diff --git a/opentelemetry-http/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-http/Cargo.toml
index 3e16fb2d16..6ee80d07d7 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.65"
 
 [features]
+default = ["hyper"]
 hyper = ["dep:http-body-util", "dep:hyper", "dep:hyper-util", "dep:tokio"]
 reqwest-rustls = ["reqwest", "reqwest/rustls-tls-native-roots"]
 reqwest-rustls-webpki-roots = ["reqwest", "reqwest/rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-http/src/lib.rs b/opentelemetry-http/src/lib.rs
index 79a72029b3..768c12507d 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -105,23 +105,51 @@ pub mod hyper {
 
     use super::{async_trait, Bytes, HttpClient, HttpError, Request, Response};
     use http::HeaderValue;
-    use http_body_util::BodyExt;
-    use hyper::body::Body;
+    use http_body_util::{BodyExt, Full};
+    use hyper::body::{Body as HttpBody, Frame};
     use hyper_util::client::legacy::{connect::Connect, Client};
-    use std::error::Error;
+    use std::convert::Infallible;
     use std::fmt::Debug;
+    use std::pin::Pin;
+    use std::task::{self, Poll};
     use std::time::Duration;
     use tokio::time;
 
+    pub struct Body(Full<Bytes>);
+
+    impl HttpBody for Body {
+        type Data = Bytes;
+        type Error = Infallible;
+
+        #[inline]
+        fn poll_frame(
+            self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+            cx: &mut task::Context<'_>,
+        ) -> Poll<Option<Result<Frame<Self::Data>, Self::Error>>> {
+            let inner_body = unsafe { self.map_unchecked_mut(|b| &mut b.0) };
+            inner_body.poll_frame(cx)
+        }
+
+        #[inline]
+        fn is_end_stream(&self) -> bool {
+            self.0.is_end_stream()
+        }
+
+        #[inline]
+        fn size_hint(&self) -> hyper::body::SizeHint {
+            self.0.size_hint()
+        }
+    }
+
     #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-    pub struct HyperClient<C, B> {
-        inner: Client<C, B>,
+    pub struct HyperClient<C> {
+        inner: Client<C, Body>,
         timeout: Duration,
         authorization: Option<HeaderValue>,
     }
 
-    impl<C, B> HyperClient<C, B> {
-        pub fn new_with_timeout(inner: Client<C, B>, timeout: Duration) -> Self {
+    impl<C> HyperClient<C> {
+        pub fn new_with_timeout(inner: Client<C, Body>, timeout: Duration) -> Self {
             Self {
                 inner,
                 timeout,
@@ -130,7 +158,7 @@ pub mod hyper {
         }
 
         pub fn new_with_timeout_and_authorization_header(
-            inner: Client<C, B>,
+            inner: Client<C, Body>,
             timeout: Duration,
             authorization: HeaderValue,
         ) -> Self {
@@ -143,16 +171,13 @@ pub mod hyper {
     }
 
     #[async_trait]
-    impl<C, B> HttpClient for HyperClient<C, B>
+    impl<C> HttpClient for HyperClient<C>
     where
         C: Connect + Send + Sync + Clone + Debug + 'static,
-        B: From<Vec<u8>> + Body + Send + Sync + Debug + Unpin + 'static,
-        <B as Body>::Data: Send,
-        <B as Body>::Error: Into<Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>>,
     {
         async fn send(&self, request: Request<Vec<u8>>) -> Result<Response<Bytes>, HttpError> {
             let (parts, body) = request.into_parts();
-            let mut request = Request::from_parts(parts, B::from(body));
+            let mut request = Request::from_parts(parts, Body(Full::from(body)));
             if let Some(ref authorization) = self.authorization {
                 request
                     .headers_mut()