diff --git a/mod/dfrn_poll.php b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
index 7f7fbe498f..183f6022e3 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_poll.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_poll.php
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function dfrn_poll_init(App $a)
 		);
 
 		if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
-			$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($r[0]['poll'] . '?dfrn_id=' . $my_id . '&type=profile-check');
+			$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($r[0]['poll'] . '?dfrn_id=' . $my_id . '&type=profile-check');
 
 			Logger::log("dfrn_poll: old profile returns " . $s, Logger::DATA);
 
@@ -498,12 +498,12 @@ function dfrn_poll_content(App $a)
 
 			// URL reply
 			if ($dfrn_version < 2.2) {
-				$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($r[0]['poll']
-				                           . '?dfrn_id=' . $encrypted_id
-				                           . '&type=profile-check'
-				                           . '&dfrn_version=' . DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION
-				                           . '&challenge=' . $challenge
-				                           . '&sec=' . $sec
+				$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($r[0]['poll']
+				                              . '?dfrn_id=' . $encrypted_id
+				                              . '&type=profile-check'
+				                              . '&dfrn_version=' . DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION
+				                              . '&challenge=' . $challenge
+				                              . '&sec=' . $sec
 				);
 			} else {
 				$s = DI::httpRequest()->post($r[0]['poll'], [
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index 8c8557650e..cb21a211f9 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function dfrn_request_post(App $a)
 				}
 
 				if (!empty($dfrn_request) && strlen($confirm_key)) {
-					DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($dfrn_request . '?confirm_key=' . $confirm_key);
+					DI::httpRequest()->fetch($dfrn_request . '?confirm_key=' . $confirm_key);
 				}
 
 				// (ignore reply, nothing we can do it failed)
diff --git a/mod/oexchange.php b/mod/oexchange.php
index 4746651c16..b8da9df7ef 100644
--- a/mod/oexchange.php
+++ b/mod/oexchange.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function oexchange_content(App $a) {
 	$tags = ((!empty($_REQUEST['tags']))
 		? '&tags=' . urlencode(Strings::escapeTags(trim($_REQUEST['tags']))) : '');
 
-	$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl(DI::baseUrl() . '/parse_url?url=' . $url . $title . $description . $tags);
+	$s = DI::httpRequest()->fetch(DI::baseUrl() . '/parse_url?url=' . $url . $title . $description . $tags);
 
 	if (!strlen($s)) {
 		return;
diff --git a/mod/pubsubhubbub.php b/mod/pubsubhubbub.php
index 96f26838ed..3445436182 100644
--- a/mod/pubsubhubbub.php
+++ b/mod/pubsubhubbub.php
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\PushSubscriber;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPRequest;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
 function post_var($name) {
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ function pubsubhubbub_init(App $a) {
 		$hub_callback = rtrim($hub_callback, ' ?&#');
 		$separator = parse_url($hub_callback, PHP_URL_QUERY) === null ? '?' : '&';
 
-		$fetchResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrlFull($hub_callback . $separator . $params);
+		$fetchResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchFull($hub_callback . $separator . $params);
 		$body = $fetchResult->getBody();
 		$ret = $fetchResult->getReturnCode();
 
diff --git a/src/Content/OEmbed.php b/src/Content/OEmbed.php
index 592d25c10d..30a113f461 100644
--- a/src/Content/OEmbed.php
+++ b/src/Content/OEmbed.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class OEmbed
 
 			if (!in_array($ext, $noexts)) {
 				// try oembed autodiscovery
-				$html_text = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($embedurl, false, 15, 'text/*');
+				$html_text = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($embedurl, false, 15, 'text/*');
 				if ($html_text) {
 					$dom = @DOMDocument::loadHTML($html_text);
 					if ($dom) {
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ class OEmbed
 						$entries = $xpath->query("//link[@type='application/json+oembed']");
 						foreach ($entries as $e) {
 							$href = $e->getAttributeNode('href')->nodeValue;
-							$json_string = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($href . '&maxwidth=' . $a->videowidth);
+							$json_string = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($href . '&maxwidth=' . $a->videowidth);
 							break;
 						}
 
 						$entries = $xpath->query("//link[@type='text/json+oembed']");
 						foreach ($entries as $e) {
 							$href = $e->getAttributeNode('href')->nodeValue;
-							$json_string = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($href . '&maxwidth=' . $a->videowidth);
+							$json_string = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($href . '&maxwidth=' . $a->videowidth);
 							break;
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index bf208a1036..1181c8f47b 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ class BBCode
 				$text = "[url=" . $match[2] . ']' . $match[2] . "[/url]";
 
 				// if its not a picture then look if its a page that contains a picture link
-				$body = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($match[1]);
+				$body = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($match[1]);
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 				@$doc->loadHTML($body);
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ class BBCode
 			}
 
 			// if its not a picture then look if its a page that contains a picture link
-			$body = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($match[1]);
+			$body = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($match[1]);
 
 			$doc = new DOMDocument();
 			@$doc->loadHTML($body);
diff --git a/src/Core/Installer.php b/src/Core/Installer.php
index af7c7aa496..28db93d292 100644
--- a/src/Core/Installer.php
+++ b/src/Core/Installer.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Config\Cache;
 use Friendica\Database\Database;
 use Friendica\Database\DBStructure;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPRequest;
 use Friendica\Util\Images;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
@@ -548,11 +547,11 @@ class Installer
 		$help = "";
 		$error_msg = "";
 		if (function_exists('curl_init')) {
-			$fetchResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrlFull($baseurl . "/install/testrewrite");
+			$fetchResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchFull($baseurl . "/install/testrewrite");
 
 			$url = Strings::normaliseLink($baseurl . "/install/testrewrite");
 			if ($fetchResult->getReturnCode() != 204) {
-				$fetchResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrlFull($url);
+				$fetchResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchFull($url);
 			}
 
 			if ($fetchResult->getReturnCode() != 204) {
diff --git a/src/Core/Search.php b/src/Core/Search.php
index c5c6ca08c2..577b11266e 100644
--- a/src/Core/Search.php
+++ b/src/Core/Search.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Search
 			$searchUrl .= '&page=' . $page;
 		}
 
-		$resultJson = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($searchUrl, false, 0, 'application/json');
+		$resultJson = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($searchUrl, false, 0, 'application/json');
 
 		$results = json_decode($resultJson, true);
 
diff --git a/src/Core/Worker.php b/src/Core/Worker.php
index 83a24c38fe..937dd0a565 100644
--- a/src/Core/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Core/Worker.php
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ class Worker
 		}
 
 		$url = DI::baseUrl() . '/worker';
-		DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($url, false, 1);
+		DI::httpRequest()->fetch($url, false, 1);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Model/GContact.php b/src/Model/GContact.php
index 109f5d54b3..ab0a4fdd84 100644
--- a/src/Model/GContact.php
+++ b/src/Model/GContact.php
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class GContact
 		$done[] = DI::baseUrl() . '/poco';
 
 		if (strlen(DI::config()->get('system', 'directory'))) {
-			$x = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl(Search::getGlobalDirectory() . '/pubsites');
+			$x = DI::httpRequest()->fetch(Search::getGlobalDirectory() . '/pubsites');
 			if (!empty($x)) {
 				$j = json_decode($x);
 				if (!empty($j->entries)) {
diff --git a/src/Model/GServer.php b/src/Model/GServer.php
index ae4332511d..7643c9590e 100644
--- a/src/Model/GServer.php
+++ b/src/Model/GServer.php
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ class GServer
 		$protocols = ['activitypub', 'diaspora', 'dfrn', 'ostatus'];
 		foreach ($protocols as $protocol) {
 			$query = '{nodes(protocol:"' . $protocol . '"){host}}';
-			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl('https://the-federation.info/graphql?query=' . urlencode($query));
+			$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->fetch('https://the-federation.info/graphql?query=' . urlencode($query));
 			if (!empty($curlResult)) {
 				$data = json_decode($curlResult, true);
 				if (!empty($data['data']['nodes'])) {
diff --git a/src/Module/Debug/Feed.php b/src/Module/Debug/Feed.php
index deeb8d7ec3..1da0457c45 100644
--- a/src/Module/Debug/Feed.php
+++ b/src/Module/Debug/Feed.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Feed extends BaseModule
 
 			$contact = Model\Contact::getByURLForUser($url, local_user(), false);
 
-			$xml = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($contact['poll']);
+			$xml = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($contact['poll']);
 
 			$import_result = Protocol\Feed::import($xml);
 
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php b/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
index f9279fa602..c751406c1b 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
+++ b/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ class HTTPRequest
 	 * @return string The fetched content
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public function fetchUrl(string $url, bool $binary = false, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = '', string $cookiejar = '', int &$redirects = 0)
+	public function fetch(string $url, bool $binary = false, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = '', string $cookiejar = '', int &$redirects = 0)
 	{
-		$ret = $this->fetchUrlFull($url, $binary, $timeout, $accept_content, $cookiejar, $redirects);
+		$ret = $this->fetchFull($url, $binary, $timeout, $accept_content, $cookiejar, $redirects);
 
 		return $ret->getBody();
 	}
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ class HTTPRequest
 	 * @return CurlResult With all relevant information, 'body' contains the actual fetched content.
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 */
-	public function fetchUrlFull(string $url, bool $binary = false, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = '', string $cookiejar = '', int &$redirects = 0)
+	public function fetchFull(string $url, bool $binary = false, int $timeout = 0, string $accept_content = '', string $cookiejar = '', int &$redirects = 0)
 	{
 		return $this->get(
 			$url,
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index 5e1f096773..98a315ce21 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ class Diaspora
 
 		Logger::log("Fetch post from ".$source_url, Logger::DEBUG);
 
-		$envelope = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($source_url);
+		$envelope = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($source_url);
 		if ($envelope) {
 			Logger::log("Envelope was fetched.", Logger::DEBUG);
 			$x = self::verifyMagicEnvelope($envelope);
diff --git a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
index 5216e39370..cfc140d66d 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/PortableContact.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class PortableContact
 
 		Logger::log('load: ' . $url, Logger::DEBUG);
 
-		$fetchresult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrlFull($url);
+		$fetchresult = DI::httpRequest()->fetchFull($url);
 		$s = $fetchresult->getBody();
 
 		Logger::log('load: returns ' . $s, Logger::DATA);
diff --git a/src/Util/Images.php b/src/Util/Images.php
index 2d161a5c43..ef171873f2 100644
--- a/src/Util/Images.php
+++ b/src/Util/Images.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class Images
 			return $data;
 		}
 
-		$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($url, true, 4);
+		$img_str = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($url, true, 4);
 
 		if (!$img_str) {
 			return [];
diff --git a/src/Worker/CheckVersion.php b/src/Worker/CheckVersion.php
index 260d6b16f2..be325461b0 100644
--- a/src/Worker/CheckVersion.php
+++ b/src/Worker/CheckVersion.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class CheckVersion
 		Logger::log("Checking VERSION from: ".$checked_url, Logger::DEBUG);
 
 		// fetch the VERSION file
-		$gitversion = DBA::escape(trim(DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($checked_url)));
+		$gitversion = DBA::escape(trim(DI::httpRequest()->fetch($checked_url)));
 		Logger::log("Upstream VERSION is: ".$gitversion, Logger::DEBUG);
 
 		DI::config()->set('system', 'git_friendica_version', $gitversion);
diff --git a/src/Worker/CronJobs.php b/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
index 1e45058569..4f988b6e14 100644
--- a/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
+++ b/src/Worker/CronJobs.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class CronJobs
 				// Now trying to register
 				$url = 'http://the-federation.info/register/' . DI::baseUrl()->getHostname();
 				Logger::debug('Check registering url', ['url' => $url]);
-				$ret = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($url);
+				$ret = DI::httpRequest()->fetch($url);
 				Logger::debug('Check registering answer', ['answer' => $ret]);
 				Logger::info('cron_end');
 				break;
diff --git a/src/Worker/Directory.php b/src/Worker/Directory.php
index 2cab09f339..d71e593dc5 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Directory.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Directory.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Directory
 
 		Logger::log('Updating directory: ' . $arr['url'], Logger::DEBUG);
 		if (strlen($arr['url'])) {
-			DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl($dir . '?url=' . bin2hex($arr['url']));
+			DI::httpRequest()->fetch($dir . '?url=' . bin2hex($arr['url']));
 		}
 
 		return;
diff --git a/src/Worker/SearchDirectory.php b/src/Worker/SearchDirectory.php
index c3c344d93c..546c369b2c 100644
--- a/src/Worker/SearchDirectory.php
+++ b/src/Worker/SearchDirectory.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class SearchDirectory
 			}
 		}
 
-		$x = DI::httpRequest()->fetchUrl(Search::getGlobalDirectory() . '/lsearch?p=1&n=500&search=' . urlencode($search));
+		$x = DI::httpRequest()->fetch(Search::getGlobalDirectory() . '/lsearch?p=1&n=500&search=' . urlencode($search));
 		$j = json_decode($x);
 
 		if (!empty($j->results)) {