diff --git a/lib/read.js b/lib/read.js
index 341e4aa3..b9edc95d 100644
--- a/lib/read.js
+++ b/lib/read.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  */
 
 var createError = require('http-errors')
-var destroy = require('destroy')
 var getBody = require('raw-body')
 var iconv = require('iconv-lite')
 var onFinished = require('on-finished')
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ function read (req, res, next, parse, debug, options) {
       // unpipe from stream and destroy
       if (stream !== req) {
         req.unpipe()
-        destroy(stream, true)
+        stream.destroy()
       }
 
       // read off entire request
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebb2bdf1..b99d6c6c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     "bytes": "3.1.2",
     "content-type": "~1.0.5",
     "debug": "3.1.0",
-    "destroy": "1.2.0",
     "http-errors": "2.0.0",
     "iconv-lite": "0.5.2",
     "on-finished": "2.4.1",