diff --git a/examples/a-chat/client.rs b/examples/a-chat/client.rs
index 48634ba..c8d5a6c 100644
--- a/examples/a-chat/client.rs
+++ b/examples/a-chat/client.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 use futures::select;
 use futures::FutureExt;
+use std::io::{self, BufReader as StdBufReader, BufRead};
 
 use async_std::{
-    io::{stdin, BufReader},
+    io::{BufReader},
     net::{TcpStream, ToSocketAddrs},
     prelude::*,
+    stream,
     task,
 };
 
@@ -20,8 +22,9 @@ async fn try_main(addr: impl ToSocketAddrs) -> Result<()> {
     let reader = BufReader::new(reader);
     let mut lines_from_server = futures::StreamExt::fuse(reader.lines());
 
-    let stdin = BufReader::new(stdin());
-    let mut lines_from_stdin = futures::StreamExt::fuse(stdin.lines());
+    let stdin = StdBufReader::new(io::stdin());
+    let mut lines_from_stdin = stream::from_iter(stdin.lines());
+
     loop {
         select! {
             line = lines_from_server.next().fuse() => match line {
diff --git a/examples/print-file.rs b/examples/print-file.rs
index e2cdde7..794390b 100644
--- a/examples/print-file.rs
+++ b/examples/print-file.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Prints a file given as an argument to stdout.
 
 use std::env::args;
+use std::io::Write;
 
 use async_std::fs::File;
 use async_std::io;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
 
     task::block_on(async {
         let mut file = File::open(&path).await?;
-        let mut stdout = io::stdout();
+        let mut stdout = std::io::stdout();
         let mut buf = vec![0u8; LEN];
 
         loop {
@@ -23,12 +24,12 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
 
             // If this is the end of file, clean up and return.
             if n == 0 {
-                stdout.flush().await?;
+                stdout.flush()?;
                 return Ok(());
             }
 
             // Write the buffer into stdout.
-            stdout.write_all(&buf[..n]).await?;
+            stdout.write_all(&buf[..n])?;
         }
     })
 }
diff --git a/examples/stdin-echo.rs b/examples/stdin-echo.rs
index 9514219..c9b571c 100644
--- a/examples/stdin-echo.rs
+++ b/examples/stdin-echo.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 //! Echoes lines read on stdin to stdout.
 
+use std::io::Write;
 use async_std::io;
-use async_std::prelude::*;
 use async_std::task;
 
 fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     task::block_on(async {
-        let stdin = io::stdin();
-        let mut stdout = io::stdout();
+        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
+        let mut stdout = std::io::stdout();
         let mut line = String::new();
 
         loop {
             // Read a line from stdin.
-            let n = stdin.read_line(&mut line).await?;
+            let n = stdin.read_line(&mut line)?;
 
             // If this is the end of stdin, return.
             if n == 0 {
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
             }
 
             // Write the line to stdout.
-            stdout.write_all(line.as_bytes()).await?;
-            stdout.flush().await?;
+            stdout.write_all(line.as_bytes())?;
+            stdout.flush()?;
             line.clear();
         }
     })
diff --git a/examples/stdin-timeout.rs b/examples/stdin-timeout.rs
index f13c387..2bcab5e 100644
--- a/examples/stdin-timeout.rs
+++ b/examples/stdin-timeout.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ use async_std::task;
 fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     // This async scope times out after 5 seconds.
     task::block_on(io::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), async {
-        let stdin = io::stdin();
+        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
 
         // Read a line from the standard input and display it.
         let mut line = String::new();
-        stdin.read_line(&mut line).await?;
+        stdin.read_line(&mut line)?;
         dbg!(line);
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/tests/io_timeout.rs b/tests/io_timeout.rs
index 85a17ab..46d9d39 100644
--- a/tests/io_timeout.rs
+++ b/tests/io_timeout.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ use async_std::task;
 fn io_timeout_timedout() {
     task::block_on(async {
         io::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), async {
-            let stdin = io::stdin();
+            let stdin = std::io::stdin();
             let mut line = String::new();
-            let _n = stdin.read_line(&mut line).await?;
+            let _n = stdin.read_line(&mut line)?;
             Ok(())
         })
         .await