diff --git a/src/backgrounded.rs b/src/backgrounded.rs
index 37f8677..379e088 100644
--- a/src/backgrounded.rs
+++ b/src/backgrounded.rs
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ impl Backgrounded {
     {
         self.upload_id = Some(self.repo.create_upload().await?);
 
-        let stream = Box::pin(crate::stream::map_err(stream, |e| {
+        let stream = crate::stream::map_err(stream, |e| {
             std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e)
-        }));
+        });
 
         // use octet-stream, we don't know the upload's real type yet
         let identifier = store.save_stream(stream, APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM).await?;
diff --git a/src/ingest.rs b/src/ingest.rs
index 0698ea8..8ab486d 100644
--- a/src/ingest.rs
+++ b/src/ingest.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ where
         Err(e) => Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e)),
     });
 
-    let reader = Box::pin(tokio_util::io::StreamReader::new(stream));
+    let reader = tokio_util::io::StreamReader::new(stream);
 
     let hasher_reader = Hasher::new(reader);
     let hash_state = hasher_reader.state();
diff --git a/src/store.rs b/src/store.rs
index 9d7fcaa..02f4d81 100644
--- a/src/store.rs
+++ b/src/store.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pub(crate) trait Store: Clone + Debug {
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        Reader: AsyncRead + Unpin + 'static;
+        Reader: AsyncRead;
 
     async fn save_stream<S>(
         &self,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub(crate) trait Store: Clone + Debug {
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + 'static;
+        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>>;
 
     async fn save_bytes(
         &self,
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ where
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        Reader: AsyncRead + Unpin + 'static,
+        Reader: AsyncRead,
     {
         T::save_async_read(self, reader, content_type).await
     }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ where
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + 'static,
+        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>>,
     {
         T::save_stream(self, stream, content_type).await
     }
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ where
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        Reader: AsyncRead + Unpin + 'static,
+        Reader: AsyncRead,
     {
         T::save_async_read(self, reader, content_type).await
     }
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ where
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + 'static,
+        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>>,
     {
         T::save_stream(self, stream, content_type).await
     }
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ where
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        Reader: AsyncRead + Unpin + 'static,
+        Reader: AsyncRead,
     {
         T::save_async_read(self, reader, content_type).await
     }
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ where
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + 'static,
+        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>>,
     {
         T::save_stream(self, stream, content_type).await
     }
diff --git a/src/store/file_store.rs b/src/store/file_store.rs
index 1883706..ddf1819 100644
--- a/src/store/file_store.rs
+++ b/src/store/file_store.rs
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ impl Store for FileStore {
     #[tracing::instrument(skip(self, reader))]
     async fn save_async_read<Reader>(
         &self,
-        mut reader: Reader,
+        reader: Reader,
         _content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        Reader: AsyncRead + Unpin + 'static,
+        Reader: AsyncRead,
     {
+        let mut reader = std::pin::pin!(reader);
+
         let path = self.next_file().await?;
 
         if let Err(e) = self.safe_save_reader(&path, &mut reader).await {
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ impl Store for FileStore {
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + 'static,
+        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>>,
     {
         self.save_async_read(StreamReader::new(stream), content_type)
             .await
diff --git a/src/store/object_store.rs b/src/store/object_store.rs
index 354c1b5..093d939 100644
--- a/src/store/object_store.rs
+++ b/src/store/object_store.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fn payload_to_io_error(e: reqwest::Error) -> std::io::Error {
 #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(stream))]
 async fn read_chunk<S>(stream: &mut S) -> Result<BytesStream, ObjectError>
 where
-    S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + 'static,
+    S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin,
 {
     let mut buf = BytesStream::new();
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ impl Store for ObjectStore {
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        Reader: AsyncRead + Unpin + 'static,
+        Reader: AsyncRead,
     {
         self.save_stream(ReaderStream::with_capacity(reader, 1024 * 64), content_type)
             .await
@@ -238,12 +238,14 @@ impl Store for ObjectStore {
     #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     async fn save_stream<S>(
         &self,
-        mut stream: S,
+        stream: S,
         content_type: mime::Mime,
     ) -> Result<Arc<str>, StoreError>
     where
-        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>> + Unpin + 'static,
+        S: Stream<Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>>,
     {
+        let mut stream = std::pin::pin!(stream);
+
         let first_chunk = read_chunk(&mut stream).await?;
 
         if first_chunk.len() < CHUNK_SIZE {