diff --git a/actix-http/src/lib.rs b/actix-http/src/lib.rs
index 4547f3ef2..5c6b0f3f6 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mod config;
 #[cfg(feature = "compress")]
 pub mod encoding;
 mod extensions;
-mod header;
+pub mod header;
 mod helpers;
 mod http_message;
 mod message;
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@ pub use self::request::Request;
 pub use self::response::Response;
 pub use self::response_builder::ResponseBuilder;
 pub use self::service::HttpService;
+pub use self::header::ContentEncoding;
+pub use self::message::ConnectionType;
 
+pub use ::http::{StatusCode, Version, Method};
+pub use ::http::{uri, uri::Uri};
+
+// deprecate this mish-mash of random items
+#[deprecated = "Everything in this module is available elsewhere."]
 pub mod http {
     //! Various HTTP related types.
 
diff --git a/actix-http/src/message.rs b/actix-http/src/message.rs
index c89f5311a..8cb99d43a 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/message.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/message.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-use std::cell::{Ref, RefCell, RefMut};
-use std::net;
-use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::{
+    cell::{Ref, RefCell, RefMut},
+    net,
+    rc::Rc,
+};
 
 use bitflags::bitflags;
 
-use crate::extensions::Extensions;
-use crate::header::HeaderMap;
-use crate::http::{header, Method, StatusCode, Uri, Version};
+use crate::{
+    header::{self, HeaderMap},
+    Extensions, Method, StatusCode, Uri, Version,
+};
 
 /// Represents various types of connection
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
diff --git a/actix-http/src/response_builder.rs b/actix-http/src/response_builder.rs
index 4d8cb4429..f4516b1db 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/response_builder.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/response_builder.rs
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ use futures_core::Stream;
 
 use crate::{
     body::{Body, BodyStream, ResponseBody},
-    error::Error,
-    extensions::Extensions,
-    header::{IntoHeaderPair, IntoHeaderValue},
-    http::{header, Error as HttpError, StatusCode},
+    error::{Error, HttpError},
+    header::{self, IntoHeaderPair, IntoHeaderValue},
     message::{BoxedResponseHead, ConnectionType, ResponseHead},
-    Response,
+    Extensions, Response, StatusCode,
 };
 
 /// An HTTP response builder.