diff --git a/cloudflare.py b/cloudflare.py
index 94d1db5..7099d6e 100644
--- a/cloudflare.py
+++ b/cloudflare.py
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@
 from collections import namedtuple
 
 import re
-import json
-import yaml
-import requests
 import logging
 import salt.exceptions
 
@@ -169,7 +166,7 @@ def pure(self):
     def data(self):
         if self.type == "SRV":
             service, proto, name = self.name.split(".", 2)
-            parts = self.content.split("\t")
+            parts = self.content.split()
             if len(parts) == 3:
                 # record should look like this: "priority weight port target"
                 # cloudflare returns: "weight port target"
@@ -187,13 +184,13 @@ def data(self):
                 "target": target,
             }
         if self.type == "CAA":
-            parts = self.content.split(" ")
+            parts = self.content.split()
             flags, tag, value = parts
             return {
                 "name": self.name,
                 "flags": int(flags),
                 "tag": tag,
-                "value": value[1:-1],
+                "value": value.strip('"'),
             }
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -258,25 +255,20 @@ def _request(self, uri, method="GET", json=None):
         else:
             headers = {"X-Auth-Email": self.auth_email, "X-Auth-Key": self.auth_key}
 
+        if method not in ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE"]:
+            raise Exception("Unknown request method: {0}".format(method))
+
         logger.info("Sending request: {0} {1} data: {2}".format(method, uri, json))
 
-        if method == "GET":
-            resp = requests.get(uri, headers=headers)
-        elif method == "POST":
-            resp = requests.post(uri, headers=headers, json=json)
-        elif method == "PUT":
-            resp = requests.put(uri, headers=headers, json=json)
-        elif method == "DELETE":
-            resp = requests.delete(uri, headers=headers)
-        else:
-            raise Exception("Unknown request method: {0}".format(method))
+        data = __utils__["json.dumps"](json) if json else None
+        resp = __utils__["http.query"](uri, header_dict=headers, data=data, decode=True, method=method)
 
-        if not resp.ok:
+        if resp.get('error'):
             raise Exception(
-                "Got HTTP code {0}: {1}".format(resp.status_code, resp.text)
+                "Got HTTP code {0}: {1}".format(resp.get('status'), resp.get('error'))
             )
 
-        return resp.json()
+        return resp['dict']
 
     def _add_record(self, record):
         self._request(