diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 938cca1..35a5674 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ email - which is to say, SMTP+IMAP.
 
 Delta has:
 
-* A mature [core library](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core)
+* A mature [core library](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust)
 * A mature [Android application](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android)
 * An experimental [iOS application](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-ios)
 * An electron [desktop application](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop)
@@ -22,22 +22,21 @@ Current status is probably best described as "skunkworks", although connecting
 to an account and sending / receiving text messages should work reliably. You
 can view specific progress on [the issue board](https://gitlab.com/lupine/purple-plugin-delta/boards).
 
+We currrently build against deltachat v1.50.0. You'll need to build and install
+deltachat-ffi separately and ensure that it's available via `pkg-config` for
+deltachat to install.
+
 ## Build
 
 There are some licensing issues at present, so you shouldn't build this plugin.
 
-`deltachat-core` vendors openssl, unconditionally links it, and is MPL-licensed.
+`deltachat-core-rust` uses a vendored openssl 1, unconditionally links it, and
+is MPL-licensed.
 
 `purple-plugin-delta` is GPLv3 without the [OpenSSL exemption](https://people.gnome.org/~markmc/openssl-and-the-gpl.html)
 
 `libpurple` itself is GPLv2 without the OpenSSL exemption.
 
-`deltachat-core-rust` may make OpenSSL optional, so linking against that version
-would be fine.
-
-Linking against a patched / changed `deltachat-core` that disregards vendored
-OpenSSL and uses GnuTLS instead would also be fine.
-
 There's no point to `purple-plugin-delta` adding the OpenSSL exemption because
 `libpurple` lacks it, and in any event, it will be unnecessary with the next
 major version of OpenSSL. So, time should resolve this for us one way or another.
diff --git a/delta-connection.c b/delta-connection.c
index d976488..7f33f5b 100644
--- a/delta-connection.c
+++ b/delta-connection.c
@@ -14,38 +14,6 @@
 
 void delta_recv_im(DeltaConnectionData *conn, uint32_t msg_id);
 
-void *imap_thread_func(void *delta_connection_data)
-{
-	DeltaConnectionData *conn = (DeltaConnectionData *)delta_connection_data;
-	g_assert(conn != NULL);
-
-	dc_context_t *mailbox = conn->mailbox;
-	g_assert(mailbox != NULL);
-
-	while (conn->runthreads) {
-		dc_perform_imap_jobs(mailbox);
-		dc_perform_imap_fetch(mailbox);
-		dc_perform_imap_idle(mailbox);
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-void *smtp_thread_func(void *delta_connection_data)
-{
-	DeltaConnectionData *conn = (DeltaConnectionData *)delta_connection_data;
-	g_assert(conn != NULL);
-
-	dc_context_t *mailbox = conn->mailbox;
-	g_assert(mailbox != NULL);
-
-	while (conn->runthreads) {
-		dc_perform_smtp_jobs(mailbox);
-		dc_perform_smtp_idle(mailbox);
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 void
 _transpose_config(dc_context_t *mailbox, PurpleAccount *acct)
 {
@@ -84,11 +52,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 	// Used by delta_process_connection_state
 	int connection_state;
-
-	// Used by delta_process_http_get
-	char *http_url;
-	char *http_response;
-	pthread_cond_t *http_wait;
 } ProcessRequest;
 
 gboolean
@@ -151,56 +114,6 @@ delta_process_fresh_messages(void *data)
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
-void
-delta_process_http_get_cb(
-	PurpleUtilFetchUrlData *url_data,
-	gpointer user_data,
-	const gchar *url_text,
-	gsize len,
-	const gchar *error_message
-)
-{
-	UNUSED(url_data);
-
-	ProcessRequest *pr = (ProcessRequest *)user_data;
-	g_assert(pr != NULL);
-	g_assert(pr->http_wait != NULL);
-
-	if (len == 0) {
-		purple_debug_info("Failed to GET %s: %s\n", pr->http_url, error_message);
-		pr->http_response = NULL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	pr->http_response = g_malloc(len);
-	g_assert(pr->http_response != NULL);
-
-	strncpy(pr->http_response, url_text, len);
-
-out:
-	pthread_cond_broadcast(pr->http_wait);
-	return;
-}
-
-gboolean
-delta_process_http_get(void *data)
-{
-	ProcessRequest *pr = (ProcessRequest *)data;
-	g_assert(pr != NULL);
-	g_assert(pr->http_url != NULL);
-
-	purple_util_fetch_url(
-		pr->http_url,
-		TRUE,
-		NULL,
-		TRUE,
-		delta_process_http_get_cb,
-		data
-	);
-
-	return FALSE;
-}
-
 ProcessRequest *
 delta_build_process_request(DeltaConnectionData *conn)
 {
@@ -217,101 +130,100 @@ delta_build_process_request(DeltaConnectionData *conn)
 // Do not call any libpurple or delta functions in here, as it is not
 // thread-safe and events may be dispatched from any delta thread. Use
 // purple_timeout_add(0, callback, data) to run on the main thread instead
-uintptr_t
-my_delta_handler(dc_context_t* mailbox, int event, uintptr_t data1, uintptr_t data2)
+void *
+delta_event_handler(void *context)
 {
-	DeltaConnectionData *conn = (DeltaConnectionData *)dc_get_userdata(mailbox);
+	DeltaConnectionData *conn = (DeltaConnectionData *)context;
+
 	g_assert(conn != NULL);
 
-	ProcessRequest *pr = NULL;
-	uintptr_t out = 0;
-	pthread_mutex_t mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-	pthread_cond_t cond = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
+	dc_context_t *mailbox = conn->mailbox;
+	dc_event_emitter_t* emitter = dc_get_event_emitter(mailbox);
+	dc_event_t* event;
 
-	purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Event %d received from Delta. Args: %" PRIuPTR ", %" PRIuPTR "\n", event, data1, data2);
 
-	switch (event) {
-	case DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT:
-	case DC_EVENT_IMAP_CONNECTED:
-	case DC_EVENT_SMTP_CONNECTED:
-	case DC_EVENT_INFO:
-		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "INFO from Delta: %s\n", (char *)data2);
-		break;
-	case DC_EVENT_WARNING:
-		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "WARNING from Delta: %s\n", (char *)data2);
-		break;
-	case DC_EVENT_ERROR:
-	case DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK:
-		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "ERROR from Delta: %d: %s\n", (int)data1, (char *)data2);
-		break;
 
-	case DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED:
-		pr = delta_build_process_request(conn);
-		purple_timeout_add(0, delta_process_fresh_messages, pr);
-		break;
+	// FIXME: do we still need runthreads?
+	while (conn->runthreads && (event = dc_get_next_event(emitter)) != NULL) {
+		ProcessRequest *pr = NULL;
+		int event_id = dc_event_get_id(event);
 
-	case DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG:
-		// data1 is chat_id, which we don't seem to need yet.
-		// TODO: It may be needed for group chats
-		pr = delta_build_process_request(conn);
-		pr->msg_id = (uint32_t)data2;
-		purple_timeout_add(0, delta_process_incoming_message, pr);
-		break;
+		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Event %d received from Delta.\n", event_id);
 
-	// These are all to do with sending & receiving messages. The real meat of
-	// the event loop
-	case DC_EVENT_MSG_DELIVERED:
-	case DC_EVENT_MSG_READ:
-	case DC_EVENT_CHAT_MODIFIED:
-	case DC_EVENT_CONTACTS_CHANGED:
-		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Event %d is TODO\n", event);
-		break;
-
-	case DC_EVENT_CONFIGURE_PROGRESS:
-		pr = delta_build_process_request(conn);
-		pr->connection_state = (int)data1;
-		purple_timeout_add(0, delta_process_connection_state, pr);
-		break;
-
-	case DC_EVENT_HTTP_GET:
-		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "HTTP GET requested: %s\n", (char *)data1);
-
-		pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
-
-		pr = delta_build_process_request(conn);
-		g_assert(pr != NULL);
-
-		pr->http_url = (char *)data1;
-		pr->http_wait = &cond;
-
-		purple_timeout_add(0, delta_process_http_get, pr);
-
-		// Wait patiently for the HTTP GET to complete
-		pthread_cond_wait(pr->http_wait, &mutex);
-		out = (uintptr_t)pr->http_response;
-
-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex);
-
-		pthread_cond_destroy(&cond);
-		pthread_mutex_destroy(&mutex);
-		g_free(pr);
-
-		break;
-	case DC_EVENT_IS_OFFLINE:
-		if ( conn->pc == NULL || !PURPLE_CONNECTION_IS_CONNECTED(conn->pc) ) {
-			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Telling Delta we are offline\n");
-			out = 1;
-		} else {
-			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Telling Delta we are online\n");
+		switch (event_id) {
+		case DC_EVENT_SMTP_MESSAGE_SENT:
+		case DC_EVENT_IMAP_CONNECTED:
+		case DC_EVENT_SMTP_CONNECTED:
+		case DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_DELETED:
+		case DC_EVENT_IMAP_MESSAGE_MOVED:
+		case DC_EVENT_INFO: {
+			char *info = dc_event_get_data2_str(event);
+			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "INFO from Delta: %s\n", info);
+			dc_str_unref(info);
+			break;
+		}
+		case DC_EVENT_WARNING: {
+			char *warn = dc_event_get_data2_str(event);
+			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "WARNING from Delta: %s\n", warn);
+			dc_str_unref(warn);
+			break;
+		}
+		case DC_EVENT_ERROR:
+		case DC_EVENT_ERROR_NETWORK: {
+			int errcode = dc_event_get_data1_int(event);
+			char *err = dc_event_get_data2_str(event);
+			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "ERROR from Delta: %d: %s\n", errcode, err);
+			dc_str_unref(err);
+			break;
 		}
-		break;
-	case DC_EVENT_GET_STRING:
-		break;
-	default:
-		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Unknown Delta event: %d\n", event);
-	}
 
-	return out;
+		case DC_EVENT_MSGS_CHANGED:
+			pr = delta_build_process_request(conn);
+			purple_timeout_add(0, delta_process_fresh_messages, pr);
+			break;
+
+		case DC_EVENT_INCOMING_MSG:
+			// data1 is chat_id, which we don't seem to need yet.
+			// TODO: It may be needed for group chats
+			pr = delta_build_process_request(conn);
+			pr->msg_id = (uint32_t)dc_event_get_data2_int(event);
+			purple_timeout_add(0, delta_process_incoming_message, pr);
+			break;
+
+		// Things left to do
+		case DC_EVENT_CHAT_EPHEMERAL_TIMER_MODIFIED:
+		case DC_EVENT_NEW_BLOB_FILE:
+		case DC_EVENT_DELETED_BLOB_FILE:
+		case DC_EVENT_MSG_DELIVERED:
+		case DC_EVENT_MSG_READ:
+		case DC_EVENT_MSG_FAILED:
+		case DC_EVENT_CHAT_MODIFIED:
+		case DC_EVENT_CONTACTS_CHANGED:
+		case DC_EVENT_ERROR_SELF_NOT_IN_GROUP:
+		case DC_EVENT_IMEX_FILE_WRITTEN:
+		case DC_EVENT_IMEX_PROGRESS:
+		case DC_EVENT_LOCATION_CHANGED:
+		case DC_EVENT_MSGS_NOTICED:
+		case DC_EVENT_SECUREJOIN_INVITER_PROGRESS:
+		case DC_EVENT_SECUREJOIN_JOINER_PROGRESS:
+			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Event %d is TODO\n", event_id);
+			break;
+
+		case DC_EVENT_CONFIGURE_PROGRESS:
+			pr = delta_build_process_request(conn);
+			pr->connection_state = dc_event_get_data1_int(event);
+			purple_timeout_add(0, delta_process_connection_state, pr);
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Unknown Delta event: %d\n", event_id);
+		}
+
+		dc_event_unref(event);
+	}
+	dc_event_emitter_unref(emitter);
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 void
@@ -336,18 +248,15 @@ delta_connection_free(PurpleConnection *pc)
 	conn->runthreads = 0;
 	
 	if (conn->mailbox != NULL) {
-		dc_maybe_network(conn->mailbox);
+		dc_stop_ongoing_process(conn->mailbox);
+		dc_stop_io(conn->mailbox);
 
 		// TODO: correctly handle join failing
-		if (pthread_join(conn->imap_thread, NULL) != 0) {
-			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "joining imap thread failed\n");
-		}
-		if (pthread_join(conn->smtp_thread, NULL) != 0) {
-			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "joining smtp thread failed\n");
+		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "Joining event thread\n");
+		if (pthread_join(conn->event_thread, NULL) != 0) {
+			purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "joining event thread failed\n");
 		}
 
-		dc_stop_ongoing_process(conn->mailbox);
-		dc_close(conn->mailbox);
 		dc_context_unref(conn->mailbox);
 	}
 
@@ -366,25 +275,23 @@ delta_connection_start_login(PurpleConnection *pc)
 	char dbname[1024];
 	PurpleAccount *acct = pc->account;
 	DeltaConnectionData *conn = purple_connection_get_protocol_data(pc);
-	dc_context_t *mailbox = dc_context_new(my_delta_handler, conn, NULL);
+	dc_context_t *mailbox = NULL; 
 
 	g_snprintf(
 		dbname, 1024, "%s%sdelta_db-%s",
 		purple_user_dir(), G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, acct->username
 	);
 
-	if (!dc_open(mailbox, dbname, NULL)) {
-		purple_debug_info(PLUGIN_ID, "dc_open returned false...?\n");
-	}
+	mailbox = dc_context_new(PLUGIN_ID, dbname, NULL);
 
 	conn->mailbox = mailbox;
 	_transpose_config(mailbox, acct);
 
 	conn->runthreads = 1;
-	pthread_create(&conn->imap_thread, NULL, imap_thread_func, conn);
-	pthread_create(&conn->smtp_thread, NULL, smtp_thread_func, conn);
+	pthread_create(&conn->event_thread, NULL, delta_event_handler, conn);
 
 	dc_configure(mailbox);
+	dc_start_io(mailbox);
 	dc_maybe_network(mailbox);
 
 	return;
diff --git a/delta-connection.h b/delta-connection.h
index 8feb698..92ad20e 100644
--- a/delta-connection.h
+++ b/delta-connection.h
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ typedef struct _DeltaConnectionData {
 	// Set to 0 to convince threads to exit
 	int runthreads;
 
-	pthread_t imap_thread;
-	pthread_t smtp_thread;
+	pthread_t event_thread;
 } DeltaConnectionData;
 
 #define MAX_DELTA_CONFIGURE 1000
diff --git a/vendor/deltachat-core-0.41.0.tar.gz b/vendor/deltachat-core-0.41.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index b786c69..0000000
--- a/vendor/deltachat-core-0.41.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:04ab7ac3b0481ec161a6b81362d880b31887acc18529c3c5f930e062bf1106f0
-size 8053637
diff --git a/vendor/libetpan-1.8.tar.gz b/vendor/libetpan-1.8.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index dc45da0..0000000
--- a/vendor/libetpan-1.8.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:4e67a7b4abadcf3cc16fa16e1621a68e54d489dadfd9a7d1f960c172e953b6eb
-size 6188927