diff --git a/mod/dfrn_confirm.php b/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
index 7b1171ba41..7da872f0d0 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_confirm.php
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function dfrn_confirm_post(App $a, $handsfree = null)
 		 *
 		 */
 
-		$res = Network::post($dfrn_confirm, $params, null, $redirects, 120)->getBody();
+		$res = Network::post($dfrn_confirm, $params, null, 120)->getBody();
 
 		Logger::log(' Confirm: received data: ' . $res, Logger::DATA);
 
diff --git a/mod/parse_url.php b/mod/parse_url.php
index 7631a5a710..6b393932eb 100644
--- a/mod/parse_url.php
+++ b/mod/parse_url.php
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ function parse_url_content(App $a)
 
 	// Check if the URL is an image, video or audio file. If so format
 	// the URL with the corresponding BBCode media tag
-	$redirects = 0;
 	// Fetch the header of the URL
-	$curlResponse = Network::curl($url, false, $redirects, ['novalidate' => true, 'nobody' => true]);
+	$curlResponse = Network::curl($url, false, ['novalidate' => true, 'nobody' => true]);
 
 	if ($curlResponse->isSuccess()) {
 		// Convert the header fields into an array
diff --git a/src/Content/OEmbed.php b/src/Content/OEmbed.php
index 7190f1ce0e..94e95e5f51 100644
--- a/src/Content/OEmbed.php
+++ b/src/Content/OEmbed.php
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ class OEmbed
 
 			if (!in_array($ext, $noexts)) {
 				// try oembed autodiscovery
-				$redirects = 0;
-				$html_text = Network::fetchUrl($embedurl, false, $redirects, 15, 'text/*');
+				$html_text = Network::fetchUrl($embedurl, false, 15, 'text/*');
 				if ($html_text) {
 					$dom = @DOMDocument::loadHTML($html_text);
 					if ($dom) {
diff --git a/src/Core/Search.php b/src/Core/Search.php
index 48231f0824..e26cc0edc3 100644
--- a/src/Core/Search.php
+++ b/src/Core/Search.php
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ class Search extends BaseObject
 			$searchUrl .= '&page=' . $page;
 		}
 
-		$red        = 0;
-		$resultJson = Network::fetchUrl($searchUrl, false, $red, 0, 'application/json');
+		$resultJson = Network::fetchUrl($searchUrl, false, 0, 'application/json');
 
 		$results = json_decode($resultJson, true);
 
diff --git a/src/Core/Worker.php b/src/Core/Worker.php
index 0f4a527f6b..5485470224 100644
--- a/src/Core/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Core/Worker.php
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ class Worker
 		}
 
 		$url = System::baseUrl()."/worker";
-		Network::fetchUrl($url, false, $redirects, 1);
+		Network::fetchUrl($url, false, 1);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Model/APContact.php b/src/Model/APContact.php
index cf1f9b7231..67c714f9af 100644
--- a/src/Model/APContact.php
+++ b/src/Model/APContact.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class APContact extends BaseObject
 
 		$webfinger = 'https://' . $addr_parts[1] . '/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:' . urlencode($addr);
 
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($webfinger, false, $redirects, ['accept_content' => 'application/jrd+json,application/json']);
+		$curlResult = Network::curl($webfinger, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/jrd+json,application/json']);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() || empty($curlResult->getBody())) {
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Module/Magic.php b/src/Module/Magic.php
index 491ed31cbd..441fe7f157 100644
--- a/src/Module/Magic.php
+++ b/src/Module/Magic.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Magic extends BaseModule
 				);
 
 				// Try to get an authentication token from the other instance.
-				$curlResult = Network::curl($basepath . '/owa', false, $redirects, ['headers' => $headers]);
+				$curlResult = Network::curl($basepath . '/owa', false, ['headers' => $headers]);
 
 				if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 					$j = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
diff --git a/src/Network/Probe.php b/src/Network/Probe.php
index b0d2630103..00c38a4c12 100644
--- a/src/Network/Probe.php
+++ b/src/Network/Probe.php
@@ -109,12 +109,11 @@ class Probe
 		$url = "http://".$host."/.well-known/host-meta";
 
 		$xrd_timeout = Config::get('system', 'xrd_timeout', 20);
-		$redirects = 0;
 
 		Logger::log("Probing for ".$host, Logger::DEBUG);
 		$xrd = null;
 
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($ssl_url, false, $redirects, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => 'application/xrd+xml']);
+		$curlResult = Network::curl($ssl_url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => 'application/xrd+xml']);
 		if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			$xml = $curlResult->getBody();
 			$xrd = XML::parseString($xml, false);
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ class Probe
 		}
 
 		if (!is_object($xrd)) {
-			$curlResult = Network::curl($url, false, $redirects, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => 'application/xrd+xml']);
+			$curlResult = Network::curl($url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => 'application/xrd+xml']);
 			if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 				Logger::log("Probing timeout for " . $url, Logger::DEBUG);
 				self::$istimeout = true;
@@ -738,9 +737,8 @@ class Probe
 	private static function webfinger($url, $type)
 	{
 		$xrd_timeout = Config::get('system', 'xrd_timeout', 20);
-		$redirects = 0;
 
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($url, false, $redirects, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => $type]);
+		$curlResult = Network::curl($url, false, ['timeout' => $xrd_timeout, 'accept_content' => $type]);
 		if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
 			self::$istimeout = true;
 			return false;
diff --git a/src/Object/Image.php b/src/Object/Image.php
index 67413e3c0d..803aa08b38 100644
--- a/src/Object/Image.php
+++ b/src/Object/Image.php
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ class Image
 		$data = Cache::get($url);
 
 		if (is_null($data) || !$data || !is_array($data)) {
-			$img_str = Network::fetchUrl($url, true, $redirects, 4);
+			$img_str = Network::fetchUrl($url, true, 4);
 
 			if (!$img_str) {
 				return false;
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub.php
index fa63c44d57..8caf7ac64c 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class ActivityPub
 			return HTTPSignature::fetch($url, $uid);
 		}
 
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($url, false, $redirects, ['accept_content' => 'application/activity+json, application/ld+json']);
+		$curlResult = Network::curl($url, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/activity+json, application/ld+json']);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() || empty($curlResult->getBody())) {
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
index 81e5c19db8..9fa0ff43af 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/OStatus.php
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class OStatus
 
 		self::$conv_list[$conversation] = true;
 
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($conversation, false, $redirects, ['accept_content' => 'application/atom+xml, text/html']);
+		$curlResult = Network::curl($conversation, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/atom+xml, text/html']);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return;
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ class OStatus
 		}
 
 		$stored = false;
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($related, false, $redirects, ['accept_content' => 'application/atom+xml, text/html']);
+		$curlResult = Network::curl($related, false, ['accept_content' => 'application/atom+xml, text/html']);
 
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return;
diff --git a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
index 5345cb22fc..60bb844226 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ class PortableContact
 		$server_url = str_replace("http://", "https://", $server_url);
 
 		// We set the timeout to 20 seconds since this operation should be done in no time if the server was vital
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($server_url."/.well-known/host-meta", false, $redirects, ['timeout' => 20]);
+		$curlResult = Network::curl($server_url."/.well-known/host-meta", false, ['timeout' => 20]);
 
 		// Quit if there is a timeout.
 		// But we want to make sure to only quit if we are mostly sure that this server url fits.
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ class PortableContact
 			$server_url = str_replace("https://", "http://", $server_url);
 
 			// We set the timeout to 20 seconds since this operation should be done in no time if the server was vital
-			$curlResult = Network::curl($server_url."/.well-known/host-meta", false, $redirects, ['timeout' => 20]);
+			$curlResult = Network::curl($server_url."/.well-known/host-meta", false, ['timeout' => 20]);
 
 			// Quit if there is a timeout
 			if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ class PortableContact
 			if (!empty($accesstoken)) {
 				$api = 'https://instances.social/api/1.0/instances/list?count=0';
 				$header = ['Authorization: Bearer '.$accesstoken];
-				$curlResult = Network::curl($api, false, $redirects, ['headers' => $header]);
+				$curlResult = Network::curl($api, false, ['headers' => $header]);
 
 				if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 					$servers = json_decode($curlResult->getBody(), true);
diff --git a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
index e002d5981c..8a058c3b5c 100644
--- a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
+++ b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ class HTTPSignature
 		$curl_opts = $opts;
 		$curl_opts['header'] = $headers;
 
-		$curlResult = Network::curl($request, false, $redirects, $curl_opts);
+		$curlResult = Network::curl($request, false, $curl_opts);
 		$return_code = $curlResult->getReturnCode();
 
 		Logger::log('Fetched for user ' . $uid . ' from ' . $request . ' returned ' . $return_code, Logger::DEBUG);
diff --git a/src/Util/Network.php b/src/Util/Network.php
index 9e71c80171..b1d072d7e9 100644
--- a/src/Util/Network.php
+++ b/src/Util/Network.php
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ class Network
 	 * @param string  $url            URL to fetch
 	 * @param bool    $binary         default false
 	 *                                TRUE if asked to return binary results (file download)
-	 * @param int     $redirects      The recursion counter for internal use - default 0
 	 * @param int     $timeout        Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
 	 * @param string  $accept_content supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
 	 * @param string  $cookiejar      Path to cookie jar file
+	 * @param int     $redirects      The recursion counter for internal use - default 0
 	 *
 	 * @return string The fetched content
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public static function fetchUrl(string $url, bool $binary = false, int &$redirects = 0, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = null, string $cookiejar = '')
+	public static function fetchUrl(string $url, bool $binary = false, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = '', string $cookiejar = '', int &$redirects = 0)
 	{
-		$ret = self::fetchUrlFull($url, $binary, $redirects, $timeout, $accept_content, $cookiejar);
+		$ret = self::fetchUrlFull($url, $binary, $timeout, $accept_content, $cookiejar, $redirects);
 
 		return $ret->getBody();
 	}
@@ -50,24 +50,25 @@ class Network
 	 * @param string  $url            URL to fetch
 	 * @param bool    $binary         default false
 	 *                                TRUE if asked to return binary results (file download)
-	 * @param int     $redirects      The recursion counter for internal use - default 0
 	 * @param int     $timeout        Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
 	 * @param string  $accept_content supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
 	 * @param string  $cookiejar      Path to cookie jar file
+	 * @param int     $redirects      The recursion counter for internal use - default 0
 	 *
 	 * @return CurlResult With all relevant information, 'body' contains the actual fetched content.
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public static function fetchUrlFull(string $url, bool $binary = false, int &$redirects = 0, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = null, string $cookiejar = '')
+	public static function fetchUrlFull(string $url, bool $binary = false, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = '', string $cookiejar = '', int &$redirects = 0)
 	{
 		return self::curl(
 			$url,
 			$binary,
-			$redirects,
-			['timeout'=>$timeout,
-			'accept_content'=>$accept_content,
-			'cookiejar'=>$cookiejar
-			]
+			[
+				'timeout'        => $timeout,
+				'accept_content' => $accept_content,
+				'cookiejar'      => $cookiejar
+			],
+			$redirects
 		);
 	}
 
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ class Network
 	 * @param string  $url       URL to fetch
 	 * @param bool    $binary    default false
 	 *                           TRUE if asked to return binary results (file download)
-	 * @param int     $redirects The recursion counter for internal use - default 0
 	 * @param array   $opts      (optional parameters) assoziative array with:
 	 *                           'accept_content' => supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
 	 *                           'timeout' => int Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
@@ -86,11 +86,12 @@ class Network
 	 *                           'nobody' => only return the header
 	 *                           'cookiejar' => path to cookie jar file
 	 *                           'header' => header array
+	 * @param int     $redirects The recursion counter for internal use - default 0
 	 *
 	 * @return CurlResult
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public static function curl(string $url, bool $binary = false, int &$redirects = 0, array $opts = [])
+	public static function curl(string $url, bool $binary = false, array $opts = [], int &$redirects = 0)
 	{
 		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
 
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ class Network
 			$redirects++;
 			Logger::log('curl: redirect ' . $url . ' to ' . $curlResponse->getRedirectUrl());
 			@curl_close($ch);
-			return self::curl($curlResponse->getRedirectUrl(), $binary, $redirects, $opts);
+			return self::curl($curlResponse->getRedirectUrl(), $binary, $opts, $redirects);
 		}
 
 		@curl_close($ch);
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ class Network
 	 * @return CurlResult The content
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public static function post(string $url, $params, string $headers = null, int &$redirects = 0, int $timeout = 0)
+	public static function post(string $url, $params, string $headers = null, int $timeout = 0, int &$redirects = 0)
 	{
 		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
 
diff --git a/src/Worker/OnePoll.php b/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
index 8f494af53a..a605ee92ed 100644
--- a/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
+++ b/src/Worker/OnePoll.php
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ class OnePoll
 			}
 
 			$cookiejar = tempnam(get_temppath(), 'cookiejar-onepoll-');
-			$curlResult = Network::curl($contact['poll'], false, $redirects, ['cookiejar' => $cookiejar]);
+			$curlResult = Network::curl($contact['poll'], false, ['cookiejar' => $cookiejar]);
 			unlink($cookiejar);
 
 			if ($curlResult->isTimeout()) {