3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/http-client/pom.xml b/http-client/pom.xml
index c396533d7b9..133da65631c 100644
--- a/http-client/pom.xml
+++ b/http-client/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/http-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/client/AbstractHttpClient.java b/http-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/client/AbstractHttpClient.java
index ed3fee101ed..48bbffc7e37 100644
--- a/http-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/client/AbstractHttpClient.java
+++ b/http-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/client/AbstractHttpClient.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHttpClient implements HttpClient {
 
         @Override
         public HttpClient.RequestBuilder body(byte[] json) {
-            return body(HttpEntities.create(json, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+            return body(() -> HttpEntities.create(json, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/http-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/client/HttpClient.java b/http-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/client/HttpClient.java
index ea8328ed793..4da887f0cbb 100644
--- a/http-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/client/HttpClient.java
+++ b/http-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/hosted/client/HttpClient.java
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ public interface HttpClient extends Closeable {
         RequestBuilder body(byte[] json);
 
         /** Sets the request body. */
-        default RequestBuilder body(HttpEntity entity) {
-            if (entity.isRepeatable()) return body(() -> entity);
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("entitiy must be repeatable, or a supplier must be used");
-        }
-
-        /** Sets the request body. */
         RequestBuilder body(Supplier<HttpEntity> entity);
 
         /** Sets query parameters without a value, like {@code ?debug&recursive}. */