diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0a15d03c0..e5474f48d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/baidubce/bce-sdk-go v0.9.223
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.11
-	github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.115.0
 	github.com/dnsimple/dnsimple-go/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/exoscale/egoscale/v3 v3.1.13
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 v4.0.5
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-resty/resty/v2 v2.16.5 // indirect
-	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5 // indirect
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bb55586a4..417cc1532 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -249,8 +249,6 @@ github.com/clbanning/mxj v1.8.4/go.mod h1:BVjHeAH+rl9rs6f+QIpeRl0tfu10SXn1pUSa5P
 github.com/clbanning/mxj/v2 v2.5.5 h1:oT81vUeEiQQ/DcHbzSytRngP6Ky9O+L+0Bw0zSJag9E=
 github.com/clbanning/mxj/v2 v2.5.5/go.mod h1:hNiWqW14h+kc+MdF9C6/YoRfjEJoR3ou6tn/Qo+ve2s=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
-github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.115.0 h1:84/dxeeXweCc0PN5Cto44iTA8AkG1fyT11yPO5ZB7sM=
-github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.115.0/go.mod h1:Ds6urDwn/TF2uIU24mu7H91xkKP8gSAHxQ44DSZgVmU=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210312221358-fbca930ec8ed/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
@@ -359,8 +357,6 @@ github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlnd
 github.com/go-zookeeper/zk v1.0.2/go.mod h1:nOB03cncLtlp4t+UAkGSV+9beXP/akpekBwL+UX1Qcw=
 github.com/gobs/pretty v0.0.0-20180724170744-09732c25a95b h1:/vQ+oYKu+JoyaMPDsv5FzwuL2wwWBgBbtj/YLCi4LuA=
 github.com/gobs/pretty v0.0.0-20180724170744-09732c25a95b/go.mod h1:Xo4aNUOrJnVruqWQJBtW6+bTBDTniY8yZum5rF3b5jw=
-github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5 h1:Fq85nIqj+gXn/S5ahsiTlK3TmC85qgirsdTP/+DeaC4=
-github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.5/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.1 h1:MTLVXXHf8ekldpJk3AKicLij9MdwOWkZ+a/jHHZby9E=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.12.1/go.mod h1:9zxTsyu5xtJ9DK+1tFZyibEV7y3uwDxPPfbxeeHCoD0=
diff --git a/platform/tester/servermock/link_request_body_json.go b/platform/tester/servermock/link_request_body_json.go
index 1d1fecce9..2e9985c3d 100644
--- a/platform/tester/servermock/link_request_body_json.go
+++ b/platform/tester/servermock/link_request_body_json.go
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ import (
 
 // RequestBodyJSONLink validates JSON request bodies.
 type RequestBodyJSONLink struct {
-	body     []byte
-	filename string
-	data     any
+	body      []byte
+	filename  string
+	directory string
+	data      any
 }
 
 // CheckRequestJSONBody creates a [RequestBodyJSONLink] initialized with a string.
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ func CheckRequestJSONBodyFromStruct(data any) *RequestBodyJSONLink {
 
 // CheckRequestJSONBodyFromFile creates a [RequestBodyJSONLink] initialized with the provided request body file.
 func CheckRequestJSONBodyFromFile(filename string) *RequestBodyJSONLink {
-	return &RequestBodyJSONLink{filename: filename}
+	return &RequestBodyJSONLink{
+		filename:  filename,
+		directory: "fixtures",
+	}
 }
 
 func (l *RequestBodyJSONLink) Bind(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ func (l *RequestBodyJSONLink) Bind(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 		switch {
 		case l.filename != "":
-			expectedRaw, err = os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("fixtures", l.filename))
+			expectedRaw, err = os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(l.directory, l.filename))
 			if err != nil {
 				http.Error(rw, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 				return
@@ -97,3 +101,9 @@ func (l *RequestBodyJSONLink) Bind(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		next.ServeHTTP(rw, req)
 	})
 }
+
+func (l *RequestBodyJSONLink) WithDirectory(directory string) *RequestBodyJSONLink {
+	l.directory = directory
+
+	return l
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare.go b/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
index 0fa52b34d..5fd350925 100644
--- a/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare.go
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/challenge"
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/challenge/dns01"
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/log"
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/platform/config/env"
+	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal"
 )
 
 // Environment variables names.
@@ -156,24 +156,26 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) Timeout() (timeout, interval time.Duration) {
 func (d *DNSProvider) Present(domain, token, keyAuth string) error {
 	info := dns01.GetChallengeInfo(domain, keyAuth)
 
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
 	authZone, err := dns01.FindZoneByFqdn(info.EffectiveFQDN)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cloudflare: could not find zone for domain %q: %w", domain, err)
 	}
 
-	zoneID, err := d.client.ZoneIDByName(authZone)
+	zoneID, err := d.client.ZoneIDByName(ctx, authZone)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cloudflare: failed to find zone %s: %w", authZone, err)
 	}
 
-	dnsRecord := cloudflare.CreateDNSRecordParams{
+	dnsRecord := internal.Record{
 		Type:    "TXT",
 		Name:    dns01.UnFqdn(info.EffectiveFQDN),
 		Content: `"` + info.Value + `"`,
 		TTL:     d.config.TTL,
 	}
 
-	response, err := d.client.CreateDNSRecord(context.Background(), zoneID, dnsRecord)
+	response, err := d.client.CreateDNSRecord(ctx, zoneID, dnsRecord)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cloudflare: failed to create TXT record: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) CleanUp(domain, token, keyAuth string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cloudflare: could not find zone for domain %q: %w", domain, err)
 	}
 
-	zoneID, err := d.client.ZoneIDByName(authZone)
+	zoneID, err := d.client.ZoneIDByName(context.Background(), authZone)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cloudflare: failed to find zone %s: %w", authZone, err)
 	}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare_test.go b/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare_test.go
index f3bba69d2..b288931f1 100644
--- a/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare_test.go
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/cloudflare_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package cloudflare
 
 import (
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/platform/tester"
+	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/platform/tester/servermock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -232,22 +235,17 @@ func TestNewDNSProviderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			desc:     "missing credentials",
-			expected: "cloudflare: invalid credentials: key & email must not be empty",
+			expected: "cloudflare: invalid credentials: authEmail, authKey or authToken must be set",
 		},
 		{
 			desc:     "missing email",
 			authKey:  "123",
-			expected: "cloudflare: invalid credentials: key & email must not be empty",
+			expected: "cloudflare: invalid credentials: authEmail and authKey must be set together",
 		},
 		{
 			desc:      "missing api key",
 			authEmail: "test@example.com",
-			expected:  "cloudflare: invalid credentials: key & email must not be empty",
-		},
-		{
-			desc:      "missing api token, fallback to api key/email",
-			authToken: "",
-			expected:  "cloudflare: invalid credentials: key & email must not be empty",
+			expected:  "cloudflare: invalid credentials: authEmail and authKey must be set together",
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -299,3 +297,68 @@ func TestLiveCleanUp(t *testing.T) {
 	err = provider.CleanUp(envTest.GetDomain(), "", "123d==")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func mockBuilder() *servermock.Builder[*DNSProvider] {
+	return servermock.NewBuilder(
+		func(server *httptest.Server) (*DNSProvider, error) {
+			config := NewDefaultConfig()
+			config.AuthEmail = "foo@example.com"
+			config.AuthKey = "secret"
+			config.BaseURL = server.URL
+
+			return NewDNSProviderConfig(config)
+		},
+		servermock.CheckHeader().
+			WithRegexp("User-Agent", `goacme-lego/[0-9.]+ \(.+\)`).
+			With("X-Auth-Email", "foo@example.com").
+			With("X-Auth-Key", "secret"),
+	)
+}
+
+func TestDNSProvider_Present(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := mockBuilder().
+		// https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/zones/methods/list/
+		Route("GET /zones",
+			responseFromFixture("zones.json"),
+			servermock.CheckQueryParameter().Strict().
+				With("name", "example.com").
+				With("per_page", "50")).
+		// https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/
+		Route("POST /zones/023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353/dns_records",
+			responseFromFixture("create_record.json"),
+			servermock.CheckHeader().
+				WithContentType("application/json"),
+			servermock.CheckRequestJSONBodyFromFile("create_record-request.json").
+				WithDirectory(filepath.Join("internal", "fixtures"))).
+		Build(t)
+
+	err := provider.Present("example.com", "abc", "123d==")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestDNSProvider_CleanUp(t *testing.T) {
+	provider := mockBuilder().
+		// https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/zones/methods/list/
+		Route("GET /zones",
+			responseFromFixture("zones.json"),
+			servermock.CheckQueryParameter().Strict().
+				With("name", "example.com").
+				With("per_page", "50")).
+		// https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/delete/
+		Route("DELETE /zones/023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353/dns_records/xxx",
+			responseFromFixture("delete_record.json")).
+		Build(t)
+
+	token := "abc"
+
+	provider.recordIDsMu.Lock()
+	provider.recordIDs["abc"] = "xxx"
+	provider.recordIDsMu.Unlock()
+
+	err := provider.CleanUp("example.com", token, "123d==")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func responseFromFixture(filename string) *servermock.ResponseFromFileHandler {
+	return servermock.ResponseFromFile(filepath.Join("internal", "fixtures", filename))
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/client.go b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..495ba5618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/*
+Package internal Cloudflare API client.
+
+The official client is huge and still growing.
+- https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/issues/4171
+*/
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/providers/dns/internal/errutils"
+	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/providers/dns/internal/useragent"
+)
+
+const defaultBaseURL = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4"
+
+// Client the Cloudflare API client.
+type Client struct {
+	authEmail string
+	authKey   string
+	authToken string
+
+	baseURL    *url.URL
+	HTTPClient *http.Client
+}
+
+// NewClient creates a new Client.
+func NewClient(opts ...Option) (*Client, error) {
+	baseURL, _ := url.Parse(defaultBaseURL)
+
+	client := &Client{
+		baseURL:    baseURL,
+		HTTPClient: &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second},
+	}
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		err := opt(client)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if client.authToken != "" {
+		return client, nil
+	}
+
+	if client.authEmail == "" && client.authKey == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid credentials: authEmail, authKey or authToken must be set")
+	}
+
+	if client.authEmail == "" || client.authKey == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("invalid credentials: authEmail and authKey must be set together")
+	}
+
+	return client, nil
+}
+
+// CreateDNSRecord creates a new DNS record for a zone.
+// https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/
+func (c *Client) CreateDNSRecord(ctx context.Context, zoneID string, record Record) (*Record, error) {
+	endpoint := c.baseURL.JoinPath("zones", zoneID, "dns_records")
+
+	req, err := newJSONRequest(ctx, http.MethodPost, endpoint, record)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var result APIResponse[Record]
+
+	err = c.do(req, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &result.Result, nil
+}
+
+// DeleteDNSRecord Delete DNS record.
+// https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/delete/
+func (c *Client) DeleteDNSRecord(ctx context.Context, zoneID, recordID string) error {
+	endpoint := c.baseURL.JoinPath("zones", zoneID, "dns_records", recordID)
+
+	req, err := newJSONRequest(ctx, http.MethodDelete, endpoint, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return c.do(req, nil)
+}
+
+// https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/zones/methods/list/
+func (c *Client) ZonesByName(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]Zone, error) {
+	endpoint := c.baseURL.JoinPath("zones")
+
+	query := endpoint.Query()
+	query.Set("name", name)
+	query.Set("per_page", "50")
+	endpoint.RawQuery = query.Encode()
+
+	req, err := newJSONRequest(ctx, http.MethodGet, endpoint, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var result APIResponse[[]Zone]
+
+	err = c.do(req, &result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return result.Result, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Client) do(req *http.Request, result any) error {
+	// https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/
+	if c.authToken != "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+c.authToken)
+	} else {
+		req.Header.Set("X-Auth-Email", c.authEmail)
+		req.Header.Set("X-Auth-Key", c.authKey)
+	}
+
+	useragent.SetHeader(req.Header)
+
+	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errutils.NewHTTPDoError(req, err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() { _ = resp.Body.Close() }()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode/100 != 2 {
+		return parseError(req, resp)
+	}
+
+	if result == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	raw, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errutils.NewReadResponseError(req, resp.StatusCode, err)
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(raw, result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errutils.NewUnmarshalError(req, resp.StatusCode, raw, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func newJSONRequest(ctx context.Context, method string, endpoint *url.URL, payload any) (*http.Request, error) {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	if payload != nil {
+		err := json.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(payload)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create request JSON body: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, endpoint.String(), buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create request: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+
+	if payload != nil {
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	}
+
+	return req, nil
+}
+
+func parseError(req *http.Request, resp *http.Response) error {
+	raw, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+
+	var response APIResponse[any]
+	err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &response)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errutils.NewUnexpectedStatusCodeError(req, resp.StatusCode, raw)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("[status code %d] %w", resp.StatusCode, response.Errors)
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/client_test.go b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69ca2007c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/platform/tester/servermock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func mockBuilder() *servermock.Builder[*Client] {
+	return servermock.NewBuilder(
+		func(server *httptest.Server) (*Client, error) {
+			client, err := NewClient(
+				WithAuthKey("foo@example.com", "secret"),
+				WithHTTPClient(server.Client()),
+				WithBaseURL(server.URL),
+			)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			return client, nil
+		},
+		servermock.CheckHeader().
+			WithRegexp("User-Agent", `goacme-lego/[0-9.]+ \(.+\)`).
+			WithAccept("application/json").
+			With("X-Auth-Email", "foo@example.com").
+			With("X-Auth-Key", "secret"),
+	)
+}
+
+func TestClient_CreateDNSRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	client := mockBuilder().
+		Route("POST /zones/023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353/dns_records",
+			servermock.ResponseFromFixture("create_record.json"),
+			servermock.CheckHeader().
+				WithContentType("application/json"),
+			servermock.CheckRequestJSONBodyFromFile("create_record-request.json")).
+		Build(t)
+
+	record := Record{
+		Name:    "_acme-challenge.example.com",
+		TTL:     120,
+		Type:    "TXT",
+		Content: `"ADw2sEd82DUgXcQ9hNBZThJs7zVJkR5v9JeSbAb9mZY"`,
+	}
+
+	newRecord, err := client.CreateDNSRecord(t.Context(), "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", record)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expected := &Record{
+		ID:      "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+		Name:    "example.com",
+		TTL:     3600,
+		Type:    "A",
+		Comment: "Domain verification record",
+		Content: "198.51.100.4",
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, newRecord)
+}
+
+func TestClient_CreateDNSRecord_error(t *testing.T) {
+	client := mockBuilder().
+		Route("POST /zones/023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353/dns_records",
+			servermock.ResponseFromFixture("error.json").
+				WithStatusCode(http.StatusBadRequest)).
+		Build(t)
+
+	record := Record{
+		Name:    "_acme-challenge.example.com",
+		TTL:     120,
+		Type:    "TXT",
+		Content: `"ADw2sEd82DUgXcQ9hNBZThJs7zVJkR5v9JeSbAb9mZY"`,
+	}
+
+	_, err := client.CreateDNSRecord(t.Context(), "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", record)
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "[status code 400] 6003: Invalid request headers; 6103: Invalid format for X-Auth-Key header")
+}
+
+func TestClient_DeleteDNSRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	client := mockBuilder().
+		Route("DELETE /zones/023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353/dns_records/xxx",
+			servermock.ResponseFromFixture("delete_record.json")).
+		Build(t)
+
+	err := client.DeleteDNSRecord(context.Background(), "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", "xxx")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestClient_DeleteDNSRecord_error(t *testing.T) {
+	client := mockBuilder().
+		Route("DELETE /zones/023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353/dns_records/xxx",
+			servermock.ResponseFromFixture("error.json").
+				WithStatusCode(http.StatusBadRequest)).
+		Build(t)
+
+	err := client.DeleteDNSRecord(context.Background(), "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", "xxx")
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "[status code 400] 6003: Invalid request headers; 6103: Invalid format for X-Auth-Key header")
+}
+
+func TestClient_ZonesByName(t *testing.T) {
+	client := mockBuilder().
+		Route("GET /zones",
+			servermock.ResponseFromFixture("zones.json"),
+			servermock.CheckQueryParameter().Strict().
+				With("name", "example.com").
+				With("per_page", "50")).
+		Build(t)
+
+	zones, err := client.ZonesByName(context.Background(), "example.com")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expected := []Zone{
+		{
+			ID:      "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+			Account: Account{ID: "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", Name: "Example Account Name"},
+			Meta: Meta{
+				CdnOnly:                true,
+				CustomCertificateQuota: 1,
+				DNSOnly:                true,
+				FoundationDNS:          true,
+				PageRuleQuota:          100,
+				PhishingDetected:       false,
+				Step:                   2,
+			},
+			Name: "example.com",
+			Owner: Owner{
+				ID:   "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+				Name: "Example Org",
+				Type: "organization",
+			},
+			Plan: Plan{
+				ID:                "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+				CanSubscribe:      false,
+				Currency:          "USD",
+				ExternallyManaged: false,
+				Frequency:         "monthly",
+				IsSubscribed:      false,
+				LegacyDiscount:    false,
+				LegacyID:          "free",
+				Price:             10,
+				Name:              "Example Org",
+			},
+			CnameSuffix: "cdn.cloudflare.com",
+			Paused:      true,
+			Permissions: []string{"#worker:read"},
+			Tenant: Tenant{
+				ID:   "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+				Name: "Example Account Name",
+			},
+			TenantUnit: TenantUnit{
+				ID: "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+			},
+			Type:              "full",
+			VanityNameServers: []string{"ns1.example.com", "ns2.example.com"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, zones)
+}
+
+func TestClient_ZonesByName_error(t *testing.T) {
+	client := mockBuilder().
+		Route("GET /zones",
+			servermock.ResponseFromFixture("error.json").
+				WithStatusCode(http.StatusBadRequest)).
+		Build(t)
+
+	_, err := client.ZonesByName(context.Background(), "example.com")
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "[status code 400] 6003: Invalid request headers; 6103: Invalid format for X-Auth-Key header")
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/create_record-request.json b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/create_record-request.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b8604dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/create_record-request.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "type": "TXT",
+  "name": "_acme-challenge.example.com",
+  "content": "\"ADw2sEd82DUgXcQ9hNBZThJs7zVJkR5v9JeSbAb9mZY\"",
+  "ttl": 120
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/create_record.json b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/create_record.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e08e993b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/create_record.json
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  "errors": [
+    {
+      "code": 1000,
+      "message": "message",
+      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
+      "source": {
+        "pointer": "pointer"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "messages": [
+    {
+      "code": 1000,
+      "message": "message",
+      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
+      "source": {
+        "pointer": "pointer"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "success": true,
+  "result": {
+    "name": "example.com",
+    "ttl": 3600,
+    "type": "A",
+    "comment": "Domain verification record",
+    "content": "198.51.100.4",
+    "proxied": true,
+    "settings": {
+      "ipv4_only": true,
+      "ipv6_only": true
+    },
+    "tags": [
+      "owner:dns-team"
+    ],
+    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+    "proxiable": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/delete_record.json b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/delete_record.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..038ac7b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/delete_record.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "result": {
+    "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/error.json b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/error.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b2360cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/error.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "success": false,
+  "errors": [
+    {
+      "code": 6003,
+      "message": "Invalid request headers",
+      "error_chain": [
+        {
+          "code": 6103,
+          "message": "Invalid format for X-Auth-Key header"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "messages": [],
+  "result": null
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/zones.json b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/zones.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1dd94c4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/fixtures/zones.json
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{
+  "errors": [
+    {
+      "code": 1000,
+      "message": "message",
+      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
+      "source": {
+        "pointer": "pointer"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "messages": [
+    {
+      "code": 1000,
+      "message": "message",
+      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
+      "source": {
+        "pointer": "pointer"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "success": true,
+  "result": [
+    {
+      "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+      "account": {
+        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+        "name": "Example Account Name"
+      },
+      "meta": {
+        "cdn_only": true,
+        "custom_certificate_quota": 1,
+        "dns_only": true,
+        "foundation_dns": true,
+        "page_rule_quota": 100,
+        "phishing_detected": false,
+        "step": 2
+      },
+      "name": "example.com",
+      "owner": {
+        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+        "name": "Example Org",
+        "type": "organization"
+      },
+      "plan": {
+        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+        "can_subscribe": false,
+        "currency": "USD",
+        "externally_managed": false,
+        "frequency": "monthly",
+        "is_subscribed": false,
+        "legacy_discount": false,
+        "legacy_id": "free",
+        "price": 10,
+        "name": "Example Org"
+      },
+      "cname_suffix": "cdn.cloudflare.com",
+      "paused": true,
+      "permissions": [
+        "#worker:read"
+      ],
+      "tenant": {
+        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
+        "name": "Example Account Name"
+      },
+      "tenant_unit": {
+        "id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
+      },
+      "type": "full",
+      "vanity_name_servers": [
+        "ns1.example.com",
+        "ns2.example.com"
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "result_info": {
+    "count": 1,
+    "page": 1,
+    "per_page": 20,
+    "total_count": 1,
+    "total_pages": 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/options.go b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/options.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa551a422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/options.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+type Option func(c *Client) error
+
+func WithAuthKey(authEmail, authKey string) Option {
+	return func(c *Client) error {
+		c.authEmail = authEmail
+		c.authKey = authKey
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func WithAuthToken(authToken string) Option {
+	return func(c *Client) error {
+		c.authToken = authToken
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func WithBaseURL(baseURL string) Option {
+	return func(c *Client) error {
+		if baseURL == "" {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		bu, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		c.baseURL = bu
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func WithHTTPClient(client *http.Client) Option {
+	return func(c *Client) error {
+		if client != nil {
+			c.HTTPClient = client
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/types.go b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b6d2e2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package internal
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type Record struct {
+	ID      string `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Name    string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	TTL     int    `json:"ttl,omitempty"`
+	Type    string `json:"type,omitempty"`
+	Comment string `json:"comment,omitempty"`
+	Content string `json:"content,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type APIResponse[T any] struct {
+	Errors     Errors      `json:"errors,omitempty"`
+	Messages   []Message   `json:"messages,omitempty"`
+	Success    bool        `json:"success,omitempty"`
+	Result     T           `json:"result,omitempty"`
+	ResultInfo *ResultInfo `json:"result_info,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type Message struct {
+	Code             int          `json:"code"`
+	Message          string       `json:"message"`
+	DocumentationURL string       `json:"documentation_url"`
+	Source           *Source      `json:"source"`
+	ErrorChain       []ErrorChain `json:"error_chain"`
+}
+
+type Source struct {
+	Pointer string `json:"pointer"`
+}
+
+type ErrorChain struct {
+	Code    int    `json:"code"`
+	Message string `json:"message"`
+}
+
+type Errors []Message
+
+func (e Errors) Error() string {
+	var msg string
+
+	for _, item := range e {
+		msg = fmt.Sprintf("%d: %s", item.Code, item.Message)
+
+		for _, link := range item.ErrorChain {
+			msg += fmt.Sprintf("; %d: %s", link.Code, link.Message)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return msg
+}
+
+type ResultInfo struct {
+	Count      int `json:"count"`
+	Page       int `json:"page"`
+	PerPage    int `json:"per_page"`
+	TotalCount int `json:"total_count"`
+	TotalPages int `json:"total_pages"`
+}
+
+type Zone struct {
+	ID                string     `json:"id"`
+	Account           Account    `json:"account"`
+	Meta              Meta       `json:"meta"`
+	Name              string     `json:"name"`
+	Owner             Owner      `json:"owner"`
+	Plan              Plan       `json:"plan"`
+	CnameSuffix       string     `json:"cname_suffix"`
+	Paused            bool       `json:"paused"`
+	Permissions       []string   `json:"permissions"`
+	Tenant            Tenant     `json:"tenant"`
+	TenantUnit        TenantUnit `json:"tenant_unit"`
+	Type              string     `json:"type"`
+	VanityNameServers []string   `json:"vanity_name_servers"`
+}
+
+type Account struct {
+	ID   string `json:"id"`
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+type Meta struct {
+	CdnOnly                bool `json:"cdn_only"`
+	CustomCertificateQuota int  `json:"custom_certificate_quota"`
+	DNSOnly                bool `json:"dns_only"`
+	FoundationDNS          bool `json:"foundation_dns"`
+	PageRuleQuota          int  `json:"page_rule_quota"`
+	PhishingDetected       bool `json:"phishing_detected"`
+	Step                   int  `json:"step"`
+}
+
+type Owner struct {
+	ID   string `json:"id"`
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	Type string `json:"type"`
+}
+
+type Plan struct {
+	ID                string `json:"id"`
+	CanSubscribe      bool   `json:"can_subscribe"`
+	Currency          string `json:"currency"`
+	ExternallyManaged bool   `json:"externally_managed"`
+	Frequency         string `json:"frequency"`
+	IsSubscribed      bool   `json:"is_subscribed"`
+	LegacyDiscount    bool   `json:"legacy_discount"`
+	LegacyID          string `json:"legacy_id"`
+	Price             int    `json:"price"`
+	Name              string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+type Tenant struct {
+	ID   string `json:"id"`
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+type TenantUnit struct {
+	ID string `json:"id"`
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/cloudflare/wrapper.go b/providers/dns/cloudflare/wrapper.go
index 92733a57f..1ab36800d 100644
--- a/providers/dns/cloudflare/wrapper.go
+++ b/providers/dns/cloudflare/wrapper.go
@@ -2,29 +2,28 @@ package cloudflare
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/challenge/dns01"
+	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/providers/dns/cloudflare/internal"
 )
 
 type metaClient struct {
-	clientEdit *cloudflare.API // needs Zone/DNS/Edit permissions
-	clientRead *cloudflare.API // needs Zone/Zone/Read permissions
+	clientEdit *internal.Client // needs Zone/DNS/Edit permissions
+	clientRead *internal.Client // needs Zone/Zone/Read permissions
 
 	zones   map[string]string // caches calls to ZoneIDByName, see lookupZoneID()
 	zonesMu *sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 func newClient(config *Config) (*metaClient, error) {
-	options := []cloudflare.Option{cloudflare.HTTPClient(config.HTTPClient)}
-	if config.BaseURL != "" {
-		options = append(options, cloudflare.BaseURL(config.BaseURL))
-	}
-
 	// with AuthKey/AuthEmail we can access all available APIs
 	if config.AuthToken == "" {
-		client, err := cloudflare.New(config.AuthKey, config.AuthEmail, options...)
+		client, err := internal.NewClient(
+			internal.WithBaseURL(config.BaseURL),
+			internal.WithHTTPClient(config.HTTPClient),
+			internal.WithAuthKey(config.AuthEmail, config.AuthKey))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -37,7 +36,10 @@ func newClient(config *Config) (*metaClient, error) {
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	dns, err := cloudflare.NewWithAPIToken(config.AuthToken, options...)
+	dns, err := internal.NewClient(
+		internal.WithBaseURL(config.BaseURL),
+		internal.WithHTTPClient(config.HTTPClient),
+		internal.WithAuthToken(config.AuthToken))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -51,7 +53,10 @@ func newClient(config *Config) (*metaClient, error) {
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	zone, err := cloudflare.NewWithAPIToken(config.ZoneToken, options...)
+	zone, err := internal.NewClient(
+		internal.WithBaseURL(config.BaseURL),
+		internal.WithHTTPClient(config.HTTPClient),
+		internal.WithAuthToken(config.ZoneToken))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -64,19 +69,15 @@ func newClient(config *Config) (*metaClient, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (m *metaClient) CreateDNSRecord(ctx context.Context, zoneID string, rr cloudflare.CreateDNSRecordParams) (cloudflare.DNSRecord, error) {
-	return m.clientEdit.CreateDNSRecord(ctx, cloudflare.ZoneIdentifier(zoneID), rr)
-}
-
-func (m *metaClient) DNSRecords(ctx context.Context, zoneID string, rr cloudflare.ListDNSRecordsParams) ([]cloudflare.DNSRecord, *cloudflare.ResultInfo, error) {
-	return m.clientEdit.ListDNSRecords(ctx, cloudflare.ZoneIdentifier(zoneID), rr)
+func (m *metaClient) CreateDNSRecord(ctx context.Context, zoneID string, rr internal.Record) (*internal.Record, error) {
+	return m.clientEdit.CreateDNSRecord(ctx, zoneID, rr)
 }
 
 func (m *metaClient) DeleteDNSRecord(ctx context.Context, zoneID, recordID string) error {
-	return m.clientEdit.DeleteDNSRecord(ctx, cloudflare.ZoneIdentifier(zoneID), recordID)
+	return m.clientEdit.DeleteDNSRecord(ctx, zoneID, recordID)
 }
 
-func (m *metaClient) ZoneIDByName(fdqn string) (string, error) {
+func (m *metaClient) ZoneIDByName(ctx context.Context, fdqn string) (string, error) {
 	m.zonesMu.RLock()
 	id := m.zones[fdqn]
 	m.zonesMu.RUnlock()
@@ -85,7 +86,12 @@ func (m *metaClient) ZoneIDByName(fdqn string) (string, error) {
 		return id, nil
 	}
 
-	id, err := m.clientRead.ZoneIDByName(dns01.UnFqdn(fdqn))
+	zones, err := m.clientRead.ZonesByName(ctx, dns01.UnFqdn(fdqn))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	id, err = extractZoneID(zones)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -95,3 +101,14 @@ func (m *metaClient) ZoneIDByName(fdqn string) (string, error) {
 	m.zonesMu.Unlock()
 	return id, nil
 }
+
+func extractZoneID(res []internal.Zone) (string, error) {
+	switch len(res) {
+	case 0:
+		return "", errors.New("zone could not be found")
+	case 1:
+		return res[0].ID, nil
+	default:
+		return "", errors.New("ambiguous zone name; an account ID might help")
+	}
+}