diff --git a/bubble-server/pom.xml b/bubble-server/pom.xml
index 4ed177c5..f6792231 100644
--- a/bubble-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bubble-server/pom.xml
@@ -275,12 +275,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.sendgrid</groupId>
-            <artifactId>sendgrid-java</artifactId>
-            <version>4.6.5</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/cloud/email/SendgridSmtpEmailDriver.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/cloud/email/SendgridSmtpEmailDriver.java
index ea1ba7b5..0550c9d1 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/cloud/email/SendgridSmtpEmailDriver.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/cloud/email/SendgridSmtpEmailDriver.java
@@ -6,26 +6,28 @@ import bubble.model.account.Account;
 import bubble.model.cloud.CloudCredentials;
 import bubble.model.cloud.CloudService;
 import bubble.server.BubbleConfiguration;
-import com.sendgrid.Method;
-import com.sendgrid.Request;
-import com.sendgrid.Response;
-import com.sendgrid.SendGrid;
 import lombok.*;
+import org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpMethods;
+import org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpRequestBean;
+import org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpResponseBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static bubble.cloud.storage.StorageCryptStream.MIN_DISTINCT_LENGTH;
 import static bubble.cloud.storage.StorageCryptStream.MIN_KEY_LENGTH;
-import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NO_CONTENT;
-import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
+import static org.apache.http.HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION;
+import static org.apache.http.HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.die;
-import static org.cobbzilla.util.json.JsonUtil.EMPTY_JSON;
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpContentTypes.APPLICATION_JSON;
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.http.HttpUtil.getResponse;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.json.JsonUtil.json;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.security.CryptoUtil.generatePassword;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.string.StringUtil.repeat;
 
 public class SendgridSmtpEmailDriver extends SmtpEmailDriver {
+    public static final String SG_API_BASE = "https://api.sendgrid.com/v3/";
 
     private static final String PARAM_PARENT_SERVICE = "parentService";
 
@@ -49,26 +51,12 @@ public class SendgridSmtpEmailDriver extends SmtpEmailDriver {
             return super.setupDelegatedCloudService(configuration, parentService, delegatedService);
         }
 
-        final SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(parentCredentials.getParam(PARAM_PASSWORD));
         final Account accountWithDelegate = accountDAO.findByUuid(delegatedService.getAccount());
         final String user = sgUsername(delegatedService);
         String password = generatePassword(MIN_KEY_LENGTH, MIN_DISTINCT_LENGTH);
         final CreateSubuserRequest data = new CreateSubuserRequest(user, accountWithDelegate.getEmail(), password,
                                                                    new String[]{});
-        final Request req = new Request();
-        req.setMethod(Method.POST);
-        req.setEndpoint("subusers");
-        req.setBody(json(data));
-
-        final Response res;
-        try {
-            res = sg.api(req);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return die("Cannot create SendGrid Subuser", e);
-        }
-        if (res.getStatusCode() != HTTP_OK) {
-            return die("Wrong response when creating SendGrid Subuser: " + res.getStatusCode() + " : " + res.getBody());
-        }
+        doRequest("subusers", HttpMethods.POST, json(data));
 
         delegatedService.setDelegated(null).setTemplate(false);
         delegatedService.getCredentials()
@@ -86,24 +74,29 @@ public class SendgridSmtpEmailDriver extends SmtpEmailDriver {
         final CloudService parentService = serviceDAO.findByUuid(parentServiceUuid);
         if (parentService == null) return;
 
-        final SendGrid sg = new SendGrid(parentService.getCredentials().getParam(PARAM_PASSWORD));
         final String sgUserToDelete = sgUsername(service);
+        doRequest("subusers/" + sgUserToDelete, HttpMethods.DELETE, null);
+    }
 
-        final Request req = new Request();
-        req.setMethod(Method.DELETE);
-        req.setEndpoint("subusers/" + sgUserToDelete);
-        req.setBody(EMPTY_JSON);
+    private String doRequest(@NonNull final String uri, @NonNull final String method, @Nullable final String json) {
+        final HttpRequestBean request = new HttpRequestBean();
+        request.setMethod(method)
+               .setUri(SG_API_BASE + uri)
+               .setEntity(json)
+               .setHeader(CONTENT_TYPE, APPLICATION_JSON)
+               .setHeader(AUTHORIZATION, "Bearer " + getCredentials().getParam(PARAM_PASSWORD));
 
-        final Response res;
+        final HttpResponseBean response;
         try {
-            res = sg.api(req);
+            response = getResponse(request);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            die("Cannot delete SendGrid Subuser " + sgUserToDelete, e);
-            return;
+            return die("doGet(" + uri + "): " + e.getMessage(), e);
         }
-        if (res.getStatusCode() != HTTP_NO_CONTENT) {
-            die("Wrong response when creating SendGrid Subuser: " + res.getStatusCode() + " : " + res.getBody());
+        if (!response.isOk()) {
+            return die("doPost(" + uri + "): HTTP " + response.getStatus() + " : " + response.getEntityString());
         }
+
+        return response.getEntityString();
     }
 
     @AllArgsConstructor @NoArgsConstructor
@@ -113,4 +106,5 @@ public class SendgridSmtpEmailDriver extends SmtpEmailDriver {
         @Getter @Setter private String password;
         @Getter @Setter private String[] ips;
     }
+
 }