diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index ef1e098f02..c2728941d0 100755
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 import { CommonModule, APP_BASE_HREF } from '@angular/common';
-import { HttpModule } from '@angular/http';
+import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 import { EffectsModule } from '@ngrx/effects';
 import { StoreModule, MetaReducer, META_REDUCERS } from '@ngrx/store';
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if (!ENV_CONFIG.production) {
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     CommonModule,
-    HttpModule,
+    HttpClientModule,
     AppRoutingModule,
     CoreModule.forRoot(),
     NgbModule.forRoot(),
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b45b7ae526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
+
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from './dspace-rest-v2.service';
+
+describe('DSpaceRESTv2Service', () => {
+  let dSpaceRESTv2Service: DSpaceRESTv2Service;
+  let httpMock: HttpTestingController;
+  const mockDSpaceRESTV2Response = {};
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [HttpClientTestingModule],
+      providers: [DSpaceRESTv2Service]
+    });
+
+    dSpaceRESTv2Service = TestBed.get(DSpaceRESTv2Service);
+    httpMock = TestBed.get(HttpTestingController);
+  });
+
+  it('should be created', inject([DSpaceRESTv2Service], (service: DSpaceRESTv2Service) => {
+    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
+  }));
+
+  describe('#get', () => {
+    it('should return an Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response>', () => {
+      const url = 'http://www.dspace.org/';
+      dSpaceRESTv2Service.get(url).subscribe((response) => {
+        expect(response).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+
+      const req = httpMock.expectOne(url);
+      expect(req.request.method).toBe('GET');
+      req.flush(mockDSpaceRESTV2Response);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
index 6464268201..1c719a6831 100644
--- a/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { Http, RequestOptionsArgs } from '@angular/http';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
-import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from './dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
 @Injectable()
 export class DSpaceRESTv2Service {
 
-  constructor(private http: Http, @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {
 
   }
 
@@ -23,13 +22,12 @@ export class DSpaceRESTv2Service {
    * @param absoluteURL
    *      A URL
    * @param options
-   *      A RequestOptionsArgs object, with options for the http call.
-   * @return {Observable<string>}
-   *      An Observable<string> containing the response from the server
+   *      An object, with options for the http call.
+   * @return {Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response>}
+   *      An Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> containing the response from the server
    */
-  get(absoluteURL: string, options?: RequestOptionsArgs): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
+  get(absoluteURL: string, options?: {}): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
     return this.http.get(absoluteURL, options)
-      .map((res) => ({ payload: res.json(), statusCode: res.statusText }))
       .catch((err) => {
         console.log('Error: ', err);
         return Observable.throw(err);
diff --git a/src/app/shared/api.service.ts b/src/app/shared/api.service.ts
index 64a1b538c8..90c79d132e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/api.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/api.service.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import 'rxjs/add/observable/throw';
-import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
 import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
 
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { Http } from '@angular/http';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ApiService {
-  constructor(public _http: Http) {
+  constructor(public _http: HttpClient) {
 
   }
 
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ export class ApiService {
    */
   get(url: string, options?: any) {
     return this._http.get(url, options)
-      .map((res) => res.json())
       .catch((err) => {
         console.log('Error: ', err);
         return Observable.throw(err);