diff --git a/samples/OcelotKube/ApiGateway/Startup.cs b/samples/OcelotKube/ApiGateway/Startup.cs
index d7b2473c..3e37ffa3 100644
--- a/samples/OcelotKube/ApiGateway/Startup.cs
+++ b/samples/OcelotKube/ApiGateway/Startup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Ocelot.DependencyInjection;
 using Ocelot.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.Provider.Kubernetes;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ namespace ApiGateway
         }
 
         // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
-        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
+        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
         {
             if (env.IsDevelopment())
             {
diff --git a/samples/OcelotKube/DownstreamService/Startup.cs b/samples/OcelotKube/DownstreamService/Startup.cs
index 9a927a37..a8abb5d4 100644
--- a/samples/OcelotKube/DownstreamService/Startup.cs
+++ b/samples/OcelotKube/DownstreamService/Startup.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ namespace DownstreamService
         }
 
         // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
-        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
+        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
         {
             if (env.IsDevelopment())
             {
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/DownstreamMethodTransformer/Middleware/DownstreamMethodTransformerMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot/DownstreamMethodTransformer/Middleware/DownstreamMethodTransformerMiddleware.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index a17e9167..00000000
--- a/src/Ocelot/DownstreamMethodTransformer/Middleware/DownstreamMethodTransformerMiddleware.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-using Ocelot.Logging;
-using Ocelot.Middleware;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-namespace Ocelot.DownstreamMethodTransformer.Middleware
-{
-    public class DownstreamMethodTransformerMiddleware : OcelotMiddleware
-    {
-        private readonly OcelotRequestDelegate _next;
-
-        public DownstreamMethodTransformerMiddleware(OcelotRequestDelegate next, IOcelotLoggerFactory loggerFactory)
-            : base(loggerFactory.CreateLogger<DownstreamMethodTransformerMiddleware>())
-        {
-            _next = next;
-        }
-
-        public async Task Invoke(DownstreamContext context)
-        {
-            if (context.DownstreamReRoute.DownstreamHttpMethod != null)
-            {
-                context.DownstreamRequest.Method = context.DownstreamReRoute.DownstreamHttpMethod;
-            }
-
-            await _next.Invoke(context);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Middleware/Pipeline/OcelotPipelineExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot/Middleware/Pipeline/OcelotPipelineExtensions.cs
index 02ee07f4..d52cfb0d 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Middleware/Pipeline/OcelotPipelineExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Middleware/Pipeline/OcelotPipelineExtensions.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 using Ocelot.Authorisation.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.Cache.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.Claims.Middleware;
-using Ocelot.DownstreamMethodTransformer.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.DownstreamRouteFinder.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.DownstreamUrlCreator.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.Errors.Middleware;
@@ -69,9 +68,6 @@ namespace Ocelot.Middleware.Pipeline
             // Initialises downstream request
             builder.UseDownstreamRequestInitialiser();
 
-            //change Http Method
-            builder.UseMiddleware<DownstreamMethodTransformerMiddleware>();
-
             // We check whether the request is ratelimit, and if there is no continue processing
             builder.UseRateLimiting();
 
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Request/Middleware/DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddleware.cs b/src/Ocelot/Request/Middleware/DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddleware.cs
index 442bb4b9..c9f6f859 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Request/Middleware/DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Request/Middleware/DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddleware.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ namespace Ocelot.Request.Middleware
 
             context.DownstreamRequest = _creator.Create(downstreamRequest.Data);
 
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(context.DownstreamReRoute?.DownstreamHttpMethod))
+            {
+                context.DownstreamRequest.Method = context.DownstreamReRoute.DownstreamHttpMethod;
+            }
+
             await _next.Invoke(context);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Request/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddlewareExtensions.cs b/src/Ocelot/Request/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddlewareExtensions.cs
index e6eff7e0..a2931cbb 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Request/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddlewareExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Request/Middleware/HttpRequestBuilderMiddlewareExtensions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
-using Ocelot.DownstreamUrlCreator.Middleware;
 using Ocelot.Middleware.Pipeline;
 
 namespace Ocelot.Request.Middleware
@@ -8,8 +6,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.Request.Middleware
     {
         public static IOcelotPipelineBuilder UseDownstreamRequestInitialiser(this IOcelotPipelineBuilder builder)
         {
-            return builder.UseMiddleware<DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddleware>()
-                .UseMiddleware<DownstreamMethodTransformerMiddleware>();
+            return builder.UseMiddleware<DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddleware>();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Request/DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddlewareTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Request/DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddlewareTests.cs
index 93d963b6..aadc551c 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Request/DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.UnitTests/Request/DownstreamRequestInitialiserMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-using Ocelot.Middleware;
-
-namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Request
+namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Request
 {
     using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
     using Moq;
@@ -9,6 +7,8 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Request
     using Ocelot.Request.Creator;
     using Ocelot.Request.Mapper;
     using Ocelot.Request.Middleware;
+    using Ocelot.Configuration.Builder;
+    using Ocelot.Middleware;
     using Ocelot.Responses;
     using Shouldly;
     using System.Net.Http;
@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Request
                 .Then(_ => ThenTheContexRequestIsMappedToADownstreamRequest())
                 .And(_ => ThenTheDownstreamRequestIsStored())
                 .And(_ => ThenTheNextMiddlewareIsInvoked())
+                .And(_ => ThenTheDownstreamRequestMethodIs("GET"))
+                .BDDfy();
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("POST", "POST")]
+        [InlineData(null, "GET")]
+        [InlineData("", "GET")]
+        public void Should_map_downstream_reroute_method_to_downstream_request(string input, string expected)
+        {
+            this.Given(_ => GivenTheHttpContextContainsARequest())
+                .And(_ => GivenTheDownstreamReRouteMethodIs(input))
+                .And(_ => GivenTheMapperWillReturnAMappedRequest())
+                .When(_ => WhenTheMiddlewareIsInvoked())
+                .Then(_ => ThenTheContexRequestIsMappedToADownstreamRequest())
+                .And(_ => ThenTheDownstreamRequestIsStored())
+                .And(_ => ThenTheNextMiddlewareIsInvoked())
+                .And(_ => ThenTheDownstreamRequestMethodIs(expected))
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
@@ -80,6 +98,16 @@ namespace Ocelot.UnitTests.Request
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
+        private void GivenTheDownstreamReRouteMethodIs(string input)
+        {
+            _downstreamContext.DownstreamReRoute = new DownstreamReRouteBuilder().WithDownStreamHttpMethod(input).Build();
+        }
+
+        private void ThenTheDownstreamRequestMethodIs(string expected)
+        {
+            _downstreamContext.DownstreamRequest.Method.ShouldBe(expected);
+        }
+
         private void GivenTheHttpContextContainsARequest()
         {
             _httpContext