diff --git a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
index f9bcc65de..b62616958 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ actix-web = "3.0.0-alpha.2"
 actix-http = "2.0.0-alpha.3"
 actix-codec = "0.2.0"
 bytes = "0.5.2"
-futures = "0.3.1"
+futures-channel = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false }
+futures-core = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false }
 pin-project = "0.4.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "1.0.0"
 env_logger = "0.7"
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false }
diff --git a/actix-web-actors/src/context.rs b/actix-web-actors/src/context.rs
index c889092d2..0839a4288 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/src/context.rs
+++ b/actix-web-actors/src/context.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ use actix::{
 };
 use actix_web::error::Error;
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::channel::oneshot::Sender;
-use futures::{Future, Stream};
+use futures_channel::oneshot::Sender;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 
 /// Execution context for http actors
 pub struct HttpContext<A>
diff --git a/actix-web-actors/src/ws.rs b/actix-web-actors/src/ws.rs
index b28aeade4..3f5972532 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/src/ws.rs
+++ b/actix-web-actors/src/ws.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Websocket integration
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::io;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ use actix_web::error::{Error, PayloadError};
 use actix_web::http::{header, Method, StatusCode};
 use actix_web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
-use futures::channel::oneshot::Sender;
-use futures::{Future, Stream};
+use futures_channel::oneshot::Sender;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 
 /// Do websocket handshake and start ws actor.
 pub fn start<A, T>(actor: A, req: &HttpRequest, stream: T) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error>
diff --git a/actix-web-actors/tests/test_ws.rs b/actix-web-actors/tests/test_ws.rs
index 076e375d3..25977c2c2 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/tests/test_ws.rs
+++ b/actix-web-actors/tests/test_ws.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use actix::prelude::*;
 use actix_web::{test, web, App, HttpRequest};
 use actix_web_actors::*;
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 
 struct Ws;