diff --git a/internal/httpclient/client.go b/internal/httpclient/client.go
index 10fba5d42..445c6a9e5 100644
--- a/internal/httpclient/client.go
+++ b/internal/httpclient/client.go
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ func New(cfg Config) *Client {
 	return &c
 }
 
+// RoundTrip allows httpclient.Client{} to be used as an http.Transport{}, just calling Client{}.Do().
+func (c *Client) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (rsp *http.Response, err error) { return c.Do(r) }
+
 // Do will essentially perform http.Client{}.Do() with retry-backoff functionality.
 func (c *Client) Do(r *http.Request) (rsp *http.Response, err error) {
 
diff --git a/internal/webpush/realsender.go b/internal/webpush/realsender.go
index 8b3a1bd66..a19fc8b37 100644
--- a/internal/webpush/realsender.go
+++ b/internal/webpush/realsender.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/filter/usermute"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtserror"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtsmodel"
-	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/httpclient"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/log"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/state"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/text"
@@ -47,16 +46,6 @@ type realSender struct {
 	converter  *typeutils.Converter
 }
 
-// NewRealSender creates a Sender from an http.Client instead of an httpclient.Client.
-// This should only be used by NewSender and in tests.
-func NewRealSender(httpClient *http.Client, state *state.State, converter *typeutils.Converter) Sender {
-	return &realSender{
-		httpClient: httpClient,
-		state:      state,
-		converter:  converter,
-	}
-}
-
 func (r *realSender) Send(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	notification *gtsmodel.Notification,
@@ -329,13 +318,3 @@ func formatNotificationBody(apiNotification *apimodel.Notification) string {
 func firstNBytesTrimSpace(s string, n int) string {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(text.FirstNBytesByWords(strings.TrimSpace(s), n))
 }
-
-// gtsHTTPClientRoundTripper helps wrap a GtS HTTP client back into a regular HTTP client,
-// so that webpush-go can use our IP filters, bad hosts list, and retries.
-type gtsHTTPClientRoundTripper struct {
-	httpClient *httpclient.Client
-}
-
-func (r *gtsHTTPClientRoundTripper) RoundTrip(request *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	return r.httpClient.Do(request)
-}
diff --git a/internal/webpush/realsender_test.go b/internal/webpush/realsender_test.go
index c94bbbb8e..167e198c9 100644
--- a/internal/webpush/realsender_test.go
+++ b/internal/webpush/realsender_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 // along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-package webpush_test
+package webpush
 
 import (
 	"context"
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/subscriptions"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/transport"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/typeutils"
-	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/webpush"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/testrig"
 )
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ type RealSenderStandardTestSuite struct {
 	federator           *federation.Federator
 	oauthServer         oauth.Server
 	emailSender         email.Sender
-	webPushSender       webpush.Sender
+	webPushSender       Sender
 
 	// standard suite models
 	testTokens               map[string]*gtsmodel.Token
@@ -120,13 +119,13 @@ func (suite *RealSenderStandardTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	suite.oauthServer = testrig.NewTestOauthServer(suite.db)
 	suite.emailSender = testrig.NewEmailSender("../../web/template/", nil)
 
-	suite.webPushSender = webpush.NewRealSender(
+	suite.webPushSender = &realSender{
 		&http.Client{
 			Transport: suite,
 		},
 		&suite.state,
 		suite.typeconverter,
-	)
+	}
 
 	suite.processor = processing.NewProcessor(
 		cleaner.New(&suite.state),
diff --git a/internal/webpush/sender.go b/internal/webpush/sender.go
index 5331f049a..ad3a48f82 100644
--- a/internal/webpush/sender.go
+++ b/internal/webpush/sender.go
@@ -41,14 +41,17 @@ type Sender interface {
 
 // NewSender creates a new sender from an HTTP client, DB, and worker pool.
 func NewSender(httpClient *httpclient.Client, state *state.State, converter *typeutils.Converter) Sender {
-	return NewRealSender(
-		&http.Client{
-			Transport: &gtsHTTPClientRoundTripper{
-				httpClient: httpClient,
-			},
-			// Other fields are already set on the http.Client inside the httpclient.Client.
+	return &realSender{
+		httpClient: &http.Client{
+			// Pass in our wrapped httpclient.Client{}
+			// type as http.Transport{} in order to take
+			// advantage of retries, SSF protection etc.
+			Transport: httpClient,
+
+			// Other http.Client{} fields are already
+			// set in embedded httpclient.Client{}.
 		},
-		state,
-		converter,
-	)
+		state:     state,
+		converter: converter,
+	}
 }