diff --git a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
index 320f0a7e9..b5660c3ad 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ CurlInputStream::~CurlInputStream() noexcept
 }
 
 static CurlEasy
-CreateEasy(const char *url)
+CreateEasy(const char *url, struct curl_slist *headers)
 {
 	CurlEasy easy{url};
 
@@ -503,14 +503,17 @@ CreateEasy(const char *url)
 	easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, tcp_keepidle);
 	easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, tcp_keepintvl);
 
+	easy.SetRequestHeaders(headers);
+
 	return easy;
 }
 
 void
 CurlInputStream::InitEasy()
 {
-	request = new CurlRequest(**curl_init, CreateEasy(GetURI()), *this);
-	request->SetRequestHeaders(request_headers.Get());
+	request = new CurlRequest(**curl_init,
+				  CreateEasy(GetURI(), request_headers.Get()),
+				  *this);
 }
 
 void
@@ -540,8 +543,8 @@ CurlInputStream::SeekInternal(offset_type new_offset)
 	/* send the "Range" header */
 
 	if (offset > 0)
-		request->SetOption(CURLOPT_RANGE,
-				   fmt::format_int{offset}.c_str());
+		request->GetEasy().SetOption(CURLOPT_RANGE,
+					     fmt::format_int{offset}.c_str());
 
 	StartRequest();
 }
diff --git a/src/input/plugins/QobuzLoginRequest.cxx b/src/input/plugins/QobuzLoginRequest.cxx
index 10c260490..2eb412c46 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/QobuzLoginRequest.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/QobuzLoginRequest.cxx
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ QobuzLoginRequest::QobuzLoginRequest(CurlGlobal &curl,
 	:request(curl, *this),
 	 handler(_handler)
 {
-	request.SetUrl(MakeLoginUrl(request.Get(), base_url, app_id,
-				    username, email, password,
-				    device_manufacturer_id).c_str());
+	request.GetEasy().SetURL(MakeLoginUrl(request.Get(), base_url, app_id,
+					      username, email, password,
+					      device_manufacturer_id).c_str());
 }
 
 QobuzLoginRequest::~QobuzLoginRequest() noexcept
diff --git a/src/input/plugins/QobuzTrackRequest.cxx b/src/input/plugins/QobuzTrackRequest.cxx
index f0ddb6090..839dc1e0d 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/QobuzTrackRequest.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/QobuzTrackRequest.cxx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ QobuzTrackRequest::QobuzTrackRequest(QobuzClient &client,
 {
 	request_headers.Append(("X-User-Auth-Token:"
 				+ session.user_auth_token).c_str());
-	request.SetOption(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, request_headers.Get());
+	request.GetEasy().SetRequestHeaders(request_headers.Get());
 }
 
 QobuzTrackRequest::~QobuzTrackRequest() noexcept
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
index 929968acc..42dd94df8 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Request.hxx
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
 // author: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@gmail.com>
 
-#ifndef CURL_REQUEST_HXX
-#define CURL_REQUEST_HXX
+#pragma once
 
 #include "Easy.hxx"
 #include "Adapter.hxx"
 
-#include <cstddef>
-
 class CurlGlobal;
 class CurlResponseHandler;
 
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ public:
 	CurlRequest(CurlGlobal &_global, const char *url,
 		    CurlResponseHandler &_handler)
 		:CurlRequest(_global, _handler) {
-		SetUrl(url);
+		easy.SetURL(url);
 	}
 
 	~CurlRequest() noexcept;
@@ -84,19 +81,6 @@ public:
 		return easy;
 	}
 
-	template<typename T>
-	void SetOption(CURLoption option, T value) {
-		easy.SetOption(option, value);
-	}
-
-	void SetUrl(const char *url) {
-		easy.SetURL(url);
-	}
-
-	void SetRequestHeaders(struct curl_slist *request_headers) {
-		easy.SetRequestHeaders(request_headers);
-	}
-
 	void Resume() noexcept;
 
 	/**
@@ -113,5 +97,3 @@ private:
 	 */
 	void FreeEasy() noexcept;
 };
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/storage/plugins/CurlStorage.cxx b/src/storage/plugins/CurlStorage.cxx
index 9c5a297ac..1f9987939 100644
--- a/src/storage/plugins/CurlStorage.cxx
+++ b/src/storage/plugins/CurlStorage.cxx
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
+using std::string_view_literals::operator""sv;
+
 class CurlStorage final : public Storage {
 	const std::string base;
 
@@ -244,29 +246,30 @@ public:
 		:BlockingHttpRequest(_curl, _uri),
 		 CommonExpatParser(ExpatNamespaceSeparator{'|'})
 	{
-		request.SetOption(CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PROPFIND");
-		request.SetOption(CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
-		request.SetOption(CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 1L);
+		auto &easy = request.GetEasy();
+
+		easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PROPFIND");
+		easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+		easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 1L);
 
 		/* this option eliminates the probe request when
 		   username/password are specified */
-		request.SetOption(CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
+		easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
 
 		request_headers.Append(FmtBuffer<40>("depth: {}", depth));
 		request_headers.Append("content-type: text/xml");
 
-		request.SetOption(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, request_headers.Get());
+		easy.SetRequestHeaders(request_headers.Get());
 
-		request.SetOption(CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
-				  "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
-				  "<a:propfind xmlns:a=\"DAV:\">"
-				  "<a:prop>"
-				  "<a:resourcetype/>"
-				  "<a:getcontenttype/>"
-				  "<a:getcontentlength/>"
-				  "<a:getlastmodified/>"
-				  "</a:prop>"
-				  "</a:propfind>");
+		easy.SetRequestBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+				    "<a:propfind xmlns:a=\"DAV:\">"
+				    "<a:prop>"
+				    "<a:resourcetype/>"
+				    "<a:getcontenttype/>"
+				    "<a:getcontentlength/>"
+				    "<a:getlastmodified/>"
+				    "</a:prop>"
+				    "</a:propfind>"sv);
 	}
 
 	using BlockingHttpRequest::GetEasy;