diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7371baf6a5..308cb13b41 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_pipe",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "regex",
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "test_server",
  "tokio",
@@ -1148,6 +1149,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "fs3",
  "glibc_version",
  "glob",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper-util",
  "import_map",
  "indexmap",
  "jsonc-parser",
@@ -1172,7 +1177,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "quick-junit",
  "rand",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
  "ring",
  "runtimelib",
  "rustyline",
@@ -1462,6 +1466,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "deno_fetch"
 version = "0.185.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.21.7",
  "bytes",
  "data-url",
  "deno_core",
@@ -1469,11 +1474,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "deno_tls",
  "dyn-clone",
  "http 1.1.0",
- "reqwest",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.4.0",
+ "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "ipnet",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "tokio-socks",
  "tokio-util",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http",
+ "tower-service",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1617,6 +1631,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "denokv_sqlite",
  "faster-hex",
  "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body-util",
  "log",
  "num-bigint",
  "prost",
@@ -1736,6 +1751,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hkdf",
  "home",
  "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body-util",
  "idna 0.3.0",
  "indexmap",
  "ipnetwork",
@@ -1758,7 +1774,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rand",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
  "ring",
  "ripemd",
  "rsa",
@@ -3358,12 +3373,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body-util"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0475f8b2ac86659c21b64320d5d653f9efe42acd2a4e560073ec61a155a34f1d"
+checksum = "793429d76616a256bcb62c2a2ec2bed781c8307e797e2598c50010f2bee2544f"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "http-body 1.0.0",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -7054,6 +7069,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-http"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-compression",
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
 version = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e1ae7dc545..6476ef1752 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -115,13 +115,16 @@ futures = "0.3.21"
 glob = "0.3.1"
 h2 = "0.4.4"
 http = "1.0"
-http-body-util = "0.1"
+http-body = "1.0"
+http-body-util = "0.1.2"
 http_v02 = { package = "http", version = "0.2.9" }
 httparse = "1.8.0"
 hyper = { version = "=1.4.0", features = ["full"] }
-hyper-util = { version = "=0.1.6", features = ["tokio", "server", "server-auto"] }
+hyper-rustls = { version = "0.26.0", default-features = false, features = ["http1", "http2", "tls12", "ring"] }
+hyper-util = { version = "=0.1.6", features = ["tokio", "client", "client-legacy", "server", "server-auto"] }
 hyper_v014 = { package = "hyper", version = "0.14.26", features = ["runtime", "http1"] }
 indexmap = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
+ipnet = "2.3"
 jsonc-parser = { version = "=0.23.0", features = ["serde"] }
 lazy-regex = "3"
 libc = "0.2.126"
@@ -173,8 +176,13 @@ termcolor = "1.1.3"
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
 tokio = { version = "1.36.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-metrics = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["rt"] }
+tokio-rustls = "0.25.0"
+tokio-socks = "0.5.1"
 tokio-util = "0.7.4"
+tower = { version = "0.4.13", default-features = false, features = ["util"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["decompression-br", "decompression-gzip"] }
 tower-lsp = { version = "=0.20.0", features = ["proposed"] }
+tower-service = "0.3.2"
 twox-hash = "=1.6.3"
 # Upgrading past 2.4.1 may cause WPT failures
 url = { version = "< 2.5.0", features = ["serde", "expose_internals"] }
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index d02411dc2e..d9144afff9 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ faster-hex.workspace = true
 flate2.workspace = true
 fs3.workspace = true
 glob = "0.3.1"
+http.workspace = true
+http-body.workspace = true
+http-body-util.workspace = true
+hyper-util.workspace = true
 import_map = { version = "=0.20.0", features = ["ext"] }
 indexmap.workspace = true
 jsonc-parser.workspace = true
@@ -128,7 +132,6 @@ phf.workspace = true
 quick-junit = "^0.3.5"
 rand = { workspace = true, features = ["small_rng"] }
 regex.workspace = true
-reqwest.workspace = true
 ring.workspace = true
 rustyline.workspace = true
 rustyline-derive = "=0.7.0"
diff --git a/cli/http_util.rs b/cli/http_util.rs
index 18c0687bdb..a8646c1880 100644
--- a/cli/http_util.rs
+++ b/cli/http_util.rs
@@ -12,18 +12,22 @@ use deno_core::error::generic_error;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::futures::StreamExt;
 use deno_core::parking_lot::Mutex;
+use deno_core::serde;
+use deno_core::serde_json;
 use deno_core::url::Url;
+use deno_runtime::deno_fetch;
 use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::create_http_client;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest::header::HeaderName;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest::header::HeaderValue;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest::header::ACCEPT;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest::header::AUTHORIZATION;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest::header::IF_NONE_MATCH;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest::header::LOCATION;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest::StatusCode;
 use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::CreateHttpClientOptions;
 use deno_runtime::deno_tls::RootCertStoreProvider;
+use http::header::HeaderName;
+use http::header::HeaderValue;
+use http::header::ACCEPT;
+use http::header::AUTHORIZATION;
+use http::header::IF_NONE_MATCH;
+use http::header::LOCATION;
+use http::StatusCode;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::thread::ThreadId;
@@ -208,8 +212,7 @@ pub struct HttpClientProvider {
   // it's not safe to share a reqwest::Client across tokio runtimes,
   // so we store these Clients keyed by thread id
   // https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest/issues/1148#issuecomment-910868788
-  #[allow(clippy::disallowed_types)] // reqwest::Client allowed here
-  clients_by_thread_id: Mutex<HashMap<ThreadId, reqwest::Client>>,
+  clients_by_thread_id: Mutex<HashMap<ThreadId, deno_fetch::Client>>,
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Debug for HttpClientProvider {
@@ -270,9 +273,15 @@ pub struct BadResponseError {
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum DownloadError {
   #[error(transparent)]
-  Reqwest(#[from] reqwest::Error),
+  Fetch(AnyError),
   #[error(transparent)]
-  ToStr(#[from] reqwest::header::ToStrError),
+  UrlParse(#[from] deno_core::url::ParseError),
+  #[error(transparent)]
+  HttpParse(#[from] http::Error),
+  #[error(transparent)]
+  Json(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+  #[error(transparent)]
+  ToStr(#[from] http::header::ToStrError),
   #[error("Redirection from '{}' did not provide location header", .request_url)]
   NoRedirectHeader { request_url: Url },
   #[error("Too many redirects.")]
@@ -283,8 +292,7 @@ pub enum DownloadError {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct HttpClient {
-  #[allow(clippy::disallowed_types)] // reqwest::Client allowed here
-  client: reqwest::Client,
+  client: deno_fetch::Client,
   // don't allow sending this across threads because then
   // it might be shared accidentally across tokio runtimes
   // which will cause issues
@@ -295,22 +303,56 @@ pub struct HttpClient {
 impl HttpClient {
   // DO NOT make this public. You should always be creating one of these from
   // the HttpClientProvider
-  #[allow(clippy::disallowed_types)] // reqwest::Client allowed here
-  fn new(client: reqwest::Client) -> Self {
+  fn new(client: deno_fetch::Client) -> Self {
     Self {
       client,
       _unsend_marker: deno_core::unsync::UnsendMarker::default(),
     }
   }
 
-  // todo(dsherret): don't expose `reqwest::RequestBuilder` because it
-  // is `Sync` and could accidentally be shared with multiple tokio runtimes
-  pub fn get(&self, url: impl reqwest::IntoUrl) -> reqwest::RequestBuilder {
-    self.client.get(url)
+  pub fn get(&self, url: Url) -> Result<RequestBuilder, http::Error> {
+    let body = http_body_util::Empty::new()
+      .map_err(|never| match never {})
+      .boxed();
+    let mut req = http::Request::new(body);
+    *req.uri_mut() = url.as_str().parse()?;
+    Ok(RequestBuilder {
+      client: self.client.clone(),
+      req,
+    })
   }
 
-  pub fn post(&self, url: impl reqwest::IntoUrl) -> reqwest::RequestBuilder {
-    self.client.post(url)
+  pub fn post(
+    &self,
+    url: Url,
+    body: deno_fetch::ReqBody,
+  ) -> Result<RequestBuilder, http::Error> {
+    let mut req = http::Request::new(body);
+    *req.method_mut() = http::Method::POST;
+    *req.uri_mut() = url.as_str().parse()?;
+    Ok(RequestBuilder {
+      client: self.client.clone(),
+      req,
+    })
+  }
+
+  pub fn post_json<S>(
+    &self,
+    url: Url,
+    ser: &S,
+  ) -> Result<RequestBuilder, DownloadError>
+  where
+    S: serde::Serialize,
+  {
+    let json = deno_core::serde_json::to_vec(ser)?;
+    let body = http_body_util::Full::new(json.into())
+      .map_err(|never| match never {})
+      .boxed();
+    let builder = self.post(url, body)?;
+    Ok(builder.header(
+      http::header::CONTENT_TYPE,
+      "application/json".parse().map_err(http::Error::from)?,
+    ))
   }
 
   /// Asynchronously fetches the given HTTP URL one pass only.
@@ -322,27 +364,35 @@ impl HttpClient {
     &self,
     args: FetchOnceArgs<'a>,
   ) -> Result<FetchOnceResult, AnyError> {
-    let mut request = self.client.get(args.url.clone());
+    let body = http_body_util::Empty::new()
+      .map_err(|never| match never {})
+      .boxed();
+    let mut request = http::Request::new(body);
+    *request.uri_mut() = args.url.as_str().parse()?;
 
     if let Some(etag) = args.maybe_etag {
       let if_none_match_val = HeaderValue::from_str(&etag)?;
-      request = request.header(IF_NONE_MATCH, if_none_match_val);
+      request
+        .headers_mut()
+        .insert(IF_NONE_MATCH, if_none_match_val);
     }
     if let Some(auth_token) = args.maybe_auth_token {
       let authorization_val = HeaderValue::from_str(&auth_token.to_string())?;
-      request = request.header(AUTHORIZATION, authorization_val);
+      request
+        .headers_mut()
+        .insert(AUTHORIZATION, authorization_val);
     }
     if let Some(accept) = args.maybe_accept {
       let accepts_val = HeaderValue::from_str(&accept)?;
-      request = request.header(ACCEPT, accepts_val);
+      request.headers_mut().insert(ACCEPT, accepts_val);
     }
-    let response = match request.send().await {
+    let response = match self.client.clone().send(request).await {
       Ok(resp) => resp,
       Err(err) => {
-        if err.is_connect() || err.is_timeout() {
+        if is_error_connect(&err) {
           return Ok(FetchOnceResult::RequestError(err.to_string()));
         }
-        return Err(err.into());
+        return Err(err);
       }
     };
 
@@ -406,18 +456,12 @@ impl HttpClient {
     Ok(FetchOnceResult::Code(body, result_headers))
   }
 
-  pub async fn download_text(
-    &self,
-    url: impl reqwest::IntoUrl,
-  ) -> Result<String, AnyError> {
+  pub async fn download_text(&self, url: Url) -> Result<String, AnyError> {
     let bytes = self.download(url).await?;
     Ok(String::from_utf8(bytes)?)
   }
 
-  pub async fn download(
-    &self,
-    url: impl reqwest::IntoUrl,
-  ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, AnyError> {
+  pub async fn download(&self, url: Url) -> Result<Vec<u8>, AnyError> {
     let maybe_bytes = self.download_inner(url, None, None).await?;
     match maybe_bytes {
       Some(bytes) => Ok(bytes),
@@ -427,7 +471,7 @@ impl HttpClient {
 
   pub async fn download_with_progress(
     &self,
-    url: impl reqwest::IntoUrl,
+    url: Url,
     maybe_header: Option<(HeaderName, HeaderValue)>,
     progress_guard: &UpdateGuard,
   ) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, DownloadError> {
@@ -438,26 +482,26 @@ impl HttpClient {
 
   pub async fn get_redirected_url(
     &self,
-    url: impl reqwest::IntoUrl,
+    url: Url,
     maybe_header: Option<(HeaderName, HeaderValue)>,
   ) -> Result<Url, AnyError> {
-    let response = self.get_redirected_response(url, maybe_header).await?;
-    Ok(response.url().clone())
+    let (_, url) = self.get_redirected_response(url, maybe_header).await?;
+    Ok(url)
   }
 
   async fn download_inner(
     &self,
-    url: impl reqwest::IntoUrl,
+    url: Url,
     maybe_header: Option<(HeaderName, HeaderValue)>,
     progress_guard: Option<&UpdateGuard>,
   ) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>, DownloadError> {
-    let response = self.get_redirected_response(url, maybe_header).await?;
+    let (response, _) = self.get_redirected_response(url, maybe_header).await?;
 
     if response.status() == 404 {
       return Ok(None);
     } else if !response.status().is_success() {
       let status = response.status();
-      let maybe_response_text = response.text().await.ok();
+      let maybe_response_text = body_to_string(response).await.ok();
       return Err(DownloadError::BadResponse(BadResponseError {
         status_code: status,
         response_text: maybe_response_text
@@ -469,60 +513,77 @@ impl HttpClient {
     get_response_body_with_progress(response, progress_guard)
       .await
       .map(Some)
-      .map_err(Into::into)
+      .map_err(DownloadError::Fetch)
   }
 
   async fn get_redirected_response(
     &self,
-    url: impl reqwest::IntoUrl,
+    mut url: Url,
     mut maybe_header: Option<(HeaderName, HeaderValue)>,
-  ) -> Result<reqwest::Response, DownloadError> {
-    let mut url = url.into_url()?;
-    let mut builder = self.get(url.clone());
+  ) -> Result<(http::Response<deno_fetch::ResBody>, Url), DownloadError> {
+    let mut req = self.get(url.clone())?.build();
     if let Some((header_name, header_value)) = maybe_header.as_ref() {
-      builder = builder.header(header_name, header_value);
+      req.headers_mut().append(header_name, header_value.clone());
     }
-    let mut response = builder.send().await?;
+    let mut response = self
+      .client
+      .clone()
+      .send(req)
+      .await
+      .map_err(DownloadError::Fetch)?;
     let status = response.status();
     if status.is_redirection() {
       for _ in 0..5 {
         let new_url = resolve_redirect_from_response(&url, &response)?;
-        let mut builder = self.get(new_url.clone());
+        let mut req = self.get(new_url.clone())?.build();
 
         if new_url.origin() == url.origin() {
           if let Some((header_name, header_value)) = maybe_header.as_ref() {
-            builder = builder.header(header_name, header_value);
+            req.headers_mut().append(header_name, header_value.clone());
           }
         } else {
           maybe_header = None;
         }
 
-        let new_response = builder.send().await?;
+        let new_response = self
+          .client
+          .clone()
+          .send(req)
+          .await
+          .map_err(DownloadError::Fetch)?;
         let status = new_response.status();
         if status.is_redirection() {
           response = new_response;
           url = new_url;
         } else {
-          return Ok(new_response);
+          return Ok((new_response, new_url));
         }
       }
       Err(DownloadError::TooManyRedirects)
     } else {
-      Ok(response)
+      Ok((response, url))
     }
   }
 }
 
+fn is_error_connect(err: &AnyError) -> bool {
+  err
+    .downcast_ref::<hyper_util::client::legacy::Error>()
+    .map(|err| err.is_connect())
+    .unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
 async fn get_response_body_with_progress(
-  response: reqwest::Response,
+  response: http::Response<deno_fetch::ResBody>,
   progress_guard: Option<&UpdateGuard>,
-) -> Result<Vec<u8>, reqwest::Error> {
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, AnyError> {
+  use http_body::Body as _;
   if let Some(progress_guard) = progress_guard {
-    if let Some(total_size) = response.content_length() {
+    if let Some(total_size) = response.body().size_hint().exact() {
       progress_guard.set_total_size(total_size);
       let mut current_size = 0;
       let mut data = Vec::with_capacity(total_size as usize);
-      let mut stream = response.bytes_stream();
+      let mut stream = response.into_body().into_data_stream();
       while let Some(item) = stream.next().await {
         let bytes = item?;
         current_size += bytes.len() as u64;
@@ -532,7 +593,7 @@ async fn get_response_body_with_progress(
       return Ok(data);
     }
   }
-  let bytes = response.bytes().await?;
+  let bytes = response.collect().await?.to_bytes();
   Ok(bytes.into())
 }
 
@@ -563,9 +624,9 @@ fn resolve_url_from_location(base_url: &Url, location: &str) -> Url {
   }
 }
 
-fn resolve_redirect_from_response(
+fn resolve_redirect_from_response<B>(
   request_url: &Url,
-  response: &reqwest::Response,
+  response: &http::Response<B>,
 ) -> Result<Url, DownloadError> {
   debug_assert!(response.status().is_redirection());
   if let Some(location) = response.headers().get(LOCATION) {
@@ -580,6 +641,49 @@ fn resolve_redirect_from_response(
   }
 }
 
+pub async fn body_to_string<B>(body: B) -> Result<String, AnyError>
+where
+  B: http_body::Body,
+  AnyError: From<B::Error>,
+{
+  let bytes = body.collect().await?.to_bytes();
+  let s = std::str::from_utf8(&bytes)?;
+  Ok(s.into())
+}
+
+pub async fn body_to_json<B, D>(body: B) -> Result<D, AnyError>
+where
+  B: http_body::Body,
+  AnyError: From<B::Error>,
+  D: serde::de::DeserializeOwned,
+{
+  let bytes = body.collect().await?.to_bytes();
+  let val = deno_core::serde_json::from_slice(&bytes)?;
+  Ok(val)
+}
+
+pub struct RequestBuilder {
+  client: deno_fetch::Client,
+  req: http::Request<deno_fetch::ReqBody>,
+}
+
+impl RequestBuilder {
+  pub fn header(mut self, name: HeaderName, value: HeaderValue) -> Self {
+    self.req.headers_mut().append(name, value);
+    self
+  }
+
+  pub async fn send(
+    self,
+  ) -> Result<http::Response<deno_fetch::ResBody>, AnyError> {
+    self.client.send(self.req).await
+  }
+
+  pub fn build(self) -> http::Request<deno_fetch::ReqBody> {
+    self.req
+  }
+}
+
 #[allow(clippy::print_stdout)]
 #[allow(clippy::print_stderr)]
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -600,14 +704,20 @@ mod test {
 
     // make a request to the redirect server
     let text = client
-      .download_text("http://localhost:4546/subdir/redirects/redirect1.js")
+      .download_text(
+        Url::parse("http://localhost:4546/subdir/redirects/redirect1.js")
+          .unwrap(),
+      )
       .await
       .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(text, "export const redirect = 1;\n");
 
     // now make one to the infinite redirects server
     let err = client
-      .download_text("http://localhost:4549/subdir/redirects/redirect1.js")
+      .download_text(
+        Url::parse("http://localhost:4549/subdir/redirects/redirect1.js")
+          .unwrap(),
+      )
       .await
       .err()
       .unwrap();
diff --git a/cli/npm/common.rs b/cli/npm/common.rs
index c55f73cd50..34835216c9 100644
--- a/cli/npm/common.rs
+++ b/cli/npm/common.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 use deno_npm::npm_rc::RegistryConfig;
-use reqwest::header;
+use http::header;
 
 // TODO(bartlomieju): support more auth methods besides token and basic auth
 pub fn maybe_auth_header_for_npm_registry(
diff --git a/cli/npm/managed/cache/tarball.rs b/cli/npm/managed/cache/tarball.rs
index 46186b87c7..eec890bed2 100644
--- a/cli/npm/managed/cache/tarball.rs
+++ b/cli/npm/managed/cache/tarball.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::futures::future::LocalBoxFuture;
 use deno_core::futures::FutureExt;
 use deno_core::parking_lot::Mutex;
+use deno_core::url::Url;
 use deno_npm::npm_rc::ResolvedNpmRc;
 use deno_npm::registry::NpmPackageVersionDistInfo;
 use deno_runtime::deno_fs::FileSystem;
 use deno_semver::package::PackageNv;
-use reqwest::StatusCode;
-use reqwest::Url;
+use http::StatusCode;
 
 use crate::args::CacheSetting;
 use crate::http_util::DownloadError;
diff --git a/cli/standalone/binary.rs b/cli/standalone/binary.rs
index 10a7620933..342c637d54 100644
--- a/cli/standalone/binary.rs
+++ b/cli/standalone/binary.rs
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ impl<'a> DenoCompileBinaryWriter<'a> {
       self
         .http_client_provider
         .get_or_create()?
-        .download_with_progress(download_url, None, &progress)
+        .download_with_progress(download_url.parse()?, None, &progress)
         .await?
     };
     let bytes = match maybe_bytes {
diff --git a/cli/tools/registry/api.rs b/cli/tools/registry/api.rs
index ee9579a194..519800660c 100644
--- a/cli/tools/registry/api.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/registry/api.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
+use crate::http_util;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::serde_json;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest;
+use deno_runtime::deno_fetch;
 use lsp_types::Url;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Debug for ApiError {
 impl std::error::Error for ApiError {}
 
 pub async fn parse_response<T: DeserializeOwned>(
-  response: reqwest::Response,
+  response: http::Response<deno_fetch::ResBody>,
 ) -> Result<T, ApiError> {
   let status = response.status();
   let x_deno_ray = response
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ pub async fn parse_response<T: DeserializeOwned>(
     .get("x-deno-ray")
     .and_then(|value| value.to_str().ok())
     .map(|s| s.to_string());
-  let text = response.text().await.unwrap();
+  let text = http_util::body_to_string(response).await.unwrap();
 
   if !status.is_success() {
     match serde_json::from_str::<ApiError>(&text) {
@@ -122,9 +123,9 @@ pub async fn get_scope(
   client: &HttpClient,
   registry_api_url: &Url,
   scope: &str,
-) -> Result<reqwest::Response, AnyError> {
+) -> Result<http::Response<deno_fetch::ResBody>, AnyError> {
   let scope_url = format!("{}scopes/{}", registry_api_url, scope);
-  let response = client.get(&scope_url).send().await?;
+  let response = client.get(scope_url.parse()?)?.send().await?;
   Ok(response)
 }
 
@@ -141,9 +142,9 @@ pub async fn get_package(
   registry_api_url: &Url,
   scope: &str,
   package: &str,
-) -> Result<reqwest::Response, AnyError> {
+) -> Result<http::Response<deno_fetch::ResBody>, AnyError> {
   let package_url = get_package_api_url(registry_api_url, scope, package);
-  let response = client.get(&package_url).send().await?;
+  let response = client.get(package_url.parse()?)?.send().await?;
   Ok(response)
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/tools/registry/mod.rs b/cli/tools/registry/mod.rs
index 8e4d97897e..a22384a528 100644
--- a/cli/tools/registry/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/registry/mod.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ use deno_core::futures::StreamExt;
 use deno_core::serde_json;
 use deno_core::serde_json::json;
 use deno_core::serde_json::Value;
-use deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest;
 use deno_terminal::colors;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use lsp_types::Url;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
@@ -539,11 +539,13 @@ async fn get_auth_headers(
       let challenge = BASE64_STANDARD.encode(sha2::Sha256::digest(&verifier));
 
       let response = client
-        .post(format!("{}authorizations", registry_url))
-        .json(&serde_json::json!({
-          "challenge": challenge,
-          "permissions": permissions,
-        }))
+        .post_json(
+          format!("{}authorizations", registry_url).parse()?,
+          &serde_json::json!({
+            "challenge": challenge,
+            "permissions": permissions,
+          }),
+        )?
         .send()
         .await
         .context("Failed to create interactive authorization")?;
@@ -573,11 +575,13 @@ async fn get_auth_headers(
       loop {
         tokio::time::sleep(interval).await;
         let response = client
-          .post(format!("{}authorizations/exchange", registry_url))
-          .json(&serde_json::json!({
-            "exchangeToken": auth.exchange_token,
-            "verifier": verifier,
-          }))
+          .post_json(
+            format!("{}authorizations/exchange", registry_url).parse()?,
+            &serde_json::json!({
+              "exchangeToken": auth.exchange_token,
+              "verifier": verifier,
+            }),
+          )?
           .send()
           .await
           .context("Failed to exchange authorization")?;
@@ -634,15 +638,20 @@ async fn get_auth_headers(
         );
 
         let response = client
-          .get(url)
-          .bearer_auth(&oidc_config.token)
+          .get(url.parse()?)?
+          .header(
+            http::header::AUTHORIZATION,
+            format!("Bearer {}", oidc_config.token).parse()?,
+          )
           .send()
           .await
           .context("Failed to get OIDC token")?;
         let status = response.status();
-        let text = response.text().await.with_context(|| {
-          format!("Failed to get OIDC token: status {}", status)
-        })?;
+        let text = crate::http_util::body_to_string(response)
+          .await
+          .with_context(|| {
+            format!("Failed to get OIDC token: status {}", status)
+          })?;
         if !status.is_success() {
           bail!(
             "Failed to get OIDC token: status {}, response: '{}'",
@@ -770,7 +779,7 @@ async fn ensure_scopes_and_packages_exist(
 
     loop {
       tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
-      let response = client.get(&package_api_url).send().await?;
+      let response = client.get(package_api_url.parse()?)?.send().await?;
       if response.status() == 200 {
         let name = format!("@{}/{}", package.scope, package.package);
         log::info!("Package {} created", colors::green(name));
@@ -894,11 +903,19 @@ async fn publish_package(
     package.config
   );
 
+  let body = http_body_util::Full::new(package.tarball.bytes.clone())
+    .map_err(|never| match never {})
+    .boxed();
   let response = http_client
-    .post(url)
-    .header(reqwest::header::AUTHORIZATION, authorization)
-    .header(reqwest::header::CONTENT_ENCODING, "gzip")
-    .body(package.tarball.bytes.clone())
+    .post(url.parse()?, body)?
+    .header(
+      http::header::AUTHORIZATION,
+      authorization.parse().map_err(http::Error::from)?,
+    )
+    .header(
+      http::header::CONTENT_ENCODING,
+      "gzip".parse().map_err(http::Error::from)?,
+    )
     .send()
     .await?;
 
@@ -943,7 +960,7 @@ async fn publish_package(
   while task.status != "success" && task.status != "failure" {
     tokio::time::sleep(interval).await;
     let resp = http_client
-      .get(format!("{}publish_status/{}", registry_api_url, task.id))
+      .get(format!("{}publish_status/{}", registry_api_url, task.id).parse()?)?
       .send()
       .await
       .with_context(|| {
@@ -992,7 +1009,8 @@ async fn publish_package(
       package.scope, package.package, package.version
     ))?;
 
-    let meta_bytes = http_client.get(meta_url).send().await?.bytes().await?;
+    let resp = http_client.get(meta_url)?.send().await?;
+    let meta_bytes = resp.collect().await?.to_bytes();
 
     if std::env::var("DISABLE_JSR_MANIFEST_VERIFICATION_FOR_TESTING").is_err() {
       verify_version_manifest(&meta_bytes, &package)?;
@@ -1023,9 +1041,8 @@ async fn publish_package(
       registry_api_url, package.scope, package.package, package.version
     );
     http_client
-      .post(provenance_url)
-      .header(reqwest::header::AUTHORIZATION, authorization)
-      .json(&json!({ "bundle": bundle }))
+      .post_json(provenance_url.parse()?, &json!({ "bundle": bundle }))?
+      .header(http::header::AUTHORIZATION, authorization.parse()?)
       .send()
       .await?;
   }
diff --git a/cli/tools/registry/provenance.rs b/cli/tools/registry/provenance.rs
index 622e483d6e..ce3d6ff8a8 100644
--- a/cli/tools/registry/provenance.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/registry/provenance.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
+use crate::http_util;
 use crate::http_util::HttpClient;
 
 use super::api::OidcTokenResponse;
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ use deno_core::anyhow;
 use deno_core::anyhow::bail;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::serde_json;
+use deno_core::url::Url;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use p256::elliptic_curve;
 use p256::pkcs8::AssociatedOid;
@@ -504,12 +507,12 @@ impl<'a> FulcioSigner<'a> {
 
     let response = self
       .http_client
-      .post(url)
-      .json(&request_body)
+      .post_json(url.parse()?, &request_body)?
       .send()
       .await?;
 
-    let body: SigningCertificateResponse = response.json().await?;
+    let body: SigningCertificateResponse =
+      http_util::body_to_json(response).await?;
 
     let key = body
       .signed_certificate_embedded_sct
@@ -527,15 +530,23 @@ impl<'a> FulcioSigner<'a> {
       bail!("No OIDC token available");
     };
 
-    let res = self
+    let mut url = req_url.parse::<Url>()?;
+    url.query_pairs_mut().append_pair("audience", aud);
+    let res_bytes = self
       .http_client
-      .get(&req_url)
-      .bearer_auth(token)
-      .query(&[("audience", aud)])
+      .get(url)?
+      .header(
+        http::header::AUTHORIZATION,
+        format!("Bearer {}", token)
+          .parse()
+          .map_err(http::Error::from)?,
+      )
       .send()
       .await?
-      .json::<OidcTokenResponse>()
-      .await?;
+      .collect()
+      .await?
+      .to_bytes();
+    let res: OidcTokenResponse = serde_json::from_slice(&res_bytes)?;
     Ok(res.value)
   }
 }
@@ -685,11 +696,10 @@ async fn testify(
 
   let url = format!("{}/api/v1/log/entries", *DEFAULT_REKOR_URL);
   let res = http_client
-    .post(&url)
-    .json(&proposed_intoto_entry)
+    .post_json(url.parse()?, &proposed_intoto_entry)?
     .send()
     .await?;
-  let body: RekorEntry = res.json().await?;
+  let body: RekorEntry = http_util::body_to_json(res).await?;
 
   Ok(body)
 }
diff --git a/cli/tools/test/mod.rs b/cli/tools/test/mod.rs
index 81dc36a892..587b737d63 100644
--- a/cli/tools/test/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/test/mod.rs
@@ -881,12 +881,11 @@ async fn run_tests_for_worker_inner(
     // failing. If we don't do this, a connection to a test server we just tore down might be re-used in
     // the next test.
     // TODO(mmastrac): this should be some sort of callback that we can implement for any subsystem
-    #[allow(clippy::disallowed_types)] // allow using reqwest::Client here
     worker
       .js_runtime
       .op_state()
       .borrow_mut()
-      .try_take::<deno_runtime::deno_fetch::reqwest::Client>();
+      .try_take::<deno_runtime::deno_fetch::Client>();
 
     if desc.ignore {
       send_test_event(
diff --git a/cli/tools/upgrade.rs b/cli/tools/upgrade.rs
index 2afeffc92c..fd8394efa9 100644
--- a/cli/tools/upgrade.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/upgrade.rs
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ async fn get_latest_version(
   check_kind: UpgradeCheckKind,
 ) -> Result<String, AnyError> {
   let url = get_url(release_kind, env!("TARGET"), check_kind);
-  let text = client.download_text(url).await?;
+  let text = client.download_text(url.parse()?).await?;
   Ok(normalize_version_from_server(release_kind, &text))
 }
 
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ async fn download_package(
     // text above which will stay alive after the progress bars are complete
     let progress = progress_bar.update("");
     client
-      .download_with_progress(download_url, None, &progress)
+      .download_with_progress(download_url.parse()?, None, &progress)
       .await?
   };
   match maybe_bytes {
diff --git a/ext/fetch/Cargo.toml b/ext/fetch/Cargo.toml
index 8785da7df3..dc7cacd37e 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ext/fetch/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ description = "Fetch API implementation for Deno"
 path = "lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+base64.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
 data-url.workspace = true
 deno_core.workspace = true
@@ -21,8 +22,17 @@ deno_permissions.workspace = true
 deno_tls.workspace = true
 dyn-clone = "1"
 http.workspace = true
-reqwest.workspace = true
+http-body-util.workspace = true
+hyper.workspace = true
+hyper-rustls.workspace = true
+hyper-util.workspace = true
+ipnet.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
+tokio-rustls.workspace = true
+tokio-socks.workspace = true
 tokio-util = { workspace = true, features = ["io"] }
+tower.workspace = true
+tower-http.workspace = true
+tower-service.workspace = true
diff --git a/ext/fetch/fs_fetch_handler.rs b/ext/fetch/fs_fetch_handler.rs
index 29bad5992b..6f45ee664e 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/fs_fetch_handler.rs
+++ b/ext/fetch/fs_fetch_handler.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ use crate::FetchHandler;
 use deno_core::error::type_error;
 use deno_core::futures::FutureExt;
 use deno_core::futures::TryFutureExt;
+use deno_core::futures::TryStreamExt;
 use deno_core::url::Url;
 use deno_core::CancelFuture;
 use deno_core::OpState;
-use reqwest::StatusCode;
+use http::StatusCode;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use tokio_util::io::ReaderStream;
 
@@ -23,19 +25,21 @@ impl FetchHandler for FsFetchHandler {
   fn fetch_file(
     &self,
     _state: &mut OpState,
-    url: Url,
+    url: &Url,
   ) -> (CancelableResponseFuture, Option<Rc<CancelHandle>>) {
     let cancel_handle = CancelHandle::new_rc();
+    let path_result = url.to_file_path();
     let response_fut = async move {
-      let path = url.to_file_path()?;
+      let path = path_result?;
       let file = tokio::fs::File::open(path).map_err(|_| ()).await?;
-      let stream = ReaderStream::new(file);
-      let body = reqwest::Body::wrap_stream(stream);
+      let stream = ReaderStream::new(file)
+        .map_ok(hyper::body::Frame::data)
+        .map_err(Into::into);
+      let body = http_body_util::StreamBody::new(stream).boxed();
       let response = http::Response::builder()
         .status(StatusCode::OK)
         .body(body)
-        .map_err(|_| ())?
-        .into();
+        .map_err(|_| ())?;
       Ok::<_, ()>(response)
     }
     .map_err(move |_| {
diff --git a/ext/fetch/lib.rs b/ext/fetch/lib.rs
index 75ceb86d99..1343a9f56e 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/fetch/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 mod fs_fetch_handler;
+mod proxy;
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::task::Context;
 use std::task::Poll;
 
-use bytes::Bytes;
+use deno_core::anyhow::anyhow;
 use deno_core::anyhow::Error;
 use deno_core::error::type_error;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
@@ -42,34 +43,38 @@ use deno_core::ResourceId;
 use deno_tls::rustls::RootCertStore;
 use deno_tls::Proxy;
 use deno_tls::RootCertStoreProvider;
-
-use data_url::DataUrl;
 use deno_tls::TlsKey;
 use deno_tls::TlsKeys;
 use deno_tls::TlsKeysHolder;
+
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use data_url::DataUrl;
+use http::header::HeaderName;
+use http::header::HeaderValue;
+use http::header::ACCEPT_ENCODING;
 use http::header::CONTENT_LENGTH;
+use http::header::HOST;
+use http::header::PROXY_AUTHORIZATION;
+use http::header::RANGE;
+use http::header::USER_AGENT;
+use http::Method;
 use http::Uri;
-use reqwest::header::HeaderMap;
-use reqwest::header::HeaderName;
-use reqwest::header::HeaderValue;
-use reqwest::header::ACCEPT_ENCODING;
-use reqwest::header::HOST;
-use reqwest::header::RANGE;
-use reqwest::header::USER_AGENT;
-use reqwest::redirect::Policy;
-use reqwest::Body;
-use reqwest::Client;
-use reqwest::Method;
-use reqwest::RequestBuilder;
-use reqwest::Response;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
+use hyper::body::Frame;
+use hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector;
+use hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::HttpConnector;
+use hyper_util::rt::TokioExecutor;
+use hyper_util::rt::TokioIo;
+use hyper_util::rt::TokioTimer;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+use tower::ServiceExt;
+use tower_http::decompression::Decompression;
 
-// Re-export reqwest and data_url
+// Re-export data_url
 pub use data_url;
-pub use reqwest;
 
 pub use fs_fetch_handler::FsFetchHandler;
 
@@ -78,8 +83,9 @@ pub struct Options {
   pub user_agent: String,
   pub root_cert_store_provider: Option<Arc<dyn RootCertStoreProvider>>,
   pub proxy: Option<Proxy>,
+  #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
   pub request_builder_hook:
-    Option<fn(RequestBuilder) -> Result<RequestBuilder, AnyError>>,
+    Option<fn(&mut http::Request<ReqBody>) -> Result<(), AnyError>>,
   pub unsafely_ignore_certificate_errors: Option<Vec<String>>,
   pub client_cert_chain_and_key: TlsKeys,
   pub file_fetch_handler: Rc<dyn FetchHandler>,
@@ -146,7 +152,7 @@ pub trait FetchHandler: dyn_clone::DynClone {
   fn fetch_file(
     &self,
     state: &mut OpState,
-    url: Url,
+    url: &Url,
   ) -> (CancelableResponseFuture, Option<Rc<CancelHandle>>);
 }
 
@@ -160,7 +166,7 @@ impl FetchHandler for DefaultFileFetchHandler {
   fn fetch_file(
     &self,
     _state: &mut OpState,
-    _url: Url,
+    _url: &Url,
   ) -> (CancelableResponseFuture, Option<Rc<CancelHandle>>) {
     let fut = async move {
       Ok(Err(type_error(
@@ -183,20 +189,20 @@ pub struct FetchReturn {
 
 pub fn get_or_create_client_from_state(
   state: &mut OpState,
-) -> Result<reqwest::Client, AnyError> {
-  if let Some(client) = state.try_borrow::<reqwest::Client>() {
+) -> Result<Client, AnyError> {
+  if let Some(client) = state.try_borrow::<Client>() {
     Ok(client.clone())
   } else {
     let options = state.borrow::<Options>();
     let client = create_client_from_options(options)?;
-    state.put::<reqwest::Client>(client.clone());
+    state.put::<Client>(client.clone());
     Ok(client)
   }
 }
 
 pub fn create_client_from_options(
   options: &Options,
-) -> Result<reqwest::Client, AnyError> {
+) -> Result<Client, AnyError> {
   create_http_client(
     &options.user_agent,
     CreateHttpClientOptions {
@@ -253,11 +259,11 @@ impl Stream for ResourceToBodyAdapter {
         }
         Poll::Ready(res) => match res {
           Ok(buf) if buf.is_empty() => Poll::Ready(None),
-          Ok(_) => {
+          Ok(buf) => {
             this.1 = Some(this.0.clone().read(64 * 1024));
-            Poll::Ready(Some(res.map(|b| b.to_vec().into())))
+            Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(buf.to_vec().into())))
           }
-          _ => Poll::Ready(Some(res.map(|b| b.to_vec().into()))),
+          Err(err) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err))),
         },
       }
     } else {
@@ -266,6 +272,22 @@ impl Stream for ResourceToBodyAdapter {
   }
 }
 
+impl hyper::body::Body for ResourceToBodyAdapter {
+  type Data = Bytes;
+  type Error = Error;
+
+  fn poll_frame(
+    self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+    cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+  ) -> Poll<Option<Result<Frame<Self::Data>, Self::Error>>> {
+    match self.poll_next(cx) {
+      Poll::Ready(Some(res)) => Poll::Ready(Some(res.map(Frame::data))),
+      Poll::Ready(None) => Poll::Ready(None),
+      Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 impl Drop for ResourceToBodyAdapter {
   fn drop(&mut self) {
     self.0.clone().close()
@@ -347,9 +369,11 @@ where
         file_fetch_handler, ..
       } = state.borrow_mut::<Options>();
       let file_fetch_handler = file_fetch_handler.clone();
-      let (request, maybe_cancel_handle) =
-        file_fetch_handler.fetch_file(state, url);
-      let request_rid = state.resource_table.add(FetchRequestResource(request));
+      let (future, maybe_cancel_handle) =
+        file_fetch_handler.fetch_file(state, &url);
+      let request_rid = state
+        .resource_table
+        .add(FetchRequestResource { future, url });
       let maybe_cancel_handle_rid = maybe_cancel_handle
         .map(|ch| state.resource_table.add(FetchCancelHandle(ch)));
 
@@ -359,31 +383,31 @@ where
       let permissions = state.borrow_mut::<FP>();
       permissions.check_net_url(&url, "fetch()")?;
 
-      // Make sure that we have a valid URI early, as reqwest's `RequestBuilder::send`
-      // internally uses `expect_uri`, which panics instead of returning a usable `Result`.
-      if url.as_str().parse::<Uri>().is_err() {
-        return Err(type_error("Invalid URL"));
-      }
+      let uri = url
+        .as_str()
+        .parse::<Uri>()
+        .map_err(|_| type_error("Invalid URL"))?;
 
-      let mut request = client.request(method.clone(), url);
-
-      if has_body {
+      let mut con_len = None;
+      let body = if has_body {
         match (data, resource) {
           (Some(data), _) => {
             // If a body is passed, we use it, and don't return a body for streaming.
-            request = request.body(data.to_vec());
+            con_len = Some(data.len() as u64);
+
+            http_body_util::Full::new(data.to_vec().into())
+              .map_err(|never| match never {})
+              .boxed()
           }
           (_, Some(resource)) => {
             let resource = state.resource_table.take_any(resource)?;
             match resource.size_hint() {
               (body_size, Some(n)) if body_size == n && body_size > 0 => {
-                request =
-                  request.header(CONTENT_LENGTH, HeaderValue::from(body_size));
+                con_len = Some(body_size);
               }
               _ => {}
             }
-            request = request
-              .body(Body::wrap_stream(ResourceToBodyAdapter::new(resource)))
+            ReqBody::new(ResourceToBodyAdapter::new(resource))
           }
           (None, None) => unreachable!(),
         }
@@ -391,11 +415,21 @@ where
         // POST and PUT requests should always have a 0 length content-length,
         // if there is no body. https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#http-network-or-cache-fetch
         if matches!(method, Method::POST | Method::PUT) {
-          request = request.header(CONTENT_LENGTH, HeaderValue::from(0));
+          con_len = Some(0);
         }
+        http_body_util::Empty::new()
+          .map_err(|never| match never {})
+          .boxed()
       };
 
-      let mut header_map = HeaderMap::new();
+      let mut request = http::Request::new(body);
+      *request.method_mut() = method.clone();
+      *request.uri_mut() = uri;
+
+      if let Some(len) = con_len {
+        request.headers_mut().insert(CONTENT_LENGTH, len.into());
+      }
+
       for (key, value) in headers {
         let name = HeaderName::from_bytes(&key)
           .map_err(|err| type_error(err.to_string()))?;
@@ -403,38 +437,34 @@ where
           .map_err(|err| type_error(err.to_string()))?;
 
         if (name != HOST || allow_host) && name != CONTENT_LENGTH {
-          header_map.append(name, v);
+          request.headers_mut().append(name, v);
         }
       }
 
-      if header_map.contains_key(RANGE) {
+      if request.headers().contains_key(RANGE) {
         // https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#http-network-or-cache-fetch step 18
         // If httpRequest’s header list contains `Range`, then append (`Accept-Encoding`, `identity`)
-        header_map
+        request
+          .headers_mut()
           .insert(ACCEPT_ENCODING, HeaderValue::from_static("identity"));
       }
-      request = request.headers(header_map);
 
       let options = state.borrow::<Options>();
       if let Some(request_builder_hook) = options.request_builder_hook {
-        request = request_builder_hook(request)
+        request_builder_hook(&mut request)
           .map_err(|err| type_error(err.to_string()))?;
       }
 
       let cancel_handle = CancelHandle::new_rc();
       let cancel_handle_ = cancel_handle.clone();
 
-      let fut = async move {
-        request
-          .send()
-          .or_cancel(cancel_handle_)
-          .await
-          .map(|res| res.map_err(|err| err.into()))
-      };
+      let fut =
+        async move { client.send(request).or_cancel(cancel_handle_).await };
 
-      let request_rid = state
-        .resource_table
-        .add(FetchRequestResource(Box::pin(fut)));
+      let request_rid = state.resource_table.add(FetchRequestResource {
+        future: Box::pin(fut),
+        url,
+      });
 
       let cancel_handle_rid =
         state.resource_table.add(FetchCancelHandle(cancel_handle));
@@ -448,17 +478,21 @@ where
       let (body, _) = data_url
         .decode_to_vec()
         .map_err(|e| type_error(format!("{e:?}")))?;
+      let body = http_body_util::Full::new(body.into())
+        .map_err(|never| match never {})
+        .boxed();
 
       let response = http::Response::builder()
         .status(http::StatusCode::OK)
         .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, data_url.mime_type().to_string())
-        .body(reqwest::Body::from(body))?;
+        .body(body)?;
 
-      let fut = async move { Ok(Ok(Response::from(response))) };
+      let fut = async move { Ok(Ok(response)) };
 
-      let request_rid = state
-        .resource_table
-        .add(FetchRequestResource(Box::pin(fut)));
+      let request_rid = state.resource_table.add(FetchRequestResource {
+        future: Box::pin(fut),
+        url,
+      });
 
       (request_rid, None)
     }
@@ -505,24 +539,21 @@ pub async fn op_fetch_send(
     .ok()
     .expect("multiple op_fetch_send ongoing");
 
-  let res = match request.0.await {
+  let res = match request.future.await {
     Ok(Ok(res)) => res,
     Ok(Err(err)) => {
       // We're going to try and rescue the error cause from a stream and return it from this fetch.
-      // If any error in the chain is a reqwest body error, return that as a special result we can use to
+      // If any error in the chain is a hyper body error, return that as a special result we can use to
       // reconstruct an error chain (eg: `new TypeError(..., { cause: new Error(...) })`).
       // TODO(mmastrac): it would be a lot easier if we just passed a v8::Global through here instead
       let mut err_ref: &dyn std::error::Error = err.as_ref();
       while let Some(err) = std::error::Error::source(err_ref) {
-        if let Some(err) = err.downcast_ref::<reqwest::Error>() {
-          if err.is_body() {
-            // Extracts the next error cause and uses that for the message
-            if let Some(err) = std::error::Error::source(err) {
-              return Ok(FetchResponse {
-                error: Some(err.to_string()),
-                ..Default::default()
-              });
-            }
+        if let Some(err) = err.downcast_ref::<hyper::Error>() {
+          if let Some(err) = std::error::Error::source(err) {
+            return Ok(FetchResponse {
+              error: Some(err.to_string()),
+              ..Default::default()
+            });
           }
         }
         err_ref = err;
@@ -534,14 +565,17 @@ pub async fn op_fetch_send(
   };
 
   let status = res.status();
-  let url = res.url().to_string();
+  let url = request.url.into();
   let mut res_headers = Vec::new();
   for (key, val) in res.headers().iter() {
     res_headers.push((key.as_str().into(), val.as_bytes().into()));
   }
 
-  let content_length = res.content_length();
-  let remote_addr = res.remote_addr();
+  let content_length = hyper::body::Body::size_hint(res.body()).exact();
+  let remote_addr = res
+    .extensions()
+    .get::<hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::HttpInfo>()
+    .map(|info| info.remote_addr());
   let (remote_addr_ip, remote_addr_port) = if let Some(addr) = remote_addr {
     (Some(addr.ip().to_string()), Some(addr.port()))
   } else {
@@ -585,7 +619,8 @@ pub async fn op_fetch_response_upgrade(
   let upgraded = raw_response.upgrade().await?;
   {
     // Stage 3: Pump the data
-    let (mut upgraded_rx, mut upgraded_tx) = tokio::io::split(upgraded);
+    let (mut upgraded_rx, mut upgraded_tx) =
+      tokio::io::split(TokioIo::new(upgraded));
 
     spawn(async move {
       let mut buf = [0; 1024];
@@ -673,11 +708,13 @@ impl Resource for UpgradeStream {
   }
 }
 
-type CancelableResponseResult = Result<Result<Response, AnyError>, Canceled>;
+type CancelableResponseResult =
+  Result<Result<http::Response<ResBody>, AnyError>, Canceled>;
 
-pub struct FetchRequestResource(
-  pub Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = CancelableResponseResult>>>,
-);
+pub struct FetchRequestResource {
+  pub future: Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = CancelableResponseResult>>>,
+  pub url: Url,
+}
 
 impl Resource for FetchRequestResource {
   fn name(&self) -> Cow<str> {
@@ -701,7 +738,7 @@ type BytesStream =
   Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = Result<bytes::Bytes, std::io::Error>> + Unpin>>;
 
 pub enum FetchResponseReader {
-  Start(Response),
+  Start(http::Response<ResBody>),
   BodyReader(Peekable<BytesStream>),
 }
 
@@ -719,7 +756,7 @@ pub struct FetchResponseResource {
 }
 
 impl FetchResponseResource {
-  pub fn new(response: Response, size: Option<u64>) -> Self {
+  pub fn new(response: http::Response<ResBody>, size: Option<u64>) -> Self {
     Self {
       response_reader: AsyncRefCell::new(FetchResponseReader::Start(response)),
       cancel: CancelHandle::default(),
@@ -727,10 +764,10 @@ impl FetchResponseResource {
     }
   }
 
-  pub async fn upgrade(self) -> Result<reqwest::Upgraded, AnyError> {
+  pub async fn upgrade(self) -> Result<hyper::upgrade::Upgraded, AnyError> {
     let reader = self.response_reader.into_inner();
     match reader {
-      FetchResponseReader::Start(resp) => Ok(resp.upgrade().await?),
+      FetchResponseReader::Start(resp) => Ok(hyper::upgrade::on(resp).await?),
       _ => unreachable!(),
     }
   }
@@ -754,11 +791,12 @@ impl Resource for FetchResponseResource {
 
         match std::mem::take(&mut *reader) {
           FetchResponseReader::Start(resp) => {
-            let stream: BytesStream = Box::pin(resp.bytes_stream().map(|r| {
-              r.map_err(|err| {
-                std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, err)
-              })
-            }));
+            let stream: BytesStream =
+              Box::pin(resp.into_body().into_data_stream().map(|r| {
+                r.map_err(|err| {
+                  std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, err)
+                })
+              }));
             *reader = FetchResponseReader::BodyReader(stream.peekable());
           }
           FetchResponseReader::BodyReader(_) => unreachable!(),
@@ -922,7 +960,7 @@ impl Default for CreateHttpClientOptions {
   }
 }
 
-/// Create new instance of async reqwest::Client. This client supports
+/// Create new instance of async Client. This client supports
 /// proxies and doesn't follow redirects.
 pub fn create_http_client(
   user_agent: &str,
@@ -944,43 +982,64 @@ pub fn create_http_client(
     alpn_protocols.push("http/1.1".into());
   }
   tls_config.alpn_protocols = alpn_protocols;
+  let tls_config = Arc::from(tls_config);
 
-  let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
-  headers.insert(USER_AGENT, user_agent.parse().unwrap());
-  let mut builder = Client::builder()
-    .redirect(Policy::none())
-    .default_headers(headers)
-    .use_preconfigured_tls(tls_config);
+  let mut http_connector = HttpConnector::new();
+  http_connector.enforce_http(false);
+  let connector = HttpsConnector::from((http_connector, tls_config.clone()));
 
+  let user_agent = user_agent
+    .parse::<HeaderValue>()
+    .map_err(|_| type_error("illegal characters in User-Agent"))?;
+
+  let mut builder =
+    hyper_util::client::legacy::Builder::new(TokioExecutor::new());
+  builder.timer(TokioTimer::new());
+  builder.pool_timer(TokioTimer::new());
+
+  let mut proxies = proxy::from_env();
   if let Some(proxy) = options.proxy {
-    let mut reqwest_proxy = reqwest::Proxy::all(&proxy.url)?;
+    let mut intercept = proxy::Intercept::all(&proxy.url)
+      .ok_or_else(|| type_error("invalid proxy url"))?;
     if let Some(basic_auth) = &proxy.basic_auth {
-      reqwest_proxy =
-        reqwest_proxy.basic_auth(&basic_auth.username, &basic_auth.password);
+      intercept.set_auth(&basic_auth.username, &basic_auth.password);
     }
-    builder = builder.proxy(reqwest_proxy);
+    proxies.prepend(intercept);
   }
+  let proxies = Arc::new(proxies);
+  let mut connector =
+    proxy::ProxyConnector::new(proxies.clone(), connector, tls_config);
+  connector.user_agent(user_agent.clone());
 
   if let Some(pool_max_idle_per_host) = options.pool_max_idle_per_host {
-    builder = builder.pool_max_idle_per_host(pool_max_idle_per_host);
+    builder.pool_max_idle_per_host(pool_max_idle_per_host);
   }
 
   if let Some(pool_idle_timeout) = options.pool_idle_timeout {
-    builder = builder.pool_idle_timeout(
+    builder.pool_idle_timeout(
       pool_idle_timeout.map(std::time::Duration::from_millis),
     );
   }
 
   match (options.http1, options.http2) {
-    (true, false) => builder = builder.http1_only(),
-    (false, true) => builder = builder.http2_prior_knowledge(),
+    (true, false) => {} // noop, handled by ALPN above
+    (false, true) => {
+      builder.http2_only(true);
+    }
     (true, true) => {}
     (false, false) => {
       return Err(type_error("Either `http1` or `http2` needs to be true"))
     }
   }
 
-  builder.build().map_err(|e| e.into())
+  let pooled_client = builder.build(connector);
+  let decompress = Decompression::new(pooled_client).gzip(true).br(true);
+
+  Ok(Client {
+    inner: decompress,
+    proxies,
+    user_agent,
+  })
 }
 
 #[op2]
@@ -990,3 +1049,35 @@ pub fn op_utf8_to_byte_string(
 ) -> Result<ByteString, AnyError> {
   Ok(input.into())
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Client {
+  inner: Decompression<hyper_util::client::legacy::Client<Connector, ReqBody>>,
+  // Used to check whether to include a proxy-authorization header
+  proxies: Arc<proxy::Proxies>,
+  user_agent: HeaderValue,
+}
+
+type Connector = proxy::ProxyConnector<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>>;
+
+impl Client {
+  pub async fn send(
+    self,
+    mut req: http::Request<ReqBody>,
+  ) -> Result<http::Response<ResBody>, AnyError> {
+    req
+      .headers_mut()
+      .entry(USER_AGENT)
+      .or_insert_with(|| self.user_agent.clone());
+
+    if let Some(auth) = self.proxies.http_forward_auth(req.uri()) {
+      req.headers_mut().insert(PROXY_AUTHORIZATION, auth.clone());
+    }
+
+    let resp = self.inner.oneshot(req).await?;
+    Ok(resp.map(|b| b.map_err(|e| anyhow!(e)).boxed()))
+  }
+}
+
+pub type ReqBody = http_body_util::combinators::BoxBody<Bytes, Error>;
+pub type ResBody = http_body_util::combinators::BoxBody<Bytes, Error>;
diff --git a/ext/fetch/proxy.rs b/ext/fetch/proxy.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db187c3f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/fetch/proxy.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,860 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+//! Parts of this module should be able to be replaced with other crates
+//! eventually, once generic versions appear in hyper-util, et al.
+
+use std::env;
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::net::IpAddr;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::task::Poll;
+
+use deno_core::futures::TryFutureExt;
+use deno_tls::rustls::ClientConfig as TlsConfig;
+
+use http::header::HeaderValue;
+use http::uri::Scheme;
+use http::Uri;
+use hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::Connected;
+use hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::Connection;
+use hyper_util::rt::TokioIo;
+use ipnet::IpNet;
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio_rustls::client::TlsStream;
+use tokio_rustls::TlsConnector;
+use tokio_socks::tcp::Socks5Stream;
+use tower_service::Service;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct ProxyConnector<C> {
+  connector: C,
+  proxies: Arc<Proxies>,
+  tls: Arc<TlsConfig>,
+  user_agent: Option<HeaderValue>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct Proxies {
+  no: Option<NoProxy>,
+  intercepts: Vec<Intercept>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct Intercept {
+  filter: Filter,
+  target: Target,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+enum Target {
+  Http {
+    dst: Uri,
+    auth: Option<HeaderValue>,
+  },
+  Https {
+    dst: Uri,
+    auth: Option<HeaderValue>,
+  },
+  Socks {
+    dst: Uri,
+    auth: Option<(String, String)>,
+  },
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+enum Filter {
+  Http,
+  Https,
+  All,
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn from_env() -> Proxies {
+  let mut intercepts = Vec::new();
+
+  if let Some(proxy) = parse_env_var("ALL_PROXY", Filter::All) {
+    intercepts.push(proxy);
+  } else if let Some(proxy) = parse_env_var("all_proxy", Filter::All) {
+    intercepts.push(proxy);
+  }
+
+  if let Some(proxy) = parse_env_var("HTTPS_PROXY", Filter::Https) {
+    intercepts.push(proxy);
+  } else if let Some(proxy) = parse_env_var("https_proxy", Filter::Https) {
+    intercepts.push(proxy);
+  }
+
+  // In a CGI context, headers become environment variables. So, "Proxy:" becomes HTTP_PROXY.
+  // To prevent an attacker from injecting a proxy, check if we are in CGI.
+  if env::var_os("REQUEST_METHOD").is_none() {
+    if let Some(proxy) = parse_env_var("HTTP_PROXY", Filter::Http) {
+      intercepts.push(proxy);
+    } else if let Some(proxy) = parse_env_var("http_proxy", Filter::Https) {
+      intercepts.push(proxy);
+    }
+  }
+
+  let no = NoProxy::from_env();
+
+  Proxies { intercepts, no }
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn basic_auth(user: &str, pass: &str) -> HeaderValue {
+  use base64::prelude::BASE64_STANDARD;
+  use base64::write::EncoderWriter;
+  use std::io::Write;
+
+  let mut buf = b"Basic ".to_vec();
+  {
+    let mut encoder = EncoderWriter::new(&mut buf, &BASE64_STANDARD);
+    let _ = write!(encoder, "{user}:{pass}");
+  }
+  let mut header =
+    HeaderValue::from_bytes(&buf).expect("base64 is always valid HeaderValue");
+  header.set_sensitive(true);
+  header
+}
+
+fn parse_env_var(name: &str, filter: Filter) -> Option<Intercept> {
+  let val = env::var(name).ok()?;
+  let target = Target::parse(&val)?;
+  Some(Intercept { filter, target })
+}
+
+impl Intercept {
+  pub(crate) fn all(s: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+    let target = Target::parse(s)?;
+    Some(Intercept {
+      filter: Filter::All,
+      target,
+    })
+  }
+
+  pub(crate) fn set_auth(&mut self, user: &str, pass: &str) {
+    match self.target {
+      Target::Http { ref mut auth, .. } => {
+        *auth = Some(basic_auth(user, pass));
+      }
+      Target::Https { ref mut auth, .. } => {
+        *auth = Some(basic_auth(user, pass));
+      }
+      Target::Socks { ref mut auth, .. } => {
+        *auth = Some((user.into(), pass.into()));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Intercept {
+  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+    f.debug_struct("Intercept")
+      .field("filter", &self.filter)
+      .finish()
+  }
+}
+
+impl Target {
+  fn parse(val: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+    let uri = val.parse::<Uri>().ok()?;
+
+    let mut builder = Uri::builder();
+    let mut is_socks = false;
+    let mut http_auth = None;
+    let mut socks_auth = None;
+
+    builder = builder.scheme(match uri.scheme() {
+      Some(s) => {
+        if s == &Scheme::HTTP || s == &Scheme::HTTPS {
+          s.clone()
+        } else if s.as_str() == "socks5" || s.as_str() == "socks5h" {
+          is_socks = true;
+          s.clone()
+        } else {
+          // can't use this proxy scheme
+          return None;
+        }
+      }
+      // if no scheme provided, assume they meant 'http'
+      None => Scheme::HTTP,
+    });
+
+    let authority = uri.authority()?;
+
+    if let Some((userinfo, host_port)) = authority.as_str().split_once('@') {
+      let (user, pass) = userinfo.split_once(':')?;
+      if is_socks {
+        socks_auth = Some((user.into(), pass.into()));
+      } else {
+        http_auth = Some(basic_auth(user, pass));
+      }
+      builder = builder.authority(host_port);
+    } else {
+      builder = builder.authority(authority.clone());
+    }
+
+    // removing any path, but we MUST specify one or the builder errors
+    builder = builder.path_and_query("/");
+
+    let dst = builder.build().ok()?;
+
+    let target = match dst.scheme().unwrap().as_str() {
+      "https" => Target::Https {
+        dst,
+        auth: http_auth,
+      },
+      "http" => Target::Http {
+        dst,
+        auth: http_auth,
+      },
+      "socks5" | "socks5h" => Target::Socks {
+        dst,
+        auth: socks_auth,
+      },
+      // shouldn't happen
+      _ => return None,
+    };
+
+    Some(target)
+  }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct NoProxy {
+  domains: DomainMatcher,
+  ips: IpMatcher,
+}
+
+/// Represents a possible matching entry for an IP address
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+enum Ip {
+  Address(IpAddr),
+  Network(IpNet),
+}
+
+/// A wrapper around a list of IP cidr blocks or addresses with a [IpMatcher::contains] method for
+/// checking if an IP address is contained within the matcher
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+struct IpMatcher(Vec<Ip>);
+
+/// A wrapper around a list of domains with a [DomainMatcher::contains] method for checking if a
+/// domain is contained within the matcher
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+struct DomainMatcher(Vec<String>);
+
+impl NoProxy {
+  /// Returns a new no-proxy configuration based on environment variables (or `None` if no variables are set)
+  /// see [self::NoProxy::from_string()] for the string format
+  fn from_env() -> Option<NoProxy> {
+    let raw = env::var("NO_PROXY")
+      .or_else(|_| env::var("no_proxy"))
+      .unwrap_or_default();
+
+    Self::from_string(&raw)
+  }
+
+  /// Returns a new no-proxy configuration based on a `no_proxy` string (or `None` if no variables
+  /// are set)
+  /// The rules are as follows:
+  /// * The environment variable `NO_PROXY` is checked, if it is not set, `no_proxy` is checked
+  /// * If neither environment variable is set, `None` is returned
+  /// * Entries are expected to be comma-separated (whitespace between entries is ignored)
+  /// * IP addresses (both IPv4 and IPv6) are allowed, as are optional subnet masks (by adding /size,
+  /// for example "`192.168.1.0/24`").
+  /// * An entry "`*`" matches all hostnames (this is the only wildcard allowed)
+  /// * Any other entry is considered a domain name (and may contain a leading dot, for example `google.com`
+  /// and `.google.com` are equivalent) and would match both that domain AND all subdomains.
+  ///
+  /// For example, if `"NO_PROXY=google.com, 192.168.1.0/24"` was set, all of the following would match
+  /// (and therefore would bypass the proxy):
+  /// * `http://google.com/`
+  /// * `http://www.google.com/`
+  /// * `http://192.168.1.42/`
+  ///
+  /// The URL `http://notgoogle.com/` would not match.
+  fn from_string(no_proxy_list: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+    if no_proxy_list.is_empty() {
+      return None;
+    }
+    let mut ips = Vec::new();
+    let mut domains = Vec::new();
+    let parts = no_proxy_list.split(',').map(str::trim);
+    for part in parts {
+      match part.parse::<IpNet>() {
+        // If we can parse an IP net or address, then use it, otherwise, assume it is a domain
+        Ok(ip) => ips.push(Ip::Network(ip)),
+        Err(_) => match part.parse::<IpAddr>() {
+          Ok(addr) => ips.push(Ip::Address(addr)),
+          Err(_) => domains.push(part.to_owned()),
+        },
+      }
+    }
+    Some(NoProxy {
+      ips: IpMatcher(ips),
+      domains: DomainMatcher(domains),
+    })
+  }
+
+  fn contains(&self, host: &str) -> bool {
+    // According to RFC3986, raw IPv6 hosts will be wrapped in []. So we need to strip those off
+    // the end in order to parse correctly
+    let host = if host.starts_with('[') {
+      let x: &[_] = &['[', ']'];
+      host.trim_matches(x)
+    } else {
+      host
+    };
+    match host.parse::<IpAddr>() {
+      // If we can parse an IP addr, then use it, otherwise, assume it is a domain
+      Ok(ip) => self.ips.contains(ip),
+      Err(_) => self.domains.contains(host),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl IpMatcher {
+  fn contains(&self, addr: IpAddr) -> bool {
+    for ip in &self.0 {
+      match ip {
+        Ip::Address(address) => {
+          if &addr == address {
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+        Ip::Network(net) => {
+          if net.contains(&addr) {
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    false
+  }
+}
+
+impl DomainMatcher {
+  // The following links may be useful to understand the origin of these rules:
+  // * https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_NOPROXY.html
+  // * https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/1208
+  fn contains(&self, domain: &str) -> bool {
+    let domain_len = domain.len();
+    for d in &self.0 {
+      if d == domain || d.strip_prefix('.') == Some(domain) {
+        return true;
+      } else if domain.ends_with(d) {
+        if d.starts_with('.') {
+          // If the first character of d is a dot, that means the first character of domain
+          // must also be a dot, so we are looking at a subdomain of d and that matches
+          return true;
+        } else if domain.as_bytes().get(domain_len - d.len() - 1) == Some(&b'.')
+        {
+          // Given that d is a prefix of domain, if the prior character in domain is a dot
+          // then that means we must be matching a subdomain of d, and that matches
+          return true;
+        }
+      } else if d == "*" {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    false
+  }
+}
+
+impl<C> ProxyConnector<C> {
+  pub(crate) fn new(
+    proxies: Arc<Proxies>,
+    connector: C,
+    tls: Arc<TlsConfig>,
+  ) -> Self {
+    ProxyConnector {
+      connector,
+      proxies,
+      tls,
+      user_agent: None,
+    }
+  }
+
+  pub(crate) fn user_agent(&mut self, val: HeaderValue) {
+    self.user_agent = Some(val);
+  }
+
+  fn intercept(&self, dst: &Uri) -> Option<&Intercept> {
+    self.proxies.intercept(dst)
+  }
+}
+
+impl Proxies {
+  pub(crate) fn prepend(&mut self, intercept: Intercept) {
+    self.intercepts.insert(0, intercept);
+  }
+
+  pub(crate) fn http_forward_auth(&self, dst: &Uri) -> Option<&HeaderValue> {
+    let intercept = self.intercept(dst)?;
+    match intercept.target {
+      // Only if the proxy target is http
+      Target::Http { ref auth, .. } => auth.as_ref(),
+      _ => None,
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn intercept(&self, dst: &Uri) -> Option<&Intercept> {
+    if let Some(no_proxy) = self.no.as_ref() {
+      if no_proxy.contains(dst.host()?) {
+        return None;
+      }
+    }
+
+    for intercept in &self.intercepts {
+      return match (
+        intercept.filter,
+        dst.scheme().map(Scheme::as_str).unwrap_or(""),
+      ) {
+        (Filter::All, _) => Some(intercept),
+        (Filter::Https, "https") => Some(intercept),
+        (Filter::Http, "http") => Some(intercept),
+        _ => continue,
+      };
+    }
+    None
+  }
+}
+
+type BoxFuture<T> = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = T> + Send>>;
+type BoxError = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
+
+// These variatns are not to be inspected.
+pub enum Proxied<T> {
+  /// Not proxied
+  PassThrough(T),
+  /// An HTTP forwarding proxy needed absolute-form
+  HttpForward(T),
+  /// Tunneled through HTTP CONNECT
+  HttpTunneled(Box<TokioIo<TlsStream<TokioIo<T>>>>),
+  /// Tunneled through SOCKS
+  Socks(TokioIo<TcpStream>),
+  /// Tunneled through SOCKS and TLS
+  SocksTls(TokioIo<TlsStream<TokioIo<TokioIo<TcpStream>>>>),
+}
+
+impl<C> Service<Uri> for ProxyConnector<C>
+where
+  C: Service<Uri>,
+  C::Response: hyper::rt::Read + hyper::rt::Write + Unpin + Send + 'static,
+  C::Future: Send + 'static,
+  C::Error: Into<BoxError> + 'static,
+{
+  type Response = Proxied<C::Response>;
+  type Error = BoxError;
+  type Future = BoxFuture<Result<Self::Response, Self::Error>>;
+
+  fn poll_ready(
+    &mut self,
+    cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+  ) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+    self.connector.poll_ready(cx).map_err(Into::into)
+  }
+
+  fn call(&mut self, orig_dst: Uri) -> Self::Future {
+    if let Some(intercept) = self.intercept(&orig_dst).cloned() {
+      let is_https = orig_dst.scheme() == Some(&Scheme::HTTPS);
+      let user_agent = self.user_agent.clone();
+      return match intercept.target {
+        Target::Http {
+          dst: proxy_dst,
+          auth,
+        }
+        | Target::Https {
+          dst: proxy_dst,
+          auth,
+        } => {
+          let connecting = self.connector.call(proxy_dst);
+          let tls = TlsConnector::from(self.tls.clone());
+          Box::pin(async move {
+            let mut io = connecting.await.map_err(Into::into)?;
+
+            if is_https {
+              tunnel(&mut io, &orig_dst, user_agent, auth).await?;
+              let tokio_io = TokioIo::new(io);
+              let io = tls
+                .connect(
+                  TryFrom::try_from(orig_dst.host().unwrap().to_owned())?,
+                  tokio_io,
+                )
+                .await?;
+              Ok(Proxied::HttpTunneled(Box::new(TokioIo::new(io))))
+            } else {
+              Ok(Proxied::HttpForward(io))
+            }
+          })
+        }
+        Target::Socks {
+          dst: proxy_dst,
+          auth,
+        } => {
+          let tls = TlsConnector::from(self.tls.clone());
+          Box::pin(async move {
+            let socks_addr = (
+              proxy_dst.host().unwrap(),
+              proxy_dst.port().map(|p| p.as_u16()).unwrap_or(1080),
+            );
+            let host = orig_dst.host().ok_or("no host in url")?;
+            let port = match orig_dst.port() {
+              Some(p) => p.as_u16(),
+              None if is_https => 443,
+              _ => 80,
+            };
+            let io = if let Some((user, pass)) = auth {
+              Socks5Stream::connect_with_password(
+                socks_addr,
+                (host, port),
+                &user,
+                &pass,
+              )
+              .await?
+            } else {
+              Socks5Stream::connect(socks_addr, (host, port)).await?
+            };
+            let io = TokioIo::new(io.into_inner());
+
+            if is_https {
+              let tokio_io = TokioIo::new(io);
+              let io = tls
+                .connect(TryFrom::try_from(host.to_owned())?, tokio_io)
+                .await?;
+              Ok(Proxied::SocksTls(TokioIo::new(io)))
+            } else {
+              Ok(Proxied::Socks(io))
+            }
+          })
+        }
+      };
+    }
+    Box::pin(
+      self
+        .connector
+        .call(orig_dst)
+        .map_ok(Proxied::PassThrough)
+        .map_err(Into::into),
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+async fn tunnel<T>(
+  io: &mut T,
+  dst: &Uri,
+  user_agent: Option<HeaderValue>,
+  auth: Option<HeaderValue>,
+) -> Result<(), BoxError>
+where
+  T: hyper::rt::Read + hyper::rt::Write + Unpin,
+{
+  use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+  use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
+
+  let host = dst.host().expect("proxy dst has host");
+  let port = match dst.port() {
+    Some(p) => p.as_u16(),
+    None => match dst.scheme().map(Scheme::as_str).unwrap_or("") {
+      "https" => 443,
+      "http" => 80,
+      _ => return Err("proxy dst unexpected scheme".into()),
+    },
+  };
+
+  let mut buf = format!(
+    "\
+     CONNECT {host}:{port} HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+     Host: {host}:{port}\r\n\
+     "
+  )
+  .into_bytes();
+
+  // user-agent
+  if let Some(user_agent) = user_agent {
+    buf.extend_from_slice(b"User-Agent: ");
+    buf.extend_from_slice(user_agent.as_bytes());
+    buf.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
+  }
+
+  // proxy-authorization
+  if let Some(value) = auth {
+    buf.extend_from_slice(b"Proxy-Authorization: ");
+    buf.extend_from_slice(value.as_bytes());
+    buf.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
+  }
+
+  // headers end
+  buf.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
+
+  let mut tokio_conn = TokioIo::new(io);
+
+  tokio_conn.write_all(&buf).await?;
+
+  let mut buf = [0; 8192];
+  let mut pos = 0;
+
+  loop {
+    let n = tokio_conn.read(&mut buf[pos..]).await?;
+
+    if n == 0 {
+      return Err("unexpected eof while tunneling".into());
+    }
+    pos += n;
+
+    let recvd = &buf[..pos];
+    if recvd.starts_with(b"HTTP/1.1 200") || recvd.starts_with(b"HTTP/1.0 200")
+    {
+      if recvd.ends_with(b"\r\n\r\n") {
+        return Ok(());
+      }
+      if pos == buf.len() {
+        return Err("proxy headers too long for tunnel".into());
+      }
+    // else read more
+    } else if recvd.starts_with(b"HTTP/1.1 407") {
+      return Err("proxy authentication required".into());
+    } else {
+      return Err("unsuccessful tunnel".into());
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<T> hyper::rt::Read for Proxied<T>
+where
+  T: hyper::rt::Read + hyper::rt::Write + Unpin,
+{
+  fn poll_read(
+    mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+    cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    buf: hyper::rt::ReadBufCursor<'_>,
+  ) -> Poll<Result<(), std::io::Error>> {
+    match *self {
+      Proxied::PassThrough(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_read(cx, buf),
+      Proxied::HttpForward(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_read(cx, buf),
+      Proxied::HttpTunneled(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_read(cx, buf),
+      Proxied::Socks(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_read(cx, buf),
+      Proxied::SocksTls(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_read(cx, buf),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<T> hyper::rt::Write for Proxied<T>
+where
+  T: hyper::rt::Read + hyper::rt::Write + Unpin,
+{
+  fn poll_write(
+    mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+    cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    buf: &[u8],
+  ) -> Poll<Result<usize, std::io::Error>> {
+    match *self {
+      Proxied::PassThrough(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_write(cx, buf),
+      Proxied::HttpForward(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_write(cx, buf),
+      Proxied::HttpTunneled(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_write(cx, buf),
+      Proxied::Socks(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_write(cx, buf),
+      Proxied::SocksTls(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_write(cx, buf),
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn poll_flush(
+    mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+    cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+  ) -> Poll<Result<(), std::io::Error>> {
+    match *self {
+      Proxied::PassThrough(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_flush(cx),
+      Proxied::HttpForward(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_flush(cx),
+      Proxied::HttpTunneled(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_flush(cx),
+      Proxied::Socks(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_flush(cx),
+      Proxied::SocksTls(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_flush(cx),
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn poll_shutdown(
+    mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+    cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+  ) -> Poll<Result<(), std::io::Error>> {
+    match *self {
+      Proxied::PassThrough(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_shutdown(cx),
+      Proxied::HttpForward(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_shutdown(cx),
+      Proxied::HttpTunneled(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_shutdown(cx),
+      Proxied::Socks(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_shutdown(cx),
+      Proxied::SocksTls(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_shutdown(cx),
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn is_write_vectored(&self) -> bool {
+    match *self {
+      Proxied::PassThrough(ref p) => p.is_write_vectored(),
+      Proxied::HttpForward(ref p) => p.is_write_vectored(),
+      Proxied::HttpTunneled(ref p) => p.is_write_vectored(),
+      Proxied::Socks(ref p) => p.is_write_vectored(),
+      Proxied::SocksTls(ref p) => p.is_write_vectored(),
+    }
+  }
+
+  fn poll_write_vectored(
+    mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+    cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    bufs: &[std::io::IoSlice<'_>],
+  ) -> Poll<Result<usize, std::io::Error>> {
+    match *self {
+      Proxied::PassThrough(ref mut p) => {
+        Pin::new(p).poll_write_vectored(cx, bufs)
+      }
+      Proxied::HttpForward(ref mut p) => {
+        Pin::new(p).poll_write_vectored(cx, bufs)
+      }
+      Proxied::HttpTunneled(ref mut p) => {
+        Pin::new(p).poll_write_vectored(cx, bufs)
+      }
+      Proxied::Socks(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_write_vectored(cx, bufs),
+      Proxied::SocksTls(ref mut p) => Pin::new(p).poll_write_vectored(cx, bufs),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl<T> Connection for Proxied<T>
+where
+  T: Connection,
+{
+  fn connected(&self) -> Connected {
+    match self {
+      Proxied::PassThrough(ref p) => p.connected(),
+      Proxied::HttpForward(ref p) => p.connected().proxy(true),
+      Proxied::HttpTunneled(ref p) => p.inner().get_ref().0.connected(),
+      Proxied::Socks(ref p) => p.connected(),
+      Proxied::SocksTls(ref p) => p.inner().get_ref().0.connected(),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_proxy_parse_from_env() {
+  fn parse(s: &str) -> Target {
+    Target::parse(s).unwrap()
+  }
+
+  // normal
+  match parse("http://127.0.0.1:6666") {
+    Target::Http { dst, auth } => {
+      assert_eq!(dst, "http://127.0.0.1:6666");
+      assert!(auth.is_none());
+    }
+    _ => panic!("bad target"),
+  }
+
+  // without scheme
+  match parse("127.0.0.1:6666") {
+    Target::Http { dst, auth } => {
+      assert_eq!(dst, "http://127.0.0.1:6666");
+      assert!(auth.is_none());
+    }
+    _ => panic!("bad target"),
+  }
+
+  // with userinfo
+  match parse("user:pass@127.0.0.1:6666") {
+    Target::Http { dst, auth } => {
+      assert_eq!(dst, "http://127.0.0.1:6666");
+      assert!(auth.is_some());
+      assert!(auth.unwrap().is_sensitive());
+    }
+    _ => panic!("bad target"),
+  }
+
+  // socks
+  match parse("socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:6666") {
+    Target::Socks { dst, auth } => {
+      assert_eq!(dst, "socks5://127.0.0.1:6666");
+      assert!(auth.is_some());
+    }
+    _ => panic!("bad target"),
+  }
+
+  // socks5h
+  match parse("socks5h://localhost:6666") {
+    Target::Socks { dst, auth } => {
+      assert_eq!(dst, "socks5h://localhost:6666");
+      assert!(auth.is_none());
+    }
+    _ => panic!("bad target"),
+  }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_domain_matcher() {
+  let domains = vec![".foo.bar".into(), "bar.foo".into()];
+  let matcher = DomainMatcher(domains);
+
+  // domains match with leading `.`
+  assert!(matcher.contains("foo.bar"));
+  // subdomains match with leading `.`
+  assert!(matcher.contains("www.foo.bar"));
+
+  // domains match with no leading `.`
+  assert!(matcher.contains("bar.foo"));
+  // subdomains match with no leading `.`
+  assert!(matcher.contains("www.bar.foo"));
+
+  // non-subdomain string prefixes don't match
+  assert!(!matcher.contains("notfoo.bar"));
+  assert!(!matcher.contains("notbar.foo"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_no_proxy_wildcard() {
+  let no_proxy = NoProxy::from_string("*").unwrap();
+  assert!(no_proxy.contains("any.where"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_no_proxy_ip_ranges() {
+  let no_proxy = NoProxy::from_string(
+    ".foo.bar, bar.baz,10.42.1.1/24,::1,10.124.7.8,2001::/17",
+  )
+  .unwrap();
+
+  let should_not_match = [
+    // random url, not in no_proxy
+    "deno.com",
+    // make sure that random non-subdomain string prefixes don't match
+    "notfoo.bar",
+    // make sure that random non-subdomain string prefixes don't match
+    "notbar.baz",
+    // ipv4 address out of range
+    "10.43.1.1",
+    // ipv4 address out of range
+    "10.124.7.7",
+    // ipv6 address out of range
+    "[ffff:db8:a0b:12f0::1]",
+    // ipv6 address out of range
+    "[2005:db8:a0b:12f0::1]",
+  ];
+
+  for host in &should_not_match {
+    assert!(!no_proxy.contains(host), "should not contain {:?}", host);
+  }
+
+  let should_match = [
+    // make sure subdomains (with leading .) match
+    "hello.foo.bar",
+    // make sure exact matches (without leading .) match (also makes sure spaces between entries work)
+    "bar.baz",
+    // make sure subdomains (without leading . in no_proxy) match
+    "foo.bar.baz",
+    // make sure subdomains (without leading . in no_proxy) match - this differs from cURL
+    "foo.bar",
+    // ipv4 address match within range
+    "10.42.1.100",
+    // ipv6 address exact match
+    "[::1]",
+    // ipv6 address match within range
+    "[2001:db8:a0b:12f0::1]",
+    // ipv4 address exact match
+    "10.124.7.8",
+  ];
+
+  for host in &should_match {
+    assert!(no_proxy.contains(host), "should contain {:?}", host);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ext/kv/Cargo.toml b/ext/kv/Cargo.toml
index e4249afead..4556eb23c1 100644
--- a/ext/kv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ext/kv/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ denokv_remote.workspace = true
 denokv_sqlite.workspace = true
 faster-hex.workspace = true
 http.workspace = true
+http-body-util.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 num-bigint.workspace = true
 prost.workspace = true
diff --git a/ext/kv/remote.rs b/ext/kv/remote.rs
index 7541b5a06a..922853588a 100644
--- a/ext/kv/remote.rs
+++ b/ext/kv/remote.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use deno_core::error::type_error;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::futures::Stream;
-use deno_core::futures::TryStreamExt as _;
 use deno_core::OpState;
 use deno_fetch::create_http_client;
-use deno_fetch::reqwest;
 use deno_fetch::CreateHttpClientOptions;
 use deno_tls::rustls::RootCertStore;
 use deno_tls::Proxy;
@@ -25,6 +23,7 @@ use denokv_remote::MetadataEndpoint;
 use denokv_remote::Remote;
 use denokv_remote::RemoteResponse;
 use denokv_remote::RemoteTransport;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use url::Url;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -109,35 +108,43 @@ impl<P: RemoteDbHandlerPermissions + 'static> denokv_remote::RemotePermissions
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct ReqwestClient(reqwest::Client);
-pub struct ReqwestResponse(reqwest::Response);
+pub struct FetchClient(deno_fetch::Client);
+pub struct FetchResponse(http::Response<deno_fetch::ResBody>);
 
-impl RemoteTransport for ReqwestClient {
-  type Response = ReqwestResponse;
+impl RemoteTransport for FetchClient {
+  type Response = FetchResponse;
   async fn post(
     &self,
     url: Url,
     headers: http::HeaderMap,
     body: Bytes,
   ) -> Result<(Url, http::StatusCode, Self::Response), anyhow::Error> {
-    let res = self.0.post(url).headers(headers).body(body).send().await?;
-    let url = res.url().clone();
+    let body = http_body_util::Full::new(body)
+      .map_err(|never| match never {})
+      .boxed();
+    let mut req = http::Request::new(body);
+    *req.method_mut() = http::Method::POST;
+    *req.uri_mut() = url.as_str().parse()?;
+    *req.headers_mut() = headers;
+
+    let res = self.0.clone().send(req).await?;
     let status = res.status();
-    Ok((url, status, ReqwestResponse(res)))
+    Ok((url, status, FetchResponse(res)))
   }
 }
 
-impl RemoteResponse for ReqwestResponse {
+impl RemoteResponse for FetchResponse {
   async fn bytes(self) -> Result<Bytes, anyhow::Error> {
-    Ok(self.0.bytes().await?)
+    Ok(self.0.collect().await?.to_bytes())
   }
   fn stream(
     self,
   ) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<Bytes, anyhow::Error>> + Send + Sync {
-    self.0.bytes_stream().map_err(|e| e.into())
+    self.0.into_body().into_data_stream()
   }
   async fn text(self) -> Result<String, anyhow::Error> {
-    Ok(self.0.text().await?)
+    let bytes = self.bytes().await?;
+    Ok(std::str::from_utf8(&bytes)?.into())
   }
 }
 
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ impl RemoteResponse for ReqwestResponse {
 impl<P: RemoteDbHandlerPermissions + 'static> DatabaseHandler
   for RemoteDbHandler<P>
 {
-  type DB = Remote<PermissionChecker<P>, ReqwestClient>;
+  type DB = Remote<PermissionChecker<P>, FetchClient>;
 
   async fn open(
     &self,
@@ -201,14 +208,14 @@ impl<P: RemoteDbHandlerPermissions + 'static> DatabaseHandler
         http2: true,
       },
     )?;
-    let reqwest_client = ReqwestClient(client);
+    let fetch_client = FetchClient(client);
 
     let permissions = PermissionChecker {
       state: state.clone(),
       _permissions: PhantomData,
     };
 
-    let remote = Remote::new(reqwest_client, permissions, metadata_endpoint);
+    let remote = Remote::new(fetch_client, permissions, metadata_endpoint);
 
     Ok(remote)
   }
diff --git a/ext/node/Cargo.toml b/ext/node/Cargo.toml
index c618ea58d2..3f63011c09 100644
--- a/ext/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ext/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ h2.workspace = true
 hkdf.workspace = true
 home = "0.5.9"
 http.workspace = true
+http-body-util.workspace = true
 idna = "0.3.0"
 indexmap.workspace = true
 ipnetwork = "0.20.0"
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@ pbkdf2 = "0.12.1"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.13"
 rand.workspace = true
 regex.workspace = true
-reqwest.workspace = true
 ring.workspace = true
 ripemd = { version = "0.1.3", features = ["oid"] }
 rsa.workspace = true
diff --git a/ext/node/ops/http.rs b/ext/node/ops/http.rs
index a6d999330d..89024e3f31 100644
--- a/ext/node/ops/http.rs
+++ b/ext/node/ops/http.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ use deno_fetch::FetchRequestResource;
 use deno_fetch::FetchReturn;
 use deno_fetch::HttpClientResource;
 use deno_fetch::ResourceToBodyAdapter;
-use reqwest::header::HeaderMap;
-use reqwest::header::HeaderName;
-use reqwest::header::HeaderValue;
-use reqwest::header::CONTENT_LENGTH;
-use reqwest::Body;
-use reqwest::Method;
+use http::header::HeaderMap;
+use http::header::HeaderName;
+use http::header::HeaderValue;
+use http::header::CONTENT_LENGTH;
+use http::Method;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 
 #[op2]
 #[serde]
@@ -60,34 +60,54 @@ where
     header_map.append(name, v);
   }
 
-  let mut request = client.request(method.clone(), url).headers(header_map);
-
-  if let Some(body) = body {
-    request = request.body(Body::wrap_stream(ResourceToBodyAdapter::new(
-      state.resource_table.take_any(body)?,
-    )));
+  let (body, con_len) = if let Some(body) = body {
+    (
+      ResourceToBodyAdapter::new(state.resource_table.take_any(body)?).boxed(),
+      None,
+    )
   } else {
     // POST and PUT requests should always have a 0 length content-length,
     // if there is no body. https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#http-network-or-cache-fetch
-    if matches!(method, Method::POST | Method::PUT) {
-      request = request.header(CONTENT_LENGTH, HeaderValue::from(0));
-    }
+    let len = if matches!(method, Method::POST | Method::PUT) {
+      Some(0)
+    } else {
+      None
+    };
+    (
+      http_body_util::Empty::new()
+        .map_err(|never| match never {})
+        .boxed(),
+      len,
+    )
   };
 
+  let mut request = http::Request::new(body);
+  *request.method_mut() = method.clone();
+  *request.uri_mut() = url
+    .as_str()
+    .parse()
+    .map_err(|_| type_error("Invalid URL"))?;
+  *request.headers_mut() = header_map;
+
+  if let Some(len) = con_len {
+    request.headers_mut().insert(CONTENT_LENGTH, len.into());
+  }
+
   let cancel_handle = CancelHandle::new_rc();
   let cancel_handle_ = cancel_handle.clone();
 
   let fut = async move {
-    request
-      .send()
+    client
+      .send(request)
       .or_cancel(cancel_handle_)
       .await
       .map(|res| res.map_err(|err| type_error(err.to_string())))
   };
 
-  let request_rid = state
-    .resource_table
-    .add(FetchRequestResource(Box::pin(fut)));
+  let request_rid = state.resource_table.add(FetchRequestResource {
+    future: Box::pin(fut),
+    url,
+  });
 
   let cancel_handle_rid =
     state.resource_table.add(FetchCancelHandle(cancel_handle));
diff --git a/ext/node/ops/http2.rs b/ext/node/ops/http2.rs
index d12e108e66..9f3c12a999 100644
--- a/ext/node/ops/http2.rs
+++ b/ext/node/ops/http2.rs
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ use h2;
 use h2::Reason;
 use h2::RecvStream;
 use http;
+use http::header::HeaderName;
+use http::header::HeaderValue;
 use http::request::Parts;
 use http::HeaderMap;
 use http::Response;
 use http::StatusCode;
-use reqwest::header::HeaderName;
-use reqwest::header::HeaderValue;
 use url::Url;
 
 pub struct Http2Client {
diff --git a/runtime/errors.rs b/runtime/errors.rs
index 7f2e492503..694402773e 100644
--- a/runtime/errors.rs
+++ b/runtime/errors.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::serde_json;
 use deno_core::url;
 use deno_core::ModuleResolutionError;
-use deno_fetch::reqwest;
 use std::env;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::io;
@@ -101,27 +100,6 @@ fn get_regex_error_class(error: &regex::Error) -> &'static str {
   }
 }
 
-fn get_request_error_class(error: &reqwest::Error) -> &'static str {
-  error
-    .source()
-    .and_then(|inner_err| {
-      (inner_err
-        .downcast_ref::<io::Error>()
-        .map(get_io_error_class))
-      .or_else(|| {
-        inner_err
-          .downcast_ref::<serde_json::error::Error>()
-          .map(get_serde_json_error_class)
-      })
-      .or_else(|| {
-        inner_err
-          .downcast_ref::<url::ParseError>()
-          .map(get_url_parse_error_class)
-      })
-    })
-    .unwrap_or("Http")
-}
-
 fn get_serde_json_error_class(
   error: &serde_json::error::Error,
 ) -> &'static str {
@@ -142,7 +120,17 @@ fn get_url_parse_error_class(_error: &url::ParseError) -> &'static str {
   "URIError"
 }
 
-fn get_hyper_error_class(_error: &hyper_v014::Error) -> &'static str {
+fn get_hyper_error_class(_error: &hyper::Error) -> &'static str {
+  "Http"
+}
+
+fn get_hyper_util_error_class(
+  _error: &hyper_util::client::legacy::Error,
+) -> &'static str {
+  "Http"
+}
+
+fn get_hyper_v014_error_class(_error: &hyper_v014::Error) -> &'static str {
   "Http"
 }
 
@@ -175,13 +163,18 @@ pub fn get_error_class_name(e: &AnyError) -> Option<&'static str> {
       e.downcast_ref::<dlopen2::Error>()
         .map(get_dlopen_error_class)
     })
+    .or_else(|| e.downcast_ref::<hyper::Error>().map(get_hyper_error_class))
+    .or_else(|| {
+      e.downcast_ref::<hyper_util::client::legacy::Error>()
+        .map(get_hyper_util_error_class)
+    })
     .or_else(|| {
       e.downcast_ref::<hyper_v014::Error>()
-        .map(get_hyper_error_class)
+        .map(get_hyper_v014_error_class)
     })
     .or_else(|| {
       e.downcast_ref::<Arc<hyper_v014::Error>>()
-        .map(|e| get_hyper_error_class(e))
+        .map(|e| get_hyper_v014_error_class(e))
     })
     .or_else(|| {
       e.downcast_ref::<deno_core::Canceled>().map(|e| {
@@ -202,10 +195,6 @@ pub fn get_error_class_name(e: &AnyError) -> Option<&'static str> {
       e.downcast_ref::<notify::Error>()
         .map(get_notify_error_class)
     })
-    .or_else(|| {
-      e.downcast_ref::<reqwest::Error>()
-        .map(get_request_error_class)
-    })
     .or_else(|| e.downcast_ref::<regex::Error>().map(get_regex_error_class))
     .or_else(|| {
       e.downcast_ref::<serde_json::error::Error>()
diff --git a/runtime/ops/web_worker/sync_fetch.rs b/runtime/ops/web_worker/sync_fetch.rs
index 37286ca625..cdb151a86f 100644
--- a/runtime/ops/web_worker/sync_fetch.rs
+++ b/runtime/ops/web_worker/sync_fetch.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use deno_core::OpState;
 use deno_fetch::data_url::DataUrl;
 use deno_web::BlobStore;
 use deno_websocket::DomExceptionNetworkError;
+use http_body_util::BodyExt;
 use hyper::body::Bytes;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
@@ -78,10 +79,23 @@ pub fn op_worker_sync_fetch(
 
             let (body, mime_type, res_url) = match script_url.scheme() {
               "http" | "https" => {
-                let resp =
-                  client.get(script_url).send().await?.error_for_status()?;
+                let mut req = http::Request::new(
+                  http_body_util::Empty::new()
+                    .map_err(|never| match never {})
+                    .boxed(),
+                );
+                *req.uri_mut() = script_url.as_str().parse()?;
 
-                let res_url = resp.url().to_string();
+                let resp = client.send(req).await?;
+
+                if resp.status().is_client_error()
+                  || resp.status().is_server_error()
+                {
+                  return Err(type_error(format!(
+                    "http status error: {}",
+                    resp.status()
+                  )));
+                }
 
                 // TODO(andreubotella) Properly run fetch's "extract a MIME type".
                 let mime_type = resp
@@ -93,9 +107,9 @@ pub fn op_worker_sync_fetch(
                 // Always check the MIME type with HTTP(S).
                 loose_mime_checks = false;
 
-                let body = resp.bytes().await?;
+                let body = resp.collect().await?.to_bytes();
 
-                (body, mime_type, res_url)
+                (body, mime_type, script)
               }
               "data" => {
                 let data_url = DataUrl::process(&script)
diff --git a/tests/Cargo.toml b/tests/Cargo.toml
index 9d513571b1..34cffbb406 100644
--- a/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ once_cell.workspace = true
 os_pipe.workspace = true
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
 regex.workspace = true
+reqwest.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 test_util.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
diff --git a/tests/integration/inspector_tests.rs b/tests/integration/inspector_tests.rs
index 57831ab46c..fa1b3a9d83 100644
--- a/tests/integration/inspector_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/inspector_tests.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::serde_json;
 use deno_core::serde_json::json;
 use deno_core::url;
-use deno_fetch::reqwest;
+
 use fastwebsockets::FragmentCollector;
 use fastwebsockets::Frame;
 use fastwebsockets::WebSocket;
diff --git a/tests/integration/npm_tests.rs b/tests/integration/npm_tests.rs
index 82f0697d56..dba5190870 100644
--- a/tests/integration/npm_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/npm_tests.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use deno_core::serde_json;
 use deno_core::serde_json::json;
 use deno_core::serde_json::Value;
-use deno_fetch::reqwest;
+
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use test_util as util;
 use test_util::itest;
diff --git a/tests/integration/run_tests.rs b/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
index d4d1fea2eb..6a9b47b1aa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/run_tests.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use deno_core::serde_json::json;
 use deno_core::url;
-use deno_fetch::reqwest;
+
 use deno_tls::rustls;
 use deno_tls::rustls::ClientConnection;
 use deno_tls::rustls_pemfile;
diff --git a/tests/integration/serve_tests.rs b/tests/integration/serve_tests.rs
index 85de068c9c..3d64ce3a30 100644
--- a/tests/integration/serve_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/serve_tests.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 use std::io::Read;
 
-use deno_fetch::reqwest;
 use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
 use regex::Regex;
 use test_util as util;
diff --git a/tests/specs/cert/localhost_unsafe_ssl/localhost_unsafe_ssl.ts.out b/tests/specs/cert/localhost_unsafe_ssl/localhost_unsafe_ssl.ts.out
index 3067fffae2..f98c7e4e47 100644
--- a/tests/specs/cert/localhost_unsafe_ssl/localhost_unsafe_ssl.ts.out
+++ b/tests/specs/cert/localhost_unsafe_ssl/localhost_unsafe_ssl.ts.out
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 DANGER: TLS certificate validation is disabled for: deno.land
-error: Import 'https://localhost:5545/subdir/mod2.ts' failed: error sending request for url (https://localhost:5545/subdir/mod2.ts)
+error: Import 'https://localhost:5545/subdir/mod2.ts' failed: client error[WILDCARD]
     at file:///[WILDCARD]/cafile_url_imports.ts:[WILDCARD]
diff --git a/tests/testdata/run/fetch_async_error_stack.ts.out b/tests/testdata/run/fetch_async_error_stack.ts.out
index e8169228fd..06d92d15a4 100644
--- a/tests/testdata/run/fetch_async_error_stack.ts.out
+++ b/tests/testdata/run/fetch_async_error_stack.ts.out
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-error: Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: error sending request for url[WILDCARD]
+error: Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: client error[WILDCARD]
 await fetch("https://nonexistent.deno.land/");
 ^[WILDCARD]
     at async fetch (ext:[WILDCARD])
diff --git a/tests/unit/fetch_test.ts b/tests/unit/fetch_test.ts
index b549be9a43..bc3822d994 100644
--- a/tests/unit/fetch_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/fetch_test.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Deno.test(
         await fetch(`http://localhost:${port}`);
       },
       TypeError,
-      "error sending request for url",
+      "client error (Connect)",
     );
   },
 );
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Deno.test(
         await fetch("http://nil/");
       },
       TypeError,
-      "error sending request for url",
+      "client error (Connect)",
     );
   },
 );
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ Deno.test(
       "accept: */*\r\n",
       "accept-language: *\r\n",
       `user-agent: Deno/${Deno.version.deno}\r\n`,
-      "accept-encoding: gzip, br\r\n",
+      "accept-encoding: gzip,br\r\n",
       `host: ${addr}\r\n\r\n`,
     ].join("");
     assertEquals(actual, expected);
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ Deno.test(
       "accept: text/html\r\n",
       "accept-language: en-US\r\n",
       `user-agent: Deno/${Deno.version.deno}\r\n`,
-      "accept-encoding: gzip, br\r\n",
+      "accept-encoding: gzip,br\r\n",
       `host: ${addr}\r\n\r\n`,
     ].join("");
     assertEquals(actual, expected);
@@ -750,15 +750,16 @@ Deno.test(
     const actual = new TextDecoder().decode((await bufPromise).bytes());
     const expected = [
       "POST /blah HTTP/1.1\r\n",
+      `content-length: ${body.length}\r\n`,
       "hello: World\r\n",
       "foo: Bar\r\n",
       "content-type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8\r\n",
       "accept: */*\r\n",
       "accept-language: *\r\n",
       `user-agent: Deno/${Deno.version.deno}\r\n`,
-      "accept-encoding: gzip, br\r\n",
+      "accept-encoding: gzip,br\r\n",
       `host: ${addr}\r\n`,
-      `content-length: ${body.length}\r\n\r\n`,
+      `\r\n`,
       body,
     ].join("");
     assertEquals(actual, expected);
@@ -789,14 +790,15 @@ Deno.test(
     const actual = new TextDecoder().decode((await bufPromise).bytes());
     const expected = [
       "POST /blah HTTP/1.1\r\n",
+      `content-length: ${body.byteLength}\r\n`,
       "hello: World\r\n",
       "foo: Bar\r\n",
       "accept: */*\r\n",
       "accept-language: *\r\n",
       `user-agent: Deno/${Deno.version.deno}\r\n`,
-      "accept-encoding: gzip, br\r\n",
+      "accept-encoding: gzip,br\r\n",
       `host: ${addr}\r\n`,
-      `content-length: ${body.byteLength}\r\n\r\n`,
+      `\r\n`,
       bodyStr,
     ].join("");
     assertEquals(actual, expected);
@@ -827,7 +829,7 @@ Deno.test(
       "accept: */*\r\n",
       "accept-language: *\r\n",
       `user-agent: Deno/${Deno.version.deno}\r\n`,
-      "accept-encoding: gzip, br\r\n",
+      "accept-encoding: gzip,br\r\n",
       `host: ${addr}\r\n\r\n`,
     ].join("");
     assertEquals(actual, expected);
@@ -859,7 +861,7 @@ Deno.test(
       "accept: */*\r\n",
       "accept-language: *\r\n",
       `user-agent: Deno/${Deno.version.deno}\r\n`,
-      "accept-encoding: gzip, br\r\n\r\n",
+      "accept-encoding: gzip,br\r\n\r\n",
     ].join("");
     assertEquals(actual, expected);
   },
@@ -1226,7 +1228,7 @@ Deno.test(
       "accept: */*\r\n",
       "accept-language: *\r\n",
       `user-agent: Deno/${Deno.version.deno}\r\n`,
-      "accept-encoding: gzip, br\r\n",
+      "accept-encoding: gzip,br\r\n",
       `host: ${addr}\r\n`,
       `transfer-encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n`,
       "B\r\n",
@@ -1824,7 +1826,7 @@ Deno.test(
         await fetch(`http://${addr}/`);
       },
       TypeError,
-      "error sending request",
+      "client error",
     );
 
     listener.close();
@@ -1880,7 +1882,7 @@ Deno.test(
         await response.arrayBuffer();
       },
       Error,
-      "error decoding response body",
+      "body",
     );
 
     listener.close();
diff --git a/tests/unit/http_test.ts b/tests/unit/http_test.ts
index eddb1520b4..03c30965ff 100644
--- a/tests/unit/http_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/http_test.ts
@@ -2572,9 +2572,11 @@ for (const compression of [true, false]) {
       const result = await reader.read();
       assert(!result.done);
       assertEquals(result.value, new Uint8Array([65]));
-      const err = await assertRejects(() => reader.read());
-      assert(err instanceof TypeError);
-      assert(err.message.includes("error decoding response body"));
+      await assertRejects(
+        () => reader.read(),
+        TypeError,
+        "body",
+      );
 
       const httpConn = await server;
       httpConn.close();
@@ -2608,9 +2610,11 @@ for (const compression of [true, false]) {
       const result = await reader.read();
       assert(!result.done);
       assertEquals(result.value, new Uint8Array([65]));
-      const err = await assertRejects(() => reader.read());
-      assert(err instanceof TypeError);
-      assert(err.message.includes("error decoding response body"));
+      await assertRejects(
+        () => reader.read(),
+        TypeError,
+        "body",
+      );
 
       const httpConn = await server;
       httpConn.close();
diff --git a/tests/unit/serve_test.ts b/tests/unit/serve_test.ts
index 4239221be3..ee87d8189d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/serve_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/serve_test.ts
@@ -3522,7 +3522,7 @@ Deno.test(
       fail();
     } catch (clientError) {
       assert(clientError instanceof TypeError);
-      assert(clientError.message.includes("error sending request for url"));
+      assert(clientError.message.includes("client error"));
     } finally {
       ac.abort();
       await server.finished;
@@ -3570,7 +3570,7 @@ Deno.test({
       fail();
     } catch (clientError) {
       assert(clientError instanceof TypeError);
-      assert(clientError.message.includes("error sending request for url"));
+      assert(clientError.message.includes("client error"));
     } finally {
       ac.abort();
       await server.finished;