diff --git a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
index 529f9f0146c..2065ea4f75b 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 from .helpers import PY_36, HeadersMixin, TimerNoop, noop, reify, set_result
 from .http import SERVER_SOFTWARE, HttpVersion10, HttpVersion11, StreamWriter
 from .log import client_logger
-from .signals import Signal
 from .streams import StreamReader
 
 
@@ -483,8 +482,9 @@ async def on_chunk_sent(chunk):
                 await trace.send_request_chunk_sent(chunk)
 
         writer = StreamWriter(
-            conn.protocol, conn.transport, self.loop)
-        writer.on_chunk_sent.append(on_chunk_sent)
+            conn.protocol, conn.transport, self.loop,
+            on_chunk_sent=on_chunk_sent
+        )
 
         if self.compress:
             writer.enable_compression(self.compress)
@@ -518,17 +518,13 @@ async def on_chunk_sent(chunk):
 
         self._writer = self.loop.create_task(self.write_bytes(writer, conn))
 
-        async def on_chunk_received(chunk):
-            for trace in self.traces:
-                await trace.send_response_chunk_received(chunk)
-
         self.response = self.response_class(
             self.method, self.original_url,
             writer=self._writer, continue100=self._continue, timer=self._timer,
             request_info=self.request_info,
-            auto_decompress=self._auto_decompress)
-        self.response.on_chunk_received.append(on_chunk_received)
-
+            auto_decompress=self._auto_decompress,
+            traces=self.traces,
+        )
         self.response._post_init(self.loop, self._session)
         return self.response
 
@@ -569,7 +565,8 @@ class ClientResponse(HeadersMixin):
 
     def __init__(self, method, url, *,
                  writer=None, continue100=None, timer=None,
-                 request_info=None, auto_decompress=True):
+                 request_info=None, auto_decompress=True,
+                 traces=[]):
         assert isinstance(url, URL)
 
         self.method = method
@@ -586,9 +583,7 @@ def __init__(self, method, url, *,
         self._timer = timer if timer is not None else TimerNoop()
         self._auto_decompress = auto_decompress
         self._cache = {}  # reqired for @reify method decorator
-
-        # avoid circular reference so that __del__ works
-        self.on_chunk_received = Signal(owner=None)
+        self._traces = traces
 
     @property
     def url(self):
@@ -813,8 +808,8 @@ async def read(self):
         if self._content is None:
             try:
                 self._content = await self.content.read()
-                self.on_chunk_received.freeze()
-                await self.on_chunk_received.send(self._content)
+                for trace in self._traces:
+                    await trace.send_response_chunk_received(self._content)
             except BaseException:
                 self.close()
                 raise
diff --git a/aiohttp/http_writer.py b/aiohttp/http_writer.py
index 46a93d19900..abf33a42281 100644
--- a/aiohttp/http_writer.py
+++ b/aiohttp/http_writer.py
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import collections
+import inspect
 import zlib
 
 from .abc import AbstractStreamWriter
-from .helpers import noop
-from .signals import Signal
 
 
 __all__ = ('StreamWriter', 'HttpVersion', 'HttpVersion10', 'HttpVersion11')
@@ -18,7 +17,12 @@
 
 class StreamWriter(AbstractStreamWriter):
 
-    def __init__(self, protocol, transport, loop):
+    def __init__(self, protocol, transport, loop, on_chunk_sent=None):
+        assert (
+            on_chunk_sent is None or
+            inspect.iscoroutinefunction(on_chunk_sent)
+        )
+
         self._protocol = protocol
         self._transport = transport
 
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(self, protocol, transport, loop):
         self._compress = None
         self._drain_waiter = None
 
-        self.on_chunk_sent = Signal(self)
+        self._on_chunk_sent = on_chunk_sent
 
     @property
     def transport(self):
@@ -66,10 +70,8 @@ async def write(self, chunk, *, drain=True, LIMIT=64*1024):
         writer can't be used after write_eof() method being called.
         write() return drain future.
         """
-        self.on_chunk_sent.freeze()
-        self.loop.create_task(
-            self.on_chunk_sent.send(chunk)
-        )
+        if self._on_chunk_sent:
+            await self._on_chunk_sent(chunk)
 
         if self._compress is not None:
             chunk = self._compress.compress(chunk)