diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
index 320e43dad..95771b4d1 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ typedef struct _dc_event     dc_event_t;
 typedef struct _dc_event_emitter dc_event_emitter_t;
 typedef struct _dc_jsonrpc_instance dc_jsonrpc_instance_t;
 typedef struct _dc_backup_provider dc_backup_provider_t;
-typedef struct _dc_http_response dc_http_response_t;
 
 // Alias for backwards compatibility, use dc_event_emitter_t instead.
 typedef struct _dc_event_emitter dc_accounts_event_emitter_t;
@@ -5185,72 +5184,6 @@ int             dc_provider_get_status                (const dc_provider_t* prov
 void            dc_provider_unref                     (dc_provider_t* provider);
 
 
-/**
- * Return an HTTP(S) GET response.
- * This function can be used to download remote content for HTML emails.
- *
- * @memberof dc_context_t
- * @param context The context object to take proxy settings from.
- * @param url HTTP or HTTPS URL.
- * @return The response must be released using dc_http_response_unref() after usage.
- *     NULL is returned on errors.
- */
-dc_http_response_t*     dc_get_http_response      (const dc_context_t* context, const char* url);
-
-
-/**
- * @class dc_http_response_t
- *
- * An object containing an HTTP(S) GET response.
- * Created by dc_get_http_response().
- */
-
-
-/**
- * Returns HTTP response MIME type as a string, e.g. "text/plain" or "text/html".
- *
- * @memberof dc_http_response_t
- * @param response HTTP response as returned by dc_get_http_response().
- * @return The string which must be released using dc_str_unref() after usage. May be NULL.
- */
-char*                   dc_http_response_get_mimetype (const dc_http_response_t* response);
-
-/**
- * Returns HTTP response encoding, e.g. "utf-8".
- *
- * @memberof dc_http_response_t
- * @param response HTTP response as returned by dc_get_http_response().
- * @return The string which must be released using dc_str_unref() after usage. May be NULL.
- */
-char*                   dc_http_response_get_encoding (const dc_http_response_t* response);
-
-/**
- * Returns HTTP response contents.
- *
- * @memberof dc_http_response_t
- * @param response HTTP response as returned by dc_get_http_response().
- * @return The blob which must be released using dc_str_unref() after usage. NULL is never returned.
- */
-uint8_t*                dc_http_response_get_blob     (const dc_http_response_t* response);
-
-/**
- * Returns HTTP response content size.
- *
- * @memberof dc_http_response_t
- * @param response HTTP response as returned by dc_get_http_response().
- * @return The blob size.
- */
-size_t                  dc_http_response_get_size     (const dc_http_response_t* response);
-
-/**
- * Free an HTTP response object.
- *
- * @memberof dc_http_response_t
- * @param response HTTP response as returned by dc_get_http_response().
- */
-void                    dc_http_response_unref        (const dc_http_response_t* response);
-
-
 /**
  * @class dc_lot_t
  *
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
index 081e7198a..336654894 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ use deltachat::ephemeral::Timer as EphemeralTimer;
 use deltachat::imex::BackupProvider;
 use deltachat::key::preconfigure_keypair;
 use deltachat::message::MsgId;
-use deltachat::net::read_url_blob;
 use deltachat::qr_code_generator::{generate_backup_qr, get_securejoin_qr_svg};
 use deltachat::reaction::{get_msg_reactions, send_reaction, Reactions};
 use deltachat::stock_str::StockMessage;
@@ -4590,96 +4589,6 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_provider_unref(provider: *mut dc_provider_t) {
     // this may change once we start localizing string.
 }
 
-// dc_http_response_t
-
-pub type dc_http_response_t = net::HttpResponse;
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_get_http_response(
-    context: *const dc_context_t,
-    url: *const libc::c_char,
-) -> *mut dc_http_response_t {
-    if context.is_null() || url.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_get_http_response()");
-        return ptr::null_mut();
-    }
-
-    let context = &*context;
-    let url = to_string_lossy(url);
-    if let Ok(response) = block_on(read_url_blob(context, &url))
-        .context("read_url_blob")
-        .log_err(context)
-    {
-        Box::into_raw(Box::new(response))
-    } else {
-        ptr::null_mut()
-    }
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_http_response_get_mimetype(
-    response: *const dc_http_response_t,
-) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-    if response.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_http_response_get_mimetype()");
-        return ptr::null_mut();
-    }
-
-    let response = &*response;
-    response.mimetype.strdup()
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_http_response_get_encoding(
-    response: *const dc_http_response_t,
-) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-    if response.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_http_response_get_encoding()");
-        return ptr::null_mut();
-    }
-
-    let response = &*response;
-    response.encoding.strdup()
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_http_response_get_blob(
-    response: *const dc_http_response_t,
-) -> *mut libc::c_char {
-    if response.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_http_response_get_blob()");
-        return ptr::null_mut();
-    }
-
-    let response = &*response;
-    let blob_len = response.blob.len();
-    let ptr = libc::malloc(blob_len);
-    libc::memcpy(ptr, response.blob.as_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void, blob_len);
-    ptr as *mut libc::c_char
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_http_response_get_size(
-    response: *const dc_http_response_t,
-) -> libc::size_t {
-    if response.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_http_response_get_size()");
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    let response = &*response;
-    response.blob.len()
-}
-
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn dc_http_response_unref(response: *mut dc_http_response_t) {
-    if response.is_null() {
-        eprintln!("ignoring careless call to dc_http_response_unref()");
-        return;
-    }
-    drop(Box::from_raw(response));
-}
-
 // -- Accounts
 
 /// Reader-writer lock wrapper for accounts manager to guarantee thread safety when using