diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/classified/external.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/classified/external.rs
index 72c767d31..729964145 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/commands/classified/external.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/commands/classified/external.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-use crate::futures::ThreadedReceiver;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use nu_engine::{evaluate_baseline_expr, BufCodecReader};
 use nu_engine::{MaybeTextCodec, StringOrBinary};
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::ops::Deref;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ fn spawn(
             Ok(())
         });
 
-        let stream = ThreadedReceiver::new(rx);
+        let stream = ChannelReceiver::new(rx);
         Ok(stream.to_input_stream())
     } else {
         Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
@@ -442,6 +442,30 @@ fn spawn(
     }
 }
 
+struct ChannelReceiver {
+    rx: Arc<Mutex<mpsc::Receiver<Result<Value, ShellError>>>>,
+}
+
+impl ChannelReceiver {
+    pub fn new(rx: mpsc::Receiver<Result<Value, ShellError>>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rx: Arc::new(Mutex::new(rx)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Iterator for ChannelReceiver {
+    type Item = Result<Value, ShellError>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let rx = self.rx.lock();
+        match rx.recv() {
+            Ok(v) => Some(v),
+            Err(_) => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn expand_tilde<SI: ?Sized, P, HD>(input: &SI, home_dir: HD) -> std::borrow::Cow<str>
 where
     SI: AsRef<str>,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/futures.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/futures.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index aa1fce69b..000000000
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/futures.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-use std::sync::{mpsc, Arc, Mutex};
-use std::task::Waker;
-use std::thread;
-
-#[allow(clippy::option_option)]
-struct SharedState<T: Send + 'static> {
-    result: Option<Option<T>>,
-    kill: bool,
-    waker: Option<Waker>,
-}
-
-pub struct ThreadedReceiver<T: Send + 'static> {
-    shared_state: Arc<Mutex<SharedState<T>>>,
-}
-
-impl<T: Send + 'static> ThreadedReceiver<T> {
-    pub fn new(recv: mpsc::Receiver<T>) -> ThreadedReceiver<T> {
-        let shared_state = Arc::new(Mutex::new(SharedState {
-            result: None,
-            kill: false,
-            waker: None,
-        }));
-
-        // Clone everything to avoid lifetimes
-        let thread_shared_state = shared_state.clone();
-        thread::spawn(move || {
-            loop {
-                let result = recv.recv();
-
-                {
-                    let mut shared_state = thread_shared_state
-                        .lock()
-                        .expect("ThreadedFuture shared state shouldn't be poisoned");
-
-                    if let Ok(result) = result {
-                        shared_state.result = Some(Some(result));
-                    } else {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // Don't attempt to recv anything else until consumed
-                loop {
-                    let mut shared_state = thread_shared_state
-                        .lock()
-                        .expect("ThreadedFuture shared state shouldn't be poisoned");
-
-                    if shared_state.kill {
-                        return;
-                    }
-
-                    if shared_state.result.is_some() {
-                        if let Some(waker) = shared_state.waker.take() {
-                            waker.wake();
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            // Let the Stream implementation know that we're done
-            let mut shared_state = thread_shared_state
-                .lock()
-                .expect("ThreadedFuture shared state shouldn't be poisoned");
-
-            shared_state.result = Some(None);
-            if let Some(waker) = shared_state.waker.take() {
-                waker.wake();
-            }
-        });
-
-        ThreadedReceiver { shared_state }
-    }
-}
-
-// impl<T: Send + 'static> Stream for ThreadedReceiver<T> {
-//     type Item = T;
-
-//     fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut task::Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
-//         let mut shared_state = self
-//             .shared_state
-//             .lock()
-//             .expect("ThreadedFuture shared state shouldn't be poisoned");
-
-//         if let Some(result) = shared_state.result.take() {
-//             Poll::Ready(result)
-//         } else {
-//             shared_state.waker = Some(cx.waker().clone());
-//             Poll::Pending
-//         }
-//     }
-// }
-
-impl<T: Send + 'static> Iterator for ThreadedReceiver<T> {
-    type Item = T;
-
-    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        loop {
-            let mut shared_state = self
-                .shared_state
-                .lock()
-                .expect("ThreadedFuture shared state shouldn't be poisoned");
-
-            if let Some(result) = shared_state.result.take() {
-                return result;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: Send + 'static> Drop for ThreadedReceiver<T> {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        // Setting the kill flag to true will cause the thread spawned in `new` to exit, which
-        // will cause the `Receiver` argument to get dropped. This can allow senders to
-        // potentially clean up.
-        match self.shared_state.lock() {
-            Ok(mut state) => state.kill = true,
-            Err(mut poisoned_err) => poisoned_err.get_mut().kill = true,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    mod threaded_receiver {
-        use super::super::ThreadedReceiver;
-        use std::sync::mpsc;
-
-        #[test]
-        fn returns_expected_result() {
-            let (tx, rx) = mpsc::sync_channel(0);
-            std::thread::spawn(move || {
-                let _ = tx.send(1);
-                let _ = tx.send(2);
-                let _ = tx.send(3);
-            });
-
-            let stream = ThreadedReceiver::new(rx);
-            let mut result = stream;
-            assert_eq!(Some(1), result.next());
-            assert_eq!(Some(2), result.next());
-            assert_eq!(Some(3), result.next());
-            assert_eq!(None, result.next());
-        }
-
-        #[test]
-        fn drops_receiver_when_stream_dropped() {
-            let (tx, rx) = mpsc::sync_channel(0);
-            let th = std::thread::spawn(move || {
-                tx.send(1).and_then(|_| tx.send(2)).and_then(|_| tx.send(3))
-            });
-
-            {
-                let stream = ThreadedReceiver::new(rx);
-                let mut result = stream;
-                assert_eq!(Some(1), result.next());
-            }
-            let result = th.join();
-            assert_eq!(true, result.unwrap().is_err());
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/lib.rs
index d7a5ee6ff..0b491777c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ extern crate indexmap;
 #[macro_use]
 mod prelude;
 pub mod commands;
-mod futures;
 pub mod utils;
 
 #[cfg(test)]