diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/EventLogStatisticsService.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/EventLogStatisticsService.java
index 34f469299aee..e95e3c8fdc36 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/EventLogStatisticsService.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/eventLog/EventLogStatisticsService.java
@@ -9,29 +9,17 @@ import com.intellij.internal.statistic.persistence.UsageStatisticsPersistenceCom
 import com.intellij.notification.Notification;
 import com.intellij.notification.NotificationListener;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.StreamUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.CharsetToolkit;
-import org.apache.http.Consts;
-import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
-import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
-import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
-import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
+import com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class EventLogStatisticsService implements StatisticsService {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("com.intellij.internal.statistic.eventLog.EventLogStatisticsService");
-  private static final ContentType APPLICATION_JSON = ContentType.create("application/json", Consts.UTF_8);
 
   private static final EventLogStatisticsSettingsService mySettingsService = EventLogStatisticsSettingsService.getInstance();
 
@@ -65,21 +53,26 @@ public class EventLogStatisticsService implements StatisticsService {
           continue;
         }
 
-        final HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
-        final HttpPost post = createPostRequest(serviceUrl, LogEventSerializer.INSTANCE.toString(request));
-        final HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(post);
-
-        final int code = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
-        if (code == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
+        try {
+          HttpRequests
+            .post(serviceUrl, "application/json")
+            .isReadResponseOnError(true)
+            .connect(request1 -> {
+              request1.write(LogEventSerializer.INSTANCE.toString(request));
+              if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                LOG.trace(file.getName() + " -> " + request1.readString());
+              }
+              return null;
+            });
           succeed++;
           toRemove.add(file);
         }
-        else if (code == HttpStatus.SC_BAD_REQUEST) {
+        catch (HttpRequests.HttpStatusException e) {
           toRemove.add(file);
-        }
 
-        if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
-          LOG.trace(file.getName() + " -> " + getResponseMessage(response));
+          if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            LOG.trace(file.getName() + " -> " + e.getMessage());
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -136,25 +129,8 @@ public class EventLogStatisticsService implements StatisticsService {
     }
   }
 
-  @NotNull
-  public static HttpPost createPostRequest(@NotNull String serviceUrl, @NotNull String content) {
-    final HttpPost post = new HttpPost(serviceUrl);
-    final StringEntity postingString = new StringEntity(content, APPLICATION_JSON);
-    post.setEntity(postingString);
-    return post;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public Notification createNotification(@NotNull String groupDisplayId, @Nullable NotificationListener listener) {
     return null;
   }
-
-  @NotNull
-  private static String getResponseMessage(HttpResponse response) throws IOException {
-    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
-    if (entity != null) {
-      return StreamUtil.readText(entity.getContent(), CharsetToolkit.UTF8);
-    }
-    return Integer.toString(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/fus/FUStatisticsService.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/fus/FUStatisticsService.java
index fea9162e87e6..371815b368c3 100755
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/fus/FUStatisticsService.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/fus/FUStatisticsService.java
@@ -9,18 +9,10 @@ import com.intellij.internal.statistic.service.fus.collectors.FUStatisticsPersis
 import com.intellij.internal.statistic.service.fus.collectors.FUStatisticsStateService;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ex.ApplicationManagerEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.StreamUtil;
-import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.CharsetToolkit;
-import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
-import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
-import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
+import com.intellij.util.io.HttpRequests;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 public class FUStatisticsService extends ConfigurableStatisticsService<FUStatisticsSettingsService> {
@@ -52,44 +44,39 @@ public class FUStatisticsService extends ConfigurableStatisticsService<FUStatist
         throw new StatServiceException("There are no data from collectors to send");
       }
 
-      HttpResponse response = postStatistics(serviceUrl, dataToSend);
+      HttpRequests.post(serviceUrl, "application/json")
+                  .isReadResponseOnError(true)
+                  .connect(request -> {
+                    request.write(dataToSend);
+                    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                      String message = request.readString();
+                      if (message.isEmpty()) {
+                        LOG.debug(Integer.toString(((HttpURLConnection)request.getConnection()).getResponseCode()));
+                      }
+                      else {
+                        LOG.debug(message);
+                      }
+                    }
+                    return null;
+                  });
 
-      if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
-        String responseMessage = getResponseMessage(response);
-        LOG.info(responseMessage);
-        throw new StatServiceException("Error during data sending. \n " + responseMessage);
-      }
       FUStatisticsPersistence.clearSessionPersistence(System.currentTimeMillis());
       FUStatisticsPersistence.persistSentData(dataToSend);
       FUStatisticsPersistence.persistDataFromCollectors(allDataFromCollectors.asJsonString());
 
-      if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) LOG.debug(getResponseMessage(response));
-
       return dataToSend;
-    }  catch (Exception e) {
+    }
+    catch (HttpRequests.HttpStatusException e) {
+      String responseMessage = e.getMessage();
+      LOG.info(responseMessage);
+      throw new StatServiceException("Error during data sending. \n " + responseMessage);
+    }
+    catch (Exception e) {
       LOG.info(e);
       throw new StatServiceException("Error during data sending.", e);
     }
   }
 
-  private static HttpResponse postStatistics(String serviceUrl, String content) throws IOException {
-    HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
-    HttpPost post = new HttpPost(serviceUrl);
-    StringEntity postingString = new StringEntity(content);
-    post.setEntity(postingString);
-    post.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
-    return httpClient.execute(post);
-  }
-
-  @NotNull
-  private static String getResponseMessage(HttpResponse response) throws IOException {
-    HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
-    if (entity != null) {
-      return StreamUtil.readText(entity.getContent(), CharsetToolkit.UTF8);
-    }
-    return Integer.toString(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
-  }
-
   @Override
   public FUStatisticsSettingsService getConnectionService() {
     return mySettingsService;