diff --git a/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/azureAuth.ts b/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/azureAuth.ts
index ecab2962e5..b736f7562b 100644
--- a/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/azureAuth.ts
+++ b/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/azureAuth.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ import { MemoryDatabase } from '../utils/memoryDatabase';
 import { Logger } from '../../utils/Logger';
 import { AzureAuthError } from './azureAuthError';
 import { AccountInfo, AuthError, AuthenticationResult, InteractionRequiredAuthError, PublicClientApplication } from '@azure/msal-node';
-import { HttpClient } from './httpClient';
-import { getProxyEnabledHttpClient, getTenantIgnoreList, updateTenantIgnoreList } from '../../utils';
+import { getTenantIgnoreList, updateTenantIgnoreList } from '../../utils';
 import { errorToPromptFailedResult } from './networkUtils';
 import { MsalCachePluginProvider } from '../utils/msalCachePlugin';
 import { isErrorResponseBodyWithError } from '../../azureResource/utils';
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ export abstract class AzureAuth implements vscode.Disposable {
 	protected readonly scopesString: string;
 	protected readonly clientId: string;
 	protected readonly resources: Resource[];
-	protected readonly httpClient: HttpClient;
 	private readonly _disposableStore: vscode.Disposable[];
 
 	constructor(
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ export abstract class AzureAuth implements vscode.Disposable {
 
 		this.scopes = [...this.metadata.settings.scopes];
 		this.scopesString = this.scopes.join(' ');
-		this.httpClient = getProxyEnabledHttpClient();
 		this._disposableStore.push(this.uriEventEmitter);
 	}
 
diff --git a/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/httpClient.ts b/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/httpClient.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c8c20922f8..0000000000
--- a/extensions/azurecore/src/account-provider/auths/httpClient.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,413 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the Source EULA. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-import { AzureNetworkResponse } from 'azurecore';
-import * as http from 'http';
-import * as https from 'https';
-import { TextEncoder } from 'util';
-import { NetworkRequestOptions, urlToHttpOptions } from './networkUtils';
-
-/**
- * http methods
- */
-export enum HttpMethod {
-	GET = 'get',
-	POST = 'post',
-	PUT = 'put',
-	DELETE = 'delete',
-	PATCH = 'patch'
-}
-
-export enum HttpStatus {
-	SUCCESS_RANGE_START = 200,
-	SUCCESS_RANGE_END = 299,
-	REDIRECT = 302,
-	CLIENT_ERROR_RANGE_START = 400,
-	CLIENT_ERROR_RANGE_END = 499,
-	SERVER_ERROR_RANGE_START = 500,
-	SERVER_ERROR_RANGE_END = 599
-}
-
-export enum ProxyStatus {
-	SUCCESS_RANGE_START = 200,
-	SUCCESS_RANGE_END = 299,
-	SERVER_ERROR = 500
-}
-
-/**
- * This class implements the API for network requests.
- */
-export class HttpClient {
-	private proxyUrl: string;
-	private customAgentOptions: http.AgentOptions | https.AgentOptions;
-	static readonly AUTHORIZATION_PENDING: string = 'authorization_pending';
-
-	constructor(
-		proxyUrl?: string,
-		customAgentOptions?: http.AgentOptions | https.AgentOptions
-	) {
-		this.proxyUrl = proxyUrl || '';
-		this.customAgentOptions = customAgentOptions || {};
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Http Get request
-	 * @param url
-	 * @param options
-	 */
-	async sendGetRequestAsync<T>(
-		url: string,
-		options?: NetworkRequestOptions,
-		cancellationToken?: number | undefined
-	): Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>> {
-		if (this.proxyUrl) {
-			return networkRequestViaProxy(url, this.proxyUrl, HttpMethod.GET, options, this.customAgentOptions as http.AgentOptions, cancellationToken);
-		} else {
-			return networkRequestViaHttps(url, HttpMethod.GET, options, this.customAgentOptions as https.AgentOptions, cancellationToken);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Http Post request
-	 * @param url
-	 * @param options
-	 */
-	async sendPostRequestAsync<T>(
-		url: string,
-		options?: NetworkRequestOptions,
-		cancellationToken?: number
-	): Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>> {
-		if (this.proxyUrl) {
-			return networkRequestViaProxy(url, this.proxyUrl, HttpMethod.POST, options, this.customAgentOptions as http.AgentOptions, cancellationToken);
-		} else {
-			return networkRequestViaHttps(url, HttpMethod.POST, options, this.customAgentOptions as https.AgentOptions, cancellationToken);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Http Put request
-	 * @param url
-	 * @param options
-	 */
-	async sendPutRequestAsync<T>(
-		url: string,
-		options?: NetworkRequestOptions,
-		cancellationToken?: number
-	): Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>> {
-		if (this.proxyUrl) {
-			return networkRequestViaProxy(url, this.proxyUrl, HttpMethod.PUT, options, this.customAgentOptions as http.AgentOptions, cancellationToken);
-		} else {
-			return networkRequestViaHttps(url, HttpMethod.PUT, options, this.customAgentOptions as https.AgentOptions, cancellationToken);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Http Delete request
-	 * @param url
-	 * @param options
-	 */
-	async sendDeleteRequestAsync<T>(
-		url: string,
-		options?: NetworkRequestOptions
-	): Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>> {
-		if (this.proxyUrl) {
-			return networkRequestViaProxy(url, this.proxyUrl, HttpMethod.DELETE, options, this.customAgentOptions as http.AgentOptions);
-		} else {
-			return networkRequestViaHttps(url, HttpMethod.DELETE, options, this.customAgentOptions as https.AgentOptions);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Http Patch request
-	 * @param url
-	 * @param options
-	 */
-	async sendPatchRequestAsync<T>(
-		url: string,
-		options?: NetworkRequestOptions,
-		cancellationToken?: number
-	): Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>> {
-		if (this.proxyUrl) {
-			return networkRequestViaProxy(url, this.proxyUrl, HttpMethod.PATCH, options, this.customAgentOptions as http.AgentOptions, cancellationToken);
-		} else {
-			return networkRequestViaHttps(url, HttpMethod.PATCH, options, this.customAgentOptions as https.AgentOptions, cancellationToken);
-		}
-	}
-
-}
-
-const networkRequestViaProxy = <T>(
-	destinationUrlString: string,
-	proxyUrlString: string,
-	httpMethod: string,
-	options?: NetworkRequestOptions,
-	agentOptions?: http.AgentOptions,
-	timeout?: number
-): Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>> => {
-	const destinationUrl = new URL(destinationUrlString);
-	const proxyUrl = new URL(proxyUrlString);
-
-	// 'method: connect' must be used to establish a connection to the proxy
-	const headers = options?.headers || {} as Record<string, string>;
-	const tunnelRequestOptions: https.RequestOptions = {
-		host: proxyUrl.hostname,
-		port: proxyUrl.port,
-		method: 'CONNECT',
-		path: destinationUrl.hostname,
-		headers: headers
-	};
-
-	if (timeout) {
-		tunnelRequestOptions.timeout = timeout;
-	}
-
-	if (agentOptions && Object.keys(agentOptions).length) {
-		tunnelRequestOptions.agent = new http.Agent(agentOptions);
-	}
-
-	// compose a request string for the socket
-	let postRequestStringContent: string = '';
-	if (httpMethod === HttpMethod.POST || httpMethod === HttpMethod.PUT) {
-		// Note: Text Encoder is necessary here because otherwise it was not able to handle Chinese characters in table names.
-		const body = (new TextEncoder()).encode(JSON.stringify(options?.body || ''));
-		postRequestStringContent =
-			'Content-Type: application/json\r\n' +
-			`Content-Length: ${body.length}\r\n` +
-			`\r\n${body}`;
-	}
-	const outgoingRequestString = `${httpMethod.toUpperCase()} ${destinationUrl.href} HTTP/1.1\r\n` +
-		`Host: ${destinationUrl.host}\r\n` +
-		'Connection: close\r\n' +
-		postRequestStringContent +
-		'\r\n';
-
-	return new Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>>(((resolve, reject) => {
-		const request = http.request(tunnelRequestOptions);
-
-		if (tunnelRequestOptions.timeout) {
-			request.on('timeout', () => {
-				request.destroy();
-				reject(new Error('Request time out'));
-			});
-		}
-
-		request.end();
-
-		// establish connection to the proxy
-		request.on('connect', (response, socket) => {
-			const proxyStatusCode = response?.statusCode || ProxyStatus.SERVER_ERROR;
-			if ((proxyStatusCode < ProxyStatus.SUCCESS_RANGE_START) || (proxyStatusCode > ProxyStatus.SUCCESS_RANGE_END)) {
-				request.destroy();
-				socket.destroy();
-				reject(new Error(`Error connecting to proxy. Http status code: ${response.statusCode}. Http status message: ${response?.statusMessage || 'Unknown'}`));
-			}
-			if (tunnelRequestOptions.timeout) {
-				socket.setTimeout(tunnelRequestOptions.timeout);
-				socket.on('timeout', () => {
-					request.destroy();
-					socket.destroy();
-					reject(new Error('Request time out'));
-				});
-			}
-
-			// make a request over an HTTP tunnel
-			socket.write(outgoingRequestString);
-
-			const data: Buffer[] = [];
-			socket.on('data', (chunk) => {
-				data.push(chunk);
-			});
-
-			socket.on('end', () => {
-				// combine all received buffer streams into one buffer, and then into a string
-				const dataString = Buffer.concat([...data]).toString();
-
-				// separate each line into it's own entry in an arry
-				const dataStringArray = dataString.split('\r\n');
-				// the first entry will contain the statusCode and statusMessage
-				const httpStatusCode = parseInt(dataStringArray[0].split(' ')[1], undefined);
-				// remove 'HTTP/1.1' and the status code to get the status message
-				const statusMessage = dataStringArray[0].split(' ').slice(2).join(' ');
-				// the last entry will contain the body
-				const body = dataStringArray[dataStringArray.length - 1];
-
-				// everything in between the first and last entries are the headers
-				const headersArray = dataStringArray.slice(1, dataStringArray.length - 2);
-
-				// build an object out of all the headers
-				const entries = new Map();
-				headersArray.forEach((header) => {
-					/**
-					 * the header might look like 'Content-Length: 1531', but that is just a string
-					 * it needs to be converted to a key/value pair
-					 * split the string at the first instance of ':'
-					 * there may be more than one ':' if the value of the header is supposed to be a JSON object
-					 */
-					const headerKeyValue = header.split(new RegExp(/:\s(.*)/s));
-					entries.set(headerKeyValue[0], headerKeyValue[1]);
-				});
-
-				const parsedHeaders = Object.fromEntries(entries) as Record<string, string>;
-				const networkResponse: AzureNetworkResponse<T> = {
-					headers: parsedHeaders,
-					data: parseBody(httpStatusCode, statusMessage, parsedHeaders, body) as T,
-					status: httpStatusCode
-				};
-
-				if (((httpStatusCode < HttpStatus.SUCCESS_RANGE_START) || (httpStatusCode > HttpStatus.SUCCESS_RANGE_END)) &&
-					// do not destroy the request for the device code flow
-					// @ts-ignore
-					networkResponse.data['error'] !== HttpClient.AUTHORIZATION_PENDING) {
-					request.destroy();
-				}
-				resolve(networkResponse);
-			});
-
-			socket.on('error', (chunk) => {
-				request.destroy();
-				socket.destroy();
-				reject(new Error(chunk.toString()));
-			});
-		});
-
-		request.on('error', (chunk) => {
-			request.destroy();
-			reject(new Error(chunk.toString()));
-		});
-	}));
-};
-
-const networkRequestViaHttps = <T>(
-	urlString: string,
-	httpMethod: string,
-	options?: NetworkRequestOptions,
-	agentOptions?: https.AgentOptions,
-	timeout?: number
-): Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>> => {
-	const isPostRequest = httpMethod === HttpMethod.POST;
-	const isPutRequest = httpMethod === HttpMethod.PUT;
-	const isPatchRequest = httpMethod === HttpMethod.PATCH;
-	// Note: Text Encoder is necessary here because otherwise it was not able to handle Chinese characters in table names.
-	const body = (new TextEncoder()).encode(options?.body || '');
-	const url = new URL(urlString);
-	const optionHeaders = options?.headers || {} as Record<string, string>;
-	let customOptions: https.RequestOptions = {
-		method: httpMethod,
-		headers: optionHeaders,
-		...urlToHttpOptions(url)
-	};
-
-	if (timeout) {
-		customOptions.timeout = timeout;
-	}
-
-	if (agentOptions && Object.keys(agentOptions).length) {
-		customOptions.agent = new https.Agent(agentOptions);
-	}
-
-	if (isPostRequest || isPutRequest || isPatchRequest) {
-		// needed for post request to work
-		customOptions.headers = {
-			...customOptions.headers,
-			'Content-Length': body.length
-		};
-	}
-
-	return new Promise<AzureNetworkResponse<T>>((resolve, reject) => {
-		const request = https.request(customOptions);
-
-		if (timeout) {
-			request.on('timeout', () => {
-				request.destroy();
-				reject(new Error('Request timed out'));
-			});
-		}
-
-		if (isPostRequest || isPutRequest || isPatchRequest) {
-			request.write(body);
-		}
-
-		request.end();
-
-		request.on('response', (response) => {
-			const headers = response.headers;
-			const statusCode = response.statusCode as number;
-			const statusMessage = response.statusMessage;
-
-			const data: Buffer[] = [];
-			response.on('data', (chunk) => {
-				data.push(chunk);
-			});
-
-			response.on('end', () => {
-				// combine all received buffer streams into one buffer, and then into a string
-				const dataBody = Buffer.concat([...data]).toString();
-
-				const parsedHeaders = headers as Record<string, string>;
-				const networkResponse: AzureNetworkResponse<T> = {
-					headers: parsedHeaders,
-					data: parseBody(statusCode, statusMessage, parsedHeaders, dataBody) as T,
-					status: statusCode
-				};
-
-				if (((statusCode < HttpStatus.SUCCESS_RANGE_START) || (statusCode > HttpStatus.SUCCESS_RANGE_END)) &&
-					// do not destroy the request for the device code flow
-					// @ts-ignore
-					networkResponse.data['error'] !== HttpClient.AUTHORIZATION_PENDING) {
-					request.destroy();
-				}
-				resolve(networkResponse);
-			});
-		});
-
-		request.on('error', (chunk) => {
-			request.destroy();
-			reject(new Error(chunk.toString()));
-		});
-	});
-};
-
-/**
- * Check if extra parsing is needed on the response from the server
- * @param statusCode {number} the status code of the response from the server
- * @param statusMessage {string | undefined} the status message of the response from the server
- * @param headers {Record<string, string>} the headers of the response from the server
- * @param body {string} the body from the response of the server
- * @returns JSON parsed body or error object
- */
-const parseBody = (statusCode: number, statusMessage: string | undefined, headers: Record<string, string>, body: string) => {
-	/*
-	 * Informational responses (100 - 199)
-	 * Successful responses (200 - 299)
-	 * Redirection messages (300 - 399)
-	 * Client error responses (400 - 499)
-	 * Server error responses (500 - 599)
-	 */
-
-	let parsedBody: unknown;
-	try {
-		parsedBody = JSON.parse(body);
-	} catch (error) {
-		let errorType;
-		let errorDescriptionHelper;
-		if ((statusCode >= HttpStatus.CLIENT_ERROR_RANGE_START) && (statusCode <= HttpStatus.CLIENT_ERROR_RANGE_END)) {
-			errorType = 'client_error';
-			errorDescriptionHelper = 'A client';
-		} else if ((statusCode >= HttpStatus.SERVER_ERROR_RANGE_START) && (statusCode <= HttpStatus.SERVER_ERROR_RANGE_END)) {
-			errorType = 'server_error';
-			errorDescriptionHelper = 'A server';
-		} else {
-			errorType = 'unknown_error';
-			errorDescriptionHelper = 'An unknown';
-		}
-
-		parsedBody = {
-			error: errorType,
-			error_description: `${errorDescriptionHelper} error occurred.\nHttp status code: ${statusCode}\nHttp status message: ${statusMessage || 'Unknown'}\nHeaders: ${JSON.stringify(headers)}`
-		};
-	}
-
-	return parsedBody;
-};
diff --git a/extensions/azurecore/src/azureResource/utils.ts b/extensions/azurecore/src/azureResource/utils.ts
index dd11334691..773a9837ac 100644
--- a/extensions/azurecore/src/azureResource/utils.ts
+++ b/extensions/azurecore/src/azureResource/utils.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as nls from 'vscode-nls';
 import * as Constants from '../constants';
 import { ResourceGraphClient } from '@azure/arm-resourcegraph';
 import { TokenCredentials } from '@azure/ms-rest-js';
-import { AzureRestResponse, GetResourceGroupsResult, GetSubscriptionsResult, ResourceQueryResult, GetBlobContainersResult, GetFileSharesResult, HttpRequestMethod, GetLocationsResult, GetManagedDatabasesResult, CreateResourceGroupResult, GetBlobsResult, GetStorageAccountAccessKeyResult, AzureAccount, azureResource, AzureAccountProviderMetadata, AzureNetworkResponse } from 'azurecore';
+import { AzureRestResponse, GetResourceGroupsResult, GetSubscriptionsResult, ResourceQueryResult, GetBlobContainersResult, GetFileSharesResult, HttpRequestMethod, GetLocationsResult, GetManagedDatabasesResult, CreateResourceGroupResult, GetBlobsResult, GetStorageAccountAccessKeyResult, AzureAccount, azureResource, AzureAccountProviderMetadata } from 'azurecore';
 import { EOL } from 'os';
 import { AppContext } from '../appContext';
 import { invalidAzureAccount, invalidTenant, unableToFetchTokenError } from '../localizedConstants';
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ import { IAzureResourceSubscriptionFilterService, IAzureResourceSubscriptionServ
 import { AzureResourceGroupService } from './providers/resourceGroup/resourceGroupService';
 import { BlobServiceClient, StorageSharedKeyCredential } from '@azure/storage-blob';
 import providerSettings from '../account-provider/providerSettings';
-import { getProxyEnabledHttpClient } from '../utils';
-import { HttpClient } from '../account-provider/auths/httpClient';
-import { NetworkRequestOptions } from '@azure/msal-common';
 import { ErrorResponseBody } from '@azure/arm-subscriptions/esm/models';
 import { TenantIgnoredError } from '../utils/TenantIgnoredError';
 import { AzureMonitorResourceService } from './providers/azuremonitor/azuremonitorService';
@@ -52,6 +49,7 @@ import { PostgresFlexibleServerTreeDataProvider } from './providers/postgresFlex
 import { PostgresFlexibleServerService } from './providers/postgresFlexibleServer/postgresFlexibleServerService';
 import { CosmosDbPostgresTreeDataProvider } from './providers/cosmosdb/postgres/cosmosDbPostgresTreeDataProvider';
 import { CosmosDbPostgresService } from './providers/cosmosdb/postgres/cosmosDbPostgresService';
+import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig, AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 
 const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
 
@@ -463,7 +461,6 @@ export async function makeHttpRequest<B>(
 	requestHeaders: Record<string, string> = {}
 ): Promise<AzureRestResponse<B>> {
 	const result: AzureRestResponse<B> = { response: undefined, errors: [] };
-	const httpClient: HttpClient = getProxyEnabledHttpClient();
 
 	if (!account?.properties?.tenants || !Array.isArray(account.properties.tenants)) {
 		const error = new Error(invalidAzureAccount);
@@ -509,10 +506,9 @@ export async function makeHttpRequest<B>(
 		...requestHeaders
 	}
 
-	const body = JSON.stringify(requestBody || '');
-	let networkRequestOptions: NetworkRequestOptions = {
+	const config: AxiosRequestConfig = {
 		headers: reqHeaders,
-		body
+		validateStatus: () => true // Never throw
 	};
 
 	// Adding '/' if path does not begin with it.
@@ -527,26 +523,22 @@ export async function makeHttpRequest<B>(
 		requestUrl = `${account.properties.providerSettings.settings.armResource.endpoint}${path}`;
 	}
 
-	let response: AzureNetworkResponse<B | ErrorResponseBodyWithError> | undefined = undefined;
+	let response: AxiosResponse<B | ErrorResponseBodyWithError> | undefined;
 	switch (requestType) {
 		case HttpRequestMethod.GET:
-			response = await httpClient.sendGetRequestAsync<B | ErrorResponseBodyWithError>(requestUrl, {
-				headers: reqHeaders
-			});
+			response = await axios.get(requestUrl, config);
 			break;
 		case HttpRequestMethod.POST:
-			response = await httpClient.sendPostRequestAsync<B | ErrorResponseBodyWithError>(requestUrl, networkRequestOptions);
+			response = await axios.post(requestUrl, requestBody, config);
 			break;
 		case HttpRequestMethod.PUT:
-			response = await httpClient.sendPutRequestAsync<B | ErrorResponseBodyWithError>(requestUrl, networkRequestOptions);
+			response = await axios.put(requestUrl, requestBody, config);
 			break;
 		case HttpRequestMethod.DELETE:
-			response = await httpClient.sendDeleteRequestAsync<B | ErrorResponseBodyWithError>(requestUrl, {
-				headers: reqHeaders
-			});
+			response = await axios.delete(requestUrl, config);
 			break;
 		case HttpRequestMethod.PATCH:
-			response = await httpClient.sendPatchRequestAsync<B | ErrorResponseBodyWithError>(requestUrl, networkRequestOptions);
+			response = await axios.patch(requestUrl, config);
 			break;
 		default:
 			const error = new Error(`Unknown RequestType "${requestType}"`);
@@ -576,7 +568,7 @@ export async function makeHttpRequest<B>(
 		result.errors.push(error);
 	} else {
 		// We know this isn't an error response at this point
-		result.response = response as AzureNetworkResponse<B>;
+		result.response = response as AxiosResponse<B>;
 	}
 
 	return result;
diff --git a/extensions/azurecore/src/azurecore.d.ts b/extensions/azurecore/src/azurecore.d.ts
index ee7cddae7e..4c87d6a9ab 100644
--- a/extensions/azurecore/src/azurecore.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/azurecore/src/azurecore.d.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ declare module 'azurecore' {
 	import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 	import * as msRest from '@azure/ms-rest-js';
 	import { BlobItem } from '@azure/storage-blob';
+	import { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
 
 	/**
 	 * Covers defining what the azurecore extension exports to other extensions
@@ -273,17 +274,6 @@ declare module 'azurecore' {
 		PATCH
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Custom version of NetworkResponse from @azure\msal-common\dist\network\NetworkManager.d.ts
-	 * with body renamed to data to avoid breaking changes with extensions. See
-	 * https://github.com/microsoft/azuredatastudio/pull/22761 for details.
-	 */
-	export type AzureNetworkResponse<T> = {
-		headers: Record<string, string>;
-		data: T;
-		status: number;
-	};
-
 	export interface IExtension {
 		/**
 		 * Gets the list of subscriptions for the specified AzureAccount
@@ -350,7 +340,7 @@ declare module 'azurecore' {
 	export type GetFileSharesResult = { fileShares: azureResource.FileShare[], errors: Error[] };
 	export type CreateResourceGroupResult = { resourceGroup: azureResource.AzureResourceResourceGroup | undefined, errors: Error[] };
 	export type ResourceQueryResult<T extends azureResource.AzureGraphResource> = { resources: T[], errors: Error[] };
-	export type AzureRestResponse<B> = { response: AzureNetworkResponse<B> | undefined, errors: Error[] };
+	export type AzureRestResponse<B> = { response: AxiosResponse<B> | undefined, errors: Error[] };
 	export type GetBlobsResult = { blobs: azureResource.Blob[], errors: Error[] };
 	export type GetStorageAccountAccessKeyResult = { keyName1: string, keyName2: string, errors: Error[] };
 	export type CacheEncryptionKeys = { key: string; iv: string; }
diff --git a/extensions/azurecore/src/utils.ts b/extensions/azurecore/src/utils.ts
index 8a564df27e..0e1b9f5e3b 100644
--- a/extensions/azurecore/src/utils.ts
+++ b/extensions/azurecore/src/utils.ts
@@ -10,19 +10,12 @@ import * as constants from './constants';
 
 import { AzureRegion, azureResource } from 'azurecore';
 import { AppContext } from './appContext';
-import { HttpClient } from './account-provider/auths/httpClient';
-import { parse } from 'url';
-import { getProxyAgentOptions } from './proxy';
-import { HttpsProxyAgentOptions } from 'https-proxy-agent';
 import { ProviderSettings, ProviderSettingsJson, SettingIds } from './account-provider/interfaces';
 import { AzureResource } from 'azdata';
 import { Logger } from './utils/Logger';
 import { TelemetryAction, TelemetryReporter, TelemetryViews } from './telemetry';
 
 const localize = nls.loadMessageBundle();
-const configProxy = 'proxy';
-const configProxyStrictSSL = 'proxyStrictSSL';
-const configProxyAuthorization = 'proxyAuthorization';
 
 /**
  * Converts a region value (@see AzureRegion) into the localized Display Name
@@ -145,10 +138,6 @@ export function getResourceTypeDisplayName(type: string): string {
 	return type;
 }
 
-function getHttpConfiguration(): vscode.WorkspaceConfiguration {
-	return vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(constants.httpConfigSectionName);
-}
-
 /**
  * Gets tenants to be ignored.
  * @returns Tenants configured in ignore list
@@ -303,25 +292,6 @@ export interface IPackageInfo {
 	aiKey: string;
 }
 
-export function getProxyEnabledHttpClient(): HttpClient {
-	const proxy = <string>getHttpConfiguration().get(configProxy);
-	const strictSSL = getHttpConfiguration().get(configProxyStrictSSL, true);
-	const authorization = getHttpConfiguration().get(configProxyAuthorization);
-
-	const url = parse(proxy);
-	let agentOptions = getProxyAgentOptions(url, proxy, strictSSL);
-
-	if (authorization && url.protocol === 'https:') {
-		let httpsAgentOptions = agentOptions as HttpsProxyAgentOptions;
-		httpsAgentOptions!.headers = Object.assign(httpsAgentOptions!.headers || {}, {
-			'Proxy-Authorization': authorization
-		});
-		agentOptions = httpsAgentOptions;
-	}
-
-	return new HttpClient(proxy, agentOptions);
-}
-
 /**
  * Display notification with button to reload
  * @param sectionName Name of section to reload