diff --git a/sling.go b/sling.go
index 57d7ad5..5492ef2 100644
--- a/sling.go
+++ b/sling.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package sling
 import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 
@@ -390,7 +389,7 @@ func (s *Sling) Do(req *http.Request, successV, failureV interface{}) (*http.Res
 	// reuse HTTP/1.x "keep-alive" TCP connections if the Body is
 	// not read to completion and closed.
 	// See: https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#Response
-	defer io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body)
+	defer io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
 
 	// Don't try to decode on 204s or Content-Length is 0
 	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNoContent || resp.ContentLength == 0 {
diff --git a/sling_test.go b/sling_test.go
index 5d4c1ef..370c920 100644
--- a/sling_test.go
+++ b/sling_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -385,7 +384,7 @@ func TestBodyFormSetter(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestBodySetter(t *testing.T) {
-	fakeInput := ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("test"))
+	fakeInput := io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("test"))
 	fakeBodyProvider := bodyProvider{body: fakeInput}
 
 	cases := []struct {