diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMyself.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMyself.java
index bebcdc7d8..5d559cbac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMyself.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMyself.java
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHEmail> getEmails2() throws IOException {
-        GHEmail[] addresses = root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/emails").fetchArray(GHEmail[].class);
+        GHEmail[] addresses = root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath("/user/emails")
+                .toIterable(GHEmail[].class, null)
+                .toArray();
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(addresses));
     }
 
@@ -84,8 +87,8 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHKey> getPublicKeys() throws IOException {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableList(
-                Arrays.asList(root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/keys").fetchArray(GHKey[].class)));
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays
+                .asList(root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/keys").toIterable(GHKey[].class, null).toArray()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -99,8 +102,10 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHVerifiedKey> getPublicVerifiedKeys() throws IOException {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
-                root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/users/" + getLogin() + "/keys").fetchArray(GHVerifiedKey[].class)));
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath("/users/" + getLogin() + "/keys")
+                .toIterable(GHVerifiedKey[].class, null)
+                .toArray()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -113,7 +118,10 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
     public GHPersonSet<GHOrganization> getAllOrganizations() throws IOException {
         GHPersonSet<GHOrganization> orgs = new GHPersonSet<GHOrganization>();
         Set<String> names = new HashSet<String>();
-        for (GHOrganization o : root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/orgs").fetchArray(GHOrganization[].class)) {
+        for (GHOrganization o : root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath("/user/orgs")
+                .toIterable(GHOrganization[].class, null)
+                .toArray()) {
             if (names.add(o.getLogin())) // in case of rumoured duplicates in the data
                 orgs.add(root.getOrganization(o.getLogin()));
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRelease.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRelease.java
index 458c5a602..2ebde9d28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRelease.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRelease.java
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ public class GHRelease extends GHObject {
     public List<GHAsset> getAssets() throws IOException {
         Requester builder = owner.root.createRequest();
 
-        GHAsset[] assets = builder.withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("assets")).fetchArray(GHAsset[].class);
+        GHAsset[] assets = builder.withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("assets")).toIterable(GHAsset[].class, null).toArray();
         return Arrays.asList(GHAsset.wrap(assets, this));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index ff987ee0a..9ee25206a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -376,8 +376,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
         Requester requester = root.createRequest()
                 .with("state", state)
                 .with("milestone", milestone == null ? "none" : "" + milestone.getNumber());
-        return Arrays
-                .asList(GHIssue.wrap(requester.withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("issues")).fetchArray(GHIssue[].class), this));
+        return Arrays.asList(
+                GHIssue.wrap(requester.withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("issues")).toIterable(GHIssue[].class, null).toArray(),
+                        this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -785,9 +786,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public Set<String> getCollaboratorNames() throws IOException {
         Set<String> r = new HashSet<String>();
-        for (GHUser u : GHUser.wrap(
-                root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("collaborators")).fetchArray(GHUser[].class),
-                root))
+        for (GHUser u : GHUser.wrap(root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("collaborators"))
+                .toIterable(GHUser[].class, null)
+                .toArray(), root))
             r.add(u.login);
         return r;
     }
@@ -830,9 +832,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public Set<GHTeam> getTeams() throws IOException {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<GHTeam>(Arrays.asList(
-                GHTeam.wrapUp(root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("teams")).fetchArray(GHTeam[].class),
-                        root.getOrganization(getOwnerName())))));
+        return Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<GHTeam>(Arrays.asList(GHTeam.wrapUp(
+                root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("teams")).toIterable(GHTeam[].class, null).toArray(),
+                root.getOrganization(getOwnerName())))));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1451,7 +1453,8 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
     public GHRef[] getRefs() throws IOException {
         return GHRef.wrap(root.createRequest()
                 .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/refs", getOwnerName(), name))
-                .fetchArray(GHRef[].class), root);
+                .toIterable(GHRef[].class, null)
+                .toArray(), root);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1478,7 +1481,8 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
     public GHRef[] getRefs(String refType) throws IOException {
         return GHRef.wrap(root.createRequest()
                 .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/refs/%s", getOwnerName(), name, refType))
-                .fetchArray(GHRef[].class), root);
+                .toIterable(GHRef[].class, null)
+                .toArray(), root);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2071,7 +2075,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public Map<String, GHBranch> getBranches() throws IOException {
         Map<String, GHBranch> r = new TreeMap<String, GHBranch>();
-        for (GHBranch p : root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("branches")).fetchArray(GHBranch[].class)) {
+        for (GHBranch p : root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("branches"))
+                .toIterable(GHBranch[].class, null)
+                .toArray()) {
             p.wrap(this);
             r.put(p.getName(), p);
         }
@@ -2203,7 +2210,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
         }
         String target = getApiTailUrl("contents/" + path);
 
-        GHContent[] files = requester.with("ref", ref).withUrlPath(target).fetchArray(GHContent[].class);
+        GHContent[] files = requester.with("ref", ref)
+                .withUrlPath(target)
+                .toIterable(GHContent[].class, null)
+                .toArray();
 
         GHContent.wrap(files, this);
 
@@ -2361,8 +2371,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHDeployKey> getDeployKeys() throws IOException {
-        List<GHDeployKey> list = new ArrayList<GHDeployKey>(
-                Arrays.asList(root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("keys")).fetchArray(GHDeployKey[].class)));
+        List<GHDeployKey> list = new ArrayList<GHDeployKey>(Arrays.asList(root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("keys"))
+                .toIterable(GHDeployKey[].class, null)
+                .toArray()));
         for (GHDeployKey h : list)
             h.wrap(this);
         return list;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHUser.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHUser.java
index ec1c18402..c5217ad77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHUser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHUser.java
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHKey> getKeys() throws IOException {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableList(
-                Arrays.asList(root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("keys")).fetchArray(GHKey[].class)));
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
+                root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("keys")).toIterable(GHKey[].class, null).toArray()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
         Set<String> names = new HashSet<String>();
         for (GHOrganization o : root.createRequest()
                 .withUrlPath("/users/" + login + "/orgs")
-                .fetchArray(GHOrganization[].class)) {
+                .toIterable(GHOrganization[].class, null)
+                .toArray()) {
             if (names.add(o.getLogin())) // I've seen some duplicates in the data
                 orgs.add(root.getOrganization(o.getLogin()));
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
index a20f09efe..2f1ce3d4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
@@ -600,7 +600,8 @@ public class GitHub {
      */
     public List<GHInvitation> getMyInvitations() throws IOException {
         GHInvitation[] invitations = createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/repository_invitations")
-                .fetchArray(GHInvitation[].class);
+                .toIterable(GHInvitation[].class, null)
+                .toArray();
         for (GHInvitation i : invitations) {
             i.wrapUp(this);
         }
@@ -618,7 +619,9 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public Map<String, GHOrganization> getMyOrganizations() throws IOException {
-        GHOrganization[] orgs = createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/orgs").fetchArray(GHOrganization[].class);
+        GHOrganization[] orgs = createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/orgs")
+                .toIterable(GHOrganization[].class, null)
+                .toArray();
         Map<String, GHOrganization> r = new HashMap<String, GHOrganization>();
         for (GHOrganization o : orgs) {
             // don't put 'o' into orgs because they are shallow
@@ -672,7 +675,8 @@ public class GitHub {
      */
     public Map<String, GHOrganization> getUserPublicOrganizations(String login) throws IOException {
         GHOrganization[] orgs = createRequest().withUrlPath("/users/" + login + "/orgs")
-                .fetchArray(GHOrganization[].class);
+                .toIterable(GHOrganization[].class, null)
+                .toArray();
         Map<String, GHOrganization> r = new HashMap<String, GHOrganization>();
         for (GHOrganization o : orgs) {
             // don't put 'o' into orgs because they are shallow
@@ -693,7 +697,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      */
     public Map<String, Set<GHTeam>> getMyTeams() throws IOException {
         Map<String, Set<GHTeam>> allMyTeams = new HashMap<String, Set<GHTeam>>();
-        for (GHTeam team : createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/teams").fetchArray(GHTeam[].class)) {
+        for (GHTeam team : createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/teams").toIterable(GHTeam[].class, null).toArray()) {
             team.wrapUp(this);
             String orgLogin = team.getOrganization().getLogin();
             Set<GHTeam> teamsPerOrg = allMyTeams.get(orgLogin);
@@ -727,7 +731,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHEventInfo> getEvents() throws IOException {
-        GHEventInfo[] events = createRequest().withUrlPath("/events").fetchArray(GHEventInfo[].class);
+        GHEventInfo[] events = createRequest().withUrlPath("/events").toIterable(GHEventInfo[].class, null).toArray();
         for (GHEventInfo e : events)
             e.wrapUp(this);
         return Arrays.asList(events);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
index 56bb21f6c..0d7877b7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java
@@ -68,21 +68,6 @@ class Requester extends GitHubRequest.Builder<Requester> {
         return client.sendRequest(this, (responseInfo) -> GitHubResponse.parseBody(responseInfo, type)).body();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sends a request and parses the response into an array of the given type via databinding.
-     *
-     * @param <T>
-     *            the type parameter
-     * @param type
-     *            the type
-     * @return an array of {@link T} elements
-     * @throws IOException
-     *             if the server returns 4xx/5xx responses.
-     */
-    public <T> T[] fetchArray(@Nonnull Class<T[]> type) throws IOException {
-        return toIterable(client, type, null).toArray();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Like {@link #fetch(Class)} but updates an existing object instead of creating a new instance.
      *