diff --git a/mullvad-api/src/rest.rs b/mullvad-api/src/rest.rs
index 6b8caed9eec5..0a90e0683bc8 100644
--- a/mullvad-api/src/rest.rs
+++ b/mullvad-api/src/rest.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ impl From<Infallible> for Error {
 
 impl Error {
     pub fn is_network_error(&self) -> bool {
-        matches!(self, Error::HyperError(_) | Error::TimeoutError)
+        matches!(
+            self,
+            Error::HyperError(_) | Error::LegacyHyperError(_) | Error::TimeoutError
         )
     }
 
@@ -96,11 +98,11 @@ impl Error {
                         return err.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::ENETUNREACH);
                     }
                 }
+                false
+            }
             // TODO: Currently, we use the legacy hyper client for all REST requests. If this
             // changes in the future, we likely need to match on `Error::HyperError` here and
             // determine how to achieve the equavalent behavior. See DES-1288.
-            }
-            // TODO: Match on `Error::HyperError` too?
             _ => false,
         }
     }
@@ -129,14 +131,16 @@ impl Error {
     }
 }
 
+// TODO: Look into an alternative to using the legacy hyper client `DES-1288`
+type RequestClient =
+    hyper_util::client::legacy::Client<HttpsConnectorWithSni, BoxBody<Bytes, Error>>;
+
 /// A service that executes HTTP requests, allowing for on-demand termination of all in-flight
 /// requests
 pub(crate) struct RequestService<T: ConnectionModeProvider> {
     command_tx: Weak<mpsc::UnboundedSender<RequestCommand>>,
-    client: RequestClient,
     command_rx: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<RequestCommand>,
     connector_handle: HttpsConnectorWithSniHandle,
-    client: hyper_util::client::legacy::Client<HttpsConnectorWithSni, BoxBody<Bytes, Error>>,
     client: RequestClient,
     connection_mode_provider: T,
     connection_mode_generation: usize,