diff --git a/cmake/mastodon-cppConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/mastodon-cppConfig.cmake.in
index c3cffe3..7d572b4 100644
--- a/cmake/mastodon-cppConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/mastodon-cppConfig.cmake.in
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
-find_depencency(jsoncpp REQUIRED CONFIG)
-find_dependency(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(curlpp REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET curlpp)
+find_depencency(jsoncpp CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(Poco COMPONENTS Foundation Net NetSSL CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@PROJECT_NAME@Targets.cmake")
diff --git a/pkg-config/mastodon-cpp.pc.in b/pkg-config/mastodon-cpp.pc.in
index 40f0ccd..9daa607 100644
--- a/pkg-config/mastodon-cpp.pc.in
+++ b/pkg-config/mastodon-cpp.pc.in
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ Name: ${name}
 Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
-Libs: -L${libdir} -l${name} -lpthread
-Requires: jsoncpp curlpp
+Libs: -L${libdir} -l${name} -lpthread -lPocoNet
+Requires: jsoncpp
+Libs.private: -lPocoFoundation -lPocoNetSSL
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f602aff..a9af23e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
-find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(curlpp REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET curlpp)
 if(WITH_EASY)
-  find_package(jsoncpp REQUIRED CONFIG)
+  find_package(jsoncpp CONFIG REQUIRED)
 endif()
 # Some distributions do not contain Poco*Config.cmake recipes.
 find_package(Poco COMPONENTS Foundation Net NetSSL CONFIG)
@@ -33,10 +31,7 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
 
 if(WITH_EASY)
   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
-    PUBLIC pthread PkgConfig::curlpp jsoncpp_lib)
-else()
-  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
-    PUBLIC pthread PkgConfig::curlpp)
+    PUBLIC pthread jsoncpp_lib)
 endif()
 
 # If no Poco*Config.cmake recipes are found, look for headers in standard dirs.
diff --git a/src/http.cpp b/src/http.cpp
index 6388781..f6a150f 100644
--- a/src/http.cpp
+++ b/src/http.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 #include <functional>   // std::bind
 #include <exception>
 #include <thread>
-#include <curlpp/Options.hpp>
-#include <curlpp/Exception.hpp>
-#include <curlpp/Infos.hpp>
 #include <Poco/Net/HTTPSClientSession.h>
 #include <Poco/Net/HTTPRequest.h>
 #include <Poco/Net/HTTPResponse.h>
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <string>
 
 using namespace Mastodon;
-namespace curlopts = curlpp::options;
 using std::cerr;
 using std::istream;
 using std::make_unique;
@@ -54,8 +50,6 @@ API::http::http(const API &api, const string &instance,
 , _access_token(access_token)
 , _cancel_stream(false)
 {
-    curlpp::initialize();
-
     Poco::Net::initializeSSL();
 
     // FIXME: rewrite set_proxy() that it calls set_proxy() here.
@@ -98,8 +92,6 @@ API::http::http(const API &api, const string &instance,
 
 API::http::~http()
 {
-    curlpp::terminate();
-
     Poco::Net::uninitializeSSL();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mastodon-cpp.cpp b/src/mastodon-cpp.cpp
index 0d66b86..cca5d95 100644
--- a/src/mastodon-cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/mastodon-cpp.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <exception>
 #include <Poco/Net/FilePartSource.h>
+#include <Poco/URI.h>
 #include "version.hpp"
 #include "debug.hpp"
 #include "mastodon-cpp.hpp"
@@ -333,11 +334,16 @@ const parameters API::delete_params(const parameters &params,
 
 const string Mastodon::urlencode(const std::string &str)
 {
-    return curlpp::escape(str);
+    string out;
+    Poco::URI::encode(str, "", out);
+    return out;
 }
+
 const string Mastodon::urldecode(const std::string &str)
 {
-    return curlpp::unescape(str);
+    string out;
+    Poco::URI::decode(str, out);
+    return out;
 }
 
 const string Mastodon::unescape_html(const string &html)
diff --git a/src/mastodon-cpp.hpp b/src/mastodon-cpp.hpp
index 9ef785c..7f30d43 100644
--- a/src/mastodon-cpp.hpp
+++ b/src/mastodon-cpp.hpp
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <thread>
 #include <cstdint>
-#include <curlpp/cURLpp.hpp>
-#include <curlpp/Easy.hpp>
 #include <Poco/Net/HTMLForm.h>
 
 #include "return_types.hpp"
@@ -686,13 +684,12 @@ namespace Mastodon
     };
 
     /*!
-     *  @brief  Percent-encodes a string. This is done automatically, unless
-     *          you make a custom request.
+     *  @brief  Percent-encodes a string.
      *
-     *          Calls curlpp::escape(str).
      *
-     *          The only time you should use this, is if you use
-     *          get(const string &call, string &answer).
+     *          This is done automatically where necessary. The only time you
+     *          should use this, is if you use get(const string &call, string
+     *          &answer).
      *
      *          See RFC 3986 section 2.1 for more info.
      *
@@ -707,8 +704,6 @@ namespace Mastodon
     /*!
      *  @brief  Decodes a percent-encoded string.
      *
-     *          Calls curlpp::unescape(str).
-     *
      *          See RFC 3986 section 2.1 for more info.
      *
      *  @param  str The string to decode.