diff --git a/config/http_config.go b/config/http_config.go
index 21bfa22b..5c373d7a 100644
--- a/config/http_config.go
+++ b/config/http_config.go
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ func newClient(rt http.RoundTripper) *http.Client {
 
 // NewClientFromConfig returns a new HTTP client configured for the
 // given config.HTTPClientConfig. The name is used as go-conntrack metric label.
-func NewClientFromConfig(cfg HTTPClientConfig, name string) (*http.Client, error) {
-	rt, err := NewRoundTripperFromConfig(cfg, name)
+func NewClientFromConfig(cfg HTTPClientConfig, name string, disableKeepAlives bool) (*http.Client, error) {
+	rt, err := NewRoundTripperFromConfig(cfg, name, disableKeepAlives)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func NewClientFromConfig(cfg HTTPClientConfig, name string) (*http.Client, error
 
 // NewRoundTripperFromConfig returns a new HTTP RoundTripper configured for the
 // given config.HTTPClientConfig. The name is used as go-conntrack metric label.
-func NewRoundTripperFromConfig(cfg HTTPClientConfig, name string) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
+func NewRoundTripperFromConfig(cfg HTTPClientConfig, name string, disableKeepAlives bool) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
 	newRT := func(tlsConfig *tls.Config) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
 		// The only timeout we care about is the configured scrape timeout.
 		// It is applied on request. So we leave out any timings here.
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func NewRoundTripperFromConfig(cfg HTTPClientConfig, name string) (http.RoundTri
 			Proxy:               http.ProxyURL(cfg.ProxyURL.URL),
 			MaxIdleConns:        20000,
 			MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 1000, // see https://github.com/golang/go/issues/13801
-			DisableKeepAlives:   false,
+			DisableKeepAlives:   disableKeepAlives,
 			TLSClientConfig:     tlsConfig,
 			DisableCompression:  true,
 			// 5 minutes is typically above the maximum sane scrape interval. So we can
diff --git a/config/http_config_test.go b/config/http_config_test.go
index fdd3fb13..deea5027 100644
--- a/config/http_config_test.go
+++ b/config/http_config_test.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func TestNewClientFromConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		defer testServer.Close()
 
-		client, err := NewClientFromConfig(validConfig.clientConfig, "test")
+		client, err := NewClientFromConfig(validConfig.clientConfig, "test", false)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Can't create a client from this config: %+v", validConfig.clientConfig)
 			continue
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func TestNewClientFromInvalidConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, invalidConfig := range newClientInvalidConfig {
-		client, err := NewClientFromConfig(invalidConfig.clientConfig, "test")
+		client, err := NewClientFromConfig(invalidConfig.clientConfig, "test", false)
 		if client != nil {
 			t.Errorf("A client instance was returned instead of nil using this config: %+v", invalidConfig.clientConfig)
 		}
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func TestMissingBearerAuthFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	defer testServer.Close()
 
-	client, err := NewClientFromConfig(cfg, "test")
+	client, err := NewClientFromConfig(cfg, "test", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ func TestBasicAuthNoPassword(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error loading HTTP client config: %v", err)
 	}
-	client, err := NewClientFromConfig(*cfg, "test")
+	client, err := NewClientFromConfig(*cfg, "test", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error creating HTTP Client: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func TestBasicAuthNoUsername(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error loading HTTP client config: %v", err)
 	}
-	client, err := NewClientFromConfig(*cfg, "test")
+	client, err := NewClientFromConfig(*cfg, "test", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error creating HTTP Client: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ func TestBasicAuthPasswordFile(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error loading HTTP client config: %v", err)
 	}
-	client, err := NewClientFromConfig(*cfg, "test")
+	client, err := NewClientFromConfig(*cfg, "test", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error creating HTTP Client: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ func TestTLSRoundTripper(t *testing.T) {
 			writeCertificate(bs, tc.cert, cert)
 			writeCertificate(bs, tc.key, key)
 			if c == nil {
-				c, err = NewClientFromConfig(cfg, "test")
+				c, err = NewClientFromConfig(cfg, "test", false)
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatalf("Error creating HTTP Client: %v", err)
 				}
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ func TestTLSRoundTripperRaces(t *testing.T) {
 	writeCertificate(bs, TLSCAChainPath, ca)
 	writeCertificate(bs, ClientCertificatePath, cert)
 	writeCertificate(bs, ClientKeyNoPassPath, key)
-	c, err = NewClientFromConfig(cfg, "test")
+	c, err = NewClientFromConfig(cfg, "test", false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error creating HTTP Client: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/expfmt/decode_test.go b/expfmt/decode_test.go
index 669d56c0..ef1a0ddb 100644
--- a/expfmt/decode_test.go
+++ b/expfmt/decode_test.go
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ func testDiscriminatorHTTPHeader(t testing.TB) {
 	var scenarios = []struct {
 		input  map[string]string
 		output Format
-		err    error
 	}{
 		{
 			input:  map[string]string{"Content-Type": `application/vnd.google.protobuf; proto="io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily"; encoding="delimited"`},