diff --git a/includes/ServiceWiring.php b/includes/ServiceWiring.php
index 2143b7a4107..ed59979f735 100644
--- a/includes/ServiceWiring.php
+++ b/includes/ServiceWiring.php
@@ -1231,7 +1231,8 @@ return [
 	function ( MediaWikiServices $services ) : VirtualRESTServiceClient {
 		$config = $services->getMainConfig()->get( 'VirtualRestConfig' );
 
-		$vrsClient = new VirtualRESTServiceClient( new MultiHttpClient( [] ) );
+		$vrsClient = new VirtualRESTServiceClient(
+			$services->getHttpRequestFactory()->createMultiClient() );
 		foreach ( $config['paths'] as $prefix => $serviceConfig ) {
 			$class = $serviceConfig['class'];
 			// Merge in the global defaults
diff --git a/includes/deferred/CdnCacheUpdate.php b/includes/deferred/CdnCacheUpdate.php
index 0c457883049..843002792a4 100644
--- a/includes/deferred/CdnCacheUpdate.php
+++ b/includes/deferred/CdnCacheUpdate.php
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ class CdnCacheUpdate implements DeferrableUpdate, MergeableUpdate {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$http = new MultiHttpClient( [ 'maxConnsPerHost' => 8, 'usePipelining' => true ] );
+		$http = MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getHttpRequestFactory()
+			->createMultiClient( [ 'maxConnsPerHost' => 8, 'usePipelining' => true ] );
 		$http->runMulti( $reqs );
 	}
 
diff --git a/includes/http/Http.php b/includes/http/Http.php
index 9596169b457..a9415e7be35 100644
--- a/includes/http/Http.php
+++ b/includes/http/Http.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  * @file
  */
 
-use MediaWiki\Logger\LoggerFactory;
 use MediaWiki\MediaWikiServices;
 
 /**
@@ -135,21 +134,14 @@ class Http {
 	/**
 	 * Get a configured MultiHttpClient
 	 *
-	 * @deprecated since 1.34, construct it directly
+	 * @deprecated since 1.34, use MediaWikiServices::getHttpRequestFactory()->createMultiClient()
 	 * @param array $options
 	 * @return MultiHttpClient
 	 */
 	public static function createMultiClient( array $options = [] ) {
 		wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.34' );
-
-		global $wgHTTPConnectTimeout, $wgHTTPTimeout, $wgHTTPProxy;
-
-		return new MultiHttpClient( $options + [
-			'connTimeout' => $wgHTTPConnectTimeout,
-			'reqTimeout' => $wgHTTPTimeout,
-			'userAgent' => self::userAgent(),
-			'proxy' => $wgHTTPProxy,
-			'logger' => LoggerFactory::getInstance( 'http' )
-		] );
+		global $wgHTTPProxy;
+		return MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getHttpRequestFactory()
+			->createMultiClient( $options + [ 'proxy' => $wgHTTPProxy ] );
 	}
 }