diff --git a/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdInternal.hxx b/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdInternal.hxx
index b300866de..6dacef467 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdInternal.hxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdInternal.hxx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "thread/Mutex.hxx"
 #include "thread/Cond.hxx"
 #include "event/ServerSocket.hxx"
-#include "event/DeferredMonitor.hxx"
+#include "event/DeferEvent.hxx"
 #include "util/Cast.hxx"
 #include "Compiler.h"
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class PreparedEncoder;
 class Encoder;
 struct Tag;
 
-class HttpdOutput final : AudioOutput, ServerSocket, DeferredMonitor {
+class HttpdOutput final : AudioOutput, ServerSocket {
 	/**
 	 * True if the audio output is open and accepts client
 	 * connections.
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ private:
 	 */
 	std::queue<PagePtr, std::list<PagePtr>> pages;
 
+	DeferEvent defer_broadcast;
+
  public:
 	/**
 	 * The configured name.
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ public:
 		return new HttpdOutput(event_loop, block);
 	}
 
-	using DeferredMonitor::GetEventLoop;
+	using ServerSocket::GetEventLoop;
 
 	void Bind();
 	void Unbind();
@@ -255,7 +257,8 @@ public:
 	bool Pause() override;
 
 private:
-	virtual void RunDeferred() override;
+	/* DeferEvent callback */
+	void OnDeferredBroadcast() noexcept;
 
 	void OnAccept(UniqueSocketDescriptor fd,
 		      SocketAddress address, int uid) override;
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdOutputPlugin.cxx
index 8bc832e76..d3860b887 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/httpd/HttpdOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ const Domain httpd_output_domain("httpd_output");
 inline
 HttpdOutput::HttpdOutput(EventLoop &_loop, const ConfigBlock &block)
 	:AudioOutput(FLAG_ENABLE_DISABLE|FLAG_PAUSE),
-	 ServerSocket(_loop), DeferredMonitor(_loop)
+	 ServerSocket(_loop),
+	 defer_broadcast(_loop, BIND_THIS_METHOD(OnDeferredBroadcast))
 {
 	/* read configuration */
 	name = block.GetBlockValue("name", "Set name in config");
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ HttpdOutput::AddClient(UniqueSocketDescriptor fd)
 }
 
 void
-HttpdOutput::RunDeferred()
+HttpdOutput::OnDeferredBroadcast() noexcept
 {
 	/* this method runs in the IOThread; it broadcasts pages from
 	   our own queue to all clients */
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ HttpdOutput::Close() noexcept
 	delete timer;
 
 	BlockingCall(GetEventLoop(), [this](){
-			DeferredMonitor::Cancel();
+			defer_broadcast.Cancel();
 
 			const std::lock_guard<Mutex> protect(mutex);
 			open = false;
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ HttpdOutput::BroadcastPage(PagePtr page)
 		pages.emplace(std::move(page));
 	}
 
-	DeferredMonitor::Schedule();
+	defer_broadcast.Schedule();
 }
 
 void
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ HttpdOutput::BroadcastFromEncoder()
 	}
 
 	if (!empty)
-		DeferredMonitor::Schedule();
+		defer_broadcast.Schedule();
 }
 
 inline void