diff --git a/curweather/curweather.php b/curweather/curweather.php
index 533555b8..ef75637e 100644
--- a/curweather/curweather.php
+++ b/curweather/curweather.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function getWeather($loc, $units = 'metric', $lang = 'en', $appid = '', $cacheti
 	}
 
 	try {
-		$res = new SimpleXMLElement(HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($url));
+		$res = new SimpleXMLElement(DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($url));
 	} catch (Exception $e) {
 		if (empty($_SESSION['curweather_notice_shown'])) {
 			info(DI::l10n()->t('Error fetching weather data. Error was: '.$e->getMessage()));
diff --git a/geocoordinates/geocoordinates.php b/geocoordinates/geocoordinates.php
index 38afb953..ee267744 100644
--- a/geocoordinates/geocoordinates.php
+++ b/geocoordinates/geocoordinates.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function geocoordinates_resolve_item(&$item)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$s = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl("https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json?q=" . $coords[0] . "," . $coords[1] . "&key=" . $key . "&language=" . $language);
+	$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl("https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json?q=" . $coords[0] . "," . $coords[1] . "&key=" . $key . "&language=" . $language);
 
 	if (!$s) {
 		Logger::log("API could not be queried", Logger::DEBUG);
diff --git a/geonames/geonames.php b/geonames/geonames.php
index 21cb79ac..41a96778 100644
--- a/geonames/geonames.php
+++ b/geonames/geonames.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function geonames_post_hook(App $a, array &$item)
 
 	/* OK, we're allowed to do our stuff. */
 
-	$s = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl('http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=' . $coords[0] . '&lng=' . $coords[1] . '&username=' . $geo_account);
+	$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl('http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=' . $coords[0] . '&lng=' . $coords[1] . '&username=' . $geo_account);
 
 	if (!$s) {
 		return;
diff --git a/jappixmini/jappixmini.php b/jappixmini/jappixmini.php
index b43e1a07..4f655a01 100644
--- a/jappixmini/jappixmini.php
+++ b/jappixmini/jappixmini.php
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ function jappixmini_cron(App $a, $d)
 
 			try {
 				// send request
-				$answer_json = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($url);
+				$answer_json = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($url);
 
 				// parse answer
 				$answer = json_decode($answer_json);
diff --git a/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php b/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php
index b2bebc53..d5c23c67 100644
--- a/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php
+++ b/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function leistungsschutzrecht_fetchsites()
 {
 	// This list works - but question is how current it is
 	$url = "http://leistungsschutzrecht-stoppen.d-64.org/blacklist.txt";
-	$sitelist = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($url);
+	$sitelist = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($url);
 	$siteurls = explode(',', $sitelist);
 
 	$whitelist = ['tagesschau.de', 'heute.de', 'wdr.de'];
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 718f1d6d..073a4054 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post(App $a, $post)
 			foreach ($globalsn as $asn) {
 				if ($asn['apiurl'] == $_POST['statusnet-preconf-apiurl']) {
 					$apibase = $asn['apiurl'];
-					$c = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
+					$c = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
 					if (strlen($c) > 0) {
 						DI::pConfig()->set(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumerkey', $asn['consumerkey']);
 						DI::pConfig()->set(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumersecret', $asn['consumersecret']);
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post(App $a, $post)
 				//  we'll check the API Version for that, if we don't get one we'll try to fix the path but will
 				//  resign quickly after this one try to fix the path ;-)
 				$apibase = $_POST['statusnet-baseapi'];
-				$c = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
+				$c = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
 				if (strlen($c) > 0) {
 					//  ok the API path is correct, let's save the settings
 					DI::pConfig()->set(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumerkey', $_POST['statusnet-consumerkey']);
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post(App $a, $post)
 				} else {
 					//  the API path is not correct, maybe missing trailing / ?
 					$apibase = $apibase . '/';
-					$c = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
+					$c = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
 					if (strlen($c) > 0) {
 						//  ok the API path is now correct, let's save the settings
 						DI::pConfig()->set(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumerkey', $_POST['statusnet-consumerkey']);
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ function statusnet_post_hook(App $a, &$b)
 		}
 
 		if ($image != "") {
-			$img_str = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($image);
+			$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($image);
 			$tempfile = tempnam(get_temppath(), "cache");
 			file_put_contents($tempfile, $img_str);
 			$postdata = ["status" => $msg, "media[]" => $tempfile];
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ function statusnet_convertmsg(App $a, $body, $no_tags = false)
 			} elseif ($oembed_data->type != "link") {
 				$body = str_replace($search, "[url=" . $expanded_url . "]" . $expanded_url . "[/url]", $body);
 			} else {
-				$img_str = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($expanded_url, true, 4);
+				$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($expanded_url, true, 4);
 
 				$tempfile = tempnam(get_temppath(), "cache");
 				file_put_contents($tempfile, $img_str);
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 34851018..13270611 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ function twitter_post_hook(App $a, array &$b)
 						continue;
 					}
 
-					$img_str = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($image['url']);
+					$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($image['url']);
 
 					$tempfile = tempnam(get_temppath(), 'cache');
 					file_put_contents($tempfile, $img_str);
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ function twitter_expand_entities(App $a, $body, $item, $picture)
 				} elseif ($oembed_data->type != 'link') {
 					$body = str_replace($url->url, '[url=' . $expanded_url . ']' . $url->display_url . '[/url]', $body);
 				} else {
-					$img_str = HTTPRequest::fetchUrl($final_url, true, 4);
+					$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($final_url, true, 4);
 
 					$tempfile = tempnam(get_temppath(), 'cache');
 					file_put_contents($tempfile, $img_str);