diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d22200d..3aa2e96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nulo/isogit-lfs",
-  "version": "0.2.9",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "LFS helpers for Isomorphic Git",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:riboseinc/isogit-lfs.git",
diff --git a/src/download.ts b/src/download.ts
index d6adbb5..383f556 100644
--- a/src/download.ts
+++ b/src/download.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Buffer } from "buffer";
 
 import { bodyToBuffer, getAuthHeader, isWriteable } from "./util";
 import { Pointer } from "./pointers";
-import { HTTPRequest } from "./types";
+import { HTTPRequest, BasicAuth } from "./types";
 import { PromiseFsClient } from "isomorphic-git";
 
 interface LFSInfoResponse {
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ function isValidLFSInfoResponseData(
  */
 export default async function downloadBlobFromPointer(
   fs: PromiseFsClient | null,
-  { http: { request }, headers = {}, url, auth }: HTTPRequest,
+  url: string,
+  auth: BasicAuth | {},
   { info, objectPath }: Pointer
-): Promise<Buffer> {
+): Promise<Blob> {
   if (fs) {
     try {
       const cached = await fs?.promises.readFile(objectPath);
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ export default async function downloadBlobFromPointer(
     }
   }
 
-  const authHeaders: Record<string, string> = auth ? getAuthHeader(auth) : {};
+  const authHeaders: Record<string, string> =
+    "username" in auth ? getAuthHeader(auth) : {};
 
   // Request LFS transfer
 
@@ -56,29 +58,18 @@ export default async function downloadBlobFromPointer(
     objects: [info],
   };
 
-  const { body: lfsInfoBody } = await request({
-    url: `${url}/info/lfs/objects/batch`,
+  const lfsInfoRes = await fetch(`${url}/info/lfs/objects/batch`, {
     method: "POST",
     headers: {
       // Github LFS doesn’t seem to accept this UA, but works fine without any
       // 'User-Agent': `git/isomorphic-git@${git.version()}`,
-      ...headers,
       ...authHeaders,
       Accept: "application/vnd.git-lfs+json",
       "Content-Type": "application/vnd.git-lfs+json",
     },
-    body: [Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(lfsInfoRequestData))],
+    body: JSON.stringify(lfsInfoRequestData),
   });
-
-  const lfsInfoResponseRaw = (await bodyToBuffer(lfsInfoBody)).toString();
-  let lfsInfoResponseData: any;
-  try {
-    lfsInfoResponseData = JSON.parse(lfsInfoResponseRaw);
-  } catch (e) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Unexpected structure received from LFS server: unable to parse JSON ${lfsInfoResponseRaw}`
-    );
-  }
+  const lfsInfoResponseData = await lfsInfoRes.json();
 
   if (isValidLFSInfoResponseData(lfsInfoResponseData)) {
     // Request the actual blob
@@ -87,19 +78,14 @@ export default async function downloadBlobFromPointer(
     const lfsObjectDownloadURL = downloadAction.href;
     const lfsObjectDownloadHeaders = downloadAction.header ?? {};
 
-    const dlHeaders = {
-      ...headers,
-      ...authHeaders,
-      ...lfsObjectDownloadHeaders,
-    };
-
-    const { body: lfsObjectBody } = await request({
-      url: lfsObjectDownloadURL,
+    const lfsObjectRes = await fetch(lfsObjectDownloadURL, {
       method: "GET",
-      headers: dlHeaders,
+      headers: {
+        ...authHeaders,
+        ...lfsObjectDownloadHeaders,
+      },
     });
-
-    const blob = await bodyToBuffer(lfsObjectBody);
+    const blob = await lfsObjectRes.blob();
 
     if (fs) {
       // Write LFS cache for this object, if cache path is accessible.
diff --git a/src/populateCache.ts b/src/populateCache.ts
index 6e407c3..d23acc8 100644
--- a/src/populateCache.ts
+++ b/src/populateCache.ts
@@ -75,11 +75,7 @@ export default async function populateCache(
               total: 10,
             });
 
-            await downloadBlobFromPointer(
-              fs,
-              { http, url: remoteURL },
-              pointer
-            );
+            await downloadBlobFromPointer(fs, remoteURL, {}, pointer);
           }
         }
       }