diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index 4dbc03c..868756c 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -523,19 +523,13 @@ export abstract class APIClient {
     const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), ms);
 
     return (
-      this.getRequestClient()
-        // use undefined this binding; fetch errors if bound to something else in browser/cloudflare
-        .fetch.call(undefined, url, { signal: controller.signal as any, ...options })
-        .finally(() => {
-          clearTimeout(timeout);
-        })
+      // use undefined this binding; fetch errors if bound to something else in browser/cloudflare
+      this.fetch.call(undefined, url, { signal: controller.signal as any, ...options }).finally(() => {
+        clearTimeout(timeout);
+      })
     );
   }
 
-  protected getRequestClient(): RequestClient {
-    return { fetch: this.fetch };
-  }
-
   private shouldRetry(response: Response): boolean {
     // Note this is not a standard header.
     const shouldRetryHeader = response.headers.get('x-should-retry');