diff --git a/http/README.md b/http/README.md
index 67c578f317..2c9a908532 100644
--- a/http/README.md
+++ b/http/README.md
@@ -5,22 +5,13 @@ A framework for creating HTTP/HTTPS server.
 ## Example
 
 ```typescript
-import { createServer } from "https://deno.land/x/http/server.ts";
-import { encode } from "https://deno.land/x/strings/strings.ts";
+import { serve } from "https://deno.land/x/http/server.ts";
+const s = serve("0.0.0.0:8000");
 
 async function main() {
-  const server = createServer();
-  server.handle("/", async (req, res) => {
-    await res.respond({
-      status: 200,
-      body: encode("ok")
-    });
-  });
-  server.handle(new RegExp("/foo/(?<id>.+)"), async (req, res) => {
-    const { id } = req.match.groups;
-    await res.respondJson({ id });
-  });
-  server.listen("127.0.0.1:8080");
+  for await (const req of s) {
+    req.respond({ body: new TextEncoder().encode("Hello World\n") });
+  }
 }
 
 main();
diff --git a/http/file_server.ts b/http/file_server.ts
index 4aebd49579..1f3fdd5861 100755
--- a/http/file_server.ts
+++ b/http/file_server.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   listenAndServe,
   ServerRequest,
   setContentLength,
-  ServerResponse
+  Response
 } from "./server.ts";
 import { cwd, DenoError, ErrorKind, args, stat, readDir, open } from "deno";
 import { extname } from "../fs/path.ts";
@@ -195,14 +195,14 @@ async function serveFallback(req: ServerRequest, e: Error) {
   }
 }
 
-function serverLog(req: ServerRequest, res: ServerResponse) {
+function serverLog(req: ServerRequest, res: Response) {
   const d = new Date().toISOString();
   const dateFmt = `[${d.slice(0, 10)} ${d.slice(11, 19)}]`;
   const s = `${dateFmt} "${req.method} ${req.url} ${req.proto}" ${res.status}`;
   console.log(s);
 }
 
-function setCORS(res: ServerResponse) {
+function setCORS(res: Response) {
   if (!res.headers) {
     res.headers = new Headers();
   }
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ function setCORS(res: ServerResponse) {
   );
 }
 
-listenAndServe(addr, async (req, res) => {
+listenAndServe(addr, async req => {
   const fileName = req.url.replace(/\/$/, "");
   const filePath = currentDir + fileName;
 
-  let response: ServerResponse;
+  let response: Response;
 
   try {
     const fileInfo = await stat(filePath);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ listenAndServe(addr, async (req, res) => {
       setCORS(response);
     }
     serverLog(req, response);
-    res.respond(response);
+    req.respond(response);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/http/http_bench.ts b/http/http_bench.ts
index 8ca3bb33c0..d80b2b103e 100644
--- a/http/http_bench.ts
+++ b/http/http_bench.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import * as deno from "deno";
-import { serve } from "./server.ts";
+import { serve } from "./mod.ts";
 
 const addr = deno.args[1] || "127.0.0.1:4500";
 const server = serve(addr);
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@ const server = serve(addr);
 const body = new TextEncoder().encode("Hello World");
 
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    for await (const request of server) {
-      await request.responder.respond({ status: 200, body });
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log(e.stack);
-    console.error(e);
+  for await (const request of server) {
+    await request.respond({ status: 200, body });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/http/readers.ts b/http/readers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f14955755c..0000000000
--- a/http/readers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-import { Reader, ReadResult } from "deno";
-import { BufReader } from "../io/bufio.ts";
-import { TextProtoReader } from "../textproto/mod.ts";
-import { assert } from "../testing/mod.ts";
-
-export class BodyReader implements Reader {
-  total: number;
-  bufReader: BufReader;
-
-  constructor(reader: Reader, private contentLength: number) {
-    this.total = 0;
-    this.bufReader = new BufReader(reader);
-  }
-
-  async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<ReadResult> {
-    if (p.length > this.contentLength - this.total) {
-      const buf = new Uint8Array(this.contentLength - this.total);
-      const [nread, err] = await this.bufReader.readFull(buf);
-      if (err && err !== "EOF") {
-        throw err;
-      }
-      p.set(buf);
-      this.total += nread;
-      assert.assert(
-        this.total === this.contentLength,
-        `${this.total}, ${this.contentLength}`
-      );
-      return { nread, eof: true };
-    } else {
-      const { nread } = await this.bufReader.read(p);
-      this.total += nread;
-      return { nread, eof: false };
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export class ChunkedBodyReader implements Reader {
-  bufReader = new BufReader(this.reader);
-  tpReader = new TextProtoReader(this.bufReader);
-
-  constructor(private reader: Reader) {}
-
-  chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];
-  crlfBuf = new Uint8Array(2);
-  finished: boolean = false;
-
-  async read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<ReadResult> {
-    const [line, sizeErr] = await this.tpReader.readLine();
-    if (sizeErr) {
-      throw sizeErr;
-    }
-    const len = parseInt(line, 16);
-    if (len === 0) {
-      this.finished = true;
-      await this.bufReader.readFull(this.crlfBuf);
-      return { nread: 0, eof: true };
-    } else {
-      const buf = new Uint8Array(len);
-      await this.bufReader.readFull(buf);
-      await this.bufReader.readFull(this.crlfBuf);
-      this.chunks.push(buf);
-    }
-    const buf = this.chunks[0];
-    if (buf) {
-      if (buf.byteLength <= p.byteLength) {
-        p.set(buf);
-        this.chunks.shift();
-        return { nread: buf.byteLength, eof: false };
-      } else {
-        p.set(buf.slice(0, p.byteLength));
-        this.chunks[0] = buf.slice(p.byteLength, buf.byteLength);
-        return { nread: p.byteLength, eof: false };
-      }
-    } else {
-      return { nread: 0, eof: true };
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/http/readers_test.ts b/http/readers_test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fd379febb..0000000000
--- a/http/readers_test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { assert, runTests, test } from "../testing/mod.ts";
-import { ChunkedBodyReader } from "./readers.ts";
-import { StringReader } from "../io/readers.ts";
-import { Buffer, copy } from "deno";
-
-test(async function httpChunkedBodyReader() {
-  const chunked = "3\r\nabc\r\n5\r\ndefgh\r\n0\r\n\r\n";
-  const r = new ChunkedBodyReader(new StringReader(chunked));
-  const w = new Buffer();
-  await copy(w, r);
-  assert.equal(w.toString(), "abcdefgh");
-});
diff --git a/http/server.ts b/http/server.ts
index a80becbd5a..400171fc5b 100644
--- a/http/server.ts
+++ b/http/server.ts
@@ -1,90 +1,63 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-
-import { Conn, copy, listen, Reader, toAsyncIterator, Writer } from "deno";
-import { BufReader, BufWriter } from "../io/bufio.ts";
+import { listen, Conn, toAsyncIterator, Reader, Writer, copy } from "deno";
+import { BufReader, BufState, BufWriter } from "../io/bufio.ts";
 import { TextProtoReader } from "../textproto/mod.ts";
 import { STATUS_TEXT } from "./http_status.ts";
 import { assert } from "../testing/mod.ts";
-import { defer, Deferred } from "../util/deferred.ts";
-import { BodyReader, ChunkedBodyReader } from "./readers.ts";
-import { encode } from "../strings/strings.ts";
 
-/** basic handler for http request */
-export type HttpHandler = (req: ServerRequest, res: ServerResponder) => unknown;
-
-export type ServerRequest = {
-  /** request path with queries. always begin with / */
-  url: string;
-  /** HTTP method */
-  method: string;
-  /** requested protocol. like HTTP/1.1 */
-  proto: string;
-  /** HTTP Headers */
-  headers: Headers;
-  /** matched result for path pattern  */
-  match: RegExpMatchArray;
-  /** body stream. body with "transfer-encoding: chunked" will automatically be combined into original data */
-  body: Reader;
-};
-
-/** basic responder for http response */
-export interface ServerResponder {
-  respond(response: ServerResponse): Promise<void>;
-
-  respondJson(obj: any, headers?: Headers): Promise<void>;
-
-  respondText(text: string, headers?: Headers): Promise<void>;
-
-  readonly isResponded: boolean;
+interface Deferred {
+  promise: Promise<{}>;
+  resolve: () => void;
+  reject: () => void;
 }
 
-export interface ServerResponse {
-  /**
-   * HTTP status code
-   * @default 200 */
-  status?: number;
-  headers?: Headers;
-  body?: Uint8Array | Reader;
+function deferred(): Deferred {
+  let resolve, reject;
+  const promise = new Promise((res, rej) => {
+    resolve = res;
+    reject = rej;
+  });
+  return {
+    promise,
+    resolve,
+    reject
+  };
 }
 
 interface ServeEnv {
-  reqQueue: { req: ServerRequest; conn: Conn }[];
+  reqQueue: ServerRequest[];
   serveDeferred: Deferred;
 }
 
 /** Continuously read more requests from conn until EOF
  * Calls maybeHandleReq.
+ * bufr is empty on a fresh TCP connection.
+ * Would be passed around and reused for later request on same conn
  * TODO: make them async function after this change is done
  * https://github.com/tc39/ecma262/pull/1250
  * See https://v8.dev/blog/fast-async
  */
-function serveConn(env: ServeEnv, conn: Conn) {
-  readRequest(conn)
-    .then(maybeHandleReq.bind(null, env, conn))
-    .catch(e => {
-      conn.close();
-    });
+function serveConn(env: ServeEnv, conn: Conn, bufr?: BufReader) {
+  readRequest(conn, bufr).then(maybeHandleReq.bind(null, env, conn));
 }
 
-function maybeHandleReq(env: ServeEnv, conn: Conn, req: ServerRequest) {
-  env.reqQueue.push({ conn, req }); // push req to queue
+function maybeHandleReq(env: ServeEnv, conn: Conn, maybeReq: any) {
+  const [req, _err] = maybeReq;
+  if (_err) {
+    conn.close(); // assume EOF for now...
+    return;
+  }
+  env.reqQueue.push(req); // push req to queue
   env.serveDeferred.resolve(); // signal while loop to process it
 }
 
-/**
- * iterate new http request asynchronously
- * @param addr listening address. like 127.0.0.1:80
- * @param cancel deferred object for cancellation of serving
- * */
-export async function* serve(
-  addr: string,
-  cancel: Deferred = defer()
-): AsyncIterableIterator<{ req: ServerRequest; res: ServerResponder }> {
+export async function* serve(addr: string) {
   const listener = listen("tcp", addr);
   const env: ServeEnv = {
     reqQueue: [], // in case multiple promises are ready
-    serveDeferred: defer()
+    serveDeferred: deferred()
   };
+
   // Routine that keeps calling accept
   const acceptRoutine = () => {
     const handleConn = (conn: Conn) => {
@@ -92,168 +65,47 @@ export async function* serve(
       scheduleAccept(); // schedule next accept
     };
     const scheduleAccept = () => {
-      Promise.race([cancel.promise, listener.accept().then(handleConn)]);
+      listener.accept().then(handleConn);
     };
     scheduleAccept();
   };
+
   acceptRoutine();
+
+  // Loop hack to allow yield (yield won't work in callbacks)
   while (true) {
-    // do race between accept, serveDeferred and cancel
-    await Promise.race([env.serveDeferred.promise, cancel.promise]);
-    // cancellation deferred resolved
-    if (cancel.handled) {
-      break;
-    }
-    // next serve deferred
-    env.serveDeferred = defer();
-    const queueToProcess = env.reqQueue;
+    await env.serveDeferred.promise;
+    env.serveDeferred = deferred(); // use a new deferred
+    let queueToProcess = env.reqQueue;
     env.reqQueue = [];
-    for (const { req, conn } of queueToProcess) {
-      if (req) {
-        const res = createResponder(conn);
-        yield { req, res };
-      }
-      serveConn(env, conn);
+    for (const result of queueToProcess) {
+      yield result;
+      // Continue read more from conn when user is done with the current req
+      // Moving this here makes it easier to manage
+      serveConn(env, result.conn, result.r);
     }
   }
   listener.close();
 }
 
-export async function listenAndServe(addr: string, handler: HttpHandler) {
+export async function listenAndServe(
+  addr: string,
+  handler: (req: ServerRequest) => void
+) {
   const server = serve(addr);
 
-  for await (const { req, res } of server) {
-    await handler(req, res);
+  for await (const request of server) {
+    await handler(request);
   }
 }
 
-export interface HttpServer {
-  handle(pattern: string | RegExp, handler: HttpHandler);
-
-  listen(addr: string, cancel?: Deferred): Promise<void>;
+export interface Response {
+  status?: number;
+  headers?: Headers;
+  body?: Uint8Array | Reader;
 }
 
-/** create HttpServer object */
-export function createServer(): HttpServer {
-  return new HttpServerImpl();
-}
-
-/** create ServerResponder object */
-export function createResponder(w: Writer): ServerResponder {
-  return new ServerResponderImpl(w);
-}
-
-class HttpServerImpl implements HttpServer {
-  private handlers: { pattern: string | RegExp; handler: HttpHandler }[] = [];
-
-  handle(pattern: string | RegExp, handler: HttpHandler) {
-    this.handlers.push({ pattern, handler });
-  }
-
-  async listen(addr: string, cancel: Deferred = defer()) {
-    for await (const { req, res } of serve(addr, cancel)) {
-      let { pathname } = new URL(req.url, addr);
-      const { index, match } = findLongestAndNearestMatch(
-        pathname,
-        this.handlers.map(v => v.pattern)
-      );
-      req.match = match;
-      if (index > -1) {
-        const { handler } = this.handlers[index];
-        await handler(req, res);
-        if (!res.isResponded) {
-          await res.respond({
-            status: 500,
-            body: encode("Not Responded")
-          });
-        }
-      } else {
-        await res.respond({
-          status: 404,
-          body: encode("Not Found")
-        });
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Find the match that appeared in the nearest position to the beginning of word.
- * If positions are same, the longest one will be picked.
- * Return -1 and null if no match found.
- * */
-export function findLongestAndNearestMatch(
-  pathname: string,
-  patterns: (string | RegExp)[]
-): { index: number; match: RegExpMatchArray } {
-  let lastMatchIndex = pathname.length;
-  let lastMatchLength = 0;
-  let match: RegExpMatchArray = null;
-  let index = -1;
-  for (let i = 0; i < patterns.length; i++) {
-    const pattern = patterns[i];
-    const m = pathname.match(pattern);
-    if (!m) continue;
-    if (
-      m.index < lastMatchIndex ||
-      (m.index === lastMatchIndex && m[0].length > lastMatchLength)
-    ) {
-      index = i;
-      match = m;
-      lastMatchIndex = m.index;
-      lastMatchLength = m[0].length;
-    }
-  }
-  return { index, match };
-}
-
-class ServerResponderImpl implements ServerResponder {
-  constructor(private w: Writer) {}
-
-  private _responded: boolean = false;
-
-  get isResponded() {
-    return this._responded;
-  }
-
-  private checkIfResponded() {
-    if (this.isResponded) {
-      throw new Error("http: already responded");
-    }
-  }
-
-  respond(response: ServerResponse): Promise<void> {
-    this.checkIfResponded();
-    this._responded = true;
-    return writeResponse(this.w, response);
-  }
-
-  respondJson(obj: any, headers: Headers = new Headers()): Promise<void> {
-    const body = encode(JSON.stringify(obj));
-    if (!headers.has("content-type")) {
-      headers.set("content-type", "application/json");
-    }
-    return this.respond({
-      status: 200,
-      body,
-      headers
-    });
-  }
-
-  respondText(text: string, headers: Headers = new Headers()): Promise<void> {
-    const body = encode(text);
-    if (!headers.has("content-type")) {
-      headers.set("content-type", "text/plain");
-    }
-    return this.respond({
-      status: 200,
-      headers,
-      body
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-export function setContentLength(r: ServerResponse): void {
+export function setContentLength(r: Response): void {
   if (!r.headers) {
     r.headers = new Headers();
   }
@@ -270,6 +122,100 @@ export function setContentLength(r: ServerResponse): void {
   }
 }
 
+export class ServerRequest {
+  url: string;
+  method: string;
+  proto: string;
+  headers: Headers;
+  conn: Conn;
+  r: BufReader;
+  w: BufWriter;
+
+  public async *bodyStream() {
+    if (this.headers.has("content-length")) {
+      const len = +this.headers.get("content-length");
+      if (Number.isNaN(len)) {
+        return new Uint8Array(0);
+      }
+      let buf = new Uint8Array(1024);
+      let rr = await this.r.read(buf);
+      let nread = rr.nread;
+      while (!rr.eof && nread < len) {
+        yield buf.subarray(0, rr.nread);
+        buf = new Uint8Array(1024);
+        rr = await this.r.read(buf);
+        nread += rr.nread;
+      }
+      yield buf.subarray(0, rr.nread);
+    } else {
+      if (this.headers.has("transfer-encoding")) {
+        const transferEncodings = this.headers
+          .get("transfer-encoding")
+          .split(",")
+          .map(e => e.trim().toLowerCase());
+        if (transferEncodings.includes("chunked")) {
+          // Based on https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-19.4.6
+          const tp = new TextProtoReader(this.r);
+          let [line, _] = await tp.readLine();
+          // TODO: handle chunk extension
+          let [chunkSizeString, optExt] = line.split(";");
+          let chunkSize = parseInt(chunkSizeString, 16);
+          if (Number.isNaN(chunkSize) || chunkSize < 0) {
+            throw new Error("Invalid chunk size");
+          }
+          while (chunkSize > 0) {
+            let data = new Uint8Array(chunkSize);
+            let [nread, err] = await this.r.readFull(data);
+            if (nread !== chunkSize) {
+              throw new Error("Chunk data does not match size");
+            }
+            yield data;
+            await this.r.readLine(); // Consume \r\n
+            [line, _] = await tp.readLine();
+            chunkSize = parseInt(line, 16);
+          }
+          const [entityHeaders, err] = await tp.readMIMEHeader();
+          if (!err) {
+            for (let [k, v] of entityHeaders) {
+              this.headers.set(k, v);
+            }
+          }
+          /* Pseudo code from https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-19.4.6
+          length := 0
+          read chunk-size, chunk-extension (if any) and CRLF
+          while (chunk-size > 0) {
+            read chunk-data and CRLF
+            append chunk-data to entity-body
+            length := length + chunk-size
+            read chunk-size and CRLF
+          }
+          read entity-header
+          while (entity-header not empty) {
+            append entity-header to existing header fields
+            read entity-header
+          }
+          Content-Length := length
+          Remove "chunked" from Transfer-Encoding
+          */
+          return; // Must return here to avoid fall through
+        }
+        // TODO: handle other transfer-encoding types
+      }
+      // Otherwise...
+      yield new Uint8Array(0);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Read the body of the request into a single Uint8Array
+  public async body(): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+    return readAllIterator(this.bodyStream());
+  }
+
+  async respond(r: Response): Promise<void> {
+    return writeResponse(this.w, r);
+  }
+}
+
 function bufWriter(w: Writer): BufWriter {
   if (w instanceof BufWriter) {
     return w;
@@ -278,10 +224,7 @@ function bufWriter(w: Writer): BufWriter {
   }
 }
 
-export async function writeResponse(
-  w: Writer,
-  r: ServerResponse
-): Promise<void> {
+export async function writeResponse(w: Writer, r: Response): Promise<void> {
   const protoMajor = 1;
   const protoMinor = 1;
   const statusCode = r.status || 200;
@@ -339,52 +282,53 @@ async function writeChunkedBody(w: Writer, r: Reader) {
   await writer.write(endChunk);
 }
 
-export async function readRequest(conn: Reader): Promise<ServerRequest> {
-  const bufr = new BufReader(conn);
+async function readRequest(
+  c: Conn,
+  bufr?: BufReader
+): Promise<[ServerRequest, BufState]> {
+  if (!bufr) {
+    bufr = new BufReader(c);
+  }
+  const bufw = new BufWriter(c);
+  const req = new ServerRequest();
+  req.conn = c;
+  req.r = bufr!;
+  req.w = bufw;
   const tp = new TextProtoReader(bufr!);
 
+  let s: string;
+  let err: BufState;
+
   // First line: GET /index.html HTTP/1.0
-  const [line, lineErr] = await tp.readLine();
-  if (lineErr) {
-    throw lineErr;
+  [s, err] = await tp.readLine();
+  if (err) {
+    return [null, err];
   }
-  const [method, url, proto] = line.split(" ", 3);
-  const [headers, headersErr] = await tp.readMIMEHeader();
-  if (headersErr) {
-    throw headersErr;
-  }
-  const contentLength = headers.get("content-length");
-  const body =
-    headers.get("transfer-encoding") === "chunked"
-      ? new ChunkedBodyReader(bufr)
-      : new BodyReader(bufr, parseInt(contentLength));
-  return {
-    method,
-    url,
-    proto,
-    headers,
-    body,
-    match: null
-  };
+  [req.method, req.url, req.proto] = s.split(" ", 3);
+
+  [req.headers, err] = await tp.readMIMEHeader();
+
+  return [req, err];
 }
 
-export async function readResponse(conn: Reader): Promise<ServerResponse> {
-  const bufr = new BufReader(conn);
-  const tp = new TextProtoReader(bufr!);
-  // First line: HTTP/1,1 200 OK
-  const [line, lineErr] = await tp.readLine();
-  if (lineErr) {
-    throw lineErr;
+async function readAllIterator(
+  it: AsyncIterableIterator<Uint8Array>
+): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+  const chunks = [];
+  let len = 0;
+  for await (const chunk of it) {
+    chunks.push(chunk);
+    len += chunk.length;
   }
-  const [proto, status, statusText] = line.split(" ", 3);
-  const [headers, headersErr] = await tp.readMIMEHeader();
-  if (headersErr) {
-    throw headersErr;
+  if (chunks.length === 0) {
+    // No need for copy
+    return chunks[0];
   }
-  const contentLength = headers.get("content-length");
-  const body =
-    headers.get("transfer-encoding") === "chunked"
-      ? new ChunkedBodyReader(bufr)
-      : new BodyReader(bufr, parseInt(contentLength));
-  return { status: parseInt(status), headers, body };
+  const collected = new Uint8Array(len);
+  let offset = 0;
+  for (let chunk of chunks) {
+    collected.set(chunk, offset);
+    offset += chunk.length;
+  }
+  return collected;
 }
diff --git a/http/server_test.ts b/http/server_test.ts
index 4f22e4a06b..099547d0c7 100644
--- a/http/server_test.ts
+++ b/http/server_test.ts
@@ -5,27 +5,19 @@
 // Ported from
 // https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/net/http/responsewrite_test.go
 
-import { Buffer, copy, Reader } from "deno";
-import { assert, assertEqual, runTests, test } from "../testing/mod.ts";
-import {
-  createResponder,
-  createServer,
-  findLongestAndNearestMatch,
-  readRequest,
-  readResponse,
-  ServerResponse,
-  writeResponse
-} from "./server.ts";
-import { encode } from "../strings/strings.ts";
-import { StringReader } from "../io/readers.ts";
-import { StringWriter } from "../io/writers.ts";
-import { defer } from "../util/deferred.ts";
+import { Buffer } from "deno";
+import { assertEqual, test } from "../testing/mod.ts";
+import { Response, ServerRequest } from "./server.ts";
+import { BufReader, BufWriter } from "../io/bufio.ts";
 
 interface ResponseTest {
-  response: ServerResponse;
+  response: Response;
   raw: string;
 }
 
+const enc = new TextEncoder();
+const dec = new TextDecoder();
+
 const responseTests: ResponseTest[] = [
   // Default response
   {
@@ -36,7 +28,7 @@ const responseTests: ResponseTest[] = [
   {
     response: {
       status: 200,
-      body: new Buffer(encode("abcdef"))
+      body: new Buffer(new TextEncoder().encode("abcdef"))
     },
 
     raw:
@@ -46,284 +38,181 @@ const responseTests: ResponseTest[] = [
   }
 ];
 
-test(async function httpWriteResponse() {
-  for (const { raw, response } of responseTests) {
+test(async function responseWrite() {
+  for (const testCase of responseTests) {
     const buf = new Buffer();
-    await writeResponse(buf, response);
-    assertEqual(buf.toString(), raw);
+    const bufw = new BufWriter(buf);
+    const request = new ServerRequest();
+    request.w = bufw;
+
+    await request.respond(testCase.response);
+    assertEqual(buf.toString(), testCase.raw);
   }
 });
 
-test(async function httpReadRequest() {
-  const body = "0123456789";
-  const lines = [
-    "GET /index.html?deno=land HTTP/1.1",
-    "Host: deno.land",
-    "Content-Type: text/plain",
-    `Content-Length: ${body.length}`,
-    "\r\n"
-  ];
-  let msg = lines.join("\r\n");
-  msg += body;
-  const req = await readRequest(new StringReader(`${msg}`));
-  assert.equal(req.url, "/index.html?deno=land");
-  assert.equal(req.method, "GET");
-  assert.equal(req.proto, "HTTP/1.1");
-  assert.equal(req.headers.get("host"), "deno.land");
-  assert.equal(req.headers.get("content-type"), "text/plain");
-  assert.equal(req.headers.get("content-length"), `${body.length}`);
-  const w = new StringWriter();
-  await copy(w, req.body);
-  assert.equal(w.toString(), body);
-});
-
-test(async function httpReadRequestChunkedBody() {
-  const lines = [
-    "GET /index.html?deno=land HTTP/1.1",
-    "Host: deno.land",
-    "Content-Type: text/plain",
-    `Transfer-Encoding: chunked`,
-    "\r\n"
-  ];
-  const hd = lines.join("\r\n");
-  const buf = new Buffer();
-  await buf.write(encode(hd));
-  await buf.write(encode("4\r\ndeno\r\n"));
-  await buf.write(encode("5\r\n.land\r\n"));
-  await buf.write(encode("0\r\n\r\n"));
-  const req = await readRequest(buf);
-  assert.equal(req.url, "/index.html?deno=land");
-  assert.equal(req.method, "GET");
-  assert.equal(req.proto, "HTTP/1.1");
-  assert.equal(req.headers.get("host"), "deno.land");
-  assert.equal(req.headers.get("content-type"), "text/plain");
-  assert.equal(req.headers.get("transfer-encoding"), `chunked`);
-  const dest = new Buffer();
-  await copy(dest, req.body);
-  assert.equal(dest.toString(), "deno.land");
-});
-
-test(function httpMatchNearest() {
-  assert.equal(
-    findLongestAndNearestMatch("/foo", ["/foo", "/bar", "/f"]).index,
-    0
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    findLongestAndNearestMatch("/foo", ["/foo", "/foo/bar"]).index,
-    0
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    findLongestAndNearestMatch("/foo/bar", [
-      "/",
-      "/foo",
-      "/hoo",
-      "/hoo/foo/bar",
-      "/foo/bar"
-    ]).index,
-    4
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    findLongestAndNearestMatch("/foo/bar/foo", ["/foo", "/foo/bar", "/bar/foo"])
-      .index,
-    1
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    findLongestAndNearestMatch("/foo", ["/", "/hoo", "/hoo/foo"]).index,
-    0
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    findLongestAndNearestMatch("/deno/land", [/d(.+?)o/, /d(.+?)d/]).index,
-    1
-  );
-  assert.equal(findLongestAndNearestMatch("/foo", ["/", "/a/foo"]).index, 0);
-  assert.equal(
-    findLongestAndNearestMatch("/foo", [/\/foo/, /\/bar\/foo/]).index,
-    0
-  );
-  assert.equal(
-    findLongestAndNearestMatch("/foo", [/\/a\/foo/, /\/foo/]).index,
-    1
-  );
-});
-
-test(async function httpServer() {
-  const server = createServer();
-  server.handle("/index", async (req, res) => {
-    await res.respond({
-      status: 200,
-      body: encode("ok")
-    });
-  });
-  server.handle(new RegExp("/foo/(?<id>.+)"), async (req, res) => {
-    const { id } = req.match.groups;
-    await res.respond({
-      status: 200,
-      headers: new Headers({
-        "content-type": "application/json"
-      }),
-      body: encode(JSON.stringify({ id }))
-    });
-  });
-  server.handle("/no-response", async (req, res) => {});
-  const cancel = defer<void>();
-  try {
-    server.listen("127.0.0.1:8080", cancel);
-    {
-      const res1 = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8080/index");
-      const text = await res1.body.text();
-      assert.equal(res1.status, 200);
-      assert.equal(text, "ok");
-    }
-    {
-      const res2 = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8080/foo/123");
-      const json = await res2.body.json();
-      assert.equal(res2.status, 200);
-      assert.equal(res2.headers.get("content-type"), "application/json");
-      assert.equal(json["id"], "123");
-    }
-    {
-      const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8080/no-response");
-      assert.equal(res.status, 500);
-      const text = await res.body.text();
-      assert.assert(!!text.match("Not Responded"));
-    }
-    {
-      const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8080/not-found");
-      const text = await res.body.text();
-      assert.equal(res.status, 404);
-      assert.assert(!!text.match("Not Found"));
-    }
-  } finally {
-    cancel.resolve();
-  }
-});
-
-test(async function httpServerResponder() {
-  const w = new Buffer();
-  const res = createResponder(w);
-  assert.assert(!res.isResponded);
-  await res.respond({
-    status: 200,
-    headers: new Headers({
-      "content-type": "text/plain"
-    }),
-    body: encode("ok")
-  });
-  assert.assert(res.isResponded);
-  const resp = await readResponse(w);
-  assert.equal(resp.status, 200);
-  assert.equal(resp.headers.get("content-type"), "text/plain");
-  const sw = new StringWriter();
-  await copy(sw, resp.body as Reader);
-  assert.equal(sw.toString(), "ok");
-});
-
-test(async function httpServerResponderRespondJson() {
-  const w = new Buffer();
-  const res = createResponder(w);
-  const json = {
-    id: 1,
-    deno: {
-      is: "land"
-    }
-  };
-  assert.assert(!res.isResponded);
-  await res.respondJson(
-    json,
-    new Headers({
-      deno: "land"
-    })
-  );
-  assert.assert(res.isResponded);
-  const resp = await readResponse(w);
-  assert.equal(resp.status, 200);
-  assert.equal(resp.headers.get("content-type"), "application/json");
-  const sw = new StringWriter();
-  await copy(sw, resp.body as Reader);
-  const resJson = JSON.parse(sw.toString());
-  assert.equal(resJson, json);
-  assert.equal(resp.headers.get("deno"), "land");
-});
-
-test(async function httpServerResponderRespondText() {
-  const w = new Buffer();
-  const res = createResponder(w);
-  assert.assert(!res.isResponded);
-  await res.respondText(
-    "deno.land",
-    new Headers({
-      deno: "land"
-    })
-  );
-  assert.assert(res.isResponded);
-  const resp = await readResponse(w);
-  assert.equal(resp.status, 200);
-  assert.equal(resp.headers.get("content-type"), "text/plain");
-  const sw = new StringWriter();
-  await copy(sw, resp.body as Reader);
-  assert.equal(sw.toString(), "deno.land");
-  assert.equal(resp.headers.get("deno"), "land");
-});
-
-test(async function httpServerResponderShouldThrow() {
-  const w = new Buffer();
+test(async function requestBodyWithContentLength() {
   {
-    const res = createResponder(w);
-    await res.respond({
-      body: null
-    });
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respond({ body: null }),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respondJson({}),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respondText(""),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
+    const req = new ServerRequest();
+    req.headers = new Headers();
+    req.headers.set("content-length", "5");
+    const buf = new Buffer(enc.encode("Hello"));
+    req.r = new BufReader(buf);
+    const body = dec.decode(await req.body());
+    assertEqual(body, "Hello");
   }
+
+  // Larger than internal buf
   {
-    const res = createResponder(w);
-    await res.respondText("");
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respond({ body: null }),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respondJson({}),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respondText(""),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
-  }
-  {
-    const res = createResponder(w);
-    await res.respondJson({});
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respond({ body: null }),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respondJson({}),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
-    await assert.throwsAsync(
-      async () => res.respondText(""),
-      Error,
-      "responded"
-    );
+    const longText = "1234\n".repeat(1000);
+    const req = new ServerRequest();
+    req.headers = new Headers();
+    req.headers.set("Content-Length", "5000");
+    const buf = new Buffer(enc.encode(longText));
+    req.r = new BufReader(buf);
+    const body = dec.decode(await req.body());
+    assertEqual(body, longText);
+  }
+});
+
+test(async function requestBodyWithTransferEncoding() {
+  {
+    const shortText = "Hello";
+    const req = new ServerRequest();
+    req.headers = new Headers();
+    req.headers.set("transfer-encoding", "chunked");
+    let chunksData = "";
+    let chunkOffset = 0;
+    const maxChunkSize = 70;
+    while (chunkOffset < shortText.length) {
+      const chunkSize = Math.min(maxChunkSize, shortText.length - chunkOffset);
+      chunksData += `${chunkSize.toString(16)}\r\n${shortText.substr(
+        chunkOffset,
+        chunkSize
+      )}\r\n`;
+      chunkOffset += chunkSize;
+    }
+    chunksData += "0\r\n\r\n";
+    const buf = new Buffer(enc.encode(chunksData));
+    req.r = new BufReader(buf);
+    const body = dec.decode(await req.body());
+    assertEqual(body, shortText);
+  }
+
+  // Larger than internal buf
+  {
+    const longText = "1234\n".repeat(1000);
+    const req = new ServerRequest();
+    req.headers = new Headers();
+    req.headers.set("transfer-encoding", "chunked");
+    let chunksData = "";
+    let chunkOffset = 0;
+    const maxChunkSize = 70;
+    while (chunkOffset < longText.length) {
+      const chunkSize = Math.min(maxChunkSize, longText.length - chunkOffset);
+      chunksData += `${chunkSize.toString(16)}\r\n${longText.substr(
+        chunkOffset,
+        chunkSize
+      )}\r\n`;
+      chunkOffset += chunkSize;
+    }
+    chunksData += "0\r\n\r\n";
+    const buf = new Buffer(enc.encode(chunksData));
+    req.r = new BufReader(buf);
+    const body = dec.decode(await req.body());
+    assertEqual(body, longText);
+  }
+});
+
+test(async function requestBodyStreamWithContentLength() {
+  {
+    const shortText = "Hello";
+    const req = new ServerRequest();
+    req.headers = new Headers();
+    req.headers.set("content-length", "" + shortText.length);
+    const buf = new Buffer(enc.encode(shortText));
+    req.r = new BufReader(buf);
+    const it = await req.bodyStream();
+    let offset = 0;
+    for await (const chunk of it) {
+      const s = dec.decode(chunk);
+      assertEqual(shortText.substr(offset, s.length), s);
+      offset += s.length;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Larger than internal buf
+  {
+    const longText = "1234\n".repeat(1000);
+    const req = new ServerRequest();
+    req.headers = new Headers();
+    req.headers.set("Content-Length", "5000");
+    const buf = new Buffer(enc.encode(longText));
+    req.r = new BufReader(buf);
+    const it = await req.bodyStream();
+    let offset = 0;
+    for await (const chunk of it) {
+      const s = dec.decode(chunk);
+      assertEqual(longText.substr(offset, s.length), s);
+      offset += s.length;
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+test(async function requestBodyStreamWithTransferEncoding() {
+  {
+    const shortText = "Hello";
+    const req = new ServerRequest();
+    req.headers = new Headers();
+    req.headers.set("transfer-encoding", "chunked");
+    let chunksData = "";
+    let chunkOffset = 0;
+    const maxChunkSize = 70;
+    while (chunkOffset < shortText.length) {
+      const chunkSize = Math.min(maxChunkSize, shortText.length - chunkOffset);
+      chunksData += `${chunkSize.toString(16)}\r\n${shortText.substr(
+        chunkOffset,
+        chunkSize
+      )}\r\n`;
+      chunkOffset += chunkSize;
+    }
+    chunksData += "0\r\n\r\n";
+    const buf = new Buffer(enc.encode(chunksData));
+    req.r = new BufReader(buf);
+    const it = await req.bodyStream();
+    let offset = 0;
+    for await (const chunk of it) {
+      const s = dec.decode(chunk);
+      assertEqual(shortText.substr(offset, s.length), s);
+      offset += s.length;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Larger than internal buf
+  {
+    const longText = "1234\n".repeat(1000);
+    const req = new ServerRequest();
+    req.headers = new Headers();
+    req.headers.set("transfer-encoding", "chunked");
+    let chunksData = "";
+    let chunkOffset = 0;
+    const maxChunkSize = 70;
+    while (chunkOffset < longText.length) {
+      const chunkSize = Math.min(maxChunkSize, longText.length - chunkOffset);
+      chunksData += `${chunkSize.toString(16)}\r\n${longText.substr(
+        chunkOffset,
+        chunkSize
+      )}\r\n`;
+      chunkOffset += chunkSize;
+    }
+    chunksData += "0\r\n\r\n";
+    const buf = new Buffer(enc.encode(chunksData));
+    req.r = new BufReader(buf);
+    const it = await req.bodyStream();
+    let offset = 0;
+    for await (const chunk of it) {
+      const s = dec.decode(chunk);
+      assertEqual(longText.substr(offset, s.length), s);
+      offset += s.length;
+    }
   }
 });
diff --git a/io/readers_test.ts b/io/readers_test.ts
index add59877df..0bc8ca36a0 100644
--- a/io/readers_test.ts
+++ b/io/readers_test.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ import { decode } from "../strings/strings.ts";
 
 test(async function ioStringReader() {
   const r = new StringReader("abcdef");
-  const buf = new Uint8Array(6);
-  const { nread, eof } = await r.read(buf);
+  const { nread, eof } = await r.read(new Uint8Array(6));
   assert.equal(nread, 6);
   assert.equal(eof, true);
-  assert.equal(decode(buf), "abcdef");
 });
 
 test(async function ioStringReader() {
diff --git a/test.ts b/test.ts
index dd311c5271..e94bdcee67 100755
--- a/test.ts
+++ b/test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env deno -A
 // Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-
 import "benching/test.ts";
-import "util/deferred_test.ts";
 import "colors/test.ts";
 import "datetime/test.ts";
 import "examples/test.ts";
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ import "fs/walk_test.ts";
 import "io/test.ts";
 import "http/server_test.ts";
 import "http/file_server_test.ts";
-import "http/readers_test.ts";
 import "log/test.ts";
 import "media_types/test.ts";
 import "multipart/formfile_test.ts";
diff --git a/util/deferred.ts b/util/deferred.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f52087547a..0000000000
--- a/util/deferred.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-
-export type Deferred<T = any, R = Error> = {
-  promise: Promise<T>;
-  resolve: (t?: T) => void;
-  reject: (r?: R) => void;
-  readonly handled: boolean;
-};
-
-/** Create deferred promise that can be resolved and rejected by outside */
-export function defer<T>(): Deferred<T> {
-  let handled = false;
-  let resolve;
-  let reject;
-  const promise = new Promise<T>((res, rej) => {
-    resolve = r => {
-      handled = true;
-      res(r);
-    };
-    reject = r => {
-      handled = true;
-      rej(r);
-    };
-  });
-  return {
-    promise,
-    resolve,
-    reject,
-    get handled() {
-      return handled;
-    }
-  };
-}
-
-export function isDeferred(x): x is Deferred {
-  return (
-    typeof x === "object" &&
-    x.promise instanceof Promise &&
-    typeof x["resolve"] === "function" &&
-    typeof x["reject"] === "function"
-  );
-}
diff --git a/util/deferred_test.ts b/util/deferred_test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a397b3012b..0000000000
--- a/util/deferred_test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
-
-import { assert, test } from "../testing/mod.ts";
-import { defer, isDeferred } from "./deferred.ts";
-
-test(async function asyncIsDeferred() {
-  const d = defer();
-  assert.assert(isDeferred(d));
-  assert.assert(
-    isDeferred({
-      promise: null,
-      resolve: () => {},
-      reject: () => {}
-    }) === false
-  );
-});