diff --git a/mod/redir.php b/mod/redir.php
index 7ebce17948..d6896f3a80 100644
--- a/mod/redir.php
+++ b/mod/redir.php
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClientAccept;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 
 function redir_init(App $a) {
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ function redir_magic($a, $cid, $url)
 	}
 
 	// Test for magic auth on the target system
-	$serverret = DI::httpClient()->head($basepath . '/magic', HttpClientAccept::HTML);
+	$serverret = DI::httpClient()->head($basepath . '/magic');
 	if ($serverret->isSuccess()) {
 		$separator = strpos($target_url, '?') ? '&' : '?';
 		$target_url .= $separator . 'zrl=' . urlencode($visitor) . '&addr=' . urlencode($contact_url);
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index bb92640a1d..c9a1bfe052 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ class BBCode
 		$text = DI::cache()->get($cache_key);
 
 		if (is_null($text)) {
-			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($match[1], HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, [HttpClientOptions::TIMEOUT => DI::config()->get('system', 'xrd_timeout')]);
+			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($match[1], [HttpClientOptions::TIMEOUT => DI::config()->get('system', 'xrd_timeout')]);
 			if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 				$mimetype = $curlResult->getHeader('Content-Type')[0] ?? '';
 			} else {
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ class BBCode
 			return $text;
 		}
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($match[1], HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, [HttpClientOptions::TIMEOUT => DI::config()->get('system', 'xrd_timeout')]);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($match[1], [HttpClientOptions::TIMEOUT => DI::config()->get('system', 'xrd_timeout')]);
 		if ($curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			$mimetype = $curlResult->getHeader('Content-Type')[0] ?? '';
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/Model/Post/Media.php b/src/Model/Post/Media.php
index ee50061cb8..b783fb6a4f 100644
--- a/src/Model/Post/Media.php
+++ b/src/Model/Post/Media.php
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class Media
 		// Fetch the mimetype or size if missing.
 		if (empty($media['mimetype']) || empty($media['size'])) {
 			$timeout = DI::config()->get('system', 'xrd_timeout');
-			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($media['url'], HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, [HttpClientOptions::TIMEOUT => $timeout]);
+			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($media['url'], [HttpClientOptions::TIMEOUT => $timeout]);
 
 			// Workaround for systems that can't handle a HEAD request
 			if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() && ($curlResult->getReturnCode() == 405)) {
diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index 2af69d53ac..2b2c1ac97d 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClientAccept;
 use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Activity;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Diaspora;
@@ -750,7 +749,7 @@ class Profile
 			$magic_path = $basepath . '/magic' . '?owa=1&dest=' . $dest . '&' . $addr_request;
 
 			// We have to check if the remote server does understand /magic without invoking something
-			$serverret = DI::httpClient()->head($basepath . '/magic', HttpClientAccept::HTML);
+			$serverret = DI::httpClient()->head($basepath . '/magic');
 			if ($serverret->isSuccess()) {
 				Logger::info('Doing magic auth for visitor ' . $my_url . ' to ' . $magic_path);
 				System::externalRedirect($magic_path);
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTPClient/Capability/ICanSendHttpRequests.php b/src/Network/HTTPClient/Capability/ICanSendHttpRequests.php
index ed42c75455..4c6a725f1b 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTPClient/Capability/ICanSendHttpRequests.php
+++ b/src/Network/HTTPClient/Capability/ICanSendHttpRequests.php
@@ -59,21 +59,6 @@ interface ICanSendHttpRequests
 	 */
 	public function fetchFull(string $url, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, int $timeout = 0, string $cookiejar = ''): ICanHandleHttpResponses;
 
-	/**
-	 * Send a HEAD to a URL.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $url            URL to fetch
-	 * @param string $accept_content supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
-	 * @param array  $opts           (optional parameters) associative array with:
-	 *                                'accept_content' => (string array) supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value (overrides default parameter)
-	 *                                'timeout' => int Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
-	 *                                'cookiejar' => path to cookie jar file
-	 *                                'header' => header array
-	 *
-	 * @return ICanHandleHttpResponses
-	 */
-	public function head(string $url, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses;
-
 	/**
 	 * Send a GET to a URL.
 	 *
@@ -90,14 +75,39 @@ interface ICanSendHttpRequests
 	public function get(string $url, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses;
 
 	/**
-	 * Sends a HTTP request to a given url
+	 * Send a HEAD to a URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url            URL to fetch
+	 * @param array  $opts           (optional parameters) associative array with:
+	 *                                'accept_content' => (string array) supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value (overrides default parameter)
+	 *                                'timeout' => int Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
+	 *                                'cookiejar' => path to cookie jar file
+	 *                                'header' => header array
+	 *
+	 * @return ICanHandleHttpResponses
+	 */
+	public function head(string $url, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses;
+
+	/**
+	 * Send POST request to an URL
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url            URL to post
+	 * @param mixed  $params         array of POST variables
+	 * @param array  $headers        HTTP headers
+	 * @param int    $timeout        The timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
+	 *
+	 * @return ICanHandleHttpResponses The content
+	 */
+	public function post(string $url, $params, array $headers = [], int $timeout = 0): ICanHandleHttpResponses;
+
+	/**
+	 * Sends an HTTP request to a given url
 	 *
 	 * @param string $method         A HTTP request
 	 * @param string $url            Url to send to
-	 * @param string $accept_content supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
 	 * @param array  $opts           (optional parameters) associative array with:
 	 *                       	      'body' => (mixed) setting the body for sending data
-	 *                                'accept_content' => (string array) supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value (overrides default parameter)
+	 *                                'accept_content' => (string array) supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
 	 *                                'timeout' => int Timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
 	 *                                'cookiejar' => path to cookie jar file
 	 *                                'header' => header array
@@ -106,20 +116,7 @@ interface ICanSendHttpRequests
 	 *
 	 * @return ICanHandleHttpResponses
 	 */
-	public function request(string $method, string $url, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses;
-
-	/**
-	 * Send POST request to an URL
-	 *
-	 * @param string $url            URL to post
-	 * @param mixed  $params         array of POST variables
-	 * @param string $accept_content supply Accept: header with 'accept_content' as the value
-	 * @param array  $headers        HTTP headers
-	 * @param int    $timeout        The timeout in seconds, default system config value or 60 seconds
-	 *
-	 * @return ICanHandleHttpResponses The content
-	 */
-	public function post(string $url, $params, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, array $headers = [], int $timeout = 0): ICanHandleHttpResponses;
+	public function request(string $method, string $url, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses;
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the original URL of the provided URL
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTPClient/Client/HttpClient.php b/src/Network/HTTPClient/Client/HttpClient.php
index da3af042da..28b0f0369e 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTPClient/Client/HttpClient.php
+++ b/src/Network/HTTPClient/Client/HttpClient.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class HttpClient implements ICanSendHttpRequests
 	/**
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
 	 */
-	public function request(string $method, string $url, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses
+	public function request(string $method, string $url, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses
 	{
 		$this->profiler->startRecording('network');
 		$this->logger->debug('Request start.', ['url' => $url, 'method' => $method]);
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ class HttpClient implements ICanSendHttpRequests
 		};
 
 		if (empty($conf[HttpClientOptions::HEADERS]['Accept'])) {
-			$conf[HttpClientOptions::HEADERS]['Accept'] = $accept_content;
+			$this->logger->info('Accept header was missing, using default.', ['url' => $url, 'callstack' => System::callstack()]);
+			$conf[HttpClientOptions::HEADERS]['Accept'] = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT;
 		}
 
 		try {
@@ -167,9 +168,9 @@ class HttpClient implements ICanSendHttpRequests
 
 	/** {@inheritDoc}
 	 */
-	public function head(string $url, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses
+	public function head(string $url, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses
 	{
-		return $this->request('head', $url, $accept_content, $opts);
+		return $this->request('head', $url, $opts);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -177,13 +178,16 @@ class HttpClient implements ICanSendHttpRequests
 	 */
 	public function get(string $url, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, array $opts = []): ICanHandleHttpResponses
 	{
-		return $this->request('get', $url, $accept_content, $opts);
+		// In case there is no
+		$opts[HttpClientOptions::ACCEPT_CONTENT] = $opts[HttpClientOptions::ACCEPT_CONTENT] ?? $accept_content;
+
+		return $this->request('get', $url, $opts);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * {@inheritDoc}
 	 */
-	public function post(string $url, $params, string $accept_content = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, array $headers = [], int $timeout = 0): ICanHandleHttpResponses
+	public function post(string $url, $params, array $headers = [], int $timeout = 0): ICanHandleHttpResponses
 	{
 		$opts = [];
 
@@ -197,7 +201,7 @@ class HttpClient implements ICanSendHttpRequests
 			$opts[HttpClientOptions::TIMEOUT] = $timeout;
 		}
 
-		return $this->request('post', $url, $accept_content, $opts);
+		return $this->request('post', $url, $opts);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index bd90456c0c..0fb7394579 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ use Friendica\Model\Post;
 use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 use Friendica\Model\Tag;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClientAccept;
 use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 use Friendica\Util\Crypto;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
@@ -1014,7 +1013,7 @@ class DFRN
 
 		$content_type = ($public_batch ? "application/magic-envelope+xml" : "application/json");
 
-		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($dest_url, $envelope, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, ['Content-Type' => $content_type]);
+		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($dest_url, $envelope, ['Content-Type' => $content_type]);
 		$xml = $postResult->getBody();
 
 		$curl_stat = $postResult->getReturnCode();
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
index 828237a5e7..71726534d0 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Diaspora.php
@@ -3018,7 +3018,7 @@ class Diaspora
 		if (!intval(DI::config()->get("system", "diaspora_test"))) {
 			$content_type = (($public_batch) ? "application/magic-envelope+xml" : "application/json");
 
-			$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($dest_url . "/", $envelope, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, ['Content-Type' => $content_type]);
+			$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($dest_url . "/", $envelope, ['Content-Type' => $content_type]);
 			$return_code = $postResult->getReturnCode();
 		} else {
 			Logger::notice("test_mode");
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Salmon.php b/src/Protocol/Salmon.php
index cf202ba13c..9724f82df7 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Salmon.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Salmon.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class Salmon
 		$salmon = XML::fromArray($xmldata, $xml, false, $namespaces);
 
 		// slap them
-		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($url, $salmon, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, [
+		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($url, $salmon, [
 			'Content-type' => 'application/magic-envelope+xml',
 			'Content-length' => strlen($salmon),
 		]);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class Salmon
 			$salmon = XML::fromArray($xmldata, $xml, false, $namespaces);
 
 			// slap them
-			$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($url, $salmon, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, [
+			$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($url, $salmon, [
 				'Content-type' => 'application/magic-envelope+xml',
 				'Content-length' => strlen($salmon),
 			]);
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class Salmon
 			$salmon = XML::fromArray($xmldata, $xml, false, $namespaces);
 
 			// slap them
-			$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($url, $salmon, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, [
+			$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($url, $salmon, [
 				'Content-type' => 'application/magic-envelope+xml',
 				'Content-length' => strlen($salmon)]);
 			$return_code = $postResult->getReturnCode();
diff --git a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
index 248e99cb4e..cc25f14918 100644
--- a/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
+++ b/src/Util/HTTPSignature.php
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class HTTPSignature
 
 		$headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/activity+json';
 
-		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($target, $content, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, $headers);
+		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($target, $content, $headers);
 		$return_code = $postResult->getReturnCode();
 
 		Logger::info('Transmit to ' . $target . ' returned ' . $return_code);
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ class HTTPSignature
 		$curl_opts[HttpClientOptions::HEADERS] = $header;
 
 		if (!empty($opts['nobody'])) {
-			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($request, HttpClientAccept::JSON_AS, $curl_opts);
+			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($request, $curl_opts);
 		} else {
 			$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->get($request, HttpClientAccept::JSON_AS, $curl_opts);
 		}
diff --git a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
index e1adc7dbdd..f3831b52e7 100644
--- a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
+++ b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ParseUrl
 	 */
 	public static function getContentType(string $url, string $accept = HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($url, $accept);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->head($url);
 
 		// Workaround for systems that can't handle a HEAD request
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess() && ($curlResult->getReturnCode() == 405)) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php b/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
index e8b352950a..e84ac3152e 100644
--- a/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
+++ b/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 use Friendica\DI;
 use Friendica\Model\PushSubscriber;
-use Friendica\Network\HTTPClient\Client\HttpClientAccept;
 use Friendica\Protocol\OStatus;
 
 class PubSubPublish
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ class PubSubPublish
 
 		Logger::debug('POST', ['headers' => $headers, 'params' => $params]);
 
-		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($subscriber['callback_url'], $params, HttpClientAccept::DEFAULT, $headers);
+		$postResult = DI::httpClient()->post($subscriber['callback_url'], $params, $headers);
 		$ret = $postResult->getReturnCode();
 
 		if ($ret >= 200 && $ret <= 299) {