diff --git a/src/base/http/requestparser.cpp b/src/base/http/requestparser.cpp
index e8a02dd09..be6aba319 100644
--- a/src/base/http/requestparser.cpp
+++ b/src/base/http/requestparser.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@
 #include "requestparser.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <optional>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include <QByteArrayList>
 #include <QByteArrayView>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QRegularExpression>
-#include <QStringList>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 
@@ -59,21 +60,19 @@ namespace
         return in;
     }
 
-    bool parseHeaderLine(const QStringView line, HeaderMap &out)
+    std::optional<QStringPair> parseHeaderLine(const QByteArrayView line)
     {
         // [rfc7230] 3.2. Header Fields
         const int i = line.indexOf(u':');
         if (i <= 0)
         {
             qWarning() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "invalid http header:" << line;
-            return false;
+            return std::nullopt;
         }
 
-        const QString name = line.first(i).trimmed().toString().toLower();
-        const QString value = line.sliced(i + 1).trimmed().toString();
-        out[name] = value;
-
-        return true;
+        const QString name = QString::fromLatin1(line.first(i).trimmed()).toLower();
+        const QString value = QString::fromLatin1(line.sliced(i + 1).trimmed());
+        return {{name, value}};
     }
 }
 
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ RequestParser::ParseResult RequestParser::doParse(const QByteArrayView data)
         return {ParseStatus::Incomplete, Request(), 0};
     }
 
-    const QString httpHeaders = QString::fromLatin1(data.constData(), headerEnd);
+    const QByteArrayView httpHeaders = data.first(headerEnd);
     if (!parseStartLines(httpHeaders))
     {
         qWarning() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "header parsing error";
@@ -152,36 +151,40 @@ RequestParser::ParseResult RequestParser::doParse(const QByteArrayView data)
     return {ParseStatus::BadMethod, m_request, 0};
 }
 
-bool RequestParser::parseStartLines(const QStringView data)
+bool RequestParser::parseStartLines(const QByteArrayView data)
 {
     // we don't handle malformed request which uses `LF` for newline
-    const QList<QStringView> lines = data.split(QString::fromLatin1(CRLF), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+    const QList<QByteArrayView> lines = splitToViews(data, CRLF, Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
 
     // [rfc7230] 3.2.2. Field Order
-    QStringList requestLines;
+    QByteArrayList requestLines;
     for (const auto &line : lines)
     {
-        if (line.at(0).isSpace() && !requestLines.isEmpty())
+        if (QChar::fromLatin1(line.at(0)).isSpace() && !requestLines.isEmpty())
         {
             // continuation of previous line
             requestLines.last() += line;
         }
         else
         {
-            requestLines += line.toString();
+            requestLines += line.toByteArray();
         }
     }
 
     if (requestLines.isEmpty())
         return false;
 
-    if (!parseRequestLine(requestLines[0]))
+    if (!parseRequestLine(QString::fromLatin1(requestLines[0])))
         return false;
 
     for (auto i = ++(requestLines.begin()); i != requestLines.end(); ++i)
     {
-        if (!parseHeaderLine(*i, m_request.headers))
+        const std::optional<QStringPair> header = parseHeaderLine(*i);
+        if (!header.has_value())
             return false;
+
+        const auto [name, value] = header.value();
+        m_request.headers[name] = value;
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -310,17 +313,23 @@ bool RequestParser::parseFormData(const QByteArrayView data)
         return false;
     }
 
-    const QString headers = QString::fromLatin1(data.first(eohPos));
+    const QByteArrayView headers = data.first(eohPos);
     const QByteArrayView payload = viewWithoutEndingWith(data.sliced((eohPos + EOH.size())), CRLF);
 
     HeaderMap headersMap;
-    const QList<QStringView> headerLines = QStringView(headers).split(QString::fromLatin1(CRLF), Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+    const QList<QByteArrayView> headerLines = splitToViews(headers, CRLF, Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
     for (const auto &line : headerLines)
     {
-        if (line.trimmed().startsWith(HEADER_CONTENT_DISPOSITION, Qt::CaseInsensitive))
+        const std::optional<QStringPair> header = parseHeaderLine(line);
+        if (!header.has_value())
+            return false;
+
+        const auto [name, value] = header.value();
+
+        if (name == HEADER_CONTENT_DISPOSITION)
         {
             // extract out filename & name
-            const QList<QStringView> directives = line.split(u';', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+            const QList<QByteArrayView> directives = splitToViews(line, ";", Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
 
             for (const auto &directive : directives)
             {
@@ -328,15 +337,14 @@ bool RequestParser::parseFormData(const QByteArrayView data)
                 if (idx < 0)
                     continue;
 
-                const QString name = directive.first(idx).trimmed().toString().toLower();
-                const QString value = Utils::String::unquote(directive.sliced(idx + 1).trimmed()).toString();
+                const QString name = QString::fromLatin1(directive.first(idx).trimmed()).toLower();
+                const QString value = QString::fromLatin1(unquote(directive.sliced(idx + 1).trimmed()));
                 headersMap[name] = value;
             }
         }
         else
         {
-            if (!parseHeaderLine(line, headersMap))
-                return false;
+            headersMap[name] = value;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/base/http/requestparser.h b/src/base/http/requestparser.h
index 13b19f3ba..337583701 100644
--- a/src/base/http/requestparser.h
+++ b/src/base/http/requestparser.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Http
         RequestParser() = default;
 
         ParseResult doParse(QByteArrayView data);
-        bool parseStartLines(QStringView data);
+        bool parseStartLines(QByteArrayView data);
         bool parseRequestLine(const QString &line);
 
         bool parsePostMessage(QByteArrayView data);
diff --git a/src/base/utils/bytearray.cpp b/src/base/utils/bytearray.cpp
index d372f507f..61c581008 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/bytearray.cpp
+++ b/src/base/utils/bytearray.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include <QByteArrayMatcher>
-#include <QByteArrayView>
 #include <QList>
 
 QList<QByteArrayView> Utils::ByteArray::splitToViews(const QByteArrayView in, const QByteArrayView sep, const Qt::SplitBehavior behavior)
diff --git a/src/base/utils/bytearray.h b/src/base/utils/bytearray.h
index 03f0f06d0..602953ae2 100644
--- a/src/base/utils/bytearray.h
+++ b/src/base/utils/bytearray.h
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
 #include <Qt>
 #include <QtContainerFwd>
+#include <QByteArrayView>
 
 class QByteArray;
-class QByteArrayView;
 
 namespace Utils::ByteArray
 {
@@ -42,4 +42,19 @@ namespace Utils::ByteArray
     QByteArray asQByteArray(QByteArrayView view);
 
     QByteArray toBase32(const QByteArray &in);
+
+    template <typename T>
+    T unquote(const T &arr, const QByteArrayView quotes = "\"")
+    {
+        if (arr.length() < 2)
+            return arr;
+
+        for (const char quote : quotes)
+        {
+            if (arr.startsWith(quote) && arr.endsWith(quote))
+                return arr.sliced(1, (arr.length() - 2));
+        }
+
+        return arr;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/testutilsbytearray.cpp b/test/testutilsbytearray.cpp
index f00d43c09..99b26ad84 100644
--- a/test/testutilsbytearray.cpp
+++ b/test/testutilsbytearray.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <QByteArray>
+#include <QByteArrayView>
 #include <QLatin1StringView>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QTest>
@@ -123,6 +124,33 @@ private slots:
         QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::toBase32("0000000000"), "GAYDAMBQGAYDAMBQ");
         QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::toBase32("1"), "GE======");
     }
+
+    void testUnquote() const
+    {
+        const auto test = []<typename T>()
+        {
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>({}), {});
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("abc"), "abc");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"abc\""), "abc");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"a b c\""), "a b c");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"abc"), "\"abc");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("abc\""), "abc\"");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>(" \"abc\" "), " \"abc\" ");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"a\"bc\""), "a\"bc");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("'abc'", "'"), "abc");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("'abc'", "\"'"), "abc");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"'abc'\"", "\"'"), "'abc'");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"'abc'\"", "'\""), "'abc'");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"'abc'\"", "'"), "\"'abc'\"");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"abc'", "'"), "\"abc'");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("'abc\"", "'"), "'abc\"");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\"\""), "");
+            QCOMPARE(Utils::ByteArray::unquote<T>("\""), "\"");
+        };
+
+        test.template operator()<QByteArray>();
+        test.template operator()<QByteArrayView>();
+    }
 };
 
 QTEST_APPLESS_MAIN(TestUtilsByteArray)