diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e48f153..c3942f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -381,9 +381,10 @@ checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fast_html2md"
-version = "0.0.43"
+version = "0.0.44"
 dependencies = [
  "auto_encoder",
+ "futures-util",
  "html5ever",
  "indoc",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -394,7 +395,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "spectral",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-stream",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -1727,17 +1727,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.96",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-stream"
-version = "0.1.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eca58d7bba4a75707817a2c44174253f9236b2d5fbd055602e9d5c07c139a047"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.15"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3f3f5c..13ada0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ assert_eq!(md, "JAMES");
 
 ### With Async Streaming
 
-For handling large or concurrent workloads, use async streaming. Ensure you have a tokio async runtime:
+For handling large or concurrent workloads, use async streaming with the `stream` and `rewriter` feature. Ensure you have a tokio async runtime:
 
 ```rust
 let md = html2md::rewrite_html_streaming("<p>JAMES</p>", false).await;
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ assert_eq!(md, "JAMES");
 
 ## Features
 
-- **Rewriter:** High performance transformation using the `rewriter` feature (default).
-- **Scraper:** Alternative approach for HTML parsing with the `scraper` feature.
+- **rewriter:** High performance transformation using the `rewriter` feature (default).
+- **scraper:** Alternative approach for HTML parsing with the `scraper` feature.
+- **stream:** enables streaming chunks for rewriter.
 
 ### About
 
diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index 9b3bfb1..a6605d7 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports", "async_tokio"] }
-fast_html2md = { path = "../fast_html2md", version = "0", features = ["tokio", "scraper"] }
+fast_html2md = { path = "../fast_html2md", version = "0", features = ["stream", "scraper"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = [ "full" ] }
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/fast_html2md/Cargo.toml b/fast_html2md/Cargo.toml
index d0b2f61..87051d2 100644
--- a/fast_html2md/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fast_html2md/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fast_html2md"
-version = "0.0.43"
+version = "0.0.44"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A fast html2md crate for rust"
 categories = ["development-tools", "parsing", "parser-implementations"]
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ url = "2"
 markup5ever_rcdom = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
 html5ever = { version = "0.27", optional = true }
 lol_html = { version = "2", optional = true }
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
-tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 spectral = "0.6.0"
@@ -41,4 +40,4 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 default = ["rewriter"]
 rewriter = ["dep:lol_html"]
 scraper = ["dep:html5ever", "dep:markup5ever_rcdom"]
-tokio = ["dep:tokio", "dep:tokio-stream"]
+stream = ["dep:futures-util"]
diff --git a/fast_html2md/src/lib.rs b/fast_html2md/src/lib.rs
index 97c0b53..ddbf2b5 100644
--- a/fast_html2md/src/lib.rs
+++ b/fast_html2md/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use extended::sifter::{WhitespaceSifter, WhitespaceSifterBytes};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use regex::Regex;
-use url::Url;
 
 // we want to just use the rewriter instead for v0.1.
 pub mod extended;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn rewrite_html(html: &str, commonmark: bool) -> String {
 /// and returns converted string. Incomplete work in progress for major performance increases.
 /// # Arguments
 /// `html` is source HTML as `String`
-#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio", feature = "rewriter"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "stream", feature = "rewriter"))]
 pub async fn rewrite_html_streaming(html: &str, commonmark: bool) -> String {
     rewriter::writer::convert_html_to_markdown_send(html, &None, commonmark, &None)
         .await
@@ -55,12 +54,12 @@ pub async fn rewrite_html_streaming(html: &str, commonmark: bool) -> String {
 /// `custom` is custom tag hadler producers for tags you want, can be empty
 /// `commonmark` is for adjusting markdown output to commonmark
 /// `url` is used to provide absolute url handling
-#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio", feature = "rewriter"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "stream", feature = "rewriter"))]
 pub fn rewrite_html_custom_with_url(
     html: &str,
     custom: &Option<std::collections::HashSet<String>>,
     commonmark: bool,
-    url: &Option<Url>,
+    url: &Option<url::Url>,
 ) -> String {
     rewriter::writer::convert_html_to_markdown(html, &custom, commonmark, url).unwrap_or_default()
 }
@@ -74,12 +73,12 @@ pub fn rewrite_html_custom_with_url(
 /// `commonmark` is for adjusting markdown output to commonmark
 /// `url` is used to provide absolute url handling
 /// `chunk_size` the chunk size to use.
-#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio", feature = "rewriter"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "stream", feature = "rewriter"))]
 pub async fn rewrite_html_custom_with_url_and_chunk(
     html: &str,
     custom: &Option<std::collections::HashSet<String>>,
     commonmark: bool,
-    url: &Option<Url>,
+    url: &Option<url::Url>,
     chunk_size: usize,
 ) -> String {
     rewriter::writer::convert_html_to_markdown_send_with_size(
@@ -97,12 +96,12 @@ pub async fn rewrite_html_custom_with_url_and_chunk(
 /// `custom` is custom tag hadler producers for tags you want, can be empty
 /// `commonmark` is for adjusting markdown output to commonmark
 /// `url` is used to provide absolute url handling
-#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio", feature = "rewriter"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "stream", feature = "rewriter"))]
 pub async fn rewrite_html_custom_with_url_streaming(
     html: &str,
     custom: &Option<std::collections::HashSet<String>>,
     commonmark: bool,
-    url: &Option<Url>,
+    url: &Option<url::Url>,
 ) -> String {
     rewriter::writer::convert_html_to_markdown_send(html, &custom, commonmark, url)
         .await
diff --git a/fast_html2md/src/rewriter/writer.rs b/fast_html2md/src/rewriter/writer.rs
index b1a0428..e24aa28 100644
--- a/fast_html2md/src/rewriter/writer.rs
+++ b/fast_html2md/src/rewriter/writer.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ pub(crate) fn convert_html_to_markdown(
 }
 
 /// Convert to markdown streaming re-writer with chunk size.
-#[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+#[cfg(feature = "stream")]
 pub async fn convert_html_to_markdown_send_with_size(
     html: &str,
     custom: &Option<std::collections::HashSet<String>>,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ pub async fn convert_html_to_markdown_send_with_size(
     url: &Option<Url>,
     chunk_size: usize,
 ) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
+    use futures_util::stream::{self, StreamExt};
     let settings = get_rewriter_settings_send(commonmark, custom, url.clone());
 
     let mut rewrited_bytes: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
@@ -215,12 +215,8 @@ pub async fn convert_html_to_markdown_send_with_size(
         rewrited_bytes.extend_from_slice(&c);
     });
 
-    let html_bytes = html.as_bytes();
-    let chunks = html_bytes.chunks(chunk_size);
-
-    let mut stream = tokio_stream::iter(chunks);
-
     let mut wrote_error = false;
+    let mut stream = stream::iter(html.as_bytes().chunks(chunk_size));
 
     while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
         if rewriter.write(chunk).is_err() {
@@ -237,7 +233,7 @@ pub async fn convert_html_to_markdown_send_with_size(
 }
 
 /// Convert to markdown streaming re-writer
-#[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+#[cfg(feature = "stream")]
 pub async fn convert_html_to_markdown_send(
     html: &str,
     custom: &Option<std::collections::HashSet<String>>,
diff --git a/fast_html2md/tests/integration.rs b/fast_html2md/tests/integration.rs
index 299e863..76b5733 100644
--- a/fast_html2md/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/fast_html2md/tests/integration.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ fn test_real_world_wiki_rewriter() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
-#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio", feature = "rewriter"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "stream", feature = "rewriter"))]
 async fn test_real_world_wiki_async() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     use std::error::Error;
     use std::fs::{self, File};
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ fn test_html_from_text() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio", feature = "rewriter"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "stream", feature = "rewriter"))]
 fn test_html_from_text_rewrite() {
     let mut html = Box::new(String::new());
     let mut html_file = File::open("../test-samples/real-world-1.html").unwrap();
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ fn test_real_spider() {
 
 #[tokio::test]
 #[ignore]
-#[cfg(all(feature = "tokio", feature = "rewriter"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "stream", feature = "rewriter"))]
 async fn test_real_spider_async() {
     let mut html = String::new();
     let mut html_file: File = File::open("../test-samples/spider-cloud.html").unwrap();