diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab2949c6..12580c12 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
  "httpdate",
  "reqwest",
- "scopeguard",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
index 5f5aab2e..67afa703 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3.25", default-features = false, features = ["std"
 generic-array = "0.14.6"
 httpdate = "1.0.2"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.13", features = ["stream", "gzip", "brotli", "deflate"], default-features = false }
-scopeguard = "1.1.0"
 # Use a fork here since we need PAX support, but the upstream
 # does not hav the PR merged yet.
 #
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download.rs
index a3a9469a..1636577f 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{fmt::Debug, future::Future, io, marker::PhantomData, path::Path, pin::Pin};
+use std::{fmt::Debug, io, marker::PhantomData, path::Path};
 
 use binstalk_types::cargo_toml_binstall::{PkgFmtDecomposed, TarBasedFmt};
 use digest::{Digest, FixedOutput, HashMarker, Output, OutputSizeUser, Update};
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ mod async_extracter;
 use async_extracter::*;
 
 mod async_tar_visitor;
-pub use async_tar_visitor::*;
+use async_tar_visitor::extract_tar_based_stream_and_visit;
+pub use async_tar_visitor::{TarEntriesVisitor, TarEntry, TarEntryType};
 
 mod extracter;
 mod stream_readable;
@@ -23,9 +24,6 @@ mod zip_extraction;
 pub use zip_extraction::ZipError;
 
 mod utils;
-use utils::await_on_option;
-
-pub type CancellationFuture = Option<Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = Result<(), io::Error>> + Send>>>;
 
 #[derive(Debug, ThisError)]
 pub enum DownloadError {
@@ -102,12 +100,11 @@ impl Download {
     ///
     /// NOTE that this API does not support gnu extension sparse file unlike
     /// [`Download::and_extract`].
-    #[instrument(skip(visitor, cancellation_future))]
+    #[instrument(skip(visitor))]
     pub async fn and_visit_tar<V: TarEntriesVisitor + Debug + Send + 'static>(
         self,
         fmt: TarBasedFmt,
         visitor: V,
-        cancellation_future: CancellationFuture,
     ) -> Result<V::Target, DownloadError> {
         let stream = self
             .client
@@ -117,14 +114,7 @@ impl Download {
 
         debug!("Downloading and extracting then in-memory processing");
 
-        let ret = tokio::select! {
-            biased;
-
-            res = await_on_option(cancellation_future) => {
-                Err(res.err().unwrap_or_else(|| io::Error::from(DownloadError::UserAbort)))?
-            }
-            res = extract_tar_based_stream_and_visit(stream, fmt, visitor) => res?,
-        };
+        let ret = extract_tar_based_stream_and_visit(stream, fmt, visitor).await?;
 
         debug!("Download, extraction and in-memory procession OK");
 
@@ -135,19 +125,13 @@ impl Download {
     ///
     /// `cancellation_future` can be used to cancel the extraction and return
     /// [`DownloadError::UserAbort`] error.
-    #[instrument(skip(path, cancellation_future))]
+    #[instrument(skip(path))]
     pub async fn and_extract(
         self,
         fmt: PkgFmt,
         path: impl AsRef<Path>,
-        cancellation_future: CancellationFuture,
     ) -> Result<(), DownloadError> {
-        async fn inner(
-            this: Download,
-            fmt: PkgFmt,
-            path: &Path,
-            cancellation_future: CancellationFuture,
-        ) -> Result<(), DownloadError> {
+        async fn inner(this: Download, fmt: PkgFmt, path: &Path) -> Result<(), DownloadError> {
             let stream = this
                 .client
                 .get_stream(this.url)
@@ -157,11 +141,9 @@ impl Download {
             debug!("Downloading and extracting to: '{}'", path.display());
 
             match fmt.decompose() {
-                PkgFmtDecomposed::Tar(fmt) => {
-                    extract_tar_based_stream(stream, path, fmt, cancellation_future).await?
-                }
-                PkgFmtDecomposed::Bin => extract_bin(stream, path, cancellation_future).await?,
-                PkgFmtDecomposed::Zip => extract_zip(stream, path, cancellation_future).await?,
+                PkgFmtDecomposed::Tar(fmt) => extract_tar_based_stream(stream, path, fmt).await?,
+                PkgFmtDecomposed::Bin => extract_bin(stream, path).await?,
+                PkgFmtDecomposed::Zip => extract_zip(stream, path).await?,
             }
 
             debug!("Download OK, extracted to: '{}'", path.display());
@@ -169,7 +151,7 @@ impl Download {
             Ok(())
         }
 
-        inner(self, fmt, path.as_ref(), cancellation_future).await
+        inner(self, fmt, path.as_ref()).await
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/async_extracter.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/async_extracter.rs
index 5034374b..4850771e 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/async_extracter.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/async_extracter.rs
@@ -1,96 +1,137 @@
-use std::{fs, path::Path};
+use std::{
+    fs,
+    future::Future,
+    io::{self, Write},
+    path::Path,
+};
 
 use async_zip::read::stream::ZipFileReader;
-use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures_util::stream::Stream;
-use scopeguard::{guard, ScopeGuard};
-use tokio::task::block_in_place;
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
+use futures_util::{
+    future::try_join,
+    stream::{Stream, StreamExt},
+};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio_util::io::StreamReader;
 use tracing::debug;
 
 use super::{
-    await_on_option, extracter::*, stream_readable::StreamReadable,
-    zip_extraction::extract_zip_entry, CancellationFuture, DownloadError, TarBasedFmt, ZipError,
+    extracter::*, stream_readable::StreamReadable, utils::asyncify,
+    zip_extraction::extract_zip_entry, DownloadError, TarBasedFmt, ZipError,
 };
 
-pub async fn extract_bin<S>(
-    stream: S,
-    path: &Path,
-    cancellation_future: CancellationFuture,
-) -> Result<(), DownloadError>
+pub async fn extract_bin<S>(stream: S, path: &Path) -> Result<(), DownloadError>
 where
-    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, DownloadError>> + Unpin + 'static,
+    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, DownloadError>> + Send + Sync + Unpin + 'static,
 {
-    let mut reader = StreamReadable::new(stream, cancellation_future).await;
-    block_in_place(move || {
-        fs::create_dir_all(path.parent().unwrap())?;
+    debug!("Writing to `{}`", path.display());
 
+    extract_with_blocking_decoder(stream, path, |mut rx, path| {
         let mut file = fs::File::create(path)?;
 
-        // remove it unless the operation isn't aborted and no write
-        // fails.
-        let remove_guard = guard(&path, |path| {
-            fs::remove_file(path).ok();
-        });
+        while let Some(bytes) = rx.blocking_recv() {
+            file.write_all(&bytes)?;
+        }
 
-        reader.copy(&mut file)?;
-
-        // Operation isn't aborted and all writes succeed,
-        // disarm the remove_guard.
-        ScopeGuard::into_inner(remove_guard);
-
-        Ok(())
+        file.flush()
     })
+    .await
 }
 
-pub async fn extract_zip<S>(
-    stream: S,
-    path: &Path,
-    cancellation_future: CancellationFuture,
-) -> Result<(), DownloadError>
+pub async fn extract_zip<S>(stream: S, path: &Path) -> Result<(), DownloadError>
 where
     S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, DownloadError>> + Unpin + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     debug!("Decompressing from zip archive to `{}`", path.display());
 
-    let extract_future = Box::pin(async move {
-        let reader = StreamReader::new(stream);
-        let mut zip = ZipFileReader::new(reader);
+    let reader = StreamReader::new(stream);
+    let mut zip = ZipFileReader::new(reader);
+    let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(4 * 4096);
 
-        while let Some(entry) = zip.entry_reader().await.map_err(ZipError::from_inner)? {
-            extract_zip_entry(entry, path).await?;
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    });
-
-    tokio::select! {
-        biased;
-
-        res = await_on_option(cancellation_future) => {
-            Err(res.err().map(DownloadError::from).unwrap_or(DownloadError::UserAbort))
-        }
-        res = extract_future => res,
+    while let Some(entry) = zip.entry_reader().await.map_err(ZipError::from_inner)? {
+        extract_zip_entry(entry, path, &mut buf).await?;
     }
+
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub async fn extract_tar_based_stream<S>(
     stream: S,
     path: &Path,
     fmt: TarBasedFmt,
-    cancellation_future: CancellationFuture,
 ) -> Result<(), DownloadError>
 where
-    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, DownloadError>> + Unpin + 'static,
+    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, DownloadError>> + Send + Sync + Unpin + 'static,
 {
-    let reader = StreamReadable::new(stream, cancellation_future).await;
-    block_in_place(move || {
-        fs::create_dir_all(path.parent().unwrap())?;
+    debug!("Extracting from {fmt} archive to {path:#?}");
 
-        debug!("Extracting from {fmt} archive to {path:#?}");
+    extract_with_blocking_decoder(stream, path, move |rx, path| {
+        create_tar_decoder(StreamReadable::new(rx), fmt)?.unpack(path)
+    })
+    .await
+}
 
-        create_tar_decoder(reader, fmt)?.unpack(path)?;
+async fn extract_with_blocking_decoder<S, F>(
+    stream: S,
+    path: &Path,
+    f: F,
+) -> Result<(), DownloadError>
+where
+    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, DownloadError>> + Send + Sync + Unpin + 'static,
+    F: FnOnce(mpsc::Receiver<Bytes>, &Path) -> io::Result<()> + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    async fn inner<S, Fut>(
+        mut stream: S,
+        task: Fut,
+        tx: mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
+    ) -> Result<(), DownloadError>
+    where
+        // We do not use trait object for S since there will only be one
+        // S used with this function.
+        S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, DownloadError>> + Send + Sync + Unpin + 'static,
+        // asyncify would always return the same future, so no need to
+        // use trait object here.
+        Fut: Future<Output = io::Result<()>> + Send + Sync,
+    {
+        try_join(
+            async move {
+                while let Some(bytes) = stream.next().await.transpose()? {
+                    if tx.send(bytes).await.is_err() {
+                        // The extract tar returns, which could be that:
+                        //  - Extraction fails with an error
+                        //  - Extraction success without the rest of the data
+                        //
+                        //
+                        // It's hard to tell the difference here, so we assume
+                        // the first scienario occurs.
+                        //
+                        // Even if the second scienario occurs, it won't affect the
+                        // extraction process anyway, so we can jsut ignore it.
+                        return Ok(());
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Ok(())
+            },
+            task,
+        )
+        .await?;
 
         Ok(())
-    })
+    }
+
+    // Use channel size = 5 to minimize the waiting time in the extraction task
+    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(5);
+
+    let path = path.to_owned();
+
+    let task = asyncify(move || {
+        if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
+            fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
+        }
+
+        f(rx, &path)
+    });
+
+    inner(stream, task, tx).await
 }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/async_tar_visitor.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/async_tar_visitor.rs
index d33ba2ef..bab6d0eb 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/async_tar_visitor.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/async_tar_visitor.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pub trait TarEntriesVisitor: Send + Sync {
     fn finish(self) -> Result<Self::Target, DownloadError>;
 }
 
-pub async fn extract_tar_based_stream_and_visit<S, V>(
+pub(crate) async fn extract_tar_based_stream_and_visit<S, V>(
     stream: S,
     fmt: TarBasedFmt,
     mut visitor: V,
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/stream_readable.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/stream_readable.rs
index dee2f379..f1ec5a27 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/stream_readable.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/stream_readable.rs
@@ -1,74 +1,28 @@
-use std::{
-    cmp::min,
-    io::{self, BufRead, Read, Write},
-};
+use std::io::{self, BufRead, Read};
 
 use bytes::{Buf, Bytes};
-use futures_util::stream::{Stream, StreamExt};
-use tokio::runtime::Handle;
-
-use super::{await_on_option, CancellationFuture, DownloadError};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
 /// This wraps an AsyncIterator as a `Read`able.
 /// It must be used in non-async context only,
 /// meaning you have to use it with
 /// `tokio::task::{block_in_place, spawn_blocking}` or
 /// `std::thread::spawn`.
-pub struct StreamReadable<S> {
-    stream: S,
-    handle: Handle,
+pub struct StreamReadable {
+    rx: mpsc::Receiver<Bytes>,
     bytes: Bytes,
-    cancellation_future: CancellationFuture,
 }
 
-impl<S> StreamReadable<S> {
-    pub(super) async fn new(stream: S, cancellation_future: CancellationFuture) -> Self {
+impl StreamReadable {
+    pub(super) fn new(rx: mpsc::Receiver<Bytes>) -> Self {
         Self {
-            stream,
-            handle: Handle::current(),
+            rx,
             bytes: Bytes::new(),
-            cancellation_future,
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<S, E> StreamReadable<S>
-where
-    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, E>> + Unpin,
-    DownloadError: From<E>,
-{
-    /// Copies from `self` to `writer`.
-    ///
-    /// Same as `io::copy` but does not allocate any internal buffer
-    /// since `self` is buffered.
-    pub(super) fn copy<W>(&mut self, mut writer: W) -> io::Result<()>
-    where
-        W: Write,
-    {
-        self.copy_inner(&mut writer)
-    }
-
-    fn copy_inner(&mut self, writer: &mut dyn Write) -> io::Result<()> {
-        loop {
-            let buf = self.fill_buf()?;
-            if buf.is_empty() {
-                // Eof
-                break Ok(());
-            }
-
-            writer.write_all(buf)?;
-
-            let n = buf.len();
-            self.consume(n);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<S, E> Read for StreamReadable<S>
-where
-    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, E>> + Unpin,
-    DownloadError: From<E>,
-{
+impl Read for StreamReadable {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         if buf.is_empty() {
             return Ok(0);
@@ -82,60 +36,26 @@ where
 
         // copy_to_slice requires the bytes to have enough remaining bytes
         // to fill buf.
-        let n = min(buf.len(), bytes.remaining());
+        let n = buf.len().min(bytes.remaining());
 
+        // <Bytes as Buf>::copy_to_slice copies and consumes the bytes
         bytes.copy_to_slice(&mut buf[..n]);
 
         Ok(n)
     }
 }
 
-/// If `Ok(Some(bytes))` if returned, then `bytes.is_empty() == false`.
-async fn next_stream<S, E>(stream: &mut S) -> io::Result<Option<Bytes>>
-where
-    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, E>> + Unpin,
-    DownloadError: From<E>,
-{
-    loop {
-        let option = stream
-            .next()
-            .await
-            .transpose()
-            .map_err(DownloadError::from)?;
-
-        match option {
-            Some(bytes) if bytes.is_empty() => continue,
-            option => break Ok(option),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<S, E> BufRead for StreamReadable<S>
-where
-    S: Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, E>> + Unpin,
-    DownloadError: From<E>,
-{
+impl BufRead for StreamReadable {
     fn fill_buf(&mut self) -> io::Result<&[u8]> {
         let bytes = &mut self.bytes;
 
         if !bytes.has_remaining() {
-            let option = self.handle.block_on(async {
-                let cancellation_future = self.cancellation_future.as_mut();
-                tokio::select! {
-                    biased;
-
-                    res = await_on_option(cancellation_future) => {
-                        Err(res.err().unwrap_or_else(|| io::Error::from(DownloadError::UserAbort)))
-                    },
-                    res = next_stream(&mut self.stream) => res,
-                }
-            })?;
-
-            if let Some(new_bytes) = option {
+            if let Some(new_bytes) = self.rx.blocking_recv() {
                 // new_bytes are guaranteed to be non-empty.
                 *bytes = new_bytes;
             }
         }
+
         Ok(&*bytes)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/utils.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/utils.rs
index 94ad39cf..9fde5239 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/utils.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
-use std::future::{pending, Future};
+use std::{future::Future, io};
 
-/// Await on `future` if it is not `None`, or call [`pending`]
-/// so that this branch would never get selected again.
-///
-/// Designed to use with [`tokio::select`].
-pub(super) async fn await_on_option<Fut, R>(future: Option<Fut>) -> R
+use tokio::task;
+
+/// Copied from tokio https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/src/tokio/fs/mod.rs.html#132
+pub(super) fn asyncify<F, T>(f: F) -> impl Future<Output = io::Result<T>> + Send + Sync + 'static
 where
-    Fut: Future<Output = R>,
+    F: FnOnce() -> io::Result<T> + Send + 'static,
+    T: Send + 'static,
 {
-    if let Some(future) = future {
-        future.await
-    } else {
-        pending().await
+    async fn inner<T: Send + 'static>(handle: task::JoinHandle<io::Result<T>>) -> io::Result<T> {
+        match handle.await {
+            Ok(res) => res,
+            Err(err) => Err(io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                format!("background task failed: {err}"),
+            )),
+        }
     }
+
+    inner(task::spawn_blocking(f))
 }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/zip_extraction.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/zip_extraction.rs
index ca3b89f3..89e4f2ab 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/zip_extraction.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/download/zip_extraction.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 use std::{
-    io,
+    io::Write,
     path::{Component, Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
 use async_zip::{read::ZipEntryReader, ZipEntryExt};
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
+use futures_util::future::{try_join, TryFutureExt};
 use thiserror::Error as ThisError;
-use tokio::{fs, io::AsyncRead, task::spawn_blocking};
+use tokio::{
+    io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt},
+    sync::mpsc,
+};
 
-use super::DownloadError;
+use super::{utils::asyncify, DownloadError};
 
 #[derive(Debug, ThisError)]
 enum ZipErrorInner {
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ impl ZipError {
 pub(super) async fn extract_zip_entry<R>(
     entry: ZipEntryReader<'_, R>,
     path: &Path,
+    buf: &mut BytesMut,
 ) -> Result<(), DownloadError>
 where
     R: AsyncRead + Unpin + Send + Sync,
@@ -68,31 +74,82 @@ where
         })
         .await?;
     } else {
+        // Use channel size = 5 to minimize the waiting time in the extraction task
+        let (tx, mut rx) = mpsc::channel::<Bytes>(5);
+
         // This entry is a file.
-        let mut outfile = asyncify(move || {
-            if let Some(p) = outpath.parent() {
-                std::fs::create_dir_all(p)?;
-            }
-            let outfile = std::fs::File::create(&outpath)?;
+        try_join(
+            asyncify(move || {
+                if let Some(p) = outpath.parent() {
+                    std::fs::create_dir_all(p)?;
+                }
+                let mut outfile = std::fs::File::create(&outpath)?;
 
-            if let Some(perms) = perms {
-                outfile.set_permissions(perms)?;
-            }
+                while let Some(bytes) = rx.blocking_recv() {
+                    outfile.write_all(&bytes)?;
+                }
 
-            Ok(outfile)
-        })
-        .await
-        .map(fs::File::from_std)?;
+                outfile.flush()?;
 
-        entry
-            .copy_to_end_crc(&mut outfile, 64 * 1024)
-            .await
-            .map_err(ZipError::from_inner)?;
+                if let Some(perms) = perms {
+                    outfile.set_permissions(perms)?;
+                }
+
+                Ok(())
+            })
+            .err_into(),
+            copy_file_to_mpsc(entry, tx, buf)
+                .map_err(ZipError::from_inner)
+                .map_err(DownloadError::from),
+        )
+        .await?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }
 
+async fn copy_file_to_mpsc<R>(
+    mut entry: ZipEntryReader<'_, R>,
+    tx: mpsc::Sender<Bytes>,
+    buf: &mut BytesMut,
+) -> Result<(), async_zip::error::ZipError>
+where
+    R: AsyncRead + Unpin + Send + Sync,
+{
+    // Since BytesMut does not have a max cap, if AsyncReadExt::read_buf returns
+    // 0 then it means Eof.
+    while entry.read_buf(buf).await? != 0 {
+        // Ensure AsyncReadExt::read_buf can read at least 4096B to avoid
+        // frequent expensive read syscalls.
+        //
+        // Performs this reserve before sending the buf over mpsc queue to
+        // increase the possibility of reusing the previous allocation.
+        //
+        // NOTE: `BytesMut` only reuses the previous allocation if it is the
+        // only one holds the reference to it, which is either on the first
+        // iteration or all the `Bytes` in the mpsc queue has been consumed,
+        // written to the file and dropped.
+        //
+        // Since reading from entry would have to wait for external file I/O,
+        // this would give the blocking thread some time to flush `Bytes`
+        // out.
+        //
+        // If all `Bytes` are flushed out, then we can reuse the allocation here.
+        buf.reserve(4096);
+
+        if tx.send(buf.split().freeze()).await.is_err() {
+            // Same reason as extract_with_blocking_decoder
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if entry.compare_crc() {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(async_zip::error::ZipError::CRC32CheckError)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Ensure the file path is safe to use as a [`Path`].
 ///
 /// - It can't contain NULL bytes
@@ -132,18 +189,3 @@ fn check_filename_and_normalize(filename: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
 
     Some(path)
 }
-
-/// Copied from tokio https://docs.rs/tokio/latest/src/tokio/fs/mod.rs.html#132
-async fn asyncify<F, T>(f: F) -> io::Result<T>
-where
-    F: FnOnce() -> io::Result<T> + Send + 'static,
-    T: Send + 'static,
-{
-    match spawn_blocking(f).await {
-        Ok(res) => res,
-        Err(_) => Err(io::Error::new(
-            io::ErrorKind::Other,
-            "background task failed",
-        )),
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/drivers/crates_io.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
index ec4179bd..402fca46 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/drivers/crates_io.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use crate::{
     helpers::{
         download::Download,
         remote::{Client, Url},
-        signal::wait_on_cancellation_signal,
     },
     manifests::cargo_toml_binstall::{Meta, TarBasedFmt},
 };
@@ -54,10 +53,6 @@ pub async fn fetch_crate_cratesio(
     let manifest_dir_path: PathBuf = format!("{name}-{version_name}").into();
 
     Ok(Download::new(client, Url::parse(&crate_url)?)
-        .and_visit_tar(
-            TarBasedFmt::Tgz,
-            ManifestVisitor::new(manifest_dir_path),
-            Some(Box::pin(wait_on_cancellation_signal())),
-        )
+        .and_visit_tar(TarBasedFmt::Tgz, ManifestVisitor::new(manifest_dir_path))
         .await?)
 }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
index 15defd2e..5e865df2 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/gh_crate_meta.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use crate::{
     helpers::{
         download::Download,
         remote::{Client, Method},
-        signal::wait_on_cancellation_signal,
         tasks::AutoAbortJoinHandle,
     },
     manifests::cargo_toml_binstall::{PkgFmt, PkgMeta},
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ impl super::Fetcher for GhCrateMeta {
         let (url, pkg_fmt) = self.resolution.get().unwrap(); // find() is called first
         debug!("Downloading package from: '{url}' dst:{dst:?} fmt:{pkg_fmt:?}");
         Ok(Download::new(self.client.clone(), url.clone())
-            .and_extract(*pkg_fmt, dst, Some(Box::pin(wait_on_cancellation_signal())))
+            .and_extract(*pkg_fmt, dst)
             .await?)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/quickinstall.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/quickinstall.rs
index d49847e3..90daef53 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/quickinstall.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/fetchers/quickinstall.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use crate::{
     helpers::{
         download::Download,
         remote::{Client, Method},
-        signal::wait_on_cancellation_signal,
         tasks::AutoAbortJoinHandle,
     },
     manifests::cargo_toml_binstall::{PkgFmt, PkgMeta},
@@ -72,11 +71,7 @@ impl super::Fetcher for QuickInstall {
         let url = self.package_url();
         debug!("Downloading package from: '{url}'");
         Ok(Download::new(self.client.clone(), Url::parse(&url)?)
-            .and_extract(
-                self.pkg_fmt(),
-                dst,
-                Some(Box::pin(wait_on_cancellation_signal())),
-            )
+            .and_extract(self.pkg_fmt(), dst)
             .await?)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/helpers/signal.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/helpers/signal.rs
index 5b6b7465..36a25f6e 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/helpers/signal.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/helpers/signal.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{future::pending, io};
 use super::tasks::AutoAbortJoinHandle;
 use crate::errors::BinstallError;
 
-use tokio::{signal, sync::OnceCell};
+use tokio::signal;
 
 /// This function will poll the handle while listening for ctrl_c,
 /// `SIGINT`, `SIGHUP`, `SIGTERM` and `SIGQUIT`.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub async fn cancel_on_user_sig_term<T>(
     }
 }
 
-pub fn ignore_signals() -> io::Result<()> {
+fn ignore_signals() -> io::Result<()> {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     unix::ignore_signals_on_unix()?;
 
@@ -39,16 +39,7 @@ pub fn ignore_signals() -> io::Result<()> {
 
 /// If call to it returns `Ok(())`, then all calls to this function after
 /// that also returns `Ok(())`.
-pub async fn wait_on_cancellation_signal() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
-    static CANCELLED: OnceCell<()> = OnceCell::const_new();
-
-    CANCELLED
-        .get_or_try_init(wait_on_cancellation_signal_inner)
-        .await
-        .copied()
-}
-
-async fn wait_on_cancellation_signal_inner() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+async fn wait_on_cancellation_signal() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     async fn inner() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
         unix::wait_on_cancellation_signal_unix().await
@@ -56,16 +47,10 @@ async fn wait_on_cancellation_signal_inner() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
 
     #[cfg(not(unix))]
     async fn inner() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
-        // Use pending here so that tokio::select! would just skip this branch.
-        pending().await
+        signal::ctrl_c().await
     }
 
-    tokio::select! {
-        biased;
-
-        res = signal::ctrl_c() => res,
-        res = inner() => res,
-    }
+    inner().await
 }
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
diff --git a/crates/binstalk/src/ops/resolve.rs b/crates/binstalk/src/ops/resolve.rs
index b5153bf3..306a562a 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk/src/ops/resolve.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk/src/ops/resolve.rs
@@ -398,7 +398,15 @@ impl PackageInfo {
         // Fetch crate via crates.io, git, or use a local manifest path
         let manifest = match opts.manifest_path.as_ref() {
             Some(manifest_path) => load_manifest_path(manifest_path)?,
-            None => fetch_crate_cratesio(client, crates_io_api_client, &name, &version_req).await?,
+            None => {
+                Box::pin(fetch_crate_cratesio(
+                    client,
+                    crates_io_api_client,
+                    &name,
+                    &version_req,
+                ))
+                .await?
+            }
         };
 
         let Some(mut package) = manifest.package else {