address review comments
diff --git a/lib/src/body.dart b/lib/src/body.dart
index 8501564..dbd3873 100644
--- a/lib/src/body.dart
+++ b/lib/src/body.dart
@@ -53,15 +53,12 @@
         stream = Stream.fromIterable([encoded]);
       }
     } else if (body is List<int>) {
-      // Any data that is written to a Dart socket that is not a Uint8List or
-      // Int8List must be copied into a new list. Allow users to provide a
-      // typed data object to avoid this copy, which is important for performance
-      // of large file requests.
+      // Avoid performance overhead from an unnecessary cast.
       contentLength = body.length;
-      stream = Stream.fromIterable([body]);
+      stream = Stream.value(body);
     } else if (body is List) {
       contentLength = body.length;
-      stream = Stream.fromIterable([body.cast()]);
+      stream = Stream.value(body.cast());
     } else if (body is Stream) {
       stream = body.cast();
     } else {
diff --git a/test/response_test.dart b/test/response_test.dart
index 92d45dd..794ed67 100644
--- a/test/response_test.dart
+++ b/test/response_test.dart
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     var response = Response.ok(bytes);
 
     expect(response.contentLength, 10);
-    expect(identical(await response.read().first, bytes), true);
+    expect(await response.read().single, same(bytes));
   });
 
   test('supports a List<int> body without copying', () async {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     var response = Response.ok(bytes);
 
     expect(response.contentLength, 4);
-    expect(identical(await response.read().first, bytes), true);
+    expect(await response.read().single, same(bytes));
   });
 
   test('Copies a dynamic list of int elements', () async {
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@
     var response = Response.ok(bytes);
 
     expect(response.contentLength, 4);
-    expect(await response.read().first, <int>[1, 2, 3, 4]);
+    expect(
+        await response.read().single,
+        isA<List<int>>()
+            .having((List<int> values) => values, 'values', [1, 2, 3, 4]));
   });
 
   group('new Response.internalServerError without a body', () {