diff --git a/src/crawlers/cheerio_crawler.js b/src/crawlers/cheerio_crawler.js
index 49f42ce51ffa..9de350e6aaef 100644
--- a/src/crawlers/cheerio_crawler.js
+++ b/src/crawlers/cheerio_crawler.js
@@ -473,7 +473,10 @@ class CheerioCrawler extends BasicCrawler {
          * @type {Array<Hook>}
          * @ignore
          * */
-        this.postNavigationHooks = postNavigationHooks;
+        this.postNavigationHooks = [
+            ({ request, response }) => this._abortDownloadOfBody(request, response),
+            ...postNavigationHooks,
+        ];
         /**
          * @type {RequestAsBrowserOptions}
          * @ignore
@@ -639,9 +642,6 @@ class CheerioCrawler extends BasicCrawler {
      * @internal
      */
     async _requestFunction({ request, session, proxyUrl, requestAsBrowserOptions }) {
-        // Using the streaming API of Request to be able to
-        // handle the response based on headers received.
-
         if (this.useSessionPool) {
             const { headers } = request;
             headers.Cookie = session.getCookieString(request.url);
@@ -712,46 +712,35 @@ class CheerioCrawler extends BasicCrawler {
      * @internal
      */
     _getRequestOptions(request, session, proxyUrl, requestAsBrowserOptions) {
-        const mandatoryRequestOptions = {
+        const requestOptions = {
             url: request.url,
             method: request.method,
-            headers: { ...request.headers, ...requestAsBrowserOptions.headers },
-            ignoreSslErrors: this.ignoreSslErrors,
             proxyUrl,
-            timeoutSecs: this.requestTimeoutMillis / 1000,
+            timeout: { request: this.requestTimeoutMillis },
             sessionToken: session,
             ...requestAsBrowserOptions,
-            stream: true,
-            abortFunction: (res) => {
-                const { statusCode } = res;
-                const { type } = parseContentTypeFromResponse(res);
-
-                if (statusCode === 406) {
-                    request.noRetry = true;
-                    throw new Error(`Resource ${request.url} is not available in HTML format. Skipping resource.`);
-                }
-
-                if (!this.supportedMimeTypes.has(type) && statusCode < 500) {
-                    request.noRetry = true;
-                    throw new Error(`Resource ${request.url} served Content-Type ${type}, `
-                        + `but only ${Array.from(this.supportedMimeTypes).join(', ')} are allowed. Skipping resource.`);
-                }
-
-                return false;
+            headers: { ...request.headers, ...requestAsBrowserOptions.headers },
+            https: {
+                ...requestAsBrowserOptions.https,
+                rejectUnauthorized: !this.ignoreSslErrors,
             },
+            isStream: true,
         };
 
+        // TODO this is incorrect, the check for man in the middle needs to be done
+        // on individual proxy level, not on the `proxyConfiguration` level,
+        // because users can use normal + MITM proxies in a single configuration.
         // Disable SSL verification for MITM proxies
         if (this.proxyConfiguration && this.proxyConfiguration.isManInTheMiddle) {
-            mandatoryRequestOptions.https = {
-                ...mandatoryRequestOptions.https,
+            requestOptions.https = {
+                ...requestOptions.https,
                 rejectUnauthorized: false,
             };
         }
 
-        if (/PATCH|POST|PUT/.test(request.method)) mandatoryRequestOptions.payload = request.payload;
+        if (/PATCH|POST|PUT/.test(request.method)) requestOptions.body = request.payload;
 
-        return { ...this.requestOptions, ...mandatoryRequestOptions };
+        return requestOptions;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -860,6 +849,27 @@ class CheerioCrawler extends BasicCrawler {
         if (session) session.markBad();
         throw new Error(`request timed out after ${this.handlePageTimeoutMillis / 1000} seconds.`);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {Request} request
+     * @param {IncomingMessage|Readable} response
+     * @private
+     */
+    _abortDownloadOfBody(request, response) {
+        const { statusCode } = response;
+        const { type } = parseContentTypeFromResponse(response);
+
+        if (statusCode === 406) {
+            request.noRetry = true;
+            throw new Error(`Resource ${request.url} is not available in the format requested by the Accept header. Skipping resource.`);
+        }
+
+        if (!this.supportedMimeTypes.has(type) && statusCode < 500) {
+            request.noRetry = true;
+            throw new Error(`Resource ${request.url} served Content-Type ${type}, `
+                    + `but only ${Array.from(this.supportedMimeTypes).join(', ')} are allowed. Skipping resource.`);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 export default CheerioCrawler;
diff --git a/src/proxy_configuration.js b/src/proxy_configuration.js
index 234df27a081e..d7fce5698ec9 100644
--- a/src/proxy_configuration.js
+++ b/src/proxy_configuration.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Configuration } from './configuration';
 const PROTOCOL = 'http';
 // https://docs.apify.com/proxy/datacenter-proxy#username-parameters
 const MAX_SESSION_ID_LENGTH = 50;
-const CHECK_ACCESS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS = 4;
+const CHECK_ACCESS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 4_000;
 const CHECK_ACCESS_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 2;
 
 /**
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ export class ProxyConfiguration {
         const requestOpts = {
             url: `${this.config.get('proxyStatusUrl')}/?format=json`,
             proxyUrl: this.newUrl(),
-            json: true,
-            timeoutSecs: CHECK_ACCESS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECS,
+            timeout: { request: CHECK_ACCESS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MILLIS },
+            responseType: 'json',
         };
         for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= CHECK_ACCESS_MAX_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
             try {
diff --git a/test/crawlers/cheerio_crawler.test.js b/test/crawlers/cheerio_crawler.test.js
index fc586d1bb084..8fdc49189bf2 100644
--- a/test/crawlers/cheerio_crawler.test.js
+++ b/test/crawlers/cheerio_crawler.test.js
@@ -566,7 +566,9 @@ describe('CheerioCrawler', () => {
 
                 expect(handlePageInvocationCount).toBe(0);
                 expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(4);
-                errorMessages.forEach((msg) => expect(msg).toMatch('is not available in HTML format. Skipping resource.'));
+                errorMessages.forEach((msg) => {
+                    expect(msg).toMatch('is not available in the format requested by the Accept header. Skipping resource.');
+                });
             });
         });
     });