ where
                 .await?;
 
             Ok(ClientResponse::new(head, payload))
-        }
-            .boxed_local()
+        })
     }
 
     fn open_tunnel(
         &mut self,
         head: RequestHead,
         addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    ) -> LocalBoxFuture<
-        'static,
-        Result<(ResponseHead, Framed<BoxedSocket, ClientCodec>), SendRequestError>,
+    ) -> Pin<
+        Box<
+            dyn Future<
+                Output = Result<
+                    (ResponseHead, Framed<BoxedSocket, ClientCodec>),
+                    SendRequestError,
+                >,
+            >,
+        >,
     > {
         // connect to the host
         let fut = self.0.call(ClientConnect {
@@ -129,7 +145,7 @@ where
             addr,
         });
 
-        async move {
+        Box::pin(async move {
             let connection = fut.await?;
 
             // send request
@@ -138,8 +154,7 @@ where
 
             let framed = framed.map_io(|io| BoxedSocket(Box::new(Socket(io))));
             Ok((head, framed))
-        }
-            .boxed_local()
+        })
     }
 
     fn open_tunnel_extra(
@@ -147,9 +162,15 @@ where
         head: Rc<RequestHead>,
         extra_headers: Option<HeaderMap>,
         addr: Option<net::SocketAddr>,
-    ) -> LocalBoxFuture<
-        'static,
-        Result<(ResponseHead, Framed<BoxedSocket, ClientCodec>), SendRequestError>,
+    ) -> Pin<
+        Box<
+            dyn Future<
+                Output = Result<
+                    (ResponseHead, Framed<BoxedSocket, ClientCodec>),
+                    SendRequestError,
+                >,
+            >,
+        >,
     > {
         // connect to the host
         let fut = self.0.call(ClientConnect {
@@ -157,7 +178,7 @@ where
             addr,
         });
 
-        async move {
+        Box::pin(async move {
             let connection = fut.await?;
 
             // send request
@@ -167,8 +188,7 @@ where
 
             let framed = framed.map_io(|io| BoxedSocket(Box::new(Socket(io))));
             Ok((head, framed))
-        }
-            .boxed_local()
+        })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/awc/src/frozen.rs b/awc/src/frozen.rs
index 748a15d3b..f7098863c 100644
--- a/awc/src/frozen.rs
+++ b/awc/src/frozen.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::Stream;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use actix_http::body::Body;
diff --git a/awc/src/request.rs b/awc/src/request.rs
index e8434aea9..67b063a8e 100644
--- a/awc/src/request.rs
+++ b/awc/src/request.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{fmt, net};
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::Stream;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 use percent_encoding::percent_encode;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
diff --git a/awc/src/response.rs b/awc/src/response.rs
index c1cbf9e25..20093c72d 100644
--- a/awc/src/response.rs
+++ b/awc/src/response.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-use futures::{ready, Future, Stream};
+use futures_core::{ready, Future, Stream};
 
 use actix_http::cookie::Cookie;
 use actix_http::error::{CookieParseError, PayloadError};
diff --git a/awc/src/sender.rs b/awc/src/sender.rs
index f6142ab2a..7381e77b7 100644
--- a/awc/src/sender.rs
+++ b/awc/src/sender.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use actix_rt::time::{delay_for, Delay};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use derive_more::From;
-use futures::{future::LocalBoxFuture, ready, Future, Stream};
+use futures_core::{ready, Future, Stream};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json;
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl Into<SendRequestError> for PrepForSendingError {
 #[must_use = "futures do nothing unless polled"]
 pub enum SendClientRequest {
     Fut(
-        LocalBoxFuture<'static, Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>,
+        Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>>>,
         Option<Delay>,
         bool,
     ),
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub enum SendClientRequest {
 
 impl SendClientRequest {
     pub(crate) fn new(
-        send: LocalBoxFuture<'static, Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>,
+        send: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<ClientResponse, SendRequestError>>>>,
         response_decompress: bool,
         timeout: Option<Duration>,
     ) -> SendClientRequest {