diff --git a/commands/files/file_test.go b/commands/files/file_test.go
index 1ade078b4..a9499fb78 100644
--- a/commands/files/file_test.go
+++ b/commands/files/file_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package files
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"mime/multipart"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -10,9 +11,9 @@ import (
 func TestSliceFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	name := "testname"
 	files := []File{
-		&ReaderFile{"file.txt", strings.NewReader("Some text!\n")},
-		&ReaderFile{"beep.txt", strings.NewReader("beep")},
-		&ReaderFile{"boop.txt", strings.NewReader("boop")},
+		&ReaderFile{"file.txt", ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("Some text!\n"))},
+		&ReaderFile{"beep.txt", ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("beep"))},
+		&ReaderFile{"boop.txt", ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("boop"))},
 	}
 	buf := make([]byte, 20)
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func TestSliceFiles(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestReaderFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	message := "beep boop"
-	rf := &ReaderFile{"file.txt", strings.NewReader(message)}
+	rf := &ReaderFile{"file.txt", ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(message))}
 	buf := make([]byte, len(message))
 
 	if rf.IsDirectory() {
diff --git a/commands/http/multifilereader_test.go b/commands/http/multifilereader_test.go
index 4822e8e6b..8d832c9cc 100644
--- a/commands/http/multifilereader_test.go
+++ b/commands/http/multifilereader_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package http
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"mime/multipart"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -12,12 +13,12 @@ import (
 func TestOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	text := "Some text! :)"
 	fileset := []files.File{
-		&files.ReaderFile{"file.txt", strings.NewReader(text)},
+		&files.ReaderFile{"file.txt", ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(text))},
 		&files.SliceFile{"boop", []files.File{
-			&files.ReaderFile{"boop/a.txt", strings.NewReader("bleep")},
-			&files.ReaderFile{"boop/b.txt", strings.NewReader("bloop")},
+			&files.ReaderFile{"boop/a.txt", ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("bleep"))},
+			&files.ReaderFile{"boop/b.txt", ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("bloop"))},
 		}},
-		&files.ReaderFile{"beep.txt", strings.NewReader("beep")},
+		&files.ReaderFile{"beep.txt", ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader("beep"))},
 	}
 	sf := &files.SliceFile{"", fileset}
 	buf := make([]byte, 20)