diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index 5ccf31654..c31c19025 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ actix-rt = "1.0.0"
 base64 = "0.11"
 bytes = "0.5.3"
 derive_more = "0.99.2"
-futures-core = "0.3.1"
+futures-core = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false }
 log =" 0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ actix-server = "1.0.0"
 actix-tls = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.1", features = ["openssl", "rustls"] }
 brotli2 = "0.3.2"
 flate2 = "1.0.13"
-futures = "0.3.1"
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false }
 env_logger = "0.7"
 webpki = "0.21"
diff --git a/awc/src/lib.rs b/awc/src/lib.rs
index 952a15369..1cc31a194 100644
--- a/awc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/awc/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 //! An HTTP Client
 //!
 //! ```rust
-//! use futures::future::{lazy, Future};
 //! use actix_rt::System;
 //! use awc::Client;
 //!
diff --git a/awc/src/request.rs b/awc/src/request.rs
index 67b063a8e..21a7cd911 100644
--- a/awc/src/request.rs
+++ b/awc/src/request.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl ClientRequest {
     ///
     /// ```rust
     /// fn main() {
-    /// # actix_rt::System::new("test").block_on(futures::future::lazy(|_| {
+    /// # actix_rt::System::new("test").block_on(futures_util::future::lazy(|_| {
     ///     let req = awc::Client::new()
     ///         .get("http://www.rust-lang.org")
     ///         .set(awc::http::header::Date::now())
diff --git a/awc/src/response.rs b/awc/src/response.rs
index 20093c72d..ffc8c5408 100644
--- a/awc/src/response.rs
+++ b/awc/src/response.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use std::cell::{Ref, RefMut};
 use std::fmt;
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-use futures_core::{ready, Future, Stream};
+use futures_core::{ready, 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 983e730e1..5e0f5beec 100644
--- a/awc/src/sender.rs
+++ b/awc/src/sender.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::net;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use actix_rt::time::{delay_for, Delay};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use derive_more::From;
-use futures_core::{Future, Stream};
+use futures_core::Stream;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use actix_http::body::{Body, BodyStream};
diff --git a/awc/tests/test_client.rs b/awc/tests/test_client.rs
index 449734a9f..cc61f1006 100644
--- a/awc/tests/test_client.rs
+++ b/awc/tests/test_client.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
 use flate2::Compression;
-use futures::future::ok;
+use futures_util::future::ok;
 use rand::Rng;
 
 use actix_http::HttpService;
diff --git a/awc/tests/test_rustls_client.rs b/awc/tests/test_rustls_client.rs
index 7407a33fc..0c6be76d4 100644
--- a/awc/tests/test_rustls_client.rs
+++ b/awc/tests/test_rustls_client.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use actix_http_test::test_server;
 use actix_service::{map_config, pipeline_factory, ServiceFactory};
 use actix_web::http::Version;
 use actix_web::{dev::AppConfig, web, App, HttpResponse};
-use futures::future::ok;
+use futures_util::future::ok;
 use open_ssl::ssl::{SslAcceptor, SslFiletype, SslMethod, SslVerifyMode};
 use rust_tls::ClientConfig;
 
diff --git a/awc/tests/test_ssl_client.rs b/awc/tests/test_ssl_client.rs
index 8e128ad0c..b2a2e1785 100644
--- a/awc/tests/test_ssl_client.rs
+++ b/awc/tests/test_ssl_client.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use actix_http_test::test_server;
 use actix_service::{map_config, pipeline_factory, ServiceFactory};
 use actix_web::http::Version;
 use actix_web::{dev::AppConfig, web, App, HttpResponse};
-use futures::future::ok;
+use futures_util::future::ok;
 use open_ssl::ssl::{SslAcceptor, SslConnector, SslFiletype, SslMethod, SslVerifyMode};
 
 fn ssl_acceptor() -> SslAcceptor {
diff --git a/awc/tests/test_ws.rs b/awc/tests/test_ws.rs
index 779a4301c..d3f66814f 100644
--- a/awc/tests/test_ws.rs
+++ b/awc/tests/test_ws.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use actix_codec::Framed;
 use actix_http::{body::BodySize, h1, ws, Error, HttpService, Request, Response};
 use actix_http_test::test_server;
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::future::ok;
-use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use futures_util::future::ok;
+use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 
 async fn ws_service(req: ws::Frame) -> Result<ws::Message, io::Error> {
     match req {