diff --git a/src/deprecated.jl b/src/deprecated.jl
index 466fd1867..8f8b56a87 100644
--- a/src/deprecated.jl
+++ b/src/deprecated.jl
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function legacy_response(
         end
     end
 
-    body = String(copy(body))
+    body_str = String(copy(body))
 
     if occursin(r"/xml", mime)
         if return_headers
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ function legacy_response(
         end
 
         xml_dict_type = response_dict_type{Union{Symbol,String},Any}
-        body = parse_xml(body)
-        root = XMLDict.root(body.x)
+        xml = parse_xml(body_str)
+        root = XMLDict.root(xml.x)
 
         return (
             if return_headers
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ function legacy_response(
             )
         end
 
-        info =
-            isempty(body) ? nothing : JSON.parse(body; dicttype=response_dict_type)
+        info = isempty(body) ? nothing : JSON.parse(body_str; dicttype=response_dict_type)
         return (return_headers ? (info, response_dict_type(response.headers)) : info)
     elseif startswith(mime, "text/")
         if return_headers
@@ -169,7 +168,9 @@ function legacy_response(
             )
         end
 
-        return (return_headers ? (body, response_dict_type(response.headers)) : body)
+        return (
+            return_headers ? (body_str, response_dict_type(response.headers)) : body_str
+        )
     else
         if return_headers
             Base.depwarn(