diff --git a/core/src/connection_reuse.rs b/core/src/connection_reuse.rs
index a1439956..64530441 100644
--- a/core/src/connection_reuse.rs
+++ b/core/src/connection_reuse.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ where
             debug!(target: "libp2p-core", "No existing connection to {}; dialing", addr);
             match inner.dial(addr.clone()) {
                 Ok(dial) => {
-                    let future = dial.into_future().and_then(move |(muxer, addr)| {
+                    let future = dial.and_then(move |(muxer, addr)| {
                         muxer.clone().outbound().and_then(move |substream| {
                             if let Some(s) = substream {
                                 // Replace the active connection because we are the most recent.
diff --git a/core/src/swarm.rs b/core/src/swarm.rs
index 260e5612..ffa6cf20 100644
--- a/core/src/swarm.rs
+++ b/core/src/swarm.rs
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ where
         match transport.dial(multiaddr.clone()) {
             Ok(dial) => {
                 let dial = Box::new(
-                    dial.into_future()
-                        .map(|(d, client_addr)| (d.into(), client_addr)),
+                    dial.map(|(d, client_addr)| (d.into(), client_addr)),
                 ) as Box<Future<Item = _, Error = _>>;
                 // Ignoring errors if the receiver has been closed, because in that situation
                 // nothing is going to be processed anyway.
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ where
 
         match transport.dial(multiaddr) {
             Ok(dial) => {
-                let dial = Box::new(dial.into_future().and_then(|(d, m)| and_then(d, m))) as Box<_>;
+                let dial = Box::new(dial.and_then(|(d, m)| and_then(d, m))) as Box<_>;
                 // Ignoring errors if the receiver has been closed, because in that situation
                 // nothing is going to be processed anyway.
                 let _ = self.new_toprocess.unbounded_send(dial);
diff --git a/core/src/transport/and_then.rs b/core/src/transport/and_then.rs
index b87bc012..c1997bcb 100644
--- a/core/src/transport/and_then.rs
+++ b/core/src/transport/and_then.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ where
         let upgrade = self.upgrade;
 
         let dialed_fut = match self.transport.dial(addr.clone()) {
-            Ok(f) => f.into_future(),
+            Ok(f) => f,
             Err((trans, addr)) => {
                 let builder = AndThen {
                     transport: trans,
diff --git a/core/src/transport/choice.rs b/core/src/transport/choice.rs
index dd981524..69a1265a 100644
--- a/core/src/transport/choice.rs
+++ b/core/src/transport/choice.rs
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ where
 
     fn dial(self, addr: Multiaddr) -> Result<Self::Dial, (Self, Multiaddr)> {
         let (first, addr) = match self.0.dial(addr) {
-            Ok(connec) => return Ok(EitherListenUpgrade::First(connec.into_future())),
+            Ok(connec) => return Ok(EitherListenUpgrade::First(connec)),
             Err(err) => err,
         };
 
         match self.1.dial(addr) {
-            Ok(connec) => Ok(EitherListenUpgrade::Second(connec.into_future())),
+            Ok(connec) => Ok(EitherListenUpgrade::Second(connec)),
             Err((second, addr)) => Err((OrTransport(first, second), addr)),
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/transport/mod.rs b/core/src/transport/mod.rs
index 6ed9c2ec..af573878 100644
--- a/core/src/transport/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/transport/mod.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ pub trait Transport {
     type ListenerUpgrade: Future<Item = (Self::Output, Multiaddr), Error = IoError>;
 
     /// A future which indicates that we are currently dialing to a peer.
-    type Dial: IntoFuture<Item = (Self::Output, Multiaddr), Error = IoError>;
+    type Dial: Future<Item = (Self::Output, Multiaddr), Error = IoError>;
 
     /// Listen on the given multiaddr. Returns a stream of incoming connections, plus a modified
     /// version of the `Multiaddr`. This new `Multiaddr` is the one that that should be advertised
diff --git a/core/src/transport/upgrade.rs b/core/src/transport/upgrade.rs
index 6c8ba0c3..fd1b39d2 100644
--- a/core/src/transport/upgrade.rs
+++ b/core/src/transport/upgrade.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ where
         let upgrade = self.upgrade;
 
         let dialed_fut = match self.transports.dial(addr.clone()) {
-            Ok(f) => f.into_future(),
+            Ok(f) => f,
             Err((trans, addr)) => {
                 let builder = UpgradedNode {
                     transports: trans,
diff --git a/dns/src/lib.rs b/dns/src/lib.rs
index 17d692b7..313d753c 100644
--- a/dns/src/lib.rs
+++ b/dns/src/lib.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ where
         if !contains_dns {
             trace!(target: "libp2p-dns", "Pass-through address without DNS: {}", addr);
             return match self.inner.dial(addr) {
-                Ok(d) => Ok(Box::new(d.into_future()) as Box<_>),
+                Ok(d) => Ok(Box::new(d) as Box<_>),
                 Err((inner, addr)) => Err((
                     DnsConfig {
                         inner,
diff --git a/ratelimit/src/lib.rs b/ratelimit/src/lib.rs
index 74512a62..6423afcd 100644
--- a/ratelimit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ratelimit/src/lib.rs
@@ -153,28 +153,6 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-pub struct Dial<T: Transport>(RateLimited<T::Dial>);
-
-impl<T> IntoFuture for Dial<T>
-where
-    T: Transport + 'static,
-    T::Output: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite,
-{
-    type Future = Box<Future<Item = Self::Item, Error = Self::Error>>;
-    type Item = (Connection<T::Output>, Multiaddr);
-    type Error = io::Error;
-
-    fn into_future(self) -> Self::Future {
-        let r = self.0.rlimiter;
-        let w = self.0.wlimiter;
-        let future = self.0
-            .value
-            .into_future()
-            .and_then(move |(conn, addr)| Ok((Connection::new(conn, r, w)?, addr)));
-        Box::new(future)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> Transport for RateLimited<T>
 where
     T: Transport + 'static,
@@ -183,7 +161,7 @@ where
     type Output = Connection<T::Output>;
     type Listener = Listener<T>;
     type ListenerUpgrade = ListenerUpgrade<T>;
-    type Dial = Dial<T>;
+    type Dial = Box<Future<Item = (Connection<T::Output>, Multiaddr), Error = io::Error>>;
 
     fn listen_on(self, addr: Multiaddr) -> Result<(Self::Listener, Multiaddr), (Self, Multiaddr)>
     where
@@ -208,10 +186,17 @@ where
     {
         let r = self.rlimiter;
         let w = self.wlimiter;
+        let r2 = r.clone();
+        let w2 = w.clone();
+
         self.value
             .dial(addr)
-            .map(|dial| Dial(RateLimited::from_parts(dial, r.clone(), w.clone())))
-            .map_err(|(transport, a)| (RateLimited::from_parts(transport, r, w), a))
+            .map(move |dial| {
+                let future = dial
+                    .and_then(move |(conn, addr)| Ok((Connection::new(conn, r, w)?, addr)));
+                Box::new(future) as Box<_>
+            })
+            .map_err(|(transport, a)| (RateLimited::from_parts(transport, r2, w2), a))
     }
 
     fn nat_traversal(&self, server: &Multiaddr, observed: &Multiaddr) -> Option<Multiaddr> {