diff --git a/src/Backend/AddThis.php b/src/Backend/AddThis.php
index be631bd..a719c24 100644
--- a/src/Backend/AddThis.php
+++ b/src/Backend/AddThis.php
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ public function getName()
      */
     public function getRequest($url)
     {
-        $url = 'http://api-public.addthis.com/url/shares.json?url='.urlencode($url);
-
-        return $this->createRequest($url);
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request(
+            'GET',
+            'http://api-public.addthis.com/url/shares.json?url='.urlencode($url)
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Backend/Facebook.php b/src/Backend/Facebook.php
index 16854c3..9220a47 100644
--- a/src/Backend/Facebook.php
+++ b/src/Backend/Facebook.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public function getRequest($url)
                      .urlencode('SELECT total_count FROM link_stat WHERE url="'.$url.'"');
         }
 
-        return $this->createRequest($query);
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request('GET', $query);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Backend/Flattr.php b/src/Backend/Flattr.php
index b87ad3b..ff3f5e4 100644
--- a/src/Backend/Flattr.php
+++ b/src/Backend/Flattr.php
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ public function getName()
      */
     public function getRequest($url)
     {
-        $url = 'https://api.flattr.com/rest/v2/things/lookup/?url='.urlencode($url);
-
-        return $this->createRequest($url);
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request(
+            'GET',
+            'https://api.flattr.com/rest/v2/things/lookup/?url='.urlencode($url)
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Backend/GooglePlus.php b/src/Backend/GooglePlus.php
index 2e1bd89..9195792 100644
--- a/src/Backend/GooglePlus.php
+++ b/src/Backend/GooglePlus.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public function getRequest($url)
 
         $body = Psr7\stream_for(json_encode($json));
 
-        return $this->createRequest($gPlusUrl, 'POST', ['body' => $body]);
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request('POST', $gPlusUrl, [], $body);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Backend/LinkedIn.php b/src/Backend/LinkedIn.php
index dddc966..0e3b097 100644
--- a/src/Backend/LinkedIn.php
+++ b/src/Backend/LinkedIn.php
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ public function getName()
      */
     public function getRequest($url)
     {
-        $url = 'https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url='.urlencode($url).'&lang=de_DE&format=json';
-
-        return $this->createRequest($url);
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request(
+            'GET',
+            'https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url='.urlencode($url).'&lang=de_DE&format=json'
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Backend/Pinterest.php b/src/Backend/Pinterest.php
index eca9c32..767b9c9 100644
--- a/src/Backend/Pinterest.php
+++ b/src/Backend/Pinterest.php
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ public function getName()
      */
     public function getRequest($url)
     {
-        $url = 'http://api.pinterest.com/v1/urls/count.json?callback=x&url='.urlencode($url);
-
-        return $this->createRequest($url);
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request(
+            'GET',
+            'http://api.pinterest.com/v1/urls/count.json?callback=x&url='.urlencode($url)
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Backend/Reddit.php b/src/Backend/Reddit.php
index 0db0c0e..65e2f7b 100644
--- a/src/Backend/Reddit.php
+++ b/src/Backend/Reddit.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public function getName()
      */
     public function getRequest($url)
     {
-        return $this->createRequest('https://www.reddit.com/api/info.json?url='.urlencode($url));
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request('GET', 'https://www.reddit.com/api/info.json?url='.urlencode($url));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Backend/Request.php b/src/Backend/Request.php
index ca2f2aa..7c2135a 100644
--- a/src/Backend/Request.php
+++ b/src/Backend/Request.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Heise\Shariff\Backend;
 
 use GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface;
-use Psr\Http\Message\RequestInterface;
 
 /**
  * Class Request.
@@ -24,21 +23,6 @@ public function __construct(ClientInterface $client)
         $this->client = $client;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param string $url
-     * @param string $method
-     * @param array  $options
-     *
-     * @return RequestInterface
-     */
-    protected function createRequest($url, $method = 'GET', $options = [])
-    {
-        // $defaults = array('future' => true, 'debug' => true);
-        $defaults = ['future' => true, 'timeout' => 5.0];
-
-        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request($method, $url, array_merge($defaults, $options));
-    }
-
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
diff --git a/src/Backend/StumbleUpon.php b/src/Backend/StumbleUpon.php
index fd89ee9..f415633 100644
--- a/src/Backend/StumbleUpon.php
+++ b/src/Backend/StumbleUpon.php
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ public function getName()
      */
     public function getRequest($url)
     {
-        return $this->createRequest('https://www.stumbleupon.com/services/1.01/badge.getinfo?url='.urlencode($url));
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request(
+            'GET',
+            'https://www.stumbleupon.com/services/1.01/badge.getinfo?url='.urlencode($url)
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Backend/Xing.php b/src/Backend/Xing.php
index 06537e7..88136a7 100644
--- a/src/Backend/Xing.php
+++ b/src/Backend/Xing.php
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ public function getName()
      */
     public function getRequest($url)
     {
-        $query = 'https://www.xing-share.com/spi/shares/statistics?url='.urlencode($url);
-
-        return $this->createRequest($query, 'POST');
+        return new \GuzzleHttp\Psr7\Request(
+            'POST',
+            'https://www.xing-share.com/spi/shares/statistics?url='.urlencode($url)
+        );
     }
 
     /**