diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1e38ed72..1671667e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crates_io_api",
  "detect-targets",
  "either",
- "futures-util",
  "home",
  "itertools",
  "jobslot",
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk/Cargo.toml
index ef7e79c0..3262d695 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ compact_str = { version = "0.6.1", features = ["serde"] }
 crates_io_api = { version = "0.8.1", default-features = false }
 detect-targets = { version = "0.1.5", path = "../detect-targets" }
 either = "1.8.1"
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.26", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 home = "0.5.4"
 itertools = "0.10.5"
 jobslot = { version = "0.2.8", features = ["tokio"] }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
index 47a1a9c7..5d25bb3c 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, future::Future, iter, path::Path, sync::Arc};
 
 use compact_str::{CompactString, ToCompactString};
 use either::Either;
-use futures_util::stream::{FuturesUnordered, StreamExt};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use serde::Serialize;
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::{
     errors::{BinstallError, InvalidPkgFmtError},
     helpers::{
         download::Download,
+        futures_resolver::FuturesResolver,
         remote::{Client, Method},
         tasks::AutoAbortJoinHandle,
     },
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ impl super::Fetcher for GhCrateMeta {
                 Either::Right(PkgFmt::iter())
             };
 
-            let mut handles = FuturesUnordered::new();
+            let resolver = FuturesResolver::default();
 
             // Iterate over pkg_urls first to avoid String::clone.
             for pkg_url in pkg_urls {
@@ -183,19 +183,17 @@ impl super::Fetcher for GhCrateMeta {
                 //             basically cartesian product.
                 //             |
                 for pkg_fmt in pkg_fmts.clone() {
-                    handles.extend(this.launch_baseline_find_tasks(pkg_fmt, &tt, &pkg_url, repo));
+                    resolver.extend(this.launch_baseline_find_tasks(pkg_fmt, &tt, &pkg_url, repo));
                 }
             }
 
-            while let Some(res) = handles.next().await {
-                if let Some((url, pkg_fmt)) = res? {
-                    debug!("Winning URL is {url}, with pkg_fmt {pkg_fmt}");
-                    self.resolution.set((url, pkg_fmt)).unwrap(); // find() is called first
-                    return Ok(true);
-                }
+            if let Some((url, pkg_fmt)) = resolver.resolve().await? {
+                debug!("Winning URL is {url}, with pkg_fmt {pkg_fmt}");
+                self.resolution.set((url, pkg_fmt)).unwrap(); // find() is called first
+                Ok(true)
+            } else {
+                Ok(false)
             }
-
-            Ok(false)
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/helpers.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/helpers.rs
index 83730ec3..68d84553 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/helpers.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod futures_resolver;
 pub mod jobserver_client;
 pub mod signal;
 pub mod tasks;
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/helpers/futures_resolver.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/helpers/futures_resolver.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38b4eb98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/helpers/futures_resolver.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+use std::{future::Future, pin::Pin};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+
+/// Given multiple futures with output = Result<Option<T>, E>,
+/// returns the the first one that returns either `Err(_)` or
+/// `Ok(Some(_))`.
+pub struct FuturesResolver<T, E> {
+    rx: mpsc::Receiver<Result<T, E>>,
+    tx: mpsc::Sender<Result<T, E>>,
+}
+
+impl<T, E> Default for FuturesResolver<T, E> {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        // We only need the first one, so the channel is of size 1.
+        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(1);
+        Self { tx, rx }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: Send + 'static, E: Send + 'static> FuturesResolver<T, E> {
+    /// Insert new future into this resolver, they will start running
+    /// right away.
+    pub fn push<Fut>(&self, fut: Fut)
+    where
+        Fut: Future<Output = Result<Option<T>, E>> + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        let tx = self.tx.clone();
+
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            tokio::pin!(fut);
+
+            Self::spawn_inner(fut, tx).await;
+        });
+    }
+
+    async fn spawn_inner(
+        fut: Pin<&mut (dyn Future<Output = Result<Option<T>, E>> + Send)>,
+        tx: mpsc::Sender<Result<T, E>>,
+    ) {
+        let res = tokio::select! {
+            biased;
+
+            _ = tx.closed() => return,
+            res = fut => res,
+        };
+
+        if let Some(res) = res.transpose() {
+            // try_send can only fail due to being full or being closed.
+            //
+            // In both cases, this could means some other future has
+            // completed first.
+            //
+            // For closed, it could additionally means that the task
+            // is cancelled.
+            tx.try_send(res).ok();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Insert multiple futures into this resolver, they will start running
+    /// right away.
+    pub fn extend<Fut, Iter>(&self, iter: Iter)
+    where
+        Fut: Future<Output = Result<Option<T>, E>> + Send + 'static,
+        Iter: IntoIterator<Item = Fut>,
+    {
+        iter.into_iter().for_each(|fut| self.push(fut));
+    }
+
+    /// Return the resolution.
+    pub fn resolve(self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<Option<T>, E>> {
+        let mut rx = self.rx;
+        drop(self.tx);
+
+        async move { rx.recv().await.transpose() }
+    }
+}