diff --git a/blogger/blogger.php b/blogger/blogger.php
index e0b5f5352..0d201305f 100644
--- a/blogger/blogger.php
+++ b/blogger/blogger.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
 function blogger_install()
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ EOT;
 		Logger::log('blogger: data: ' . $xml, Logger::DATA);
 
 		if ($bl_blog !== 'test') {
-			$x = Network::post($bl_blog, $xml)->getBody();
+			$x = DI::httpRequest()->post($bl_blog, $xml)->getBody();
 		}
 
 		Logger::log('posted to blogger: ' . (($x) ? $x : ''), Logger::DEBUG);
diff --git a/curweather/curweather.php b/curweather/curweather.php
index 93141f233..2ee55b264 100644
--- a/curweather/curweather.php
+++ b/curweather/curweather.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Core\Session;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Proxy as ProxyUtils;
 
 function curweather_install()
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ function getWeather($loc, $units = 'metric', $lang = 'en', $appid = '', $cacheti
 	}
 
 	try {
-		$res = new SimpleXMLElement(Network::fetchUrl($url));
+		$res = new SimpleXMLElement(DI::httpRequest()->fetch($url));
 	} catch (Exception $e) {
 		if (empty($_SESSION['curweather_notice_shown'])) {
 			notice(DI::l10n()->t('Error fetching weather data. Error was: ' . $e->getMessage()));
diff --git a/discourse/discourse.php b/discourse/discourse.php
index f42cb04c1..b3f95bbb4 100644
--- a/discourse/discourse.php
+++ b/discourse/discourse.php
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@
  * Author: Michael Vogel <http://pirati.ca/profile/heluecht>
  *
  */
+
 use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\Markdown;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
-use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
+use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
-use Friendica\Content\Text\Markdown;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
+use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
-Use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 
 /* Todo:
  * - Obtaining API tokens to be able to read non public posts as well
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function discourse_email_getmessage(App $a, &$message)
 function discourse_fetch_post($host, $topic, $pid)
 {
 	$url = $host . '/t/' . $topic . '/' . $pid . '.json';
-	$curlResult = Network::curl($url);
+	$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 	if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 		Logger::info('No success', ['url' => $url]);
 		return false;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function discourse_fetch_post_from_api(&$message, $post, $host)
 {
 	$hostaddr = 'https://' . $host;
 	$url = $hostaddr . '/posts/' . $post . '.json';
-	$curlResult = Network::curl($url);
+	$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 	if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/dwpost/dwpost.php b/dwpost/dwpost.php
index 3d4b42ad8..9a973b672 100644
--- a/dwpost/dwpost.php
+++ b/dwpost/dwpost.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
 function dwpost_install()
@@ -231,7 +230,7 @@ EOT;
 		Logger::log('dwpost: data: ' . $xml, Logger::DATA);
 
 		if ($dw_blog !== 'test') {
-			$x = Network::post($dw_blog, $xml, ["Content-Type: text/xml"])->getBody();
+			$x = DI::httpRequest()->post($dw_blog, $xml, ["Content-Type: text/xml"])->getBody();
 		}
 
 		Logger::log('posted to dreamwidth: ' . ($x) ? $x : '', Logger::DEBUG);
diff --git a/geocoordinates/geocoordinates.php b/geocoordinates/geocoordinates.php
index fc0d17dbb..ef96ecb86 100644
--- a/geocoordinates/geocoordinates.php
+++ b/geocoordinates/geocoordinates.php
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
  * Version: 0.1
  * Author: Michael Vogel <https://pirati.ca/profile/heluecht>
  */
+
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
 function geocoordinates_install()
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function geocoordinates_resolve_item(&$item)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$s = Network::fetchUrl("https://api.opencagedata.com/geocode/v1/json?q=".$coords[0].",".$coords[1]."&key=".$key."&language=".$language);
+	$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetch("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 add12b270..cf5425889 100644
--- a/geonames/geonames.php
+++ b/geonames/geonames.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Util\ConfigFileLoader;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
 function geonames_install()
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ function geonames_post_hook(App $a, array &$item)
 
 	/* OK, we're allowed to do our stuff. */
 
-	$s = Network::fetchUrl('http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=' . $coords[0] . '&lng=' . $coords[1] . '&username=' . $geo_account);
+	$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetch('http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceName?lat=' . $coords[0] . '&lng=' . $coords[1] . '&username=' . $geo_account);
 
 	if (!$s) {
 		return;
diff --git a/ijpost/ijpost.php b/ijpost/ijpost.php
index 00479e3e0..0619c288a 100644
--- a/ijpost/ijpost.php
+++ b/ijpost/ijpost.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
 function ijpost_install()
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ EOT;
 		Logger::log('ijpost: data: ' . $xml, Logger::DATA);
 
 		if ($ij_blog !== 'test') {
-			$x = Network::post($ij_blog, $xml, ["Content-Type: text/xml"])->getBody();
+			$x = DI::httpRequest()->post($ij_blog, $xml, ["Content-Type: text/xml"])->getBody();
 		}
 		Logger::log('posted to insanejournal: ' . $x ? $x : '', Logger::DEBUG);
 	}
diff --git a/jappixmini/jappixmini.php b/jappixmini/jappixmini.php
index 39065df8a..077e2b956 100644
--- a/jappixmini/jappixmini.php
+++ b/jappixmini/jappixmini.php
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 
 function jappixmini_install()
 {
@@ -658,7 +657,7 @@ function jappixmini_cron(App $a, $d)
 
 			try {
 				// send request
-				$answer_json = Network::fetchUrl($url);
+				$answer_json = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($url);
 
 				// parse answer
 				$answer = json_decode($answer_json);
diff --git a/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php b/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php
index 8bb6f526b..eb25f550b 100644
--- a/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php
+++ b/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  * Version: 0.1
  * Author: Michael Vogel <https://pirati.ca/profile/heluecht>
  */
+
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 
 function leistungsschutzrecht_install() {
 	Hook::register('cron', 'addon/leistungsschutzrecht/leistungsschutzrecht.php', 'leistungsschutzrecht_cron');
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function leistungsschutzrecht_fetchsites()
 {
 	// This list works - but question is how current it is
 	$url = "http://leistungsschutzrecht-stoppen.d-64.org/blacklist.txt";
-	$sitelist = Network::fetchUrl($url);
+	$sitelist = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($url);
 	$siteurls = explode(',', $sitelist);
 
 	$whitelist = ['tagesschau.de', 'heute.de', 'wdr.de'];
diff --git a/libertree/libertree.php b/libertree/libertree.php
index 01a9d9420..dfa492235 100644
--- a/libertree/libertree.php
+++ b/libertree/libertree.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 
 function libertree_install()
 {
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ function libertree_send(&$a,&$b) {
 		//	'token' => $ltree_api_token
 		];
 
-		$result = Network::post($ltree_blog, $params)->getBody();
+		$result = DI::httpRequest()->post($ltree_blog, $params)->getBody();
 		Logger::log('libertree: ' . $result);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/ljpost/ljpost.php b/ljpost/ljpost.php
index 5120612d0..a98087c2d 100644
--- a/ljpost/ljpost.php
+++ b/ljpost/ljpost.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
 function ljpost_install() {
@@ -241,7 +240,7 @@ EOT;
 		Logger::log('ljpost: data: ' . $xml, Logger::DATA);
 
 		if ($lj_blog !== 'test') {
-			$x = Network::post($lj_blog, $xml, ["Content-Type: text/xml"])->getBody();
+			$x = DI::httpRequest()->post($lj_blog, $xml, ["Content-Type: text/xml"])->getBody();
 		}
 		Logger::log('posted to livejournal: ' . ($x) ? $x : '', Logger::DEBUG);
 	}
diff --git a/mailstream/mailstream.php b/mailstream/mailstream.php
index 89e6cc014..d09f913a1 100644
--- a/mailstream/mailstream.php
+++ b/mailstream/mailstream.php
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Model\Item;
+use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 
 function mailstream_install() {
 	Hook::register('addon_settings', 'addon/mailstream/mailstream.php', 'mailstream_addon_settings');
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ function mailstream_do_images($a, &$item, &$attachments) {
 			continue;
 		}
 		$cookiejar = tempnam(get_temppath(), 'cookiejar-mailstream-');
-		$curlResult = Network::fetchUrlFull($url, true, 0, '', $cookiejar);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchFull($url, true, 0, '', $cookiejar);
 		$attachments[$url] = [
 			'data' => $curlResult->getBody(),
 			'guid' => hash("crc32", $url),
diff --git a/mastodoncustomemojis/mastodoncustomemojis.php b/mastodoncustomemojis/mastodoncustomemojis.php
index a6c95d340..a3cd0b97a 100644
--- a/mastodoncustomemojis/mastodoncustomemojis.php
+++ b/mastodoncustomemojis/mastodoncustomemojis.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Cache\Duration;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Protocol;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Proxy as ProxyUtils;
 
 function mastodoncustomemojis_install()
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ function mastodoncustomemojis_fetch_custom_emojis_for_url($api_base_url)
 
 	$api_url = $api_base_url . '/api/v1/custom_emojis';
 
-	$fetchResult = Network::fetchUrlFull($api_url);
+	$fetchResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchFull($api_url);
 
 	if ($fetchResult->isSuccess()) {
 		$emojis_array = json_decode($fetchResult->getBody(), true);
diff --git a/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.php b/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.php
index 715e70885..05a284e68 100644
--- a/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.php
+++ b/openstreetmap/openstreetmap.php
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@
  *
  */
 
-use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Core\Cache\Duration;
 use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
+use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Util\ConfigFileLoader;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
 const OSM_TMS = 'https://www.openstreetmap.org';
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ function openstreetmap_get_coordinates($a, &$b)
 	$j = DI::cache()->get($cachekey);
 
 	if (is_null($j)) {
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($nomserver . $args);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($nomserver . $args);
 		if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			$j = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
 			DI::cache()->set($cachekey, $j, Duration::MONTH);
diff --git a/pumpio/pumpio.php b/pumpio/pumpio.php
index 567f64c8d..2144257db 100644
--- a/pumpio/pumpio.php
+++ b/pumpio/pumpio.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Protocol\ActivityNamespace;
 use Friendica\Util\ConfigFileLoader;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
@@ -1605,7 +1604,7 @@ function pumpio_fetchallcomments(App $a, $uid, $id)
 
 function pumpio_reachable($url)
 {
-	return Network::curl($url, false, ['timeout' => 10])->isSuccess();
+	return DI::httpRequest()->get($url, false, ['timeout' => 10])->isSuccess();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index de2fad9c6..7708e3f4e 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ use Friendica\Model\Photo;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
 function statusnet_install()
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post(App $a, $post)
 			foreach ($globalsn as $asn) {
 				if ($asn['apiurl'] == $_POST['statusnet-preconf-apiurl']) {
 					$apibase = $asn['apiurl'];
-					$c = Network::fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
+					$c = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($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 +172,7 @@ 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'];
-				$c = Network::fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
+				$c = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($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 +182,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post(App $a, $post)
 				} else {
 					//  the API path is not correct, maybe missing trailing / ?
 					$apibase = $apibase . '/';
-					$c = Network::fetchUrl($apibase . 'statusnet/version.xml');
+					$c = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($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']);
@@ -611,7 +610,7 @@ function statusnet_post_hook(App $a, &$b)
 		}
 
 		if ($image != "") {
-			$img_str = Network::fetchUrl($image);
+			$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($image);
 			$tempfile = tempnam(get_temppath(), "cache");
 			file_put_contents($tempfile, $img_str);
 			$postdata = ["status" => $msg, "media[]" => $tempfile];
@@ -1448,7 +1447,7 @@ function statusnet_convertmsg(App $a, $body)
 
 			Logger::log("statusnet_convertmsg: expanding url " . $match[1], Logger::DEBUG);
 
-			$expanded_url = Network::finalUrl($match[1]);
+			$expanded_url = DI::httpRequest()->finalUrl($match[1]);
 
 			Logger::log("statusnet_convertmsg: fetching data for " . $expanded_url, Logger::DEBUG);
 
@@ -1472,7 +1471,7 @@ function statusnet_convertmsg(App $a, $body)
 			} elseif ($oembed_data->type != "link") {
 				$body = str_replace($search, "[url=" . $expanded_url . "]" . $expanded_url . "[/url]", $body);
 			} else {
-				$img_str = Network::fetchUrl($expanded_url, true, 4);
+				$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($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 4391dffba..a44bb05ed 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Util\ConfigFileLoader;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Images;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
 require_once __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'vendor' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'autoload.php';
@@ -672,7 +671,7 @@ function twitter_post_hook(App $a, array &$b)
 						continue;
 					}
 
-					$img_str = Network::fetchUrl($image['url']);
+					$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($image['url']);
 
 					$tempfile = tempnam(get_temppath(), 'cache');
 					file_put_contents($tempfile, $img_str);
@@ -1294,7 +1293,7 @@ function twitter_expand_entities($body, stdClass $status, $picture)
 
 			$expanded_url = $url->expanded_url;
 
-			$final_url = Network::finalUrl($url->expanded_url);
+			$final_url = DI::httpRequest()->finalUrl($url->expanded_url);
 
 			$oembed_data = OEmbed::fetchURL($final_url);
 
@@ -1315,7 +1314,7 @@ function twitter_expand_entities($body, stdClass $status, $picture)
 			} elseif ($oembed_data->type != 'link') {
 				$replace = '[url=' . $expanded_url . ']' . $url->display_url . '[/url]';
 			} else {
-				$img_str = Network::fetchUrl($final_url, true, 4);
+				$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($final_url, true, 4);
 
 				$tempfile = tempnam(get_temppath(), 'cache');
 				file_put_contents($tempfile, $img_str);
diff --git a/wppost/wppost.php b/wppost/wppost.php
index 4d32c7904..8cd134109 100644
--- a/wppost/wppost.php
+++ b/wppost/wppost.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Hook;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 use Friendica\Util\XML;
 
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ EOT;
 		Logger::log('wppost: data: ' . $xml, Logger::DATA);
 
 		if ($wp_blog !== 'test') {
-			$x = Network::post($wp_blog, $xml)->getBody();
+			$x = DI::httpRequest()->post($wp_blog, $xml)->getBody();
 		}
 		Logger::log('posted to wordpress: ' . (($x) ? $x : ''), Logger::DEBUG);
 	}