diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer/ContainerExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer/ContainerExtensions.cs
index fbd5f08ea4..fe822f5820 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer/ContainerExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer/ContainerExtensions.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection.Fallback;
@@ -14,33 +12,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Builder
 {
     public static class ContainerExtensions
     {
-        public static IApplicationBuilder UseMiddleware<T>(this IApplicationBuilder builder, params object[] args)
-        {
-            return builder.UseMiddleware(typeof(T), args);
-        }
-
-        public static IApplicationBuilder UseMiddleware(this IApplicationBuilder builder, Type middleware, params object[] args)
-        {
-            // TODO: move this ext method someplace nice
-            return builder.Use(next =>
-            {
-                var typeActivator = builder.ApplicationServices.GetService<ITypeActivator>();
-                var instance = typeActivator.CreateInstance(builder.ApplicationServices, middleware, new[] { next }.Concat(args).ToArray());
-                var methodinfo = middleware.GetMethod("Invoke", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);
-                return (RequestDelegate)methodinfo.CreateDelegate(typeof(RequestDelegate), instance);
-            });
-        }
-
         public static IApplicationBuilder UseRequestServices(this IApplicationBuilder builder)
         {
-            return builder.UseMiddleware(typeof(ContainerMiddleware));
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<ContainerMiddleware>();
         }
 
         public static IApplicationBuilder UseRequestServices(this IApplicationBuilder builder, IServiceProvider applicationServices)
         {
             builder.ApplicationServices = applicationServices;
 
-            return builder.UseMiddleware(typeof(ContainerMiddleware));
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<ContainerMiddleware>();
         }
 
         public static IApplicationBuilder UseServices(this IApplicationBuilder builder, IEnumerable<IServiceDescriptor> applicationServices)
@@ -64,7 +45,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Builder
             serviceCollection.Add(OptionsServices.GetDefaultServices());
             builder.ApplicationServices = configureServices(serviceCollection);
 
-            return builder.UseMiddleware(typeof(ContainerMiddleware));
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<ContainerMiddleware>();
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer/project.json b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer/project.json
index 2f81f60c6c..fc73a32d6a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer/project.json
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.RequestContainer/project.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "version": "1.0.0-*",
   "dependencies": {
     "Microsoft.AspNet.Http": "1.0.0-*",
+    "Microsoft.AspNet.Http.Extensions": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection": "1.0.0-*",
     "Microsoft.Framework.OptionsModel": "1.0.0-*"
   },
@@ -12,10 +13,6 @@
         "System.Collections": "4.0.10-beta-*",
         "System.ComponentModel": "4.0.0-beta-*",
         "System.Diagnostics.Debug": "4.0.10-beta-*",
-        "System.Linq": "4.0.0-beta-*",
-        "System.Reflection": "4.0.10-beta-*",
-        "System.Reflection.Extensions": "4.0.0-beta-*",
-        "System.Reflection.TypeExtensions": "4.0.0-beta-*",
         "System.Runtime": "4.0.20-beta-*",
         "System.Runtime.Extensions": "4.0.10-beta-*",
         "System.Threading": "4.0.0-beta-*",