diff --git a/.changes/http-api-stream.md b/.changes/http-api-stream.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ca2b7c6fb..000000000
--- a/.changes/http-api-stream.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-"tauri": patch
----
-
-Added `bytes_stream` method to `tauri::api::http::Response`.
diff --git a/core/tauri/Cargo.toml b/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
index 0545e27d8..8fa119348 100644
--- a/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ updater = [
   "fs-extract-api"
 ]
 __updater-docs = [ "minisign-verify", "base64", "http-api", "dialog-ask" ]
-http-api = [ "attohttpc", "bytes" ]
+http-api = [ "attohttpc" ]
 shell-open-api = [ "open", "regex", "tauri-macros/shell-scope" ]
 fs-extract-api = [ "zip" ]
-reqwest-client = [ "reqwest" ]
+reqwest-client = [ "reqwest", "bytes" ]
 process-command-api = [ "shared_child", "os_pipe", "memchr" ]
 dialog = [ "rfd" ]
 notification = [ "notify-rust" ]
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/api/http.rs b/core/tauri/src/api/http.rs
index 2f2e955ac..7d40483c4 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/api/http.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/api/http.rs
@@ -353,32 +353,6 @@ pub struct Response(ResponseType, reqwest::Response);
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Response(ResponseType, attohttpc::Response, Url);
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "reqwest-client"))]
-struct AttohttpcByteReader(attohttpc::ResponseReader);
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "reqwest-client"))]
-impl futures::Stream for AttohttpcByteReader {
-  type Item = crate::api::Result<bytes::Bytes>;
-
-  fn poll_next(
-    mut self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
-    _cx: &mut futures::task::Context<'_>,
-  ) -> futures::task::Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
-    use std::io::Read;
-    let mut buf = [0; 256];
-    match self.0.read(&mut buf) {
-      Ok(b) => {
-        if b == 0 {
-          futures::task::Poll::Ready(None)
-        } else {
-          futures::task::Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(buf[0..b].to_vec().into())))
-        }
-      }
-      Err(_) => futures::task::Poll::Ready(None),
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 impl Response {
   /// Get the [`StatusCode`] of this Response.
   pub fn status(&self) -> StatusCode {
@@ -400,6 +374,13 @@ impl Response {
     Ok(RawResponse { status, data })
   }
 
+  #[cfg(not(feature = "reqwest-client"))]
+  #[allow(dead_code)]
+  pub(crate) fn reader(self) -> attohttpc::ResponseReader {
+    let (_, _, reader) = self.1.split();
+    reader
+  }
+
   /// Convert the response into a Stream of [`bytes::Bytes`] from the body.
   ///
   /// # Examples
@@ -419,17 +400,13 @@ impl Response {
   /// # Ok(())
   /// # }
   /// ```
-  pub fn bytes_stream(self) -> impl futures::Stream<Item = crate::api::Result<bytes::Bytes>> {
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "reqwest-client"))]
-    {
-      let (_, _, reader) = self.1.split();
-      AttohttpcByteReader(reader)
-    }
-    #[cfg(feature = "reqwest-client")]
-    {
-      use futures::StreamExt;
-      self.1.bytes_stream().map(|res| res.map_err(Into::into))
-    }
+  #[cfg(feature = "reqwest-client")]
+  #[allow(dead_code)]
+  pub(crate) fn bytes_stream(
+    self,
+  ) -> impl futures::Stream<Item = crate::api::Result<bytes::Bytes>> {
+    use futures::StreamExt;
+    self.1.bytes_stream().map(|res| res.map_err(Into::into))
   }
 
   /// Reads the response.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/updater/core.rs b/core/tauri/src/updater/core.rs
index fb5f086fc..ed0c16647 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/updater/core.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/updater/core.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use crate::{
   AppHandle, Manager, Runtime,
 };
 use base64::decode;
-use futures::StreamExt;
 use http::StatusCode;
 use minisign_verify::{PublicKey, Signature};
 use tauri_utils::{platform::current_exe, Env};
@@ -483,12 +482,35 @@ impl<R: Runtime> Update<R> {
       .and_then(|value| value.parse().ok());
 
     let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-    let mut stream = response.bytes_stream();
-    while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
-      let chunk = chunk?;
-      let bytes = chunk.as_ref().to_vec();
-      on_chunk(bytes.len(), content_length);
-      buffer.extend(bytes);
+    #[cfg(feature = "reqwest-client")]
+    {
+      use futures::StreamExt;
+      let mut stream = response.bytes_stream();
+      while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
+        let chunk = chunk?;
+        let bytes = chunk.as_ref().to_vec();
+        on_chunk(bytes.len(), content_length);
+        buffer.extend(bytes);
+      }
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "reqwest-client"))]
+    {
+      let mut reader = response.reader();
+      let mut buf = [0; 16384];
+      loop {
+        match reader.read(&mut buf) {
+          Ok(b) => {
+            if b == 0 {
+              break;
+            } else {
+              let bytes = buf[0..b].to_vec();
+              on_chunk(bytes.len(), content_length);
+              buffer.extend(bytes);
+            }
+          }
+          Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     // create memory buffer from our archive (Seek + Read)