diff --git a/packages/util-create-request/package.json b/packages/util-create-request/package.json
index 81a250249e13..6bf3c16ba193 100644
--- a/packages/util-create-request/package.json
+++ b/packages/util-create-request/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     "tslib": "^1.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@aws-sdk/middleware-stack": "^1.0.0-alpha.1",
     "@aws-sdk/protocol-http": "^1.0.0-alpha.6",
     "@types/jest": "^24.0.12",
     "@types/node": "^10.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/util-create-request/src/foo.fixture.ts b/packages/util-create-request/src/foo.fixture.ts
index 37449373c738..03f792eb2532 100644
--- a/packages/util-create-request/src/foo.fixture.ts
+++ b/packages/util-create-request/src/foo.fixture.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ export const operationCommand: Command<
     config: any,
     options: any
   ) => {
-    return () => Promise.resolve({ output, response: {} });
+    const concatStack = stack.concat(operationCommand.middlewareStack);
+    return concatStack.resolve(
+      () => Promise.resolve({ output, response: {} }),
+      {} as any
+    );
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/util-create-request/src/index.spec.ts b/packages/util-create-request/src/index.spec.ts
index 87fb50b7af98..c7a8190db21d 100644
--- a/packages/util-create-request/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/util-create-request/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe("create-request", () => {
     );
     expect(request).toEqual({
       ...httpRequest,
-      body: "A1B2"
+      body: "A1B2C3"
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/util-create-request/src/index.ts b/packages/util-create-request/src/index.ts
index 25aca0378b19..d050e4564322 100644
--- a/packages/util-create-request/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/util-create-request/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  HttpRequest,
-  MetadataBearer,
-  SerializeMiddleware
-} from "@aws-sdk/types";
+import { HttpRequest, MetadataBearer, BuildMiddleware } from "@aws-sdk/types";
 import { MiddlewareStack } from "@aws-sdk/middleware-stack";
 import { Client, Command } from "@aws-sdk/smithy-client";
 
@@ -14,27 +10,26 @@ export async function createRequest<
   client: Client<any, InputTypesUnion, MetadataBearer, any>,
   command: Command<InputType, OutputType, any, InputTypesUnion, MetadataBearer>
 ): Promise<HttpRequest> {
-  const presignMiddleware: SerializeMiddleware<
+  const interceptMiddleware: BuildMiddleware<
     InputType,
     OutputType
   > = next => async args => {
     return { output: { request: args.request } as any, response: undefined };
   };
   const clientStack = client.middlewareStack.clone();
-  const commandStack = command.middlewareStack.clone();
-  const concatenatedStack = clientStack.concat(commandStack) as MiddlewareStack<
-    InputType,
-    OutputType
-  >;
+
   //add middleware to the last of 'build' step
-  concatenatedStack.add(presignMiddleware, {
-    step: "serialize",
+  clientStack.add(interceptMiddleware, {
+    step: "build",
     priority: "low"
   });
 
-  const handler = concatenatedStack.resolve((() => {}) as any, {
-    logger: {} as any
-  });
+  const handler = command.resolveMiddleware(
+    clientStack as MiddlewareStack<any, any>,
+    client.config,
+    undefined
+  );
+
   //@ts-ignore
   return await handler(command).then(output => output.output.request);
 }