diff --git a/response.go b/response.go
index faf7244..8de1aa1 100644
--- a/response.go
+++ b/response.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 
 	"gopkg.in/h2non/gentleman.v1/context"
 	"gopkg.in/h2non/gentleman.v1/utils"
@@ -71,9 +70,6 @@ func buildResponse(ctx *context.Context) (*Response, error) {
 		Cookies:     resp.Cookies(),
 		buffer:      bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{}),
 	}
-	if !isChunkedResponse(resp) {
-		EnsureResponseFinalized(res)
-	}
 
 	return res, res.Error
 }
@@ -228,14 +224,6 @@ func (r *Response) getInternalReader() io.Reader {
 	return r
 }
 
-// EnsureResponseFinalized will ensure that when the Response is GCed
-// the request body is closed so we aren't leaking fds.
-func EnsureResponseFinalized(httpResp *Response) {
-	runtime.SetFinalizer(&httpResp, func(httpResponseInt **Response) {
-		(*httpResponseInt).RawResponse.Body.Close()
-	})
-}
-
 // isChunkedResponse iterates over the response's transfer encodings
 // and returns either true whether 'chunked' is found, or false, otherwise.
 func isChunkedResponse(res *http.Response) bool {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 4f41c2b..c3adad6 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -51,21 +50,3 @@ func (nopCloser) Close() error { return nil }
 func NopCloser() io.ReadCloser {
 	return nopCloser{bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})}
 }
-
-// EnsureTransporterFinalized will ensure that when the HTTP client is GCed
-// the runtime will close the idle connections (so that they won't leak)
-// this function was adopted from Hashicorp's go-cleanhttp package.
-func EnsureTransporterFinalized(httpTransport *http.Transport) {
-	runtime.SetFinalizer(&httpTransport, func(transportInt **http.Transport) {
-		(*transportInt).CloseIdleConnections()
-	})
-}
-
-// SetTransportFinalizer sets a finalizer on the transport to ensure that
-// idle connections are closed prior to garbage collection; otherwise
-// these may leak.
-func SetTransportFinalizer(transport *http.Transport) {
-	runtime.SetFinalizer(&transport, func(t **http.Transport) {
-		(*t).CloseIdleConnections()
-	})
-}