diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/request.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/request.rb
index b8b44c4..a60aab1 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/request.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/request.rb
@@ -18,20 +18,13 @@ module DiasporaFederation
       #   @return [String] recipient ID
       property :recipient, :string, xml_name: :recipient_handle
 
-      # Use only {Contact} for receive
-      # @return [Contact] instance as contact
-      def to_contact
-        Contact.new(author: author, recipient: recipient)
-      end
-
-      # @return [String] string representation of this object
-      def to_s
-        "Request:#{author}:#{recipient}"
+      def initialize(*)
+        raise "Sending Request is not supported anymore! Use Contact instead!"
       end
 
       # @return [Retraction] instance
       def self.from_hash(hash)
-        super.to_contact
+        Contact.new(hash)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/test/factories.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/test/factories.rb
index 0a3453e..7000c89 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/test/factories.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/test/factories.rb
@@ -108,11 +108,6 @@ module DiasporaFederation
         created_at { Time.now.utc }
       end
 
-      Fabricator(:request_entity, class_name: DiasporaFederation::Entities::Request) do
-        author { Fabricate.sequence(:diaspora_id) }
-        recipient { Fabricate.sequence(:diaspora_id) }
-      end
-
       Fabricator(:contact_entity, class_name: DiasporaFederation::Entities::Contact) do
         author { Fabricate.sequence(:diaspora_id) }
         recipient { Fabricate.sequence(:diaspora_id) }
diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators.rb
index 63db3f8..530b14b 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators.rb
@@ -62,6 +62,3 @@ require "diaspora_federation/validators/reshare_validator"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/retraction_validator"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/status_message_validator"
 require "diaspora_federation/validators/web_finger_validator"
-
-# deprecated
-require "diaspora_federation/validators/request_validator"
diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/request_validator.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/request_validator.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a10300..0000000
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/request_validator.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-module DiasporaFederation
-  module Validators
-    # This validates a {Entities::Request}.
-    # @deprecated The {Entities::Request} will be replaced with {Entities::Contact}.
-    class RequestValidator < Validation::Validator
-      include Validation
-
-      rule :author, %i(not_empty diaspora_id)
-      rule :recipient, %i(not_empty diaspora_id)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/request_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/request_spec.rb
index 250c37f..1826217 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/request_spec.rb
@@ -1,30 +1,19 @@
 module DiasporaFederation
   describe Entities::Request do
-    let(:data) { Fabricate.attributes_for(:request_entity) }
+    let(:data) { {author: Fabricate.sequence(:diaspora_id), recipient: Fabricate.sequence(:diaspora_id)} }
 
     let(:xml) { <<-XML }
 <request>
-  <author>#{data[:author]}</author>
-  <recipient>#{data[:recipient]}</recipient>
+  <sender_handle>#{data[:author]}</sender_handle>
+  <recipient_handle>#{data[:recipient]}</recipient_handle>
 </request>
 XML
 
-    let(:string) { "Request:#{data[:author]}:#{data[:recipient]}" }
-
-    it_behaves_like "an Entity subclass"
-
-    it_behaves_like "an XML Entity"
-
-    describe "#to_contact" do
-      it "copies the attributes to a Contact" do
-        request = Fabricate(:request_entity)
-        contact = request.to_contact
-
-        expect(contact).to be_a(Entities::Contact)
-        expect(contact.author).to eq(request.author)
-        expect(contact.recipient).to eq(request.recipient)
-        expect(contact.following).to be_truthy
-        expect(contact.sharing).to be_truthy
+    describe "#initialize" do
+      it "raises because it is not supported anymore" do
+        expect {
+          Entities::Request.new(data)
+        }.to raise_error RuntimeError, "Sending Request is not supported anymore! Use Contact instead!"
       end
     end
 
@@ -32,6 +21,10 @@ XML
       it "parses the xml as a contact" do
         contact = Entities::Request.from_xml(Nokogiri::XML(xml).root)
         expect(contact).to be_a(Entities::Contact)
+        expect(contact.author).to eq(data[:author])
+        expect(contact.recipient).to eq(data[:recipient])
+        expect(contact.following).to be_truthy
+        expect(contact.sharing).to be_truthy
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/request_validator_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/request_validator_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c40fe7..0000000
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/validators/request_validator_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-module DiasporaFederation
-  describe Validators::RequestValidator do
-    let(:entity) { :request_entity }
-
-    it_behaves_like "a common validator"
-
-    %i(author recipient).each do |prop|
-      describe "##{prop}" do
-        it_behaves_like "a diaspora* ID validator" do
-          let(:property) { prop }
-          let(:mandatory) { true }
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end