diff --git a/metrics-httpclient5/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/httpclient5/HttpClientMetricNameStrategiesTest.java b/metrics-httpclient5/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/httpclient5/HttpClientMetricNameStrategiesTest.java
index b1e88382a4..04954c8260 100644
--- a/metrics-httpclient5/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/httpclient5/HttpClientMetricNameStrategiesTest.java
+++ b/metrics-httpclient5/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/httpclient5/HttpClientMetricNameStrategiesTest.java
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpPut;
-import org.apache.hc.client5.http.utils.URIUtils;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.message.HttpRequestWrapper;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.net.URIBuilder;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ public void querylessUrlAndMethodWithNameInWrappedRequest() throws URISyntaxExce
     }
 
     private static HttpRequest rewriteRequestURI(HttpRequest request) throws URISyntaxException {
+        URI uri = new URIBuilder(request.getUri()).setFragment(null).build();
         HttpRequestWrapper wrapper = new HttpRequestWrapper(request);
-        URI uri = URIUtils.rewriteURI(wrapper.getUri(), null, true);
         wrapper.setUri(uri);
 
         return wrapper;
diff --git a/metrics-httpclient5/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/httpclient5/InstrumentedHttpAsyncClientsTest.java b/metrics-httpclient5/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/httpclient5/InstrumentedHttpAsyncClientsTest.java
index 0066c3fa50..ebef1f2f59 100644
--- a/metrics-httpclient5/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/httpclient5/InstrumentedHttpAsyncClientsTest.java
+++ b/metrics-httpclient5/src/test/java/com/codahale/metrics/httpclient5/InstrumentedHttpAsyncClientsTest.java
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpExchange;
 import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleHttpRequest;
-import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleHttpRequests;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleRequestBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.async.CloseableHttpAsyncClient;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.nio.PoolingAsyncClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.concurrent.FutureCallback;
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ public void registersExpectedMetricsGivenNameStrategy() throws Exception {
         client = InstrumentedHttpAsyncClients.custom(metricRegistry, metricNameStrategy).disableAutomaticRetries().build();
         client.start();
 
-        final SimpleHttpRequest request = SimpleHttpRequests.get("http://localhost:" + httpServer.getAddress().getPort() + "/");
+        final SimpleHttpRequest request = SimpleRequestBuilder
+                .get("http://localhost:" + httpServer.getAddress().getPort() + "/")
+                .build();
         final String metricName = "some.made.up.metric.name";
 
         httpServer.createContext("/", exchange -> {
@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ public void registersExpectedExceptionMetrics() throws Exception {
         client.start();
 
         final CountDownLatch countDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
-        final SimpleHttpRequest request = SimpleHttpRequests.get("http://localhost:" + httpServer.getAddress().getPort() + "/");
+        final SimpleHttpRequest request = SimpleRequestBuilder
+                .get("http://localhost:" + httpServer.getAddress().getPort() + "/")
+                .build();
         final String requestMetricName = "request";
         final String exceptionMetricName = "exception";
 
@@ -160,7 +164,9 @@ public void usesCustomClientConnectionManager() throws Exception {
         client = InstrumentedHttpAsyncClients.custom(metricRegistry, metricNameStrategy, clientConnectionManager).disableAutomaticRetries().build();
         client.start();
 
-        final SimpleHttpRequest request = SimpleHttpRequests.get("http://localhost:" + httpServer.getAddress().getPort() + "/");
+        final SimpleHttpRequest request = SimpleRequestBuilder
+                .get("http://localhost:" + httpServer.getAddress().getPort() + "/")
+                .build();
         final String metricName = "some.made.up.metric.name";
 
         httpServer.createContext("/", exchange -> {