diff --git a/retrieval/scrape.go b/retrieval/scrape.go
index 9c52e6e1e..7f27d2d15 100644
--- a/retrieval/scrape.go
+++ b/retrieval/scrape.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (sp *scrapePool) sync(tgroups map[string]map[model.Fingerprint]*Target) {
 				newTargets[fp] = tnew
 
 				tnew.scrapeLoop = newScrapeLoop(sp.ctx, tnew, sp.sampleAppender(tnew), sp.reportAppender(tnew))
-				go tnew.scrapeLoop.run(tnew.interval(), tnew.timeout(), nil)
+				go tnew.scrapeLoop.run(time.Duration(sp.config.ScrapeInterval), time.Duration(sp.config.ScrapeTimeout), nil)
 			}
 		}
 		for fp, told := range prevTargets {
diff --git a/retrieval/target.go b/retrieval/target.go
index 0074b6e2d..81d3e1bd8 100644
--- a/retrieval/target.go
+++ b/retrieval/target.go
@@ -229,20 +229,6 @@ func (t *Target) offset(interval time.Duration) time.Duration {
 	return time.Duration(next)
 }
 
-func (t *Target) interval() time.Duration {
-	t.RLock()
-	defer t.RUnlock()
-
-	return time.Duration(t.scrapeConfig.ScrapeInterval)
-}
-
-func (t *Target) timeout() time.Duration {
-	t.RLock()
-	defer t.RUnlock()
-
-	return time.Duration(t.scrapeConfig.ScrapeTimeout)
-}
-
 func (t *Target) scheme() string {
 	t.RLock()
 	defer t.RUnlock()