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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ipaddr.js/-/ipaddr.js-1.9.1.tgz",
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-      "integrity": "sha1-hxDXrwqmJvj/+hzgAWhUUmMlV0g="
+      "integrity": "sha1-hxDXrwqmJvj/+hzgAWhUUmMlV0g=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "meow": {
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@@ -6850,7 +6619,8 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha1-sAqqVW3YtEVoFQ7J0blT8/kMu2E="
+      "integrity": "sha1-sAqqVW3YtEVoFQ7J0blT8/kMu2E=",
+      "dev": true
     },
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@@ -6867,7 +6637,8 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha1-VSmk1nZUE07cxSZmVoNbD4Ua/O4="
+      "integrity": "sha1-VSmk1nZUE07cxSZmVoNbD4Ua/O4=",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "microdata-rdf-streaming-parser": {
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@@ -6906,7 +6677,8 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha512-x0Vn8spI+wuJ1O6S7gnbaQg8Pxh4NNHb7KSINmEWKiPE4RKOplvijn+NkmYmmRgP68mc70j2EbeTFRsrswaQeg=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-x0Vn8spI+wuJ1O6S7gnbaQg8Pxh4NNHb7KSINmEWKiPE4RKOplvijn+NkmYmmRgP68mc70j2EbeTFRsrswaQeg==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "mime-db": {
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@@ -7042,7 +6814,8 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha512-hZXc7K2e+PgeI1eDBe/10Ard4ekbfrrqG8Ep+8Jmf4JID2bNg7NvCPOZN+kfF574pFQI7mum2AUqDidoKqcTOw=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-hZXc7K2e+PgeI1eDBe/10Ard4ekbfrrqG8Ep+8Jmf4JID2bNg7NvCPOZN+kfF574pFQI7mum2AUqDidoKqcTOw==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "neo-async": {
       "version": "2.6.2",
@@ -7370,14 +7143,6 @@
         "has": "^1.0.3"
       }
     },
-    "on-finished": {
-      "version": "2.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/on-finished/-/on-finished-2.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-IPEzZIGwg811M3mSoWlxqi2QaUc=",
-      "requires": {
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-      }
-    },
     "once": {
       "version": "1.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/once/-/once-1.4.0.tgz",
@@ -7549,7 +7314,8 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha512-CiyeOxFT/JZyN5m0z9PfXw4SCBJ6Sygz1Dpl0wqjlhDEGGBP1GnsUVEL0p63hoG1fcj3fHynXi9NYO4nWOL+qQ=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-CiyeOxFT/JZyN5m0z9PfXw4SCBJ6Sygz1Dpl0wqjlhDEGGBP1GnsUVEL0p63hoG1fcj3fHynXi9NYO4nWOL+qQ==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "pascalcase": {
       "version": "0.1.1",
@@ -7581,11 +7347,6 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
-    "path-to-regexp": {
-      "version": "0.1.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-32BBeABfUi8V60SQ5yR6G/qmf4w="
-    },
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       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-type/-/path-type-4.0.0.tgz",
@@ -7769,15 +7530,6 @@
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       }
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-    "proxy-addr": {
-      "version": "2.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-addr/-/proxy-addr-2.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dh/frvCBVmSsDYzw6n926jv974gddhkFPfiN8hPOi30Wax25QZyZEGveluCgliBnqmuM+UJmBErbAUFIoDbjOw==",
-      "requires": {
-        "forwarded": "~0.1.2",
-        "ipaddr.js": "1.9.1"
-      }
-    },
     "psl": {
       "version": "1.8.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/psl/-/psl-1.8.0.tgz",
@@ -7840,18 +7592,8 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/range-parser/-/range-parser-1.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Hrgsx+orqoygnmhFbKaHE6c296J+HTAQXoxEF6gNupROmmGJRoyzfG3ccAveqCBrwr/2yxQ5BVd/GTl5agOwSg=="
-    },
-    "raw-body": {
-      "version": "2.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/raw-body/-/raw-body-2.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4Oz8DUIwdvoa5qMJelxipzi/iJIi40O5cGV1wNYp5hvZP8ZN0T+jiNkL0QepXs+EsQ9XJ8ipEDoiH70ySUJP3Q==",
-      "requires": {
-        "bytes": "3.1.0",
-        "http-errors": "1.7.2",
-        "iconv-lite": "0.4.24",
-        "unpipe": "1.0.0"
-      }
+      "integrity": "sha512-Hrgsx+orqoygnmhFbKaHE6c296J+HTAQXoxEF6gNupROmmGJRoyzfG3ccAveqCBrwr/2yxQ5BVd/GTl5agOwSg==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "rc": {
       "version": "1.2.8",
@@ -8597,7 +8339,8 @@
     "safer-buffer": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safer-buffer/-/safer-buffer-2.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-YZo3K82SD7Riyi0E1EQPojLz7kpepnSQI9IyPbHHg1XXXevb5dJI7tpyN2ADxGcQbHG7vcyRHk0cbwqcQriUtg==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "sane": {
       "version": "4.1.0",
@@ -8797,44 +8540,6 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
-    "send": {
-      "version": "0.17.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/send/-/send-0.17.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-BsVKsiGcQMFwT8UxypobUKyv7irCNRHk1T0G680vk88yf6LBByGcZJOTJCrTP2xVN6yI+XjPJcNuE3V4fT9sAg==",
-      "requires": {
-        "debug": "2.6.9",
-        "depd": "~1.1.2",
-        "destroy": "~1.0.4",
-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
-        "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
-        "etag": "~1.8.1",
-        "fresh": "0.5.2",
-        "http-errors": "~1.7.2",
-        "mime": "1.6.0",
-        "ms": "2.1.1",
-        "on-finished": "~2.3.0",
-        "range-parser": "~1.2.1",
-        "statuses": "~1.5.0"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ms": {
-          "version": "2.1.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-tgp+dl5cGk28utYktBsrFqA7HKgrhgPsg6Z/EfhWI4gl1Hwq8B/GmY/0oXZ6nF8hDVesS/FpnYaD/kOWhYQvyg=="
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "serve-static": {
-      "version": "1.14.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.14.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JMrvUwE54emCYWlTI+hGrGv5I8dEwmco/00EvkzIIsR7MqrHonbD9pO2MOfFnpFntl7ecpZs+3mW+XbQZu9QCg==",
-      "requires": {
-        "encodeurl": "~1.0.2",
-        "escape-html": "~1.0.3",
-        "parseurl": "~1.3.3",
-        "send": "0.17.1"
-      }
-    },
     "set-blocking": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/set-blocking/-/set-blocking-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -8864,11 +8569,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "setprototypeof": {
-      "version": "1.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/setprototypeof/-/setprototypeof-1.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-JvdAWfbXeIGaZ9cILp38HntZSFSo3mWg6xGcJJsd+d4aRMOqauag1C63dJfDw7OaMYwEbHMOxEZ1lqVRYP2OAw=="
-    },
     "shebang-command": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shebang-command/-/shebang-command-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -9352,11 +9052,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "statuses": {
-      "version": "1.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/statuses/-/statuses-1.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-Fhx9rBd2Wf2YEfQ3cfqZOBR4Yow="
-    },
     "stealthy-require": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stealthy-require/-/stealthy-require-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -9830,11 +9525,6 @@
         "is-number": "^7.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "toidentifier": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yaOH/Pk/VEhBWWTlhI+qXxDFXlejDGcQipMlyxda9nthulaxLZUNcUqFxokp0vcYnvteJln5FNQDRrxj3YcbVw=="
-    },
     "touch": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/touch/-/touch-3.1.0.tgz",
@@ -9983,6 +9673,7 @@
       "version": "1.6.18",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-is/-/type-is-1.6.18.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-TkRKr9sUTxEH8MdfuCSP7VizJyzRNMjj2J2do2Jr3Kym598JVdEksuzPQCnlFPW4ky9Q+iA+ma9BGm06XQBy8g==",
+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "media-typer": "0.3.0",
         "mime-types": "~2.1.24"
@@ -10070,11 +9761,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-rb6X1W158d7pRQBg5gkR8uPaSfiids68LTJQYOtEUhoJUWBdaQHsuT/EUduxXYxcrt4r5PJ4fuHW1MHT6p0qug==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "unpipe": {
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-sr9O6FFKrmFltIF4KdIbLvSZBOw="
-    },
     "unset-value": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unset-value/-/unset-value-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -10183,11 +9869,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-RQ1Nyfpw3nMnYvvS1KKJgUGaDM8="
     },
-    "utils-merge": {
-      "version": "1.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/utils-merge/-/utils-merge-1.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-n5VxD1CiZ5R7LMwSR0HBAoQn5xM="
-    },
     "uuid": {
       "version": "8.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0bdd0290e..6e7385686 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
     "@types/async-lock": "^1.1.2",
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.9",
     "@types/end-of-stream": "^1.4.0",
-    "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "@types/mime-types": "^2.1.0",
     "@types/n3": "^1.4.4",
     "@types/node": "^14.10.2",
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "end-of-stream": "^1.4.4",
     "escape-string-regexp": "^4.0.0",
-    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "fetch-sparql-endpoint": "^1.8.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.6",
     "mime-types": "^2.1.27",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3a7b6b8df..e7a6e1ba0 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export * from './pods/PodManager';
 export * from './pods/PodManagerHttpHandler';
 
 // Server
-export * from './server/ExpressHttpServerFactory';
+export * from './server/BaseHttpServerFactory';
 export * from './server/HttpHandler';
 export * from './server/HttpRequest';
 export * from './server/HttpResponse';
diff --git a/src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory.ts b/src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dd4d2e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import type { Server, IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from 'http';
+import { createServer } from 'http';
+import { getLoggerFor } from '../logging/LogUtil';
+import { isNativeError } from '../util/errors/ErrorUtil';
+import { guardStream } from '../util/GuardedStream';
+import type { HttpHandler } from './HttpHandler';
+import type { HttpServerFactory } from './HttpServerFactory';
+
+/**
+ * HttpServerFactory based on the native Node.js http module
+ */
+export class BaseHttpServerFactory implements HttpServerFactory {
+  protected readonly logger = getLoggerFor(this);
+
+  /** The main HttpHandler */
+  private readonly handler: HttpHandler;
+
+  public constructor(handler: HttpHandler) {
+    this.handler = handler;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates and starts an HTTP server
+   * @param port - Port on which the server listens
+   */
+  public startServer(port: number): Server {
+    this.logger.info(`Starting server at http://localhost:${port}/`);
+
+    const server = createServer(
+      async(request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse): Promise<void> => {
+        try {
+          this.logger.info(`Received request for ${request.url}`);
+          await this.handler.handleSafe({ request: guardStream(request), response });
+        } catch (error: unknown) {
+          const errMsg = isNativeError(error) ? `${error.name}: ${error.message}\n${error.stack}` : 'Unknown error.';
+          this.logger.error(errMsg);
+          if (response.headersSent) {
+            response.end();
+          } else {
+            response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8');
+            response.writeHead(500).end(errMsg);
+          }
+        } finally {
+          if (!response.headersSent) {
+            response.writeHead(404).end();
+          }
+        }
+      },
+    );
+
+    return server.listen(port);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.ts b/src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 94e1f9c86..000000000
--- a/src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-import type { Server } from 'http';
-import type { Express } from 'express';
-import express from 'express';
-import { getLoggerFor } from '../logging/LogUtil';
-import { isNativeError } from '../util/errors/ErrorUtil';
-import { guardStream } from '../util/GuardedStream';
-import type { HttpHandler } from './HttpHandler';
-import type { HttpServerFactory } from './HttpServerFactory';
-
-export class ExpressHttpServerFactory implements HttpServerFactory {
-  protected readonly logger = getLoggerFor(this);
-
-  private readonly handler: HttpHandler;
-
-  public constructor(handler: HttpHandler) {
-    this.handler = handler;
-  }
-
-  public startServer(port: number): Server {
-    this.logger.info(`Starting server at http://localhost:${port}/`);
-    return this.createApp().listen(port);
-  }
-
-  protected createApp(): Express {
-    return express().use(async(request, response, done): Promise<void> => {
-      try {
-        this.logger.info(`Received request for ${request.url}`);
-        await this.handler.handleSafe({ request: guardStream(request), response });
-      } catch (error: unknown) {
-        const errMsg = isNativeError(error) ? `${error.name}: ${error.message}\n${error.stack}` : 'Unknown error.';
-        this.logger.error(errMsg);
-        if (response.headersSent) {
-          response.end();
-        } else {
-          response.status(500).contentType('text/plain').send(errMsg);
-        }
-      } finally {
-        done();
-      }
-    });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/test/integration/Middleware.test.ts b/test/integration/Middleware.test.ts
index 76acbdbf7..acf43c15e 100644
--- a/test/integration/Middleware.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/Middleware.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Server } from 'http';
 import request from 'supertest';
-import type { ExpressHttpServerFactory } from '../../src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory';
+import type { BaseHttpServerFactory } from '../../src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory';
 import type { HttpHandlerInput } from '../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import { HttpHandler } from '../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import { StaticAsyncHandler } from '../util/StaticAsyncHandler';
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ class SimpleHttpHandler extends HttpHandler {
   }
 }
 
-describe('An Express server with middleware', (): void => {
+describe('An http server with middleware', (): void => {
   let server: Server;
 
   beforeAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
     const factory = await instantiateFromConfig(
-      'urn:solid-server:default:ExpressHttpServerFactory', 'server-middleware.json', {
+      'urn:solid-server:default:HttpServerFactory', 'server-middleware.json', {
         'urn:solid-server:default:PodManagerHandler': new StaticAsyncHandler(false, null),
         'urn:solid-server:default:LdpHandler': new SimpleHttpHandler(),
         'urn:solid-server:default:variable:port': port,
         'urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl': 'https://example.pod/',
       },
-    ) as ExpressHttpServerFactory;
+    ) as BaseHttpServerFactory;
     server = factory.startServer(port);
   });
 
diff --git a/test/unit/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.test.ts b/test/unit/server/BaseHttpServerFactory.test.ts
similarity index 91%
rename from test/unit/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.test.ts
rename to test/unit/server/BaseHttpServerFactory.test.ts
index b78b82cc0..acd726739 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/server/BaseHttpServerFactory.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Server } from 'http';
 import request from 'supertest';
-import { ExpressHttpServerFactory } from '../../../src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory';
+import { BaseHttpServerFactory } from '../../../src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory';
 import type { HttpHandler } from '../../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import type { HttpResponse } from '../../../src/server/HttpResponse';
 
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ const handler: jest.Mocked<HttpHandler> = {
   }),
 } as any;
 
-describe('ExpressHttpServerFactory', (): void => {
+describe('BaseHttpServerFactory', (): void => {
   let server: Server;
 
   beforeAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
-    const factory = new ExpressHttpServerFactory(handler);
+    const factory = new BaseHttpServerFactory(handler);
     server = factory.startServer(5555);
   });
 
diff --git a/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts b/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts
index a85844bd1..a79e6b237 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/server/WebSocketServerFactory.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Server } from 'http';
 import request from 'supertest';
 import WebSocket from 'ws';
-import { ExpressHttpServerFactory } from '../../../src/server/ExpressHttpServerFactory';
+import { BaseHttpServerFactory } from '../../../src/server/BaseHttpServerFactory';
 import type { HttpHandlerInput } from '../../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import { HttpHandler } from '../../../src/server/HttpHandler';
 import type { HttpRequest } from '../../../src/server/HttpRequest';
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ describe('SimpleWebSocketHandler', (): void => {
   beforeAll(async(): Promise<void> => {
     const httpHandler = new SimpleHttpHandler();
     webSocketHandler = new SimpleWebSocketHandler();
-    const httpServerFactory = new ExpressHttpServerFactory(httpHandler);
+    const httpServerFactory = new BaseHttpServerFactory(httpHandler);
     const webSocketServerFactory = new WebSocketServerFactory(httpServerFactory, webSocketHandler);
     server = webSocketServerFactory.startServer(5556);
   });