diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
index d4bb3fe36..4adfb20fb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/context/catalog/SimpleFunctionRegistry.java
@@ -347,6 +347,21 @@ public class SimpleFunctionRegistry implements FunctionRegistry, FunctionInspect
 			return this.inputType;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Return the actual {@link Type} of the item of the provided type.
+		 * This method is context specific and is not a general purpose utility method. The context is that the provided
+		 * {@link Type} may represent the input/output of a function where such type could be wrapped in
+		 * {@link Message}, {@link Flux} or {@link Mono}, so this method returns generic value of such type or itself if not wrapped.
+		 * @param type typically input or output Type of the function (see {@link #getInputType()} or {@link #getOutputType()}.
+		 * @return the type of the item if wrapped otherwise the provided type.
+		 */
+		public Type getItemType(Type type) {
+			if (FunctionTypeUtils.isPublisher(type) || FunctionTypeUtils.isMessage(type)) {
+				type = FunctionTypeUtils.getGenericType(type);
+			}
+			return type;
+		}
+
 		/**
 		 * Use individual {@link #getInputType()}, {@link #getOutputType()} and their variants as well as
 		 * other supporting operations instead.
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-web/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-web/pom.xml
index 9224859dd..c4a58454e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-web/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-web/pom.xml
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
-<!-- 		<dependency> -->
-<!-- 			<groupId>org.synchronoss.cloud</groupId> -->
-<!-- 			<artifactId>nio-multipart-parser</artifactId> -->
-<!-- 			<scope>test</scope> -->
-<!-- 		</dependency> -->
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/web/RequestProcessor.java b/spring-cloud-function-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/web/RequestProcessor.java
index a6c24aa71..74dcd5145 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/web/RequestProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/web/RequestProcessor.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.function.web;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import net.jodah.typetools.TypeResolver;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.FunctionCatalog;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.catalog.FunctionTypeUtils;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.catalog.SimpleFunctionRegistry.FunctionInvocationWrapper;
-import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.config.RoutingFunction;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.context.message.MessageUtils;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.json.JsonMapper;
 import org.springframework.cloud.function.web.util.FunctionWebUtils;
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ public class RequestProcessor {
 	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 	public Mono<ResponseEntity<?>> get(FunctionWrapper wrapper) {
 		if (wrapper.function().isFunction()) {
-			return response(wrapper, wrapper.function(), value(wrapper), true, true);
+			return response(wrapper, wrapper.function(), invokeFunction(wrapper), true, true);
 		}
 		else {
 			FunctionInvocationWrapper function = (wrapper.function);
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ public class RequestProcessor {
 	public Mono<ResponseEntity<?>> post(FunctionWrapper wrapper, String body,
 			boolean stream) {
 		FunctionInvocationWrapper function = (FunctionInvocationWrapper) wrapper.handler();
-		Type itemType = getItemType(function);
+		Type itemType = function != null ? function.getItemType(function.getInputType()) : Object.class;
 
 		Object input = body == null  ? "" : body;
 
@@ -113,7 +110,7 @@ public class RequestProcessor {
 
 	public Mono<ResponseEntity<?>> stream(FunctionWrapper functionWrapper) {
 		Publisher<?> result = functionWrapper.function.isFunction()
-				? value(functionWrapper)
+				? invokeFunction(functionWrapper)
 				: (Publisher<?>) functionWrapper.function.get();
 		return stream(functionWrapper, result);
 	}
@@ -176,7 +173,7 @@ public class RequestProcessor {
 					responseEntityMono = stream(wrapper, result);
 				}
 				else {
-					responseEntityMono = response(wrapper, getTargetIfRouting(wrapper, function), result,
+					responseEntityMono = response(wrapper, function, result,
 							body == null ? null : !(body instanceof Collection), false);
 				}
 			}
@@ -190,9 +187,7 @@ public class RequestProcessor {
 		if (((FunctionInvocationWrapper) handler).isInputTypeMessage()) {
 			result = Flux.from(result)
 					.map(message -> MessageUtils.unpack(handler, message))
-					.doOnNext(value -> {
-						addHeaders(builder, value);
-					})
+					.doOnNext(value -> addHeaders(builder, value))
 					.map(message -> message.getPayload());
 		}
 		else {
@@ -213,20 +208,6 @@ public class RequestProcessor {
 		return Mono.from(result).flatMap(body -> Mono.just(builder.body(body)));
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Called when building response and returns the actual
-	 * target function in case the current function is RoutingFunction.
-	 * This is necessary to determine the type of the output (e.g., Flux =
-	 * multiple or Mono = single etc). See isOutputSingle(..).
-	 */
-	private Object getTargetIfRouting(FunctionWrapper wrapper, Object function) {
-		if (function instanceof RoutingFunction) {
-			String name = wrapper.headers.get("function.name").iterator().next();
-			function = this.functionCatalog.lookup(name);
-		}
-		return function;
-	}
-
 	// this seem to be very relevant to AWS container tests
 	private Flux<?> messages(FunctionWrapper request, Object function, Flux<?> flux) {
 		Map<String, Object> headers = new HashMap<>(HeaderUtils.fromHttp(request.headers()));
@@ -280,59 +261,12 @@ public class RequestProcessor {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private Publisher<?> value(FunctionWrapper wrapper) {
+	private Publisher<?> invokeFunction(FunctionWrapper wrapper) {
 		Flux<?> input = Flux.from(wrapper.argument);
-		FunctionInvocationWrapper function = (wrapper.function);
-		Object result = FunctionWebUtils.invokeFunction(function, input, function.isInputTypeMessage());
+		Object result = FunctionWebUtils.invokeFunction(wrapper.function, input, wrapper.function.isInputTypeMessage());
 		return Mono.from((Publisher<?>) result);
 	}
 
-	private Type getItemType(Object function) {
-		if (function == null || ((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).getInputType() == Object.class) {
-			return Object.class;
-		}
-
-		Type itemType;
-		if (((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).isInputTypePublisher() && ((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).isInputTypeMessage()) {
-			itemType = FunctionTypeUtils.getImmediateGenericType(((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).getInputType(), 0);
-			itemType = FunctionTypeUtils.getImmediateGenericType(itemType, 0);
-		}
-		else {
-			itemType = FunctionTypeUtils.getImmediateGenericType(((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).getInputType(), 0);
-		}
-
-		if (itemType != null) {
-			return itemType;
-		}
-
-		Class<?> inputType = ((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).isInputTypeMessage() || ((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).isInputTypePublisher()
-				? TypeResolver.resolveRawClass(itemType, null)
-						: ((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).getRawInputType();
-		if (!Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(inputType)) {
-			return inputType;
-		}
-
-		Type type = ((FunctionInvocationWrapper) function).getInputType();
-		if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
-			type = ((ParameterizedType) type).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
-		}
-		else {
-			for (Type iface : ((Class<?>) type).getGenericInterfaces()) {
-				if (iface.getTypeName().startsWith("java.util.function")) {
-					type = ((ParameterizedType) iface).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
-			type = ((ParameterizedType) type).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
-		}
-		else {
-			type = inputType;
-		}
-		return type;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Wrapper for functions.
 	 */