diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index ef0c85b4..48ca9ff7 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ Models
 Utils
 -----
 
-- Add :func:`mopidy.utils.http.format_proxy` and
-  :func:`mopidy.utils.http.format_user_agent`. (Part of: :issue:`1156`)
+- Add :func:`mopidy.httpclient.format_proxy` and
+  :func:`mopidy.httpclient.format_user_agent`. (Part of: :issue:`1156`)
 
 Internal changes
 ----------------
diff --git a/mopidy/audio/utils.py b/mopidy/audio/utils.py
index 6266b64f..3b9ea30f 100644
--- a/mopidy/audio/utils.py
+++ b/mopidy/audio/utils.py
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ import pygst
 pygst.require('0.10')
 import gst  # noqa
 
-from mopidy import compat
+from mopidy import compat, httpclient
 from mopidy.models import Album, Artist, Track
-from mopidy.utils import http
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ def setup_proxy(element, config):
     if not hasattr(element.props, 'proxy') or not config.get('hostname'):
         return
 
-    element.set_property('proxy', http.format_proxy(config, auth=False))
+    element.set_property('proxy', httpclient.format_proxy(config, auth=False))
     element.set_property('proxy-id', config.get('username'))
     element.set_property('proxy-pw', config.get('password'))
 
diff --git a/mopidy/utils/http.py b/mopidy/httpclient.py
similarity index 100%
rename from mopidy/utils/http.py
rename to mopidy/httpclient.py
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_http.py b/tests/test_httpclient.py
similarity index 84%
rename from tests/utils/test_http.py
rename to tests/test_httpclient.py
index 4553dc05..4497ceda 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_httpclient.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import re
 
 import pytest
 
-from mopidy.utils import http
+from mopidy.utils import httpclient
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("config,expected", [
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ from mopidy.utils import http
      'http://user:pass@proxy.lan:80'),
 ])
 def test_format_proxy(config, expected):
-    assert http.format_proxy(config) == expected
+    assert httpclient.format_proxy(config) == expected
 
 
 def test_format_proxy_without_auth():
     config = {'username': 'user', 'password': 'pass', 'hostname': 'proxy.lan'}
-    formated_proxy = http.format_proxy(config, auth=False)
+    formated_proxy = httpclient.format_proxy(config, auth=False)
     assert formated_proxy == 'http://proxy.lan:80'
 
 
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ def test_format_proxy_without_auth():
     ('Foo/1.2.3', r'^Foo/1.2.3 Mopidy/[^ ]+ CPython|/[^ ]+$'),
 ])
 def test_format_user_agent(name, expected):
-    assert re.match(expected, http.format_user_agent(name))
+    assert re.match(expected, httpclient.format_user_agent(name))