diff --git src/wp-includes/deprecated.php src/wp-includes/deprecated.php
index 582b2fd..595fd36 100644
--- src/wp-includes/deprecated.php
+++ src/wp-includes/deprecated.php
@@ -3561,3 +3561,61 @@ function post_permalink( $post_id = 0 ) {
 	return get_permalink( $post_id );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Perform a HTTP HEAD or GET request.
+ *
+ * If $file_path is a writable filename, this will do a GET request and write
+ * the file to that path.
+ *
+ * @since 2.5.0
+ * @deprecated 4.4.0 Use WP_HTTP
+ *
+ * @param string      $url       URL to fetch.
+ * @param string|bool $file_path Optional. File path to write request to. Default false.
+ * @param int         $red       Optional. The number of Redirects followed, Upon 5 being hit,
+ *                               returns false. Default 1.
+ * @return bool|string False on failure and string of headers if HEAD request.
+ */
+function wp_get_http( $url, $file_path = false, $red = 1 ) {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.4', 'WP_HTTP' );
+
+	@set_time_limit( 60 );
+
+	if ( $red > 5 )
+		return false;
+
+	$options = array();
+	$options['redirection'] = 5;
+
+	if ( false == $file_path )
+		$options['method'] = 'HEAD';
+	else
+		$options['method'] = 'GET';
+
+	$response = wp_safe_remote_request( $url, $options );
+
+	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
+		return false;
+
+	$headers = wp_remote_retrieve_headers( $response );
+	$headers['response'] = wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response );
+
+	// WP_HTTP no longer follows redirects for HEAD requests.
+	if ( 'HEAD' == $options['method'] && in_array($headers['response'], array(301, 302)) && isset( $headers['location'] ) ) {
+		return wp_get_http( $headers['location'], $file_path, ++$red );
+	}
+
+	if ( false == $file_path )
+		return $headers;
+
+	// GET request - write it to the supplied filename
+	$out_fp = fopen($file_path, 'w');
+	if ( !$out_fp )
+		return $headers;
+
+	fwrite( $out_fp,  wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
+	fclose($out_fp);
+	clearstatcache();
+
+	return $headers;
+}
diff --git src/wp-includes/functions.php src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 9206f9b..2f55528 100644
--- src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -564,62 +564,6 @@ function do_enclose( $content, $post_ID ) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Perform a HTTP HEAD or GET request.
- *
- * If $file_path is a writable filename, this will do a GET request and write
- * the file to that path.
- *
- * @since 2.5.0
- *
- * @param string      $url       URL to fetch.
- * @param string|bool $file_path Optional. File path to write request to. Default false.
- * @param int         $red       Optional. The number of Redirects followed, Upon 5 being hit,
- *                               returns false. Default 1.
- * @return bool|string False on failure and string of headers if HEAD request.
- */
-function wp_get_http( $url, $file_path = false, $red = 1 ) {
-	@set_time_limit( 60 );
-
-	if ( $red > 5 )
-		return false;
-
-	$options = array();
-	$options['redirection'] = 5;
-
-	if ( false == $file_path )
-		$options['method'] = 'HEAD';
-	else
-		$options['method'] = 'GET';
-
-	$response = wp_safe_remote_request( $url, $options );
-
-	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
-		return false;
-
-	$headers = wp_remote_retrieve_headers( $response );
-	$headers['response'] = wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response );
-
-	// WP_HTTP no longer follows redirects for HEAD requests.
-	if ( 'HEAD' == $options['method'] && in_array($headers['response'], array(301, 302)) && isset( $headers['location'] ) ) {
-		return wp_get_http( $headers['location'], $file_path, ++$red );
-	}
-
-	if ( false == $file_path )
-		return $headers;
-
-	// GET request - write it to the supplied filename
-	$out_fp = fopen($file_path, 'w');
-	if ( !$out_fp )
-		return $headers;
-
-	fwrite( $out_fp,  wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
-	fclose($out_fp);
-	clearstatcache();
-
-	return $headers;
-}
-
-/**
  * Retrieve HTTP Headers from URL.
  *
  * @since 1.5.1
diff --git tests/phpunit/tests/http/functions.php tests/phpunit/tests/http/functions.php
index 7bb60e8..2547b2d 100644
--- tests/phpunit/tests/http/functions.php
+++ tests/phpunit/tests/http/functions.php
@@ -42,45 +42,37 @@ class Tests_HTTP_Functions extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 	function test_get_request() {
 		$url = 'https://asdftestblog1.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/2007-06-30-dsc_4700-1.jpg';
-		$file = tempnam('/tmp', 'testfile');
 
-		$headers = wp_get_http($url, $file);
+		$response = wp_remote_get( $url );
+		$headers = wp_remote_retrieve_headers( $response );
 
 		// should return the same headers as a head request
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $headers, "Reply wasn't array." );
 		$this->assertEquals( 'image/jpeg', $headers['content-type'] );
 		$this->assertEquals( '40148', $headers['content-length'] );
-		$this->assertEquals( '200', $headers['response'] );
-
-		// make sure the file is ok
-		$this->assertEquals( 40148, filesize($file) );
-		$this->assertEquals( 'b0371a0fc575fcf77f62cd298571f53b', md5_file($file) );
+		$this->assertEquals( '200', wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) );
 	}
 
 	function test_get_redirect() {
 		// this will redirect to asdftestblog1.files.wordpress.com
 		$url = 'https://asdftestblog1.wordpress.com/files/2007/09/2007-06-30-dsc_4700-1.jpg';
-		$file = tempnam('/tmp', 'testfile');
 
-		$headers = wp_get_http($url, $file);
+		$response = wp_remote_get($url);
+		$headers = wp_remote_retrieve_headers( $response );
 
 		// should return the same headers as a head request
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $headers, "Reply wasn't array." );
 		$this->assertEquals( 'image/jpeg', $headers['content-type'] );
 		$this->assertEquals( '40148', $headers['content-length'] );
-		$this->assertEquals( '200', $headers['response'] );
-
-		// make sure the file is ok
-		$this->assertEquals( 40148, filesize($file) );
-		$this->assertEquals( 'b0371a0fc575fcf77f62cd298571f53b', md5_file($file) );
+		$this->assertEquals( '200', wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) );
 	}
 
 	function test_get_redirect_limit_exceeded() {
 		// this will redirect to asdftestblog1.files.wordpress.com
 		$url = 'https://asdftestblog1.wordpress.com/files/2007/09/2007-06-30-dsc_4700-1.jpg';
-		$file = tempnam('/tmp', 'testfile');
+
 		// pretend we've already redirected 5 times
-		$headers = wp_get_http( $url, $file, 6 );
-		$this->assertFalse( $headers );
+		$response = wp_remote_get( $url, array( 'redirection' => -1 ) );
+		$this->assertWPError( $response );
 	}
 }
