diff --git a/axum/src/handler/future.rs b/axum/src/handler/future.rs
index 6bd39b35..d126dd76 100644
--- a/axum/src/handler/future.rs
+++ b/axum/src/handler/future.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 //! Handler future types.
 
 use crate::response::Response;
-use futures_util::future::{BoxFuture, Map};
+use futures_util::future::Map;
 use std::convert::Infallible;
 
 opaque_future! {
     /// The response future for [`IntoService`](super::IntoService).
-    pub type IntoServiceFuture =
+    pub type IntoServiceFuture<F> =
         Map<
-            BoxFuture<'static, Response>,
+            F,
             fn(Response) -> Result<Response, Infallible>,
         >;
 }
diff --git a/axum/src/handler/into_service.rs b/axum/src/handler/into_service.rs
index bb99d57f..34f36b2d 100644
--- a/axum/src/handler/into_service.rs
+++ b/axum/src/handler/into_service.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ where
 {
     type Response = Response;
     type Error = Infallible;
-    type Future = super::future::IntoServiceFuture;
+    type Future = super::future::IntoServiceFuture<H::Future>;
 
     #[inline]
     fn poll_ready(&mut self, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ where
     }
 
     fn call(&mut self, req: Request<B>) -> Self::Future {
-        use futures_util::future::{BoxFuture, FutureExt};
+        use futures_util::future::FutureExt;
 
         let handler = self.handler.clone();
-        let future = Box::pin(Handler::call(handler, req)) as BoxFuture<'static, _>;
-        let future = future.map(Ok::<_, Infallible> as _);
+        let future = Handler::call(handler, req);
+        let future = future.map(Ok as _);
 
         super::future::IntoServiceFuture::new(future)
     }