diff --git a/sea-streamer-file/src/consumer/mod.rs b/sea-streamer-file/src/consumer/mod.rs
index 18121ac..e3d57a3 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-file/src/consumer/mod.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-file/src/consumer/mod.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ pub use future::StreamFuture as FileMessageStream;
 
 use flume::{r#async::RecvFut, Receiver, Sender, TrySendError};
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{
-        async_trait,
-        futures::{Future, FutureExt},
-    },
+    export::futures::{Future, FutureExt},
     Consumer as ConsumerTrait, SeqPos, ShardId, SharedMessage, StreamErr, StreamKey, Timestamp,
 };
 
@@ -66,7 +63,6 @@ impl Drop for FileConsumer {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl ConsumerTrait for FileConsumer {
     type Error = FileErr;
     type Message<'a> = SharedMessage;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-file/src/producer/mod.rs b/sea-streamer-file/src/producer/mod.rs
index db328d9..72d4ac7 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-file/src/producer/mod.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-file/src/producer/mod.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ use std::{fmt::Debug, future::Future};
 
 use crate::{Bytes, FileErr, FileId, FileResult};
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{async_trait, futures::FutureExt},
-    Buffer, MessageHeader, Producer as ProducerTrait, ShardId, StreamErr, StreamKey, StreamResult,
-    Timestamp,
+    export::futures::FutureExt, Buffer, MessageHeader, Producer as ProducerTrait, ShardId,
+    StreamErr, StreamKey, StreamResult, Timestamp,
 };
 
 pub(crate) use backend::{end_producer, new_producer};
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ impl Debug for SendFuture {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl ProducerTrait for FileProducer {
     type Error = FileErr;
     type SendFuture = SendFuture;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-file/src/streamer.rs b/sea-streamer-file/src/streamer.rs
index 1b76f97..1531473 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-file/src/streamer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-file/src/streamer.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
     DEFAULT_PREFETCH_MESSAGE,
 };
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::async_trait, ConnectOptions as ConnectOptionsTrait, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerMode,
+    ConnectOptions as ConnectOptionsTrait, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerMode,
     ConsumerOptions as ConsumerOptionsTrait, ProducerOptions as ProducerOptionsTrait, StreamErr,
     StreamKey, StreamUrlErr, Streamer as StreamerTrait, StreamerUri,
 };
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ pub enum ConfigErr {
     InvalidBeaconInterval,
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl StreamerTrait for FileStreamer {
     type Error = FileErr;
     type Producer = FileProducer;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-kafka/src/consumer.rs b/sea-streamer-kafka/src/consumer.rs
index e4691d7..1a17278 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-kafka/src/consumer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-kafka/src/consumer.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ use sea_streamer_runtime::spawn_blocking;
 use std::{collections::HashSet, fmt::Debug, time::Duration};
 
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{
-        async_trait,
-        futures::{
-            future::Map,
-            stream::{Map as StreamMap, StreamFuture},
-            FutureExt, StreamExt,
-        },
+    export::futures::{
+        future::Map,
+        stream::{Map as StreamMap, StreamFuture},
+        FutureExt, StreamExt,
     },
     runtime_error, Consumer as ConsumerTrait, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerMode, ConsumerOptions,
     Message, Payload, SeqNo, SeqPos, ShardId, StreamErr, StreamKey, StreamerUri, Timestamp,
@@ -251,7 +248,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for KafkaConsumer {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl ConsumerTrait for KafkaConsumer {
     type Error = KafkaErr;
     type Message<'a> = KafkaMessage<'a>;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-kafka/src/producer.rs b/sea-streamer-kafka/src/producer.rs
index 3be4070..b7d4749 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-kafka/src/producer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-kafka/src/producer.rs
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ use rdkafka::{
 pub use rdkafka::{consumer::ConsumerGroupMetadata, producer::FutureRecord, TopicPartitionList};
 use sea_streamer_runtime::spawn_blocking;
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{async_trait, futures::FutureExt},
-    runtime_error, Buffer, MessageHeader, Producer, ProducerOptions, ShardId, StreamErr, StreamKey,
-    StreamResult, StreamerUri, Timestamp,
+    export::futures::FutureExt, runtime_error, Buffer, MessageHeader, Producer, ProducerOptions,
+    ShardId, StreamErr, StreamKey, StreamResult, StreamerUri, Timestamp,
 };
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ impl Default for CompressionType {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Producer for KafkaProducer {
     type Error = KafkaErr;
     type SendFuture = SendFuture;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-kafka/src/streamer.rs b/sea-streamer-kafka/src/streamer.rs
index 59f1f9c..a01116e 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-kafka/src/streamer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-kafka/src/streamer.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use std::{
 
 use sea_streamer_runtime::spawn_blocking;
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::async_trait, runtime_error, ConnectOptions, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerMode,
-    ConsumerOptions, StreamErr, StreamKey, Streamer, StreamerUri,
+    runtime_error, ConnectOptions, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerMode, ConsumerOptions, StreamErr,
+    StreamKey, Streamer, StreamerUri,
 };
 
 use crate::{
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ impl_into_string!(BaseOptionKey);
 impl_into_string!(SecurityProtocol);
 impl_into_string!(SaslMechanism);
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Streamer for KafkaStreamer {
     type Error = KafkaErr;
     type Producer = KafkaProducer;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-redis/src/consumer/mod.rs b/sea-streamer-redis/src/consumer/mod.rs
index 66cbdbc..468b79a 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-redis/src/consumer/mod.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-redis/src/consumer/mod.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use sea_streamer_runtime::{spawn_task, timeout};
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{async_trait, futures::FutureExt},
-    Buffer, ConnectOptions, Consumer, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerId, ConsumerMode, ConsumerOptions,
-    Message, MessageHeader, SeqNo, SeqPos, ShardId, SharedMessage, StreamErr, StreamKey, Timestamp,
-    SEA_STREAMER_INTERNAL,
+    export::futures::FutureExt, Buffer, ConnectOptions, Consumer, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerId,
+    ConsumerMode, ConsumerOptions, Message, MessageHeader, SeqNo, SeqPos, ShardId, SharedMessage,
+    StreamErr, StreamKey, Timestamp, SEA_STREAMER_INTERNAL,
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ pub mod constants {
     pub const HEARTBEAT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10);
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Consumer for RedisConsumer {
     type Error = RedisErr;
     type Message<'a> = SharedMessage;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-redis/src/producer.rs b/sea-streamer-redis/src/producer.rs
index b553eaf..e769390 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-redis/src/producer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-redis/src/producer.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use sea_streamer_runtime::{sleep, spawn_task};
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{async_trait, futures::FutureExt},
-    Buffer, MessageHeader, Producer, ProducerOptions, ShardId, StreamErr, StreamKey, Timestamp,
-    SEA_STREAMER_INTERNAL,
+    export::futures::FutureExt, Buffer, MessageHeader, Producer, ProducerOptions, ShardId,
+    StreamErr, StreamKey, Timestamp, SEA_STREAMER_INTERNAL,
 };
 
 const MAX_RETRY: usize = 100;
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ pub struct RoundRobinSharder {
     state: u32,
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Producer for RedisProducer {
     type Error = RedisErr;
     type SendFuture = SendFuture;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-redis/src/streamer.rs b/sea-streamer-redis/src/streamer.rs
index 75bd6b4..4e7862d 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-redis/src/streamer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-redis/src/streamer.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     RedisProducer, RedisProducerOptions, RedisResult, REDIS_PORT,
 };
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::async_trait, ConnectOptions, StreamErr, StreamKey, StreamUrlErr, Streamer, StreamerUri,
+    ConnectOptions, StreamErr, StreamKey, StreamUrlErr, Streamer, StreamerUri,
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ pub struct RedisConnectOptions {
     disable_hostname_verification: bool,
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Streamer for RedisStreamer {
     type Error = RedisErr;
     type Producer = RedisProducer;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-socket/src/consumer.rs b/sea-streamer-socket/src/consumer.rs
index 9e2c7e0..f1e3141 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-socket/src/consumer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-socket/src/consumer.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ use sea_streamer_stdio::StdioConsumer;
 
 use crate::{map_err, Backend, BackendErr, SeaMessage, SeaResult, SeaStreamerBackend};
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{
-        async_trait,
-        futures::{FutureExt, Stream},
-    },
+    export::futures::{FutureExt, Stream},
     Consumer, SeqPos, ShardId, StreamKey, StreamResult, Timestamp,
 };
 use std::{fmt::Debug, future::Future, pin::Pin, task::Poll};
@@ -201,7 +198,6 @@ impl SeaStreamerBackend for SeaConsumer {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Consumer for SeaConsumer {
     type Error = BackendErr;
     type Message<'a> = SeaMessage<'a>;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-socket/src/producer.rs b/sea-streamer-socket/src/producer.rs
index 0e5a232..781f7a3 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-socket/src/producer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-socket/src/producer.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ use sea_streamer_stdio::StdioProducer;
 
 use crate::{map_err, Backend, BackendErr, SeaResult, SeaStreamerBackend};
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{async_trait, futures::FutureExt},
-    Buffer, Producer, Receipt, StreamKey, StreamResult,
+    export::futures::FutureExt, Buffer, Producer, Receipt, StreamKey, StreamResult,
 };
 use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin, task::Poll};
 
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ pub enum SendFuture {
     File(sea_streamer_file::SendFuture),
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Producer for SeaProducer {
     type Error = BackendErr;
 
diff --git a/sea-streamer-socket/src/streamer.rs b/sea-streamer-socket/src/streamer.rs
index 94ae431..0525400 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-socket/src/streamer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-socket/src/streamer.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use sea_streamer_redis::RedisStreamer;
 #[cfg(feature = "backend-stdio")]
 use sea_streamer_stdio::StdioStreamer;
 
-use sea_streamer_types::{export::async_trait, StreamErr, StreamKey, Streamer, StreamerUri};
+use sea_streamer_types::{StreamErr, StreamKey, Streamer, StreamerUri};
 
 use crate::{
     map_err, Backend, BackendErr, SeaConnectOptions, SeaConsumer, SeaConsumerBackend,
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ impl SeaStreamerBackend for SeaStreamer {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Streamer for SeaStreamer {
     type Error = BackendErr;
     type Producer = SeaProducer;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-stdio/src/consumer.rs b/sea-streamer-stdio/src/consumer.rs
index 684e357..1f6192a 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-stdio/src/consumer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-stdio/src/consumer.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ use flume::{
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{
-        async_trait,
-        futures::{future::MapErr, stream::Map as StreamMap, StreamExt, TryFutureExt},
-    },
+    export::futures::{future::MapErr, stream::Map as StreamMap, StreamExt, TryFutureExt},
     Consumer as ConsumerTrait, ConsumerGroup, SeqPos, ShardId, SharedMessage, StreamErr, StreamKey,
     Timestamp,
 };
@@ -118,7 +115,6 @@ impl Drop for StdioConsumer {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl ConsumerTrait for StdioConsumer {
     type Error = StdioErr;
     type Message<'a> = SharedMessage;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-stdio/src/producer.rs b/sea-streamer-stdio/src/producer.rs
index e6c2008..efc1661 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-stdio/src/producer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-stdio/src/producer.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ use flume::{bounded, r#async::RecvFut, unbounded, Sender};
 use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Debug, future::Future, sync::Mutex};
 
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::{async_trait, futures::FutureExt},
-    Buffer, Message, MessageHeader, Producer as ProducerTrait, Receipt, SeqNo, ShardId,
-    SharedMessage, StreamErr, StreamKey, StreamResult, Timestamp,
+    export::futures::FutureExt, Buffer, Message, MessageHeader, Producer as ProducerTrait, Receipt,
+    SeqNo, ShardId, SharedMessage, StreamErr, StreamKey, StreamResult, Timestamp,
 };
 
 use crate::{PartialHeader, StdioErr, StdioResult, BROADCAST, TIMESTAMP_FORMAT};
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ impl Debug for SendFuture {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl ProducerTrait for StdioProducer {
     type Error = StdioErr;
     type SendFuture = SendFuture;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-stdio/src/streamer.rs b/sea-streamer-stdio/src/streamer.rs
index a56a45b..80f4ac9 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-stdio/src/streamer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-stdio/src/streamer.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     consumer, create_consumer, producer, StdioConsumer, StdioErr, StdioProducer, StdioResult,
 };
 use sea_streamer_types::{
-    export::async_trait, ConnectOptions as ConnectOptionsTrait, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerMode,
+    ConnectOptions as ConnectOptionsTrait, ConsumerGroup, ConsumerMode,
     ConsumerOptions as ConsumerOptionsTrait, ProducerOptions as ProducerOptionsTrait, StreamErr,
     StreamKey, Streamer as StreamerTrait, StreamerUri,
 };
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ pub struct StdioConsumerOptions {
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
 pub struct StdioProducerOptions {}
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl StreamerTrait for StdioStreamer {
     type Error = StdioErr;
     type Producer = StdioProducer;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-types/Cargo.toml b/sea-streamer-types/Cargo.toml
index 06bb78c..f8ef582 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sea-streamer-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [dependencies]
-async-trait = { version = "0.1" }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "alloc", "async-await"] }
 thiserror = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 time = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "macros", "formatting"] }
diff --git a/sea-streamer-types/src/consumer.rs b/sea-streamer-types/src/consumer.rs
index 048a934..74c5f7f 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-types/src/consumer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-types/src/consumer.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use crate::{Message, SeqPos, ShardId, StreamKey, StreamResult, Timestamp};
-use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::{Future, Stream};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ pub trait ConsumerOptions: Default + Clone + Send {
     ) -> StreamResult<&mut Self, Self::Error>;
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 /// Common interface of consumers, to be implemented by all backends.
 pub trait Consumer: Sized + Send + Sync {
     type Error: std::error::Error;
@@ -69,12 +67,16 @@ pub trait Consumer: Sized + Send + Sync {
     /// with a timestamp later than `to`.
     ///
     /// If the consumer is not already assigned, shard ZERO will be used.
-    async fn seek(&mut self, to: Timestamp) -> StreamResult<(), Self::Error>;
+    fn seek(&mut self, to: Timestamp)
+        -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<(), Self::Error>> + Send;
 
     /// Rewind all streams to a particular sequence number.
     ///
     /// If the consumer is not already assigned, shard ZERO will be used.
-    async fn rewind(&mut self, offset: SeqPos) -> StreamResult<(), Self::Error>;
+    fn rewind(
+        &mut self,
+        offset: SeqPos,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<(), Self::Error>> + Send;
 
     /// Assign this consumer to a particular shard. Can be called multiple times to assign
     /// to multiple shards. Returns error `StreamKeyNotFound` if the stream is not currently subscribed.
diff --git a/sea-streamer-types/src/export.rs b/sea-streamer-types/src/export.rs
index a9f7031..5b6c768 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-types/src/export.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-types/src/export.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-pub use async_trait::async_trait;
 pub use futures;
 pub use time;
 pub use url;
diff --git a/sea-streamer-types/src/producer.rs b/sea-streamer-types/src/producer.rs
index ca0cd50..604c773 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-types/src/producer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-types/src/producer.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::Future;
 
 use crate::{Buffer, MessageHeader, StreamKey, StreamResult};
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ pub trait ProducerOptions: Default + Clone + Send {}
 /// Delivery receipt.
 pub type Receipt = MessageHeader;
 
-#[async_trait]
 /// Common interface of producers, to be implemented by all backends.
 pub trait Producer: Clone + Send + Sync {
     type Error: std::error::Error;
@@ -32,10 +30,10 @@ pub trait Producer: Clone + Send + Sync {
     }
 
     /// End this producer, only after flushing all it's pending messages.
-    async fn end(self) -> StreamResult<(), Self::Error>;
+    fn end(self) -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<(), Self::Error>> + Send;
 
     /// Flush all pending messages.
-    async fn flush(&mut self) -> StreamResult<(), Self::Error>;
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<(), Self::Error>> + Send;
 
     /// Lock this producer to a particular stream. This function can only be called once.
     /// Subsequent calls should return `StreamErr::AlreadyAnchored` error.
diff --git a/sea-streamer-types/src/streamer.rs b/sea-streamer-types/src/streamer.rs
index 95c9ff3..cfed0d3 100644
--- a/sea-streamer-types/src/streamer.rs
+++ b/sea-streamer-types/src/streamer.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     ConnectOptions, Consumer, ConsumerOptions, Producer, ProducerOptions, StreamKey, StreamResult,
     StreamUrlErr,
 };
-use async_trait::async_trait;
+use futures::{Future, FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
 use url::Url;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ pub struct StreamUrl {
     streams: Vec<StreamKey>,
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 /// Common interface of streamer clients.
 pub trait Streamer: Sized {
     type Error: std::error::Error;
@@ -49,37 +48,41 @@ pub trait Streamer: Sized {
     type ProducerOptions: ProducerOptions;
 
     /// Establish a connection to the streaming server.
-    async fn connect(
+    fn connect(
         streamer: StreamerUri,
         options: Self::ConnectOptions,
-    ) -> StreamResult<Self, Self::Error>;
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<Self, Self::Error>> + Send;
 
     /// Flush and disconnect from the streaming server.
-    async fn disconnect(self) -> StreamResult<(), Self::Error>;
+    fn disconnect(self) -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<(), Self::Error>> + Send;
 
     /// Create a producer that can stream to any stream key.
-    async fn create_generic_producer(
+    fn create_generic_producer(
         &self,
         options: Self::ProducerOptions,
-    ) -> StreamResult<Self::Producer, Self::Error>;
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<Self::Producer, Self::Error>> + Send;
 
     /// Create a producer that streams to the specified stream.
-    async fn create_producer(
+    fn create_producer(
         &self,
         stream: StreamKey,
         options: Self::ProducerOptions,
-    ) -> StreamResult<Self::Producer, Self::Error> {
-        let mut producer = self.create_generic_producer(options).await?;
-        producer.anchor(stream)?;
-        Ok(producer)
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<Self::Producer, Self::Error>> + Send {
+        self.create_generic_producer(options).map(|res| {
+            res.and_then(|mut producer| {
+                producer.anchor(stream)?;
+
+                Ok(producer)
+            })
+        })
     }
 
     /// Create a consumer subscribing to the specified streams.
-    async fn create_consumer(
+    fn create_consumer(
         &self,
         streams: &[StreamKey],
         options: Self::ConsumerOptions,
-    ) -> StreamResult<Self::Consumer, Self::Error>;
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = StreamResult<Self::Consumer, Self::Error>> + Send;
 }
 
 impl Display for StreamerUri {