diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index 875f37b..f825cf1 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use qstring::QString;
 use serde_json;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::io::Cursor;
+use std::io::empty;
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref URL_BASE: Url = { Url::parse("http://localhost/").expect("Failed to parse URL_BASE") };
@@ -39,15 +41,18 @@ impl Default for Payload {
 impl Payload {
     fn into_read(self) -> (Option<usize>, Box<Read + 'static>) {
         match self {
-            Payload::Empty => (Some(0), Box::new(VecRead::from_str(""))),
+            Payload::Empty => (Some(0), Box::new(empty())),
             Payload::Text(s) => {
-                let read = VecRead::from_str(&s);
-                (Some(read.len()), Box::new(read))
+                let bytes = s.into_bytes();
+                let len = bytes.len();
+                let cursor = Cursor::new(bytes);
+                (Some(len), Box::new(cursor))
             }
             Payload::JSON(v) => {
-                let vec = serde_json::to_vec(&v).expect("Bad JSON in payload");
-                let read = VecRead::from_vec(vec);
-                (Some(read.len()), Box::new(read))
+                let bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&v).expect("Bad JSON in payload");
+                let len = bytes.len();
+                let cursor = Cursor::new(bytes);
+                (Some(len), Box::new(cursor))
             }
             Payload::Reader(read) => (None, read),
         }
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index ef0b487..0a4c82d 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -246,9 +246,10 @@ fn parse_status_line(line: &str) -> Result<((usize, usize), u16), Error> {
 impl FromStr for Response {
     type Err = Error;
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        let mut read = VecRead::from_str(s);
-        let mut resp = Self::do_from_read(&mut read)?;
-        resp.set_stream(Stream::Read(Box::new(read)));
+        let bytes = s.as_bytes().to_owned();
+        let mut cursor = Cursor::new(bytes);
+        let mut resp = Self::do_from_read(&mut cursor)?;
+        resp.set_stream(Stream::Read(Box::new(cursor)));
         Ok(resp)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/mod.rs b/src/test/mod.rs
index ce78344..d38a759 100644
--- a/src/test/mod.rs
+++ b/src/test/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use url::Url;
-use util::vecread::VecRead;
+use std::io::Cursor;
 
 mod agent_test;
 mod auth;
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ pub fn make_response(
     }
     write!(&mut buf, "\r\n").ok();
     buf.append(&mut body);
-    let read = VecRead::from_vec(buf);
+    let cursor = Cursor::new(buf);
     let write: Vec<u8> = vec![];
-    Ok(Stream::Test(Box::new(read), write))
+    Ok(Stream::Test(Box::new(cursor), write))
 }
 
 pub fn resolve_handler(req: &Request, url: &Url) -> Result<Stream, Error> {
diff --git a/src/util/vecread.rs b/src/util/vecread.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cc8def..0000000
--- a/src/util/vecread.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-use std::io::Read;
-use std::io::Result;
-
-pub struct VecRead {
-    bytes: Vec<u8>,
-    index: usize,
-}
-
-impl VecRead {
-    pub fn new(bytes: &[u8]) -> Self {
-        Self::from_vec(bytes.to_owned())
-    }
-    pub fn from_vec(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
-        VecRead {
-            bytes,
-            index: 0,
-        }
-    }
-    pub fn from_str(s: &str) -> Self {
-        Self::new(s.as_bytes())
-    }
-    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.bytes.len()
-    }
-}
-
-impl Read for VecRead {
-    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
-        let len = buf.len().min(self.bytes.len() - self.index);
-        (&mut buf[0..len]).copy_from_slice(&self.bytes[self.index..self.index + len]);
-        self.index += len;
-        Ok(len)
-    }
-}