diff --git a/app/main.development.js b/app/main.development.js
index 9d28f0ff61..2c897d9bee 100644
--- a/app/main.development.js
+++ b/app/main.development.js
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ import {
   allowExternalRequest
 } from "./main_dev/externalRequests";
 import { setupProxy } from "./main_dev/proxy";
+import {
+  getAllVspsInfo,
+  getVSPInfo,
+  getVSPTicketStatus
+} from "./main_dev/vspRequests";
 import {
   getDaemonInfo,
   cleanShutdown,
@@ -471,6 +476,12 @@ handle("check-daemon", getBlockChainInfo);
 
 handle("daemon-getinfo", getDaemonInfo);
 
+handle("get-all-vsps-info", getAllVspsInfo);
+
+handle("get-vsp-info", getVSPInfo);
+
+handle("get-vsp-ticket-status", getVSPTicketStatus);
+
 handle("clean-shutdown", () =>
   cleanShutdown(mainWindow, app, GetDcrdPID(), GetDcrwPID())
 );
diff --git a/app/main_dev/vspRequests.js b/app/main_dev/vspRequests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f95e815dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/main_dev/vspRequests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { getJSON, postJSON } from "helpers/fetch";
+
+const URL_BASE = "https://api.decred.org";
+
+const GET = (path, vspClientSig) => {
+  const config = vspClientSig
+    ? {
+        headers: {
+          "VSP-Client-Signature": vspClientSig
+        }
+      }
+    : {};
+  return getJSON(path, config);
+};
+
+const POST = (path, vspClientSig, json) => {
+  const config = vspClientSig
+    ? {
+        headers: {
+          "VSP-Client-Signature": vspClientSig
+        }
+      }
+    : {};
+  // This json request is strigfied at the call which is making it.
+  return postJSON(path, json, config);
+};
+
+const pickResponse = (res) => ({ data: res.data, status: res.status });
+
+// getAllVspsInfo gets vsp info from vsps v1 and v2.
+// This can be removed after stopping to support them.
+export const getAllVspsInfo = async () => {
+  const response = await GET(URL_BASE + "/?c=vsp");
+  const hosts = Object.keys(response.data);
+  return hosts.reduce((availableVsps, host) => {
+    const vspData = response.data[host];
+    if (vspData.closed) return availableVsps;
+    // call from /?c=vsp does not include its protocol, becaise when calling
+    // from dcrwallet, it is not used. Therefore, we need to add them.
+    availableVsps.push({
+      host,
+      vspData
+    });
+    return availableVsps;
+  }, []);
+};
+
+export const getVSPInfo = async (host) => ({
+  ...pickResponse(await GET(host + "/api/v3/vspinfo")),
+  host
+});
+
+export const getVSPTicketStatus = async ({ host, sig, json }) => ({
+  ...pickResponse(await POST(host + "/api/v3/ticketstatus", sig, json)),
+  host
+});
diff --git a/app/middleware/vspapi.js b/app/middleware/vspapi.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 82977fe459..0000000000
--- a/app/middleware/vspapi.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-import { getJSON, postJSON } from "helpers/fetch";
-
-const URL_BASE = "https://api.decred.org";
-
-const GET = (path, vspClientSig) => {
-  const config = vspClientSig
-    ? {
-        headers: {
-          "VSP-CLIENT-SIGNATURE": vspClientSig
-        }
-      }
-    : {};
-  return getJSON(path, config);
-};
-
-const POST = (path, vspClientSig, json) => {
-  const config = vspClientSig
-    ? {
-        headers: {
-          "VSP-Client-Signature": vspClientSig
-        }
-      }
-    : {};
-  // This json request is strigfied at the call which is making it.
-  return postJSON(path, json, config);
-};
-
-// getAllVspsInfo gets vsp info from vsps v1 and v2.
-// This can be removed after stopping to support them.
-export function getAllVspsInfo(cb) {
-  const readVspInfoResponse = (response) => {
-    const hosts = Object.keys(response.data);
-    const vsps = hosts.reduce((availableVsps, host) => {
-      const vspData = response.data[host];
-      if (vspData.closed) return availableVsps;
-      // call from /?c=vsp does not include its protocol, becaise when calling
-      // from dcrwallet, it is not used. Therefore, we need to add them.
-      availableVsps.push({
-        host,
-        vspData
-      });
-      return availableVsps;
-    }, []);
-    return vsps;
-  };
-
-  GET(URL_BASE + "/?c=vsp")
-    .then(function (response) {
-      cb(readVspInfoResponse(response));
-    })
-    .catch(function (error) {
-      console.log("Error contacting remote stakepools api.", error);
-      cb(null, error);
-    });
-}
-
-// getVSPInfo gets the vspinfo.
-export function getVSPInfo(host, cb) {
-  GET(host + "/api/v3/vspinfo")
-    .then((resp) => cb(resp, null, host))
-    .catch((error) => cb(null, error, host));
-}
-
-export function getVSPTicketStatus({ host, sig, json }, cb) {
-  POST(host + "/api/v3/ticketstatus", sig, json)
-    .then((resp) => cb(resp, null, host))
-    .catch((error) => cb(null, error, host));
-}
diff --git a/app/wallet/vsp.js b/app/wallet/vsp.js
index 41dbca78d6..a02a3d5407 100644
--- a/app/wallet/vsp.js
+++ b/app/wallet/vsp.js
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
-import * as api from "../middleware/vspapi";
 import { withLog as log, withLogNoData } from "./index";
 import * as cfg from "../config";
 import * as cfgConstants from "constants/config";
 import { ipcRenderer } from "electron";
+import { invoke } from "helpers/electronRenderer";
 import { reloadAllowedExternalRequests } from "./daemon";
 import { allowVSPHost as confDialogAllowVSPHost } from "./confirmationDialog";
 
-const promisifyReqLogNoData = (fnName, Req) =>
-  withLogNoData(
-    (...args) =>
-      new Promise((ok, fail) =>
-        Req(...args, (res, err) => (err ? fail(err) : ok(res)))
-      ),
-    fnName
-  );
-
-export const getVSPInfo = promisifyReqLogNoData("getVSPInfo", api.getVSPInfo);
-export const getVSPTicketStatus = promisifyReqLogNoData(
-  "getVSPTicketStatus",
-  api.getVSPTicketStatus
+export const getVSPInfo = withLogNoData(
+  (host) => invoke("get-vsp-info", host),
+  "getVSPInfo"
+);
+export const getVSPTicketStatus = withLogNoData(
+  (req) => invoke("get-vsp-ticket-status", req),
+  "getVSPTicketStatus"
 );
 
 // addAllowedVSPsInCfg modifies the config file to allow the given VSP hosts
@@ -37,9 +31,7 @@ const addAllowedVSPsInCfg = (hosts) => {
 };
 
 export const getAllVSPs = withLogNoData(async () => {
-  const res = await new Promise((ok, fail) =>
-    api.getAllVspsInfo((res, err) => (err ? fail(err) : ok(res)))
-  );
+  const res = await invoke("get-all-vsps-info");
 
   // Allow access to all VSPs returned by the official VSP listing endpoint.
   // This is less then ideal because this endpoint might eventually return