diff --git a/src/Network/CurlResult.php b/src/Network/CurlResult.php
index b2eefcbaa9..b0e801010d 100644
--- a/src/Network/CurlResult.php
+++ b/src/Network/CurlResult.php
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ class CurlResult implements IHTTPResult
 		return $this->body;
 	}
 
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	public function getInfo()
+	{
+		return $this->info;
+	}
+
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	public function isRedirectUrl()
 	{
diff --git a/src/Network/GuzzleResponse.php b/src/Network/GuzzleResponse.php
index 69e88b4025..c6cab7c9e8 100644
--- a/src/Network/GuzzleResponse.php
+++ b/src/Network/GuzzleResponse.php
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ class GuzzleResponse extends Response implements IHTTPResult, ResponseInterface
 		return $this->url;
 	}
 
+	public function getInfo()
+	{
+		// TODO: Implement getInfo() method.
+	}
+
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	public function isRedirectUrl()
 	{
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php b/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
index 1f6b262921..ffc095b66a 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
+++ b/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Profiler;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
-use GuzzleHttp\Exception\TransferException;
 use Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\UriInterface;
@@ -187,13 +186,6 @@ class HTTPRequest implements IHTTPRequest
 			$this->logger->notice('Curl redirect.', ['url' => $request->getUri(), 'to' => $uri]);
 		};
 
-		$onHeaders = function (ResponseInterface $response) use ($opts) {
-			if (!empty($opts['content_length']) &&
-				$response->getHeaderLine('Content-Length') > $opts['content_length']) {
-				throw new TransferException('The file is too big!');
-			}
-		};
-
 		$client = new Client([
 			'allow_redirect' => [
 				'max' => 8,
@@ -210,9 +202,8 @@ class HTTPRequest implements IHTTPRequest
 		try {
 			$response = $client->get($url);
 			return new GuzzleResponse($response, $url);
-		} catch (TransferException $exception) {
-			if ($exception instanceof RequestException &&
-				$exception->hasResponse()) {
+		} catch (RequestException $exception) {
+			if ($exception->hasResponse()) {
 				return new GuzzleResponse($exception->getResponse(), $url, $exception->getCode(), $exception->getMessage());
 			} else {
 				return new CurlResult($url, '', ['http_code' => $exception->getCode()], $exception->getCode(), $exception->getMessage());
diff --git a/src/Network/IHTTPRequest.php b/src/Network/IHTTPRequest.php
index 49993085e6..3f9b7f27a1 100644
--- a/src/Network/IHTTPRequest.php
+++ b/src/Network/IHTTPRequest.php
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ interface IHTTPRequest
 	 *                           'nobody' => only return the header
 	 *                           'cookiejar' => path to cookie jar file
 	 *                           'header' => header array
-	 *                           'content_length' => int maximum File content length
 	 *
 	 * @return IHTTPResult
 	 */
diff --git a/src/Network/IHTTPResult.php b/src/Network/IHTTPResult.php
index 77ee86976b..5904bcfa38 100644
--- a/src/Network/IHTTPResult.php
+++ b/src/Network/IHTTPResult.php
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ interface IHTTPResult
 	 */
 	public function getBody();
 
+	/**
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function getInfo();
+
 	/**
 	 * @return boolean
 	 */
diff --git a/src/Network/Probe.php b/src/Network/Probe.php
index cfd0368439..3fe035286f 100644
--- a/src/Network/Probe.php
+++ b/src/Network/Probe.php
@@ -423,11 +423,16 @@ class Probe
 	 */
 	private static function getHideStatus($url)
 	{
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url, false, ['content_length' => 1000000]);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		// If the file is too large then exit
+		if (($curlResult->getInfo()['download_content_length'] ?? 0) > 1000000) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		// If it isn't a HTML file then exit
 		if (($curlResult->getContentType() != '') && !strstr(strtolower($curlResult->getContentType()), 'html')) {
 			return false;
diff --git a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
index 1a81a256ca..c3cbda70e3 100644
--- a/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
+++ b/src/Util/ParseUrl.php
@@ -160,11 +160,16 @@ class ParseUrl
 			return $siteinfo;
 		}
 
-		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url, false, ['content_length' => 1000000]);
+		$curlResult = DI::httpRequest()->get($url);
 		if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
 			return $siteinfo;
 		}
 
+		// If the file is too large then exit
+		if (($curlResult->getInfo()['download_content_length'] ?? 0) > 1000000) {
+			return $siteinfo;
+		}
+
 		// If it isn't a HTML file then exit
 		if (($curlResult->getContentType() != '') && !strstr(strtolower($curlResult->getContentType()), 'html')) {
 			return $siteinfo;