diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index 693a69e1b1..a6be071b84 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Devices;
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
         protected IMediaSourceManager MediaSourceManager { get; private set; }
         protected IJsonSerializer JsonSerializer { get; private set; }
 
-        public static IHttpClient HttpClient { get; private set; }
         protected IAuthorizationContext AuthorizationContext { get; private set; }
 
         protected EncodingHelper EncodingHelper { get; set; }
@@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="BaseStreamingService" /> class.
         /// </summary>
         protected BaseStreamingService(
-            IHttpClient httpClient,
             IServerConfigurationManager serverConfig,
             IUserManager userManager,
             ILibraryManager libraryManager,
@@ -94,7 +91,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
             IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer,
             IAuthorizationContext authorizationContext)
         {
-            HttpClient = httpClient;
             ServerConfigurationManager = serverConfig;
             UserManager = userManager;
             LibraryManager = libraryManager;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/BaseHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/BaseHlsService.cs
index 77ebc6e8f9..1acc42ea52 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/BaseHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/BaseHlsService.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Devices;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dlna;
@@ -315,7 +314,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
         }
 
         public BaseHlsService(
-            IHttpClient httpClient,
             IServerConfigurationManager serverConfig,
             IUserManager userManager,
             ILibraryManager libraryManager,
@@ -328,8 +326,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
             IMediaSourceManager mediaSourceManager,
             IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer,
             IAuthorizationContext authorizationContext)
-                : base(httpClient,
-                    serverConfig,
+                : base(serverConfig,
                     userManager,
                     libraryManager,
                     isoManager,
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
index 98648d4971..45f003cae8 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
     {
 
         public DynamicHlsService(
-            IHttpClient httpClient,
             IServerConfigurationManager serverConfig,
             IUserManager userManager,
             ILibraryManager libraryManager,
@@ -110,8 +109,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
             IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer,
             IAuthorizationContext authorizationContext,
             INetworkManager networkManager)
-            : base(httpClient,
-                serverConfig,
+            : base(serverConfig,
                 userManager,
                 libraryManager,
                 isoManager,
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
index 60fb72d446..eb1bbfb74b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Devices;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Dlna;
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
         }
 
         public VideoHlsService(
-            IHttpClient httpClient,
             IServerConfigurationManager serverConfig,
             IUserManager userManager,
             ILibraryManager libraryManager,
@@ -146,8 +144,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
             IMediaSourceManager mediaSourceManager,
             IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer,
             IAuthorizationContext authorizationContext)
-                : base(httpClient,
-                    serverConfig,
+                : base(serverConfig,
                     userManager,
                     libraryManager,
                     isoManager,
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/BaseProgressiveStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/BaseProgressiveStreamingService.cs
index 7f4f8af0ba..6a98c5e8a6 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/BaseProgressiveStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Progressive/BaseProgressiveStreamingService.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Progressive
     public abstract class BaseProgressiveStreamingService : BaseStreamingService
     {
         protected readonly IEnvironmentInfo EnvironmentInfo;
+        protected IHttpClient HttpClient { get; private set; }
 
         public BaseProgressiveStreamingService(
             IHttpClient httpClient,
@@ -42,8 +43,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Progressive
             IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer,
             IAuthorizationContext authorizationContext,
             IEnvironmentInfo environmentInfo)
-            : base(httpClient,
-                serverConfig,
+            : base(serverConfig,
                 userManager,
                 libraryManager,
                 isoManager,
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Progressive
                 authorizationContext)
         {
             EnvironmentInfo = environmentInfo;
+            HttpClient = httpClient;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/UniversalAudioService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/UniversalAudioService.cs
index 8d0aef7218..f97e88e986 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/UniversalAudioService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/UniversalAudioService.cs
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
 
             if (!isStatic && string.Equals(mediaSource.TranscodingSubProtocol, "hls", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                var service = new DynamicHlsService(HttpClient,
-                  ServerConfigurationManager,
+                var service = new DynamicHlsService(ServerConfigurationManager,
                   UserManager,
                   LibraryManager,
                   IsoManager,