diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index e90821d66..68168b279 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@
   "application/ld+json" => ["activity+json"]
 }
 
-config :pleroma, :websub, Pleroma.Web.Websub
-config :pleroma, :ostatus, Pleroma.Web.OStatus
-config :pleroma, :httpoison, Pleroma.HTTP
 config :tesla, adapter: Tesla.Adapter.Hackney
 
 # Configures http settings, upstream proxy etc.
diff --git a/config/test.exs b/config/test.exs
index 6100989c4..41cddb9bd 100644
--- a/config/test.exs
+++ b/config/test.exs
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 # Reduce hash rounds for testing
 config :pbkdf2_elixir, rounds: 1
 
-config :pleroma, :websub, Pleroma.Web.WebsubMock
-config :pleroma, :ostatus, Pleroma.Web.OStatusMock
 config :tesla, adapter: Tesla.Mock
 config :pleroma, :rich_media, enabled: false
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex b/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
index bb9388d4f..ca980c629 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/object/fetcher.ex
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Object.Fetcher do
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
   alias Pleroma.Object
   alias Pleroma.Object.Containment
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Transmogrifier
@@ -6,8 +7,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Object.Fetcher do
 
   require Logger
 
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
-
   defp reinject_object(data) do
     Logger.debug("Reinjecting object #{data["id"]}")
 
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ def fetch_and_contain_remote_object_from_id(id) do
 
     with true <- String.starts_with?(id, "http"),
          {:ok, %{body: body, status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
-           @httpoison.get(
+           HTTP.get(
              id,
              [{:Accept, "application/activity+json"}]
            ),
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/reverse_proxy.ex b/lib/pleroma/reverse_proxy.ex
index a3f177fec..6e5feb4c3 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/reverse_proxy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/reverse_proxy.ex
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 defmodule Pleroma.ReverseProxy do
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
+
   @keep_req_headers ~w(accept user-agent accept-encoding cache-control if-modified-since) ++
                       ~w(if-unmodified-since if-none-match if-range range)
   @resp_cache_headers ~w(etag date last-modified cache-control)
@@ -60,7 +62,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.ReverseProxy do
 
   """
   @hackney Application.get_env(:pleroma, :hackney, :hackney)
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison, HTTPoison)
 
   @default_hackney_options []
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ def call(conn = %{method: method}, url, opts) when method in @methods do
     hackney_opts =
       @default_hackney_options
       |> Keyword.merge(Keyword.get(opts, :http, []))
-      |> @httpoison.process_request_options()
+      |> HTTP.process_request_options()
 
     req_headers = build_req_headers(conn.req_headers, opts)
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/uploaders/mdii.ex b/lib/pleroma/uploaders/mdii.ex
index 190ed9f3a..237544337 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/uploaders/mdii.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/uploaders/mdii.ex
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Uploaders.MDII do
   alias Pleroma.Config
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
 
   @behaviour Pleroma.Uploaders.Uploader
 
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
-
   # MDII-hosted images are never passed through the MediaPlug; only local media.
   # Delegate to Pleroma.Uploaders.Local
   def get_file(file) do
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ def put_file(upload) do
     query = "#{cgi}?#{extension}"
 
     with {:ok, %{status: 200, body: body}} <-
-           @httpoison.post(query, file_data, [], adapter: [pool: :default]) do
+           HTTP.post(query, file_data, [], adapter: [pool: :default]) do
       remote_file_name = String.split(body) |> List.first()
       public_url = "#{files}/#{remote_file_name}.#{extension}"
       {:ok, {:url, public_url}}
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/publisher.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/publisher.ex
index 11dba87de..8f1399ce6 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/publisher.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/publisher.ex
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Publisher do
   alias Pleroma.Activity
   alias Pleroma.Config
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
   alias Pleroma.Instances
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Relay
@@ -16,8 +17,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Publisher do
 
   require Logger
 
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
-
   @moduledoc """
   ActivityPub outgoing federation module.
   """
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ def publish_one(%{inbox: inbox, json: json, actor: %User{} = actor, id: id} = pa
 
     with {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
            result =
-             @httpoison.post(
+             HTTP.post(
                inbox,
                json,
                [
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/federator/federator.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/federator/federator.ex
index 6b0b75284..f4c9fe284 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/federator/federator.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/federator/federator.ex
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Federator do
   alias Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils
   alias Pleroma.Web.Federator.Publisher
   alias Pleroma.Web.Federator.RetryQueue
+  alias Pleroma.Web.OStatus
   alias Pleroma.Web.Websub
 
   require Logger
 
-  @websub Application.get_env(:pleroma, :websub)
-  @ostatus Application.get_env(:pleroma, :ostatus)
-
   def init do
     # 1 minute
     Process.sleep(1000 * 60)
@@ -87,12 +85,12 @@ def perform(:verify_websub, websub) do
       "Running WebSub verification for #{websub.id} (#{websub.topic}, #{websub.callback})"
     end)
 
-    @websub.verify(websub)
+    Websub.verify(websub)
   end
 
   def perform(:incoming_doc, doc) do
     Logger.info("Got document, trying to parse")
-    @ostatus.handle_incoming(doc)
+    OStatus.handle_incoming(doc)
   end
 
   def perform(:incoming_ap_doc, params) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
index 1ec0f30a1..0fe09c285 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/mastodon_api_controller.ex
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.MastodonAPIController do
   alias Pleroma.Conversation.Participation
   alias Pleroma.Filter
   alias Pleroma.Formatter
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
   alias Pleroma.Notification
   alias Pleroma.Object
   alias Pleroma.Object.Fetcher
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.MastodonAPIController do
     when action in [:account_register]
   )
 
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
   @local_mastodon_name "Mastodon-Local"
 
   action_fallback(:errors)
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ def suggestions(%{assigns: %{user: user}} = conn, _) do
         |> String.replace("{{user}}", user)
 
       with {:ok, %{status: 200, body: body}} <-
-             @httpoison.get(
+             HTTP.get(
                url,
                [],
                adapter: [
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/ostatus.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/ostatus.ex
index 61515b31e..6ed089d84 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/ostatus.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/ostatus/ostatus.ex
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.OStatus do
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
-
   import Ecto.Query
   import Pleroma.Web.XML
   require Logger
 
   alias Pleroma.Activity
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
   alias Pleroma.Object
   alias Pleroma.Repo
   alias Pleroma.User
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ def get_atom_url(body) do
   def fetch_activity_from_atom_url(url) do
     with true <- String.starts_with?(url, "http"),
          {:ok, %{body: body, status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
-           @httpoison.get(
+           HTTP.get(
              url,
              [{:Accept, "application/atom+xml"}]
            ) do
@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@ def fetch_activity_from_html_url(url) do
     Logger.debug("Trying to fetch #{url}")
 
     with true <- String.starts_with?(url, "http"),
-         {:ok, %{body: body}} <- @httpoison.get(url, []),
+         {:ok, %{body: body}} <- HTTP.get(url, []),
          {:ok, atom_url} <- get_atom_url(body) do
       fetch_activity_from_atom_url(atom_url)
     else
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/salmon/salmon.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/salmon/salmon.ex
index f25d92fad..9e91a5a40 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/salmon/salmon.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/salmon/salmon.ex
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.Salmon do
   @behaviour Pleroma.Web.Federator.Publisher
 
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
-
   use Bitwise
 
   alias Pleroma.Activity
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
   alias Pleroma.Instances
   alias Pleroma.Keys
   alias Pleroma.User
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ def publish_one(%{recipient: %{info: %{salmon: salmon}}} = params),
 
   def publish_one(%{recipient: url, feed: feed} = params) when is_binary(url) do
     with {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
-           @httpoison.post(
+           HTTP.post(
              url,
              feed,
              [{"Content-Type", "application/magic-envelope+xml"}]
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/web_finger/web_finger.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/web_finger/web_finger.ex
index c5b7d4acb..3fca72de8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/web_finger/web_finger.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/web_finger/web_finger.ex
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.WebFinger do
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
-
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
   alias Pleroma.User
   alias Pleroma.Web
   alias Pleroma.Web.Federator.Publisher
@@ -176,11 +175,11 @@ def get_template_from_xml(body) do
 
   def find_lrdd_template(domain) do
     with {:ok, %{status: status, body: body}} when status in 200..299 <-
-           @httpoison.get("http://#{domain}/.well-known/host-meta", []) do
+           HTTP.get("http://#{domain}/.well-known/host-meta", []) do
       get_template_from_xml(body)
     else
       _ ->
-        with {:ok, %{body: body}} <- @httpoison.get("https://#{domain}/.well-known/host-meta", []) do
+        with {:ok, %{body: body}} <- HTTP.get("https://#{domain}/.well-known/host-meta", []) do
           get_template_from_xml(body)
         else
           e -> {:error, "Can't find LRDD template: #{inspect(e)}"}
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ def finger(account) do
       end
 
     with response <-
-           @httpoison.get(
+           HTTP.get(
              address,
              Accept: "application/xrd+xml,application/jrd+json"
            ),
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub.ex
index 7ad0414ab..b61f388b8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/websub/websub.ex
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub do
   alias Ecto.Changeset
   alias Pleroma.Activity
+  alias Pleroma.HTTP
   alias Pleroma.Instances
   alias Pleroma.Repo
   alias Pleroma.User
@@ -24,9 +25,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub do
 
   @behaviour Pleroma.Web.Federator.Publisher
 
-  @httpoison Application.get_env(:pleroma, :httpoison)
-
-  def verify(subscription, getter \\ &@httpoison.get/3) do
+  def verify(subscription, getter \\ &HTTP.get/3) do
     challenge = Base.encode16(:crypto.strong_rand_bytes(8))
     lease_seconds = NaiveDateTime.diff(subscription.valid_until, subscription.updated_at)
     lease_seconds = lease_seconds |> to_string
@@ -207,7 +206,7 @@ def subscribe(subscriber, subscribed, requester \\ &request_subscription/1) do
     requester.(subscription)
   end
 
-  def gather_feed_data(topic, getter \\ &@httpoison.get/1) do
+  def gather_feed_data(topic, getter \\ &HTTP.get/1) do
     with {:ok, response} <- getter.(topic),
          status when status in 200..299 <- response.status,
          body <- response.body,
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ def gather_feed_data(topic, getter \\ &@httpoison.get/1) do
     end
   end
 
-  def request_subscription(websub, poster \\ &@httpoison.post/3, timeout \\ 10_000) do
+  def request_subscription(websub, poster \\ &HTTP.post/3, timeout \\ 10_000) do
     data = [
       "hub.mode": "subscribe",
       "hub.topic": websub.topic,
@@ -294,7 +293,7 @@ def publish_one(%{xml: xml, topic: topic, callback: callback, secret: secret} =
     Logger.info(fn -> "Pushing #{topic} to #{callback}" end)
 
     with {:ok, %{status: code}} when code in 200..299 <-
-           @httpoison.post(
+           HTTP.post(
              callback,
              xml,
              [
diff --git a/test/support/ostatus_mock.ex b/test/support/ostatus_mock.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c0f2f323..000000000
--- a/test/support/ostatus_mock.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
-# Copyright © 2017-2018 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-
-defmodule Pleroma.Web.OStatusMock do
-  import Pleroma.Factory
-
-  def handle_incoming(_doc) do
-    insert(:note_activity)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/support/websub_mock.ex b/test/support/websub_mock.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index e3d5a5b16..000000000
--- a/test/support/websub_mock.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
-# Copyright © 2017-2018 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-
-defmodule Pleroma.Web.WebsubMock do
-  def verify(sub) do
-    {:ok, sub}
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/web/websub/websub_controller_test.exs b/test/web/websub/websub_controller_test.exs
index 1e69ed01a..f79745d58 100644
--- a/test/web/websub/websub_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/websub/websub_controller_test.exs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubControllerTest do
   use Pleroma.Web.ConnCase
   import Pleroma.Factory
-  alias Pleroma.Activity
   alias Pleroma.Repo
   alias Pleroma.Web.Websub
   alias Pleroma.Web.Websub.WebsubClientSubscription
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ test "websub subscription confirmation", %{conn: conn} do
   end
 
   describe "websub_incoming" do
-    test "handles incoming feed updates", %{conn: conn} do
+    test "accepts incoming feed updates", %{conn: conn} do
       websub = insert(:websub_client_subscription)
       doc = "some stuff"
       signature = Websub.sign(websub.secret, doc)
@@ -64,8 +63,6 @@ test "handles incoming feed updates", %{conn: conn} do
         |> post("/push/subscriptions/#{websub.id}", doc)
 
       assert response(conn, 200) == "OK"
-
-      assert length(Repo.all(Activity)) == 1
     end
 
     test "rejects incoming feed updates with the wrong signature", %{conn: conn} do
@@ -80,8 +77,6 @@ test "rejects incoming feed updates with the wrong signature", %{conn: conn} do
         |> post("/push/subscriptions/#{websub.id}", doc)
 
       assert response(conn, 500) == "Error"
-
-      assert Enum.empty?(Repo.all(Activity))
     end
   end
 end