diff --git a/BCL.csproj b/BCL.csproj
index 836dfc5b4..adc163cd7 100644
--- a/BCL.csproj
+++ b/BCL.csproj
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="utils\module-merge.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="utils\utils_android.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="utils\utils_ios.ts" />
-    <TypeScriptCompile Include="http\http-request.d.ts" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="http\index.ts" />
@@ -180,14 +179,14 @@
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="file-system\file-system-access.ios.ts">
       <DependentUpon>file-system-access.d.ts</DependentUpon>
     </TypeScriptCompile>
-    <TypeScriptCompile Include="http\http-request.android.ts">
-      <DependentUpon>http-request.d.ts</DependentUpon>
-    </TypeScriptCompile>
-    <TypeScriptCompile Include="http\http-request.ios.ts">
-      <DependentUpon>http-request.d.ts</DependentUpon>
-    </TypeScriptCompile>
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="application\application-common.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="http\http-common.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="http\http.android.ts">
+      <DependentUpon>http.d.ts</DependentUpon>
+    </TypeScriptCompile>
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="http\http.ios.ts">
+      <DependentUpon>http.d.ts</DependentUpon>
+    </TypeScriptCompile>
     <Content Include="image-source\Readme.md" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="http\http.d.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="local-settings\index.ts" />
diff --git a/http/http-common.ts b/http/http-common.ts
index b30a83701..555dd4375 100644
--- a/http/http-common.ts
+++ b/http/http-common.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import image = require("image-source/image-source");
 import promises = require("promises/promises");
-import http = require("http/http-request");
-
-// merge request
-export var request = http.request;
+import http = require("http/http");
 
 /**
   * Gets string from url.
   */
+
 export function getString(arg: any): promises.Promise<string> {
     var d = promises.defer<string>();
 
diff --git a/http/http-request.d.ts b/http/http-request.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ab7233df9..000000000
--- a/http/http-request.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/**
-  * The http client interface.
-  */
-import image_module = require("image-source/image-source");
-import promises = require("promises/promises");
-
-export declare function request(options: HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<HttpResponse>;
-
-export interface HttpRequestOptions {
-    url: string;
-    method: string;
-    headers?: any;
-    content?: any;
-    timeout?: number;
-}
-
-export interface HttpResponse {
-    statusCode: number;
-    headers: any;
-    content?: HttpContent;
-}
-
-export interface HttpContent {
-    raw: any;
-    toString: () => string;
-    toJSON: () => any;
-    toImage: () => image_module.ImageSource;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/http/http-request.android.ts b/http/http.android.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from http/http-request.android.ts
rename to http/http.android.ts
index 1be15e2bc..862bce5ba 100644
--- a/http/http-request.android.ts
+++ b/http/http.android.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 /**
-  * Android specific http client implementation.
+  * Android specific http request implementation.
   */
 import promises = require("promises/promises");
-import http = require("http/http-request");
+import http = require("http/http");
+
+declare var exports;
+require("utils/module-merge").merge(require("http/http-common"), exports);
 
 export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http.HttpResponse> {
     var d = promises.defer<http.HttpResponse>();
diff --git a/http/http.d.ts b/http/http.d.ts
index 5a453cc4f..d9fc397e3 100644
--- a/http/http.d.ts
+++ b/http/http.d.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 import image = require("image-source/image-source");
 import promises = require("promises/promises");
-import request = require("http/http-request");
 
 export declare function getString(url: string): promises.Promise<string>
-export declare function getString(options: request.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<string>
+export declare function getString(options: HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<string>
 
 export declare function getJSON<T>(url: string): promises.Promise<T>
-export declare function getJSON<T>(options: request.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<T>
+export declare function getJSON<T>(options: HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<T>
 
 export declare function getImage(url: string): promises.Promise<image.ImageSource>
-export declare function getImage(options: request.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<image.ImageSource>
+export declare function getImage(options: HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<image.ImageSource>
 
 export declare function request(options: HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<HttpResponse>;
 
diff --git a/http/http-request.ios.ts b/http/http.ios.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from http/http-request.ios.ts
rename to http/http.ios.ts
index 1cc6bef16..3f5def2dc 100644
--- a/http/http-request.ios.ts
+++ b/http/http.ios.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 /**
-  * iOS specific http client implementation.
+  * iOS specific http request implementation.
   */
 import promises = require("promises/promises");
-import http = require("http/http-request");
+import http = require("http/http");
+
+declare var exports;
+require("utils/module-merge").merge(require("http/http-common"), exports);
 
 export function request(options: http.HttpRequestOptions): promises.Promise<http.HttpResponse> {
     var d = promises.defer<http.HttpResponse>();
diff --git a/http/index.ts b/http/index.ts
index 5b9df928d..3c912a54c 100644
--- a/http/index.ts
+++ b/http/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 declare var module, require;
-module.exports = require("http/http-common");
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = require("http/http");
\ No newline at end of file