diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/rsocket/RoutingBrokerTests.java b/spring-cloud-function-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/rsocket/RoutingBrokerTests.java
index 81ca2272d..addcb9445 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/rsocket/RoutingBrokerTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-rsocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/function/rsocket/RoutingBrokerTests.java
@@ -16,28 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.function.rsocket;
 
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.nio.CharBuffer;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
-import io.netty.buffer.CompositeByteBuf;
-import io.rsocket.Payload;
-import io.rsocket.RSocket;
-import io.rsocket.core.RSocketConnector;
-import io.rsocket.frame.decoder.PayloadDecoder;
-import io.rsocket.metadata.CompositeMetadataCodec;
-import io.rsocket.routing.broker.spring.MimeTypes;
-import io.rsocket.routing.common.Id;
-import io.rsocket.routing.common.Tags;
-import io.rsocket.routing.common.WellKnownKey;
-import io.rsocket.routing.frames.AddressFlyweight;
-import io.rsocket.routing.frames.RouteSetupFlyweight;
-import io.rsocket.transport.netty.client.TcpClientTransport;
-import io.rsocket.util.DefaultPayload;
+import io.rsocket.routing.client.spring.SpringRouting;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
@@ -49,12 +31,9 @@ import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.messaging.rsocket.RSocketStrategies;
+import org.springframework.messaging.rsocket.RSocketRequester;
 import org.springframework.util.SocketUtils;
 
-import static io.netty.buffer.Unpooled.EMPTY_BUFFER;
-import static io.rsocket.routing.broker.spring.MimeTypes.COMPOSITE_MIME_TYPE;
-
 
 /**
  *
@@ -68,12 +47,13 @@ public class RoutingBrokerTests {
 
 		ConfigurableApplicationContext functionContext = null;
 		ConfigurableApplicationContext brokerContext = null;
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext clientContext = null;
 		try {
 			int routingBrokerProxyPort = SocketUtils.findAvailableTcpPort();
 			int routingBrokerClusterPort = SocketUtils.findAvailableTcpPort();
 
 			// start broker
-			brokerContext = new SpringApplicationBuilder(SampleFunctionConfiguration.class).web(WebApplicationType.NONE).run(
+			brokerContext = new SpringApplicationBuilder(SimpleConfiguration.class).web(WebApplicationType.NONE).run(
 				"--logging.level.io.rsocket.routing.broker=TRACE",
 				"--spring.cloud.function.rsocket.enabled=false",
 				"--io.rsocket.routing.client.enabled=false",
@@ -81,37 +61,35 @@ public class RoutingBrokerTests {
 				"--io.rsocket.routing.broker.tcp.port=" + routingBrokerProxyPort,
 				"--io.rsocket.routing.broker.cluster.port=" + routingBrokerClusterPort);
 
-			// start function connecting to broker, service-name=toupper
+			// start function connecting to broker, service-name=samplefn
 			functionContext = new SpringApplicationBuilder(SampleFunctionConfiguration.class)
 				.web(WebApplicationType.NONE).run(
 					"--logging.level.org.springframework.cloud.function=DEBUG",
 					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.enabled=true",
-					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.service-name=toupper",
+					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.service-name=samplefn",
 					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.brokers[0].host=localhost",
 					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.brokers[0].port=" + routingBrokerProxyPort,
 					"--io.rsocket.routing.broker.enabled=false",
 					"--spring.cloud.function.definition=uppercase");
 
-			// setup metadata to identify the this test connecting to broker.
-			RSocketStrategies strategies = functionContext.getBean(RSocketStrategies.class);
-			Id testerId = Id.random();
-			ByteBuf routeSetup = encodeRouteSetup(strategies, testerId, "tester");
-			Payload setupPayload = DefaultPayload.create(EMPTY_BUFFER, routeSetup);
+			// start testclient connecting to broker, for RSocketRequester
+			clientContext = new SpringApplicationBuilder(SimpleConfiguration.class)
+				.web(WebApplicationType.NONE).run(
+					"--logging.level.io.rsocket.routing.client=TRACE",
+					"--spring.cloud.function.rsocket.enabled=false",
+					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.enabled=true",
+					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.service-name=testclient",
+					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.brokers[0].host=localhost",
+					"--io.rsocket.routing.client.brokers[0].port=" + routingBrokerProxyPort,
+					"--io.rsocket.routing.broker.enabled=false");
 
-			// connect to broker
-			RSocket socket = RSocketConnector.create().payloadDecoder(PayloadDecoder.ZERO_COPY)
-				.metadataMimeType(COMPOSITE_MIME_TYPE.toString())
-				.setupPayload(setupPayload)
-				.connect(TcpClientTransport.create(routingBrokerProxyPort))
-				.block();
-
-			// setup data for request to toupper service
-			ByteBuffer data = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.encode(CharBuffer.wrap("\"hello\""));
-			// setup metadata for request to toupper service
-			ByteBuf routingMetadata = encodeAddress(strategies, testerId, "toupper");
-			Payload payload = DefaultPayload.create(data, routingMetadata.nioBuffer());
-			// call toupper service
-			Mono<String> result = socket.requestResponse(payload).map(Payload::getDataUtf8);
+			RSocketRequester requester = clientContext.getBean(RSocketRequester.class);
+			SpringRouting routing = clientContext.getBean(SpringRouting.class);
+			Mono<String> result = requester.route("toupper") // used to find a messagemapping, so unused here
+				// auto creates metadata
+				.metadata(routing.address("samplefn"))
+				.data("\"hello\"")
+				.retrieveMono(String.class);
 
 			StepVerifier
 				.create(result)
@@ -125,44 +103,15 @@ public class RoutingBrokerTests {
 			if (brokerContext != null) {
 				brokerContext.close();
 			}
+			if (clientContext != null) {
+				clientContext.close();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	static ByteBuf encodeAddress(RSocketStrategies strategies, Id originRouteId, String serviceName) {
-		Tags tags = Tags.builder().with(WellKnownKey.SERVICE_NAME, serviceName)
-			.buildTags();
-		ByteBuf address = AddressFlyweight
-			.encode(ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT, originRouteId, Tags.empty(), tags);
-
-		CompositeByteBuf composite = encodeComposite(address, MimeTypes.ROUTING_FRAME_MIME_TYPE
-			.toString());
-		return composite;
-	}
-
-	private static ByteBuf encodeRouteSetup(RSocketStrategies strategies, Id routeId, String serviceName) {
-		Tags tags = Tags.builder()
-			.with("current-time", String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()))
-			.with(WellKnownKey.TIME_ZONE, System.currentTimeMillis() + "")
-			.buildTags();
-		ByteBuf routeSetup = RouteSetupFlyweight
-			.encode(ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT, routeId, serviceName, tags);
-
-		CompositeByteBuf composite = encodeComposite(routeSetup, MimeTypes.ROUTING_FRAME_MIME_TYPE
-			.toString());
-		return composite;
-	}
-
-	private static CompositeByteBuf encodeComposite(ByteBuf byteBuf, String mimeType) {
-		CompositeByteBuf composite = ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.compositeBuffer();
-		CompositeMetadataCodec
-			.encodeAndAddMetadata(composite, ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT,
-				mimeType, byteBuf);
-		return composite;
-	}
-
 	@EnableAutoConfiguration
 	@Configuration
-	public static class RoutingBrokerConfiguration {
+	public static class SimpleConfiguration {
 
 	}