diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Global.cxx b/src/lib/curl/Global.cxx
index ffc63c096..fac252f34 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Global.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Global.cxx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ private:
 };
 
 CurlGlobal::CurlGlobal(EventLoop &_loop)
-	:DeferredMonitor(_loop),
+	:defer_read_info(_loop, BIND_THIS_METHOD(ReadInfo)),
 	 timeout_event(_loop, BIND_THIS_METHOD(OnTimeout))
 {
 	multi.SetOption(CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION, CurlSocket::SocketFunction);
@@ -264,11 +264,5 @@ CurlGlobal::SocketAction(curl_socket_t fd, int ev_bitmask)
 			    "curl_multi_socket_action() failed: %s",
 			    curl_multi_strerror(mcode));
 
-	DeferredMonitor::Schedule();
-}
-
-void
-CurlGlobal::RunDeferred()
-{
-	ReadInfo();
+	defer_read_info.Schedule();
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Global.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Global.hxx
index 4ae38f9ca..401008226 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Global.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Global.hxx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "Multi.hxx"
 #include "event/TimerEvent.hxx"
-#include "event/DeferredMonitor.hxx"
+#include "event/DeferEvent.hxx"
 
 class CurlSocket;
 class CurlRequest;
@@ -40,15 +40,19 @@ class CurlRequest;
 /**
  * Manager for the global CURLM object.
  */
-class CurlGlobal final : DeferredMonitor {
+class CurlGlobal final {
 	CurlMulti multi;
 
+	DeferEvent defer_read_info;
+
 	TimerEvent timeout_event;
 
 public:
 	explicit CurlGlobal(EventLoop &_loop);
 
-	using DeferredMonitor::GetEventLoop;
+	EventLoop &GetEventLoop() {
+		return timeout_event.GetEventLoop();
+	}
 
 	void Add(CURL *easy, CurlRequest &request);
 	void Remove(CURL *easy);
@@ -86,9 +90,6 @@ private:
 
 	/* callback for #timeout_event */
 	void OnTimeout();
-
-	/* virtual methods from class DeferredMonitor */
-	void RunDeferred() override;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx b/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
index 19858ceec..02232a56a 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Request.cxx
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@
 
 CurlRequest::CurlRequest(CurlGlobal &_global, const char *url,
 			 CurlResponseHandler &_handler)
-	:DeferredMonitor(_global.GetEventLoop()),
-	 global(_global), handler(_handler)
+	:global(_global), handler(_handler),
+	 postpone_error_event(global.GetEventLoop(),
+			      BIND_THIS_METHOD(OnPostponeError))
 {
 	error_buffer[0] = 0;
 
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ CurlRequest::DataReceived(const void *ptr, size_t received_size)
 		/* move the CurlResponseHandler::OnError() call into a
 		   "safe" stack frame */
 		postponed_error = std::current_exception();
-		DeferredMonitor::Schedule();
+		postpone_error_event.Schedule();
 		return CURL_WRITEFUNC_PAUSE;
 	}
 
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ CurlRequest::WriteFunction(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *stream)
 }
 
 void
-CurlRequest::RunDeferred()
+CurlRequest::OnPostponeError()
 {
 	assert(postponed_error);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
index fa1d01c3e..e563342e9 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #define CURL_REQUEST_HXX
 
 #include "Easy.hxx"
-#include "event/DeferredMonitor.hxx"
+#include "event/DeferEvent.hxx"
 
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct StringView;
 class CurlGlobal;
 class CurlResponseHandler;
 
-class CurlRequest final : DeferredMonitor {
+class CurlRequest final {
 	CurlGlobal &global;
 
 	CurlResponseHandler &handler;
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ class CurlRequest final : DeferredMonitor {
 	/**
 	 * An exception caught by DataReceived(), which will be
 	 * forwarded into a "safe" stack frame by
-	 * DeferredMonitor::RunDeferred().  This works around the
+	 * #postpone_error_event.  This works around the
 	 * problem that libcurl crashes if you call
 	 * curl_multi_remove_handle() from within the WRITEFUNCTION
 	 * (i.e. DataReceived()).
 	 */
 	std::exception_ptr postponed_error;
 
+	DeferEvent postpone_error_event;
+
 	/** error message provided by libcurl */
 	char error_buffer[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
 
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ private:
 
 	void HeaderFunction(StringView s);
 
+	void OnPostponeError();
+
 	/** called by curl when new data is available */
 	static size_t _HeaderFunction(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb,
 				      void *stream);
@@ -141,9 +145,6 @@ private:
 	/** called by curl when new data is available */
 	static size_t WriteFunction(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb,
 				    void *stream);
-
-	/* virtual methods from class DeferredMonitor */
-	void RunDeferred() override;
 };
 
 #endif