diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20181065..2993124b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Version 259:
 * Enable split compilation in http::basic_fields
 * Remove redundant instation of `static_string` in websocket
 * Remove redundant use of `asio::coroutine` in `flat_stream`
+* Remove unused includes from `test::stream`
+
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 Version 258:
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/_experimental/test/impl/stream.hpp b/include/boost/beast/_experimental/test/impl/stream.hpp
index 53bd4db7..a0bc8262 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/_experimental/test/impl/stream.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/_experimental/test/impl/stream.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 #include <boost/beast/core/bind_handler.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/core/buffer_traits.hpp>
-#include <boost/beast/core/buffers_prefix.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/core/detail/service_base.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/core/detail/type_traits.hpp>
 #include <mutex>
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/_experimental/test/impl/stream.ipp b/include/boost/beast/_experimental/test/impl/stream.ipp
index 2a26e91b..1570ccaa 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/_experimental/test/impl/stream.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/_experimental/test/impl/stream.ipp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <boost/beast/_experimental/test/stream.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/core/bind_handler.hpp>
 #include <boost/beast/core/buffer_traits.hpp>
-#include <boost/beast/core/buffers_prefix.hpp>
 #include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <vector>
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ str() const
     auto const bs = in_->b.data();
     if(buffer_bytes(bs) == 0)
         return {};
-    auto const b = beast::buffers_front(bs);
+    net::const_buffer const b = *net::buffer_sequence_begin(bs);
     return {static_cast<char const*>(b.data()), b.size()};
 }