diff --git a/core/src/mender-api.c b/core/src/mender-api.c
index b5bc5ae..cb00ef6 100644
--- a/core/src/mender-api.c
+++ b/core/src/mender-api.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  * @brief Paths of the mender-server APIs
  */
 #define MENDER_API_PATH_POST_AUTHENTICATION_REQUESTS "/api/devices/v1/authentication/auth_requests"
-#define MENDER_API_PATH_GET_NEXT_DEPLOYMENT          "/api/devices/v2/deployments/device/deployments/next"
+#define MENDER_API_PATH_GET_NEXT_DEPLOYMENT          "/api/devices/v1/deployments/device/deployments/next"
 #define MENDER_API_PATH_PUT_DEPLOYMENT_STATUS        "/api/devices/v1/deployments/device/deployments/%s/status"
 #define MENDER_API_PATH_GET_DEVICE_CONFIGURATION     "/api/devices/v1/deviceconfig/configuration"
 #define MENDER_API_PATH_PUT_DEVICE_CONFIGURATION     "/api/devices/v1/deviceconfig/configuration"
@@ -250,41 +250,28 @@ mender_api_check_for_deployment(char **id, char **artifact_name, char **uri) {
     assert(NULL != artifact_name);
     assert(NULL != uri);
     mender_err_t ret;
-    cJSON *      json_payload = NULL;
-    char *       payload      = NULL;
-    char *       response     = NULL;
-    int          status       = 0;
+    char *       path     = NULL;
+    char *       response = NULL;
+    int          status   = 0;
 
-    /* Format payload */
-    if (NULL == (json_payload = cJSON_CreateObject())) {
-        mender_log_error("Unable to allocate memory");
-        ret = MENDER_FAIL;
-        goto END;
-    }
-    cJSON *json_device_provides = cJSON_AddObjectToObject(json_payload, "device_provides");
-    if (NULL == json_device_provides) {
-        mender_log_error("Unable to allocate memory");
-        ret = MENDER_FAIL;
-        goto END;
-    }
-    cJSON_AddStringToObject(json_device_provides, "device_type", mender_api_config.device_type);
-    cJSON_AddStringToObject(json_device_provides, "artifact_name", mender_api_config.artifact_name);
-    if (NULL == (payload = cJSON_PrintUnformatted(json_payload))) {
+    /* Compute path */
+    size_t str_length = strlen("?artifact_name=&device_type=") + strlen(MENDER_API_PATH_GET_NEXT_DEPLOYMENT) + strlen(mender_api_config.artifact_name)
+                        + strlen(mender_api_config.device_type) + 1;
+    if (NULL == (path = (char *)malloc(str_length))) {
         mender_log_error("Unable to allocate memory");
         ret = MENDER_FAIL;
         goto END;
     }
+    snprintf(path,
+             str_length,
+             "%s?artifact_name=%s&device_type=%s",
+             MENDER_API_PATH_GET_NEXT_DEPLOYMENT,
+             mender_api_config.artifact_name,
+             mender_api_config.device_type);
 
     /* Perform HTTP request */
     if (MENDER_OK
-        != (ret = mender_http_perform(mender_api_jwt,
-                                      MENDER_API_PATH_GET_NEXT_DEPLOYMENT,
-                                      MENDER_HTTP_POST,
-                                      payload,
-                                      NULL,
-                                      &mender_api_http_text_callback,
-                                      (void *)&response,
-                                      &status))) {
+        != (ret = mender_http_perform(mender_api_jwt, path, MENDER_HTTP_GET, NULL, NULL, &mender_api_http_text_callback, (void *)&response, &status))) {
         mender_log_error("Unable to perform HTTP request");
         goto END;
     }
@@ -349,11 +336,8 @@ mender_api_check_for_deployment(char **id, char **artifact_name, char **uri) {
     if (NULL != response) {
         free(response);
     }
-    if (NULL != payload) {
-        free(payload);
-    }
-    if (NULL != json_payload) {
-        cJSON_Delete(json_payload);
+    if (NULL != path) {
+        free(path);
     }
 
     return ret;