diff --git a/peer-impl.go b/peer-impl.go
index f4ad12a2..880b8f35 100644
--- a/peer-impl.go
+++ b/peer-impl.go
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ import (
 type peerImpl interface {
 	updateRequests()
 	writeInterested(interested bool) bool
-	cancel(Request) bool
-	// Return true if there's room for more activity.
-	request(Request) bool
+
+	// Neither of these return buffer room anymore, because they're currently both posted. There's
+	// also PeerConn.writeBufferFull for when/where it matters.
+	_cancel(Request)
+	_request(Request)
+
 	connectionFlags() string
 	onClose()
-	_postCancel(Request)
 	onGotInfo(*metainfo.Info)
 	drop()
 	String() string
diff --git a/peerconn.go b/peerconn.go
index 1ce06994..aa31eec8 100644
--- a/peerconn.go
+++ b/peerconn.go
@@ -529,15 +529,15 @@ func (pc *PeerConn) writeInterested(interested bool) bool {
 // are okay.
 type messageWriter func(pp.Message) bool
 
-func (cn *Peer) request(r Request) (more bool, err error) {
+func (cn *Peer) request(r Request) error {
 	if _, ok := cn.requests[r]; ok {
-		return true, nil
+		return nil
 	}
 	if cn.numLocalRequests() >= cn.nominalMaxRequests() {
-		return true, errors.New("too many outstanding requests")
+		return errors.New("too many outstanding requests")
 	}
 	if !cn.peerHasPiece(pieceIndex(r.Index)) {
-		return true, errors.New("requesting piece peer doesn't have")
+		return errors.New("requesting piece peer doesn't have")
 	}
 	if !cn.t.peerIsActive(cn) {
 		panic("requesting but not in active conns")
@@ -545,19 +545,22 @@ func (cn *Peer) request(r Request) (more bool, err error) {
 	if cn.closed.IsSet() {
 		panic("requesting when connection is closed")
 	}
-	if cn.peerChoking {
-		if cn.peerAllowedFast.Get(int(r.Index)) {
-			torrent.Add("allowed fast requests sent", 1)
-		} else {
-			return cn.setInterested(true), errors.New("requesting while choked and not allowed fast")
-		}
-	}
 	if cn.t.hashingPiece(pieceIndex(r.Index)) {
 		panic("piece is being hashed")
 	}
 	if cn.t.pieceQueuedForHash(pieceIndex(r.Index)) {
 		panic("piece is queued for hash")
 	}
+	if !cn.setInterested(true) {
+		return errors.New("write buffer full after expressing interest")
+	}
+	if cn.peerChoking {
+		if cn.peerAllowedFast.Get(int(r.Index)) {
+			torrent.Add("allowed fast requests sent", 1)
+		} else {
+			errors.New("peer choking and piece not in allowed fast set")
+		}
+	}
 	if cn.requests == nil {
 		cn.requests = make(map[Request]struct{})
 	}
@@ -571,11 +574,12 @@ func (cn *Peer) request(r Request) (more bool, err error) {
 	for _, f := range cn.callbacks.SentRequest {
 		f(PeerRequestEvent{cn, r})
 	}
-	return cn.peerImpl.request(r), nil
+	cn.peerImpl._request(r)
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (me *PeerConn) request(r Request) bool {
-	return me.write(pp.Message{
+func (me *PeerConn) _request(r Request) {
+	me.write(pp.Message{
 		Type:   pp.Request,
 		Index:  r.Index,
 		Begin:  r.Begin,
@@ -583,8 +587,14 @@ func (me *PeerConn) request(r Request) bool {
 	})
 }
 
-func (me *PeerConn) cancel(r Request) bool {
-	return me.write(makeCancelMessage(r))
+func (me *Peer) cancel(r Request) {
+	if me.deleteRequest(r) {
+		me.peerImpl._cancel(r)
+	}
+}
+
+func (me *PeerConn) _cancel(r Request) {
+	me.write(makeCancelMessage(r))
 }
 
 func (cn *PeerConn) fillWriteBuffer() {
@@ -1317,7 +1327,7 @@ func (c *Peer) receiveChunk(msg *pp.Message) error {
 		if p == c {
 			return
 		}
-		p.postCancel(req)
+		p.cancel(req)
 	})
 
 	err := func() error {
@@ -1472,26 +1482,6 @@ func (c *Peer) deleteRequest(r Request) bool {
 	if n < 0 {
 		panic(n)
 	}
-	// If a request fails, updating the requests for the current peer first may miss the opportunity
-	// to try other peers for that request instead, depending on the request strategy. This might
-	// only affect webseed peers though, since they synchronously issue new requests: PeerConns do
-	// it in the writer routine.
-	const updateCurrentConnRequestsFirst = false
-	if updateCurrentConnRequestsFirst {
-		c.updateRequests()
-	}
-	// Give other conns a chance to pick up the request.
-	c.t.iterPeers(func(_c *Peer) {
-		// We previously checked that the peer wasn't interested to to only wake connections that
-		// were unable to issue requests due to starvation by the request strategy. There could be
-		// performance ramifications.
-		if _c != c && c.peerHasPiece(pieceIndex(r.Index)) {
-			_c.updateRequests()
-		}
-	})
-	if !updateCurrentConnRequestsFirst {
-		c.updateRequests()
-	}
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -1513,18 +1503,6 @@ func (c *PeerConn) tickleWriter() {
 	c.writerCond.Broadcast()
 }
 
-func (c *Peer) postCancel(r Request) bool {
-	if !c.deleteRequest(r) {
-		return false
-	}
-	c.peerImpl._postCancel(r)
-	return true
-}
-
-func (c *PeerConn) _postCancel(r Request) {
-	c.post(makeCancelMessage(r))
-}
-
 func (c *PeerConn) sendChunk(r Request, msg func(pp.Message) bool, state *peerRequestState) (more bool) {
 	c.lastChunkSent = time.Now()
 	return msg(pp.Message{
diff --git a/webseed-peer.go b/webseed-peer.go
index 9fa77a28..5f2980c3 100644
--- a/webseed-peer.go
+++ b/webseed-peer.go
@@ -41,30 +41,23 @@ func (ws *webseedPeer) onGotInfo(info *metainfo.Info) {
 	ws.client.Info = info
 }
 
-func (ws *webseedPeer) _postCancel(r Request) {
-	ws.cancel(r)
-}
-
 func (ws *webseedPeer) writeInterested(interested bool) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (ws *webseedPeer) cancel(r Request) bool {
+func (ws *webseedPeer) _cancel(r Request) {
 	active, ok := ws.activeRequests[r]
-	if !ok {
-		return false
+	if ok {
+		active.Cancel()
 	}
-	active.Cancel()
-	return true
 }
 
 func (ws *webseedPeer) intoSpec(r Request) webseed.RequestSpec {
 	return webseed.RequestSpec{ws.peer.t.requestOffset(r), int64(r.Length)}
 }
 
-func (ws *webseedPeer) request(r Request) bool {
+func (ws *webseedPeer) _request(r Request) {
 	ws.requesterCond.Signal()
-	return true
 }
 
 func (ws *webseedPeer) doRequest(r Request) {