diff --git a/proxmox-http/Cargo.toml b/proxmox-http/Cargo.toml
index 745deccb..a9ab364f 100644
--- a/proxmox-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ rate-limited-stream = [
     "dep:tokio",
     "hyper?/client",
     "rate-limiter",
-    "tokio?/net",
     "tokio?/time",
 ]
 client = [
diff --git a/proxmox-http/src/rate_limited_stream.rs b/proxmox-http/src/rate_limited_stream.rs
index c3756ddf..78b435ba 100644
--- a/proxmox-http/src/rate_limited_stream.rs
+++ b/proxmox-http/src/rate_limited_stream.rs
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ pub struct RateLimitedStream<S> {
     stream: S,
 }
 
-impl RateLimitedStream<tokio::net::TcpStream> {
-    pub fn peer_addr(&self) -> std::io::Result<std::net::SocketAddr> {
-        self.stream.peer_addr()
-    }
-}
-
 impl<S> RateLimitedStream<S> {
     /// Creates a new instance with reads and writes limited to the same `rate`.
     pub fn new(stream: S, rate: u64, bucket_size: u64) -> Self {
@@ -97,6 +91,14 @@ impl<S> RateLimitedStream<S> {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn inner(&self) -> &S {
+        &self.stream
+    }
+
+    pub fn inner_mut(&mut self) -> &mut S {
+        &mut self.stream
+    }
 }
 
 fn register_traffic(limiter: &(dyn ShareableRateLimit), count: usize) -> Option<Pin<Box<Sleep>>> {