diff --git a/tests/e2e-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/client/RedirectFileUploadServerTest.java b/tests/e2e-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/client/RedirectFileUploadServerTest.java
index eddcba5..6155c5e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/client/RedirectFileUploadServerTest.java
+++ b/tests/e2e-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/client/RedirectFileUploadServerTest.java
@@ -80,12 +80,8 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                final BufferedReader reader
-                        = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(exchange.getRequestBody(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-                while (reader.readLine() != null) {
-                    //discard payload - required for JDK 1.8
-                }
-                reader.close();
+                //discard payload - required for JDK 1.8
+                exchange.getRequestBody().readAllBytes();
 
                 // Send a 307 Temporary Redirect to /upload
                 // This preserves the POST method and body in the redirect
diff --git a/tests/e2e-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/client/RedirectLargeFileTest.java b/tests/e2e-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/client/RedirectLargeFileTest.java
index 52e6cd2..3d8b6a2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/client/RedirectLargeFileTest.java
+++ b/tests/e2e-client/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/tests/e2e/client/RedirectLargeFileTest.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.io.FileWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;