lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm | 12 ++++++------
 lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm |  6 +++---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
index e132c6105f4ac9f66f495bd21a45753125e0b63c..fbca9a54720b774c64a9947bf69755c8fcb435a2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/HTTP.pm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ 	# otherwise we can be buffering infinitely w/o backpressure
 
 	return read_input($self) if defined $self->{env};
 
-	my $off = length($self->{rbuf});
+	my $off = bytes::length($self->{rbuf});
 	my $r = sysread($self->{sock}, $self->{rbuf}, 8192, $off);
 	if (defined $r) {
 		return $self->close if $r == 0;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ 	# We do not support Trailers in chunked requests, for now
 	# (they are rarely-used and git (as of 2.7.2) does not use them)
 	if ($r == -1 || $env{HTTP_TRAILER} ||
 			# this length-check is necessary for PURE_PERL=1:
-			($r == -2 && length($self->{rbuf}) > 0x4000)) {
+			($r == -2 && bytes::length($self->{rbuf}) > 0x4000)) {
 		return quit($self, 400);
 	}
 	return $self->watch_in1 if $r < 0; # incomplete
@@ -375,12 +375,12 @@ 	while (1) { # chunk start
 		if ($len == CHUNK_ZEND) {
 			$$rbuf =~ s/\A\r\n//s and
 				return app_dispatch($self, $input);
-			return quit($self, 400) if length($$rbuf) > 2;
+			return quit($self, 400) if bytes::length($$rbuf) > 2;
 		}
 		if ($len == CHUNK_END) {
 			if ($$rbuf =~ s/\A\r\n//s) {
 				$len = CHUNK_START;
-			} elsif (length($$rbuf) > 2) {
+			} elsif (bytes::length($$rbuf) > 2) {
 				return quit($self, 400);
 			}
 		}
@@ -390,14 +390,14 @@ 				$len = hex $1;
 				if (($len + -s $input) > $MAX_REQUEST_BUFFER) {
 					return quit($self, 413);
 				}
-			} elsif (length($$rbuf) > CHUNK_MAX_HDR) {
+			} elsif (bytes::length($$rbuf) > CHUNK_MAX_HDR) {
 				return quit($self, 400);
 			}
 			# will break from loop since $len >= 0
 		}
 
 		if ($len < 0) { # chunk header is trickled, read more
-			my $off = length($$rbuf);
+			my $off = bytes::length($$rbuf);
 			my $r = sysread($sock, $$rbuf, 8192, $off);
 			return recv_err($self, $r, $len) unless $r;
 			# (implicit) goto chunk_start if $r > 0;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
index 6a582ea41397412253afb5503f79a23610c78c16..a9e54a68999857fe1a3ea8b82146ebf1321f215e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ 		$gmt = 1;
 	}
 	my @now = $gmt ? gmtime : localtime;
 	my ($YYYY, $MM, $DD);
-	if (length($date) == 8) { # RFC 3977 allows YYYYMMDD
+	if (bytes::length($date) == 8) { # RFC 3977 allows YYYYMMDD
 		($YYYY, $MM, $DD) = unpack('A4A2A2', $date);
 	} else { # legacy clients send YYMMDD
 		($YYYY, $MM, $DD) = unpack('A2A2A2', $date);
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ 	my $rbuf = \($self->{rbuf});
 	my $r;
 
 	if (index($$rbuf, "\n") < 0) {
-		my $off = length($$rbuf);
+		my $off = bytes::length($$rbuf);
 		$r = sysread($self->{sock}, $$rbuf, LINE_MAX, $off);
 		unless (defined $r) {
 			return $! == EAGAIN ? $self->watch_in1 : $self->close;
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ 		out($self, "[$fd] %s - %0.6f$d", $line, now() - $t0);
 	}
 
 	return $self->close if $r < 0;
-	my $len = length($$rbuf);
+	my $len = bytes::length($$rbuf);
 	return $self->close if ($len >= LINE_MAX);
 	update_idle_time($self);