diff --git a/pkg/body-based-routing/handlers/server.go b/pkg/body-based-routing/handlers/server.go
index 36eb3c2f..fee8f78c 100644
--- a/pkg/body-based-routing/handlers/server.go
+++ b/pkg/body-based-routing/handlers/server.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (s *Server) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer) error {
 	loggerVerbose := logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE)
 	loggerVerbose.Info("Processing")
 
-	reader, writer := io.Pipe()
+	var streamedBody []byte
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (s *Server) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer) error {
 			}
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestBody:
 			loggerVerbose.Info("Incoming body chunk", "body", string(v.RequestBody.Body), "EoS", v.RequestBody.EndOfStream)
-			responses, err = s.processRequestBody(ctx, req.GetRequestBody(), writer, reader, logger)
+			responses, err = s.processRequestBody(ctx, req.GetRequestBody(), streamedBody, logger)
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_RequestTrailers:
 			responses, err = s.HandleRequestTrailers(req.GetRequestTrailers())
 		case *extProcPb.ProcessingRequest_ResponseHeaders:
@@ -105,35 +105,20 @@ func (s *Server) Process(srv extProcPb.ExternalProcessor_ProcessServer) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *Server) processRequestBody(ctx context.Context, body *extProcPb.HttpBody, bufferWriter *io.PipeWriter, bufferReader *io.PipeReader, logger logr.Logger) ([]*extProcPb.ProcessingResponse, error) {
+func (s *Server) processRequestBody(ctx context.Context, body *extProcPb.HttpBody, streamedBody []byte, logger logr.Logger) ([]*extProcPb.ProcessingResponse, error) {
 	loggerVerbose := logger.V(logutil.VERBOSE)
 
 	var requestBody map[string]interface{}
 	if s.streaming {
 		// In the stream case, we can receive multiple request bodies.
-		// To buffer the full message, we create a goroutine with a writer.Write()
-		// call, which will block until the corresponding reader reads from it.
-		// We do not read until we receive the EndofStream signal, and then
-		// decode the entire JSON body.
-		if !body.EndOfStream {
-			go func() {
-				loggerVerbose.Info("Writing to stream buffer")
-				_, err := bufferWriter.Write(body.Body)
-				if err != nil {
-					logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Error(err, "Error populating writer")
-				}
-			}()
-
-			return nil, nil
-		}
+		streamedBody = append(streamedBody, body.Body...)
 
 		if body.EndOfStream {
 			loggerVerbose.Info("Flushing stream buffer")
-			decoder := json.NewDecoder(bufferReader)
-			if err := decoder.Decode(&requestBody); err != nil {
+			err := json.Unmarshal(streamedBody, &requestBody)
+			if err != nil {
 				logger.V(logutil.DEFAULT).Error(err, "Error unmarshaling request body")
 			}
-			bufferReader.Close()
 		}
 	} else {
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(body.GetBody(), &requestBody); err != nil {