diff --git a/src/io/io.go b/src/io/io.go
index 630ab73b56..374e20bf8c 100644
--- a/src/io/io.go
+++ b/src/io/io.go
@@ -400,6 +400,13 @@ func CopyBuffer(dst Writer, src Reader, buf []byte) (written int64, err error) {
 	return copyBuffer(dst, src, buf)
 }
 
+var bufPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		b := make([]byte, 32*1024)
+		return &b
+	},
+}
+
 // copyBuffer is the actual implementation of Copy and CopyBuffer.
 // if buf is nil, one is allocated.
 func copyBuffer(dst Writer, src Reader, buf []byte) (written int64, err error) {
@@ -413,15 +420,9 @@ func copyBuffer(dst Writer, src Reader, buf []byte) (written int64, err error) {
 		return rt.ReadFrom(src)
 	}
 	if buf == nil {
-		size := 32 * 1024
-		if l, ok := src.(*LimitedReader); ok && int64(size) > l.N {
-			if l.N < 1 {
-				size = 1
-			} else {
-				size = int(l.N)
-			}
-		}
-		buf = make([]byte, size)
+		bufp := bufPool.Get().(*[]byte)
+		defer bufPool.Put(bufp)
+		buf = *bufp
 	}
 	for {
 		nr, er := src.Read(buf)
@@ -637,21 +638,14 @@ func (discard) WriteString(s string) (int, error) {
 	return len(s), nil
 }
 
-var blackHolePool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() any {
-		b := make([]byte, 8192)
-		return &b
-	},
-}
-
 func (discard) ReadFrom(r Reader) (n int64, err error) {
-	bufp := blackHolePool.Get().(*[]byte)
+	bufp := bufPool.Get().(*[]byte)
 	readSize := 0
 	for {
 		readSize, err = r.Read(*bufp)
 		n += int64(readSize)
 		if err != nil {
-			blackHolePool.Put(bufp)
+			bufPool.Put(bufp)
 			if err == EOF {
 				return n, nil
 			}
diff --git a/src/net/http/server.go b/src/net/http/server.go
index c15f0f58cb..bb31761ade 100644
--- a/src/net/http/server.go
+++ b/src/net/http/server.go
@@ -567,16 +567,12 @@ type writerOnly struct {
 // to a *net.TCPConn with sendfile, or from a supported src type such
 // as a *net.TCPConn on Linux with splice.
 func (w *response) ReadFrom(src io.Reader) (n int64, err error) {
-	bufp := copyBufPool.Get().(*[]byte)
-	buf := *bufp
-	defer copyBufPool.Put(bufp)
-
 	// Our underlying w.conn.rwc is usually a *TCPConn (with its
 	// own ReadFrom method). If not, just fall back to the normal
 	// copy method.
 	rf, ok := w.conn.rwc.(io.ReaderFrom)
 	if !ok {
-		return io.CopyBuffer(writerOnly{w}, src, buf)
+		return io.Copy(writerOnly{w}, src)
 	}
 
 	// Copy the first sniffLen bytes before switching to ReadFrom.
@@ -584,7 +580,7 @@ func (w *response) ReadFrom(src io.Reader) (n int64, err error) {
 	// source is available (see golang.org/issue/5660) and provides
 	// enough bytes to perform Content-Type sniffing when required.
 	if !w.cw.wroteHeader {
-		n0, err := io.CopyBuffer(writerOnly{w}, io.LimitReader(src, sniffLen), buf)
+		n0, err := io.Copy(writerOnly{w}, io.LimitReader(src, sniffLen))
 		n += n0
 		if err != nil || n0 < sniffLen {
 			return n, err
@@ -602,7 +598,7 @@ func (w *response) ReadFrom(src io.Reader) (n int64, err error) {
 		return n, err
 	}
 
-	n0, err := io.CopyBuffer(writerOnly{w}, src, buf)
+	n0, err := io.Copy(writerOnly{w}, src)
 	n += n0
 	return n, err
 }
@@ -799,13 +795,6 @@ var (
 	bufioWriter4kPool sync.Pool
 )
 
-var copyBufPool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() any {
-		b := make([]byte, 32*1024)
-		return &b
-	},
-}
-
 func bufioWriterPool(size int) *sync.Pool {
 	switch size {
 	case 2 << 10: