diff --git a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
index 6a074c44cc..8e9543b498 100644
--- a/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
+++ b/apis/filesystem/src/test/java/org/jclouds/filesystem/FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import org.jclouds.filesystem.reference.FilesystemConstants;
 import org.jclouds.filesystem.util.Utils;
 import org.jclouds.filesystem.utils.TestUtils;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.io.InputSuppliers;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.io.payloads.PhantomPayload;
 import org.jclouds.io.payloads.StringPayload;
@@ -603,9 +602,7 @@ public class FilesystemAsyncBlobStoreTest {
         InputSupplier<FileInputStream> expectedFile =
                 Files.newInputStreamSupplier(new File(
                 TARGET_CONTAINER_NAME, blobKey));
-        InputSupplier<? extends InputStream> actualFile =
-                InputSuppliers.of(resultBlob.getPayload().getInput());
-        assertTrue(ByteStreams.equal(expectedFile, actualFile),
+        assertTrue(ByteStreams.equal(expectedFile, resultBlob.getPayload()),
                 "Blob payload differs from file content");
         // metadata are verified in the test for blobMetadata, so no need to
         // perform a complete test here
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
index b2f2014241..b5bff46865 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobIntegrationTest.java
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ import org.jclouds.crypto.Crypto;
 import org.jclouds.encryption.internal.JCECrypto;
 import org.jclouds.http.BaseJettyTest;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponseException;
-import org.jclouds.io.InputSuppliers;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payloads;
 import org.jclouds.io.WriteTo;
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ public class BaseBlobIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
    public void testPutFileParallel() throws InterruptedException, IOException, TimeoutException {
 
       File payloadFile = File.createTempFile("testPutFileParallel", "png");
-      Files.copy(InputSuppliers.of(createTestInput()), payloadFile);
+      Files.copy(createTestInput(), payloadFile);
       payloadFile.deleteOnExit();
       
       final Payload testPayload = Payloads.newFilePayload(payloadFile);
@@ -607,13 +606,13 @@ public class BaseBlobIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
       assertEquals(metadata.getContentMetadata().getContentMD5(), md5().hashString(TEST_STRING, UTF_8).asBytes());
    }
 
-   private InputStream createTestInput() throws IOException {
+   private File createTestInput() throws IOException {
       File file = File.createTempFile("testimg", "png");
       file.deleteOnExit();
       Random random = new Random();
       byte[] buffer = new byte[random.nextInt(2 * 1024 * 1024)];
       random.nextBytes(buffer);
       Files.copy(ByteStreams.newInputStreamSupplier(buffer), file);
-      return new FileInputStream(file);
+      return file;
    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/InputSuppliers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/InputSuppliers.java
index 4e3e2f364b..15c2ae3d9e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/InputSuppliers.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/InputSuppliers.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.jclouds.io;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
@@ -36,18 +35,6 @@ import com.google.common.io.InputSupplier;
 @Beta
 public class InputSuppliers {
    
-   public static InputSupplier<? extends InputStream> of(final InputStream in) {
-      checkNotNull(in, "in");
-      return new InputSupplier<InputStream>() {
-
-         @Override
-         public InputStream getInput() throws IOException {
-            return in;
-         }
-
-      };
-   }
-
    public static InputSupplier<? extends InputStream> of(String in) {
       byte[] bytes = checkNotNull(in, "in").getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8);
       return ByteStreams.newInputStreamSupplier(bytes);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/internal/BasePayloadSlicer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/internal/BasePayloadSlicer.java
index e8a9081468..b1925f1f12 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/internal/BasePayloadSlicer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/io/internal/BasePayloadSlicer.java
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import org.jclouds.io.InputSuppliers;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.io.PayloadSlicer;
 import org.jclouds.io.payloads.BaseMutableContentMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.io.payloads.InputStreamPayload;
 import org.jclouds.io.payloads.InputStreamSupplierPayload;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
+import com.google.common.io.Files;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -73,15 +73,16 @@ public class BasePayloadSlicer implements PayloadSlicer {
    }
 
    protected Payload doSlice(File content, long offset, long length) {
-      try {
-         return doSlice(new FileInputStream(content), offset, length);
-      } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-         throw Throwables.propagate(e);
-      }
+      return new InputStreamSupplierPayload(ByteStreams.slice(Files.newInputStreamSupplier(content), offset, length));
    }
 
    protected Payload doSlice(InputStream content, long offset, long length) {
-      return new InputStreamSupplierPayload(ByteStreams.slice(InputSuppliers.of(content), offset, length));
+      try {
+         ByteStreams.skipFully(content, offset);
+      } catch (IOException ioe) {
+         throw Throwables.propagate(ioe);
+      }
+      return new InputStreamPayload(ByteStreams.limit(content, length));
    }
 
    protected Payload doSlice(byte[] content, long offset, long length) {