diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 24030ce6a..7ec3a2d5d 100644
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ function statusnet_convertmsg(App $a, $body)
 
 			Logger::log("statusnet_convertmsg: expanding url " . $match[1], Logger::DEBUG);
 
-			$expanded_url = HTTPRequest::finalUrl($match[1]);
+			$expanded_url = DI::httpRequest()->finalUrl($match[1]);
 
 			Logger::log("statusnet_convertmsg: fetching data for " . $expanded_url, Logger::DEBUG);
 
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index cea398421..30195427d 100644
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ function twitter_expand_entities($body, stdClass $status, $picture)
 
 			$expanded_url = $url->expanded_url;
 
-			$final_url = HTTPRequest::finalUrl($url->expanded_url);
+			$final_url = DI::httpRequest()->finalUrl($url->expanded_url);
 
 			$oembed_data = OEmbed::fetchURL($final_url);