diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 781dc45..6d52980 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -89,29 +89,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.86"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ascii"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d92bec98840b8f03a5ff5413de5293bfcd8bf96467cf5452609f939ec6f5de16"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.81"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e0c28dcc82d7c8ead5cb13beb15405b57b8546e93215673ff8ca0349a028107"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -724,7 +707,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs",
  "mock-download-server",
  "reqwest",
- "reqwest-middleware",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -2020,21 +2002,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-registry",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "reqwest-middleware"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d1ccd3b55e711f91a9885a2fa6fbbb2e39db1776420b062efc058c6410f7e5e3"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
- "http 1.1.0",
- "reqwest",
- "serde",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rfc6979"
 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dd3b057..28e1b05 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ futures = "0.3"
 tempfile = "3"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "fs", "process"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.8", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "json", "rustls-tls", "rustls-tls-native-roots"] }
-reqwest-middleware = { version = "0.4", features = ["rustls-tls"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = [
   "ansi",
diff --git a/crates/criticalup-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/criticalup-core/Cargo.toml
index c8d2f16..3e2f2b9 100644
--- a/crates/criticalup-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/criticalup-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ toml_edit = { version = "0.22.22", features = ["serde"] }
 sha2 = { version = "0.10.8" }
 dirs = { version = "5.0.1", default-features = false }
 tokio.workspace = true
-reqwest-middleware.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/criticalup-core/src/download_server_client.rs b/crates/criticalup-core/src/download_server_client.rs
index 5bb0fa7..ff55a26 100644
--- a/crates/criticalup-core/src/download_server_client.rs
+++ b/crates/criticalup-core/src/download_server_client.rs
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ use criticaltrust::manifests::ReleaseManifest;
 use criticaltrust::manifests::{KeysManifest, ReleaseArtifactFormat};
 use criticaltrust::signatures::Keychain;
 use reqwest::header::{HeaderValue, AUTHORIZATION};
-use reqwest::StatusCode;
+use reqwest::Client;
+use reqwest::{RequestBuilder, StatusCode};
 use reqwest::{Response, Url};
-use reqwest_middleware::{ClientBuilder, ClientWithMiddleware, RequestBuilder};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 pub struct DownloadServerClient {
     base_url: String,
-    client: ClientWithMiddleware,
+    client: Client,
     state: State,
     trust_root: PublicKey,
 }
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ impl DownloadServerClient {
             .user_agent(config.whitelabel.http_user_agent)
             .build()
             .expect("failed to configure http client");
-        let client = ClientBuilder::new(client).build();
 
         DownloadServerClient {
             base_url: config.whitelabel.download_server_url.clone(),
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ impl DownloadServerClient {
         let response_result = self.client.execute(req).await;
 
         let response = response_result.map_err(|e| Error::DownloadServerError {
-            kind: DownloadServerError::NetworkWithMiddleware(e),
+            kind: DownloadServerError::Network(e),
             url,
         })?;
 
diff --git a/crates/criticalup-core/src/errors.rs b/crates/criticalup-core/src/errors.rs
index 9e70be6..fae14cc 100644
--- a/crates/criticalup-core/src/errors.rs
+++ b/crates/criticalup-core/src/errors.rs
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ pub enum DownloadServerError {
     UnexpectedResponseData(#[source] serde_json::Error),
     #[error("Failed to send the network request.")]
     Network(#[source] reqwest::Error),
-    #[error("Failed to send the network request.")]
-    NetworkWithMiddleware(#[source] reqwest_middleware::Error),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]