diff --git a/internal_filesystem/builtin/apps/com.example.appstore/assets/appstore.py b/internal_filesystem/builtin/apps/com.example.appstore/assets/appstore.py
index ceb111c1..4fbd47ad 100644
--- a/internal_filesystem/builtin/apps/com.example.appstore/assets/appstore.py
+++ b/internal_filesystem/builtin/apps/com.example.appstore/assets/appstore.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import lvgl as lv
 import json
-import urequests
+import requests
 import gc
 import os
 import time
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def set_install_label(app_fullname):
 def download_icon(url):
     print(f"Downloading icon from {url}")
     try:
-        response = urequests.get(url, timeout=5)
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
         if response.status_code == 200:
             image_data = response.content
             print("Downloaded image, size:", len(image_data), "bytes")
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def download_and_unzip(zip_url, dest_folder, app_fullname):
     try:
         # Step 1: Download the .mpk file
         print(f"Downloading .mpk file from: {zip_url}")
-        response = urequests.get(zip_url, timeout=10)
+        response = requests.get(zip_url, timeout=10)
         if response.status_code != 200:
             print("Download failed: Status code", response.status_code)
             response.close()
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def download_and_unzip(zip_url, dest_folder, app_fullname):
 def download_apps(json_url):
     global apps, please_wait_label
     try:
-        response = urequests.get(json_url, timeout=10)
+        response = requests.get(json_url, timeout=10)
     except Exception as e:
         print("Download failed:", e)
         lv.async_call(lambda l: please_wait_label.set_text(f"Error downloading app index: {e}"), None)
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ def download_icons():
         image_dsc = download_icon(app.icon_url)
         app.image_dsc = image_dsc # save it for the app detail page
         lv.async_call(lambda l: app.image.set_src(image_dsc), None)
-        time.sleep_ms(round(th.duration*1.5)) # not waiting here will result in some async_calls() not being executed
+        time.sleep_ms(round(th.duration*2)) # not waiting here will result in some async_calls() not being executed
     print("Finished downloading icons...")
 
 
diff --git a/internal_filesystem/builtin/apps/com.example.osupdate/assets/osupdate.py b/internal_filesystem/builtin/apps/com.example.osupdate/assets/osupdate.py
index 0654dd8f..bb7fc46b 100644
--- a/internal_filesystem/builtin/apps/com.example.osupdate/assets/osupdate.py
+++ b/internal_filesystem/builtin/apps/com.example.osupdate/assets/osupdate.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ appscreen = lv.screen_active()
 appscreen.clean()
 
 import lvgl as lv
-import urequests
+import requests
 import ujson
 import time
 import _thread
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def update_with_lvgl(url):
         progress_bar.set_value(int(percent), lv.ANIM.ON)
     current = Partition(Partition.RUNNING)
     next_partition = current.get_next_update()
-    response = urequests.get(url, stream=True)
+    response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
     total_size = int(response.headers.get('Content-Length', 0))
     bytes_written = 0
     chunk_size = 4096
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ def show_update_info():
     url = "http://demo.lnpiggy.com:2121/osupdate.json"  # Adjust if the actual JSON URL differs
     print(f"osudpate.py: fetching {url}")
     try:
-        print("doing urequests.get()")
+        print("doing requests.get()")
         # Download the JSON
-        response = urequests.get(url)
+        response = requests.get(url)
         # Check if request was successful
         if response.status_code == 200:
             # Parse JSON
diff --git a/internal_filesystem/lib/urequests.mpy b/internal_filesystem/lib/urequests.mpy
deleted file mode 100644
index 8677c9b5..00000000
Binary files a/internal_filesystem/lib/urequests.mpy and /dev/null differ