diff --git a/retrieval/target.go b/retrieval/target.go
index d509c012d..7c470e0bc 100644
--- a/retrieval/target.go
+++ b/retrieval/target.go
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ type TargetStatus struct {
 func (ts *TargetStatus) LastError() error {
 	ts.mu.RLock()
 	defer ts.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	return ts.lastError
 }
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ func (ts *TargetStatus) LastError() error {
 func (ts *TargetStatus) LastScrape() time.Time {
 	ts.mu.RLock()
 	defer ts.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	return ts.lastScrape
 }
 
@@ -133,18 +135,21 @@ func (ts *TargetStatus) LastScrape() time.Time {
 func (ts *TargetStatus) Health() TargetHealth {
 	ts.mu.RLock()
 	defer ts.mu.RUnlock()
+
 	return ts.health
 }
 
 func (ts *TargetStatus) setLastScrape(t time.Time) {
 	ts.mu.Lock()
 	defer ts.mu.Unlock()
+
 	ts.lastScrape = t
 }
 
 func (ts *TargetStatus) setLastError(err error) {
 	ts.mu.Lock()
 	defer ts.mu.Unlock()
+
 	if err == nil {
 		ts.health = HealthGood
 	} else {
@@ -164,37 +169,26 @@ type Target struct {
 
 	// Mutex protects the members below.
 	sync.RWMutex
-	// The HTTP client used to scrape the target's endpoint.
-	httpClient *http.Client
-	// url is the URL to be scraped. Its host is immutable.
-	url *url.URL
+
+	scrapeConfig *config.ScrapeConfig
+
 	// Labels before any processing.
 	metaLabels model.LabelSet
-	// Any base labels that are added to this target and its metrics.
-	baseLabels model.LabelSet
-	// Internal labels, such as scheme.
-	internalLabels model.LabelSet
-	// The time between two scrapes.
-	scrapeInterval time.Duration
-	// Whether the target's labels have precedence over the base labels
-	// assigned by the scraping instance.
-	honorLabels bool
-	// Metric relabel configuration.
-	metricRelabelConfigs []*config.RelabelConfig
+	// Any labels that are added to this target and its metrics.
+	labels model.LabelSet
+
+	// The HTTP client used to scrape the target's endpoint.
+	httpClient *http.Client
 }
 
 // NewTarget creates a reasonably configured target for querying.
-func NewTarget(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, baseLabels, metaLabels model.LabelSet) (*Target, error) {
+func NewTarget(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, labels, metaLabels model.LabelSet) (*Target, error) {
 	t := &Target{
-		url: &url.URL{
-			Scheme: string(baseLabels[model.SchemeLabel]),
-			Host:   string(baseLabels[model.AddressLabel]),
-		},
 		status:          &TargetStatus{},
 		scraperStopping: make(chan struct{}),
 		scraperStopped:  make(chan struct{}),
 	}
-	err := t.Update(cfg, baseLabels, metaLabels)
+	err := t.Update(cfg, labels, metaLabels)
 	return t, err
 }
 
@@ -205,57 +199,23 @@ func (t *Target) Status() *TargetStatus {
 
 // Update overwrites settings in the target that are derived from the job config
 // it belongs to.
-func (t *Target) Update(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, baseLabels, metaLabels model.LabelSet) error {
+func (t *Target) Update(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, labels, metaLabels model.LabelSet) error {
 	t.Lock()
-	defer t.Unlock()
 
-	httpClient, err := newHTTPClient(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create HTTP client: %v", err)
-	}
-	t.httpClient = httpClient
-
-	t.url.Scheme = string(baseLabels[model.SchemeLabel])
-	t.url.Path = string(baseLabels[model.MetricsPathLabel])
-
-	t.internalLabels = model.LabelSet{}
-	t.internalLabels[model.SchemeLabel] = baseLabels[model.SchemeLabel]
-	t.internalLabels[model.MetricsPathLabel] = baseLabels[model.MetricsPathLabel]
-	t.internalLabels[model.AddressLabel] = model.LabelValue(t.url.Host)
-
-	params := url.Values{}
-
-	for k, v := range cfg.Params {
-		params[k] = make([]string, len(v))
-		copy(params[k], v)
-	}
-	for k, v := range baseLabels {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(string(k), model.ParamLabelPrefix) {
-			if len(params[string(k[len(model.ParamLabelPrefix):])]) > 0 {
-				params[string(k[len(model.ParamLabelPrefix):])][0] = string(v)
-			} else {
-				params[string(k[len(model.ParamLabelPrefix):])] = []string{string(v)}
-			}
-			t.internalLabels[model.ParamLabelPrefix+k[len(model.ParamLabelPrefix):]] = v
-		}
-	}
-	t.url.RawQuery = params.Encode()
-
-	t.scrapeInterval = time.Duration(cfg.ScrapeInterval)
-
-	t.honorLabels = cfg.HonorLabels
+	t.scrapeConfig = cfg
+	t.labels = labels
 	t.metaLabels = metaLabels
-	t.baseLabels = model.LabelSet{}
-	// All remaining internal labels will not be part of the label set.
-	for name, val := range baseLabels {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(string(name), model.ReservedLabelPrefix) {
-			t.baseLabels[name] = val
-		}
+
+	t.Unlock()
+
+	httpClient, err := t.client()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create HTTP client: %s", err)
 	}
-	if _, ok := t.baseLabels[model.InstanceLabel]; !ok {
-		t.baseLabels[model.InstanceLabel] = model.LabelValue(t.InstanceIdentifier())
-	}
-	t.metricRelabelConfigs = cfg.MetricRelabelConfigs
+	t.Lock()
+	t.httpClient = httpClient
+	t.Unlock()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -304,16 +264,105 @@ func newHTTPClient(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig) (*http.Client, error) {
 }
 
 func (t *Target) String() string {
-	return t.url.Host
+	return t.host()
+}
+
+func (t *Target) client() (*http.Client, error) {
+	t.RLock()
+	defer t.RUnlock()
+
+	return newHTTPClient(t.scrapeConfig)
+}
+
+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()
+
+	return string(t.labels[model.SchemeLabel])
+}
+
+func (t *Target) host() string {
+	t.RLock()
+	defer t.RUnlock()
+
+	return string(t.labels[model.AddressLabel])
+}
+
+func (t *Target) path() string {
+	t.RLock()
+	defer t.RUnlock()
+
+	return string(t.labels[model.MetricsPathLabel])
+}
+
+// URL returns a copy of the target's URL.
+func (t *Target) URL() *url.URL {
+	t.RLock()
+	defer t.RUnlock()
+
+	params := url.Values{}
+
+	for k, v := range t.scrapeConfig.Params {
+		params[k] = make([]string, len(v))
+		copy(params[k], v)
+	}
+	for k, v := range t.labels {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(string(k), model.ParamLabelPrefix) {
+			continue
+		}
+		ks := string(k[len(model.ParamLabelPrefix):])
+
+		if len(params[ks]) > 0 {
+			params[ks][0] = string(v)
+		} else {
+			params[ks] = []string{string(v)}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &url.URL{
+		Scheme:   string(t.labels[model.SchemeLabel]),
+		Host:     string(t.labels[model.AddressLabel]),
+		Path:     string(t.labels[model.MetricsPathLabel]),
+		RawQuery: params.Encode(),
+	}
+}
+
+// InstanceIdentifier returns the identifier for the target.
+func (t *Target) InstanceIdentifier() string {
+	return t.host()
+}
+
+func (t *Target) fullLabels() model.LabelSet {
+	t.RLock()
+	defer t.RUnlock()
+
+	lset := t.labels.Clone()
+
+	if _, ok := lset[model.InstanceLabel]; !ok {
+		lset[model.InstanceLabel] = t.labels[model.AddressLabel]
+	}
+	return lset
 }
 
 // RunScraper implements Target.
 func (t *Target) RunScraper(sampleAppender storage.SampleAppender) {
 	defer close(t.scraperStopped)
 
-	t.RLock()
-	lastScrapeInterval := t.scrapeInterval
-	t.RUnlock()
+	lastScrapeInterval := t.interval()
 
 	log.Debugf("Starting scraper for target %v...", t)
 
@@ -353,15 +402,13 @@ func (t *Target) RunScraper(sampleAppender storage.SampleAppender) {
 
 				intervalStr := lastScrapeInterval.String()
 
-				t.RLock()
 				// On changed scrape interval the new interval becomes effective
 				// after the next scrape.
-				if lastScrapeInterval != t.scrapeInterval {
+				if iv := t.interval(); iv != lastScrapeInterval {
 					ticker.Stop()
-					ticker = time.NewTicker(t.scrapeInterval)
-					lastScrapeInterval = t.scrapeInterval
+					ticker = time.NewTicker(iv)
+					lastScrapeInterval = iv
 				}
-				t.RUnlock()
 
 				targetIntervalLength.WithLabelValues(intervalStr).Observe(
 					float64(took) / float64(time.Second), // Sub-second precision.
@@ -389,40 +436,40 @@ func (t *Target) StopScraper() {
 
 const acceptHeader = `application/vnd.google.protobuf;proto=io.prometheus.client.MetricFamily;encoding=delimited;q=0.7,text/plain;version=0.0.4;q=0.3,application/json;schema="prometheus/telemetry";version=0.0.2;q=0.2,*/*;q=0.1`
 
-func (t *Target) scrape(appender storage.SampleAppender) (err error) {
-	start := time.Now()
-	baseLabels := t.BaseLabels()
-
+func (t *Target) scrape(appender storage.SampleAppender) error {
+	var (
+		err    error
+		start  = time.Now()
+		labels = t.Labels()
+	)
 	defer func(appender storage.SampleAppender) {
 		t.status.setLastError(err)
-		recordScrapeHealth(appender, start, baseLabels, t.status.Health(), time.Since(start))
+		recordScrapeHealth(appender, start, labels, t.status.Health(), time.Since(start))
 	}(appender)
 
 	t.RLock()
-
 	// The relabelAppender has to be inside the label-modifying appenders
 	// so the relabeling rules are applied to the correct label set.
-	if len(t.metricRelabelConfigs) > 0 {
+	if len(t.scrapeConfig.MetricRelabelConfigs) > 0 {
 		appender = relabelAppender{
 			SampleAppender: appender,
-			relabelings:    t.metricRelabelConfigs,
+			relabelings:    t.scrapeConfig.MetricRelabelConfigs,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if t.honorLabels {
+	if t.scrapeConfig.HonorLabels {
 		appender = honorLabelsAppender{
 			SampleAppender: appender,
-			labels:         baseLabels,
+			labels:         labels,
 		}
 	} else {
 		appender = ruleLabelsAppender{
 			SampleAppender: appender,
-			labels:         baseLabels,
+			labels:         labels,
 		}
 	}
 
 	httpClient := t.httpClient
-
 	t.RUnlock()
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", t.URL().String(), nil)
@@ -538,43 +585,22 @@ func (app relabelAppender) Append(s *model.Sample) error {
 	return app.SampleAppender.Append(s)
 }
 
-// URL returns a copy of the target's URL.
-func (t *Target) URL() *url.URL {
+// Labels returns a copy of the set of all public labels of the target.
+func (t *Target) Labels() model.LabelSet {
 	t.RLock()
 	defer t.RUnlock()
 
-	u := &url.URL{}
-	*u = *t.url
-	return u
-}
-
-// InstanceIdentifier returns the identifier for the target.
-func (t *Target) InstanceIdentifier() string {
-	return t.url.Host
-}
-
-// fullLabels returns the base labels plus internal labels defining the target.
-func (t *Target) fullLabels() model.LabelSet {
-	t.RLock()
-	defer t.RUnlock()
-	lset := make(model.LabelSet, len(t.baseLabels)+len(t.internalLabels))
-	for ln, lv := range t.baseLabels {
-		lset[ln] = lv
+	lset := make(model.LabelSet, len(t.labels))
+	for ln, lv := range t.labels {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(string(ln), model.ReservedLabelPrefix) {
+			lset[ln] = lv
+		}
 	}
-	for k, v := range t.internalLabels {
-		lset[k] = v
-	}
-	return lset
-}
 
-// BaseLabels returns a copy of the target's base labels.
-func (t *Target) BaseLabels() model.LabelSet {
-	t.RLock()
-	defer t.RUnlock()
-	lset := make(model.LabelSet, len(t.baseLabels))
-	for ln, lv := range t.baseLabels {
-		lset[ln] = lv
+	if _, ok := lset[model.InstanceLabel]; !ok {
+		lset[model.InstanceLabel] = t.labels[model.AddressLabel]
 	}
+
 	return lset
 }
 
@@ -582,27 +608,24 @@ func (t *Target) BaseLabels() model.LabelSet {
 func (t *Target) MetaLabels() model.LabelSet {
 	t.RLock()
 	defer t.RUnlock()
-	lset := make(model.LabelSet, len(t.metaLabels))
-	for ln, lv := range t.metaLabels {
-		lset[ln] = lv
-	}
-	return lset
+
+	return t.metaLabels.Clone()
 }
 
 func recordScrapeHealth(
 	sampleAppender storage.SampleAppender,
 	timestamp time.Time,
-	baseLabels model.LabelSet,
+	labels model.LabelSet,
 	health TargetHealth,
 	scrapeDuration time.Duration,
 ) {
-	healthMetric := make(model.Metric, len(baseLabels)+1)
-	durationMetric := make(model.Metric, len(baseLabels)+1)
+	healthMetric := make(model.Metric, len(labels)+1)
+	durationMetric := make(model.Metric, len(labels)+1)
 
 	healthMetric[model.MetricNameLabel] = scrapeHealthMetricName
 	durationMetric[model.MetricNameLabel] = scrapeDurationMetricName
 
-	for ln, lv := range baseLabels {
+	for ln, lv := range labels {
 		healthMetric[ln] = lv
 		durationMetric[ln] = lv
 	}
diff --git a/retrieval/target_test.go b/retrieval/target_test.go
index bc88ede61..3a0ee8857 100644
--- a/retrieval/target_test.go
+++ b/retrieval/target_test.go
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 )
 
-func TestBaseLabels(t *testing.T) {
+func TestTargetLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	target := newTestTarget("example.com:80", 0, model.LabelSet{"job": "some_job", "foo": "bar"})
 	want := model.LabelSet{
 		model.JobLabel:      "some_job",
 		model.InstanceLabel: "example.com:80",
 		"foo":               "bar",
 	}
-	got := target.BaseLabels()
+	got := target.Labels()
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, got) {
 		t.Errorf("want base labels %v, got %v", want, got)
 	}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestOverwriteLabels(t *testing.T) {
 
 	target := newTestTarget(server.URL, time.Second, nil)
 
-	target.honorLabels = false
+	target.scrapeConfig.HonorLabels = false
 	app := &collectResultAppender{}
 	if err := target.scrape(app); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestOverwriteLabels(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	target.honorLabels = true
+	target.scrapeConfig.HonorLabels = true
 	app = &collectResultAppender{}
 	if err := target.scrape(app); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func TestTargetScrapeMetricRelabelConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	defer server.Close()
 	testTarget := newTestTarget(server.URL, time.Second, model.LabelSet{})
-	testTarget.metricRelabelConfigs = []*config.RelabelConfig{
+	testTarget.scrapeConfig.MetricRelabelConfigs = []*config.RelabelConfig{
 		{
 			SourceLabels: model.LabelNames{"__name__"},
 			Regex:        config.MustNewRegexp(".*drop.*"),
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func TestTargetScrapeMetricRelabelConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 			Metric: model.Metric{
 				model.MetricNameLabel: "test_metric_relabel",
 				"foo":               "bar",
-				model.InstanceLabel: model.LabelValue(testTarget.url.Host),
+				model.InstanceLabel: model.LabelValue(testTarget.host()),
 			},
 			Timestamp: 0,
 			Value:     0,
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func TestTargetScrapeMetricRelabelConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Metric: model.Metric{
 				model.MetricNameLabel: scrapeHealthMetricName,
-				model.InstanceLabel:   model.LabelValue(testTarget.url.Host),
+				model.InstanceLabel:   model.LabelValue(testTarget.host()),
 			},
 			Timestamp: 0,
 			Value:     0,
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func TestTargetScrapeMetricRelabelConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			Metric: model.Metric{
 				model.MetricNameLabel: scrapeDurationMetricName,
-				model.InstanceLabel:   model.LabelValue(testTarget.url.Host),
+				model.InstanceLabel:   model.LabelValue(testTarget.host()),
 			},
 			Timestamp: 0,
 			Value:     0,
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func TestTargetRecordScrapeHealth(t *testing.T) {
 	now := model.Now()
 	appender := &collectResultAppender{}
 	testTarget.status.setLastError(nil)
-	recordScrapeHealth(appender, now.Time(), testTarget.BaseLabels(), testTarget.status.Health(), 2*time.Second)
+	recordScrapeHealth(appender, now.Time(), testTarget.Labels(), testTarget.status.Health(), 2*time.Second)
 
 	result := appender.result
 
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ func TestURLParams(t *testing.T) {
 			model.AddressLabel: model.LabelValue(serverURL.Host),
 			"__param_foo":      "bar",
 		},
-		nil)
+		nil,
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -448,29 +449,28 @@ func TestURLParams(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func newTestTarget(targetURL string, deadline time.Duration, baseLabels model.LabelSet) *Target {
-	cfg := &config.ScrapeConfig{
-		ScrapeTimeout: model.Duration(deadline),
-	}
-	c, _ := newHTTPClient(cfg)
+func newTestTarget(targetURL string, deadline time.Duration, labels model.LabelSet) *Target {
+	labels = labels.Clone()
+	labels[model.SchemeLabel] = "http"
+	labels[model.AddressLabel] = model.LabelValue(strings.TrimLeft(targetURL, "http://"))
+	labels[model.MetricsPathLabel] = "/metrics"
+
 	t := &Target{
-		url: &url.URL{
-			Scheme: "http",
-			Host:   strings.TrimLeft(targetURL, "http://"),
-			Path:   "/metrics",
+		scrapeConfig: &config.ScrapeConfig{
+			ScrapeInterval: model.Duration(time.Millisecond),
+			ScrapeTimeout:  model.Duration(deadline),
 		},
+		labels:          labels,
 		status:          &TargetStatus{},
-		scrapeInterval:  1 * time.Millisecond,
-		httpClient:      c,
 		scraperStopping: make(chan struct{}),
 		scraperStopped:  make(chan struct{}),
 	}
-	t.baseLabels = model.LabelSet{
-		model.InstanceLabel: model.LabelValue(t.InstanceIdentifier()),
-	}
-	for baseLabel, baseValue := range baseLabels {
-		t.baseLabels[baseLabel] = baseValue
+
+	var err error
+	if t.httpClient, err = t.client(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
 	}
+
 	return t
 }
 
diff --git a/retrieval/targetmanager.go b/retrieval/targetmanager.go
index 4b859fb2f..7d32f83c8 100644
--- a/retrieval/targetmanager.go
+++ b/retrieval/targetmanager.go
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func (tm *TargetManager) Pools() map[string][]*Target {
 
 	for _, ts := range tm.targets {
 		for _, t := range ts {
-			job := string(t.BaseLabels()[model.JobLabel])
+			job := string(t.Labels()[model.JobLabel])
 			pools[job] = append(pools[job], t)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/retrieval/targetmanager_test.go b/retrieval/targetmanager_test.go
index b192a10c0..0bc2a964d 100644
--- a/retrieval/targetmanager_test.go
+++ b/retrieval/targetmanager_test.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func TestTargetManagerChan(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, expt := range expTargets {
 				found := false
 				for _, actt := range actTargets {
-					if reflect.DeepEqual(expt, actt.BaseLabels()) {
+					if reflect.DeepEqual(expt, actt.Labels()) {
 						found = true
 						break
 					}
@@ -313,44 +313,109 @@ func TestTargetManagerConfigUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			scrapeConfigs: []*config.ScrapeConfig{testJob1},
 			expected: map[string][]model.LabelSet{
 				"test_job1:static:0:0": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job1", model.InstanceLabel: "example.org:80", "testParam": "paramValue",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.org:80", model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue"},
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job1", model.InstanceLabel: "example.com:80", "testParam": "paramValue",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.com:80", model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:                       "test_job1",
+						model.InstanceLabel:                  "example.org:80",
+						"testParam":                          "paramValue",
+						model.SchemeLabel:                    "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel:               "",
+						model.AddressLabel:                   "example.org:80",
+						model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue",
+					},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:                       "test_job1",
+						model.InstanceLabel:                  "example.com:80",
+						"testParam":                          "paramValue",
+						model.SchemeLabel:                    "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel:               "",
+						model.AddressLabel:                   "example.com:80",
+						model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue"},
 				},
 			},
 		}, {
 			scrapeConfigs: []*config.ScrapeConfig{testJob1},
 			expected: map[string][]model.LabelSet{
 				"test_job1:static:0:0": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job1", model.InstanceLabel: "example.org:80", "testParam": "paramValue",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.org:80", model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue"},
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job1", model.InstanceLabel: "example.com:80", "testParam": "paramValue",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.com:80", model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:                       "test_job1",
+						model.InstanceLabel:                  "example.org:80",
+						"testParam":                          "paramValue",
+						model.SchemeLabel:                    "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel:               "",
+						model.AddressLabel:                   "example.org:80",
+						model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue",
+					},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:                       "test_job1",
+						model.InstanceLabel:                  "example.com:80",
+						"testParam":                          "paramValue",
+						model.SchemeLabel:                    "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel:               "",
+						model.AddressLabel:                   "example.com:80",
+						model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue",
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		}, {
 			scrapeConfigs: []*config.ScrapeConfig{testJob1, testJob2},
 			expected: map[string][]model.LabelSet{
 				"test_job1:static:0:0": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job1", model.InstanceLabel: "example.org:80", "testParam": "paramValue",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.org:80", model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue"},
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job1", model.InstanceLabel: "example.com:80", "testParam": "paramValue",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.com:80", model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:                       "test_job1",
+						model.InstanceLabel:                  "example.org:80",
+						"testParam":                          "paramValue",
+						model.SchemeLabel:                    "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel:               "",
+						model.AddressLabel:                   "example.org:80",
+						model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue",
+					},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:                       "test_job1",
+						model.InstanceLabel:                  "example.com:80",
+						"testParam":                          "paramValue",
+						model.SchemeLabel:                    "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel:               "",
+						model.AddressLabel:                   "example.com:80",
+						model.ParamLabelPrefix + "testParam": "paramValue",
+					},
 				},
 				"test_job2:static:0:0": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job2", model.InstanceLabel: "example.org:8080", "foo": "bar", "new": "ox-ba",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.org:8080"},
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job2", model.InstanceLabel: "example.com:8081", "foo": "bar", "new": "ox-ba",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.com:8081"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:         "test_job2",
+						model.InstanceLabel:    "example.org:8080",
+						"foo":                  "bar",
+						"new":                  "ox-ba",
+						model.SchemeLabel:      "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel: "",
+						model.AddressLabel:     "example.org:8080",
+					},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:         "test_job2",
+						model.InstanceLabel:    "example.com:8081",
+						"foo":                  "bar",
+						"new":                  "ox-ba",
+						model.SchemeLabel:      "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel: "",
+						model.AddressLabel:     "example.com:8081",
+					},
 				},
 				"test_job2:static:0:1": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job2", model.InstanceLabel: "foo.com:1234",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "foo.com:1234"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:         "test_job2",
+						model.InstanceLabel:    "foo.com:1234",
+						model.SchemeLabel:      "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel: "",
+						model.AddressLabel:     "foo.com:1234",
+					},
 				},
 				"test_job2:static:0:2": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job2", model.InstanceLabel: "fixed",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "foo.com:1235"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:         "test_job2",
+						model.InstanceLabel:    "fixed",
+						model.SchemeLabel:      "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel: "",
+						model.AddressLabel:     "foo.com:1235",
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		}, {
@@ -360,18 +425,41 @@ func TestTargetManagerConfigUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			scrapeConfigs: []*config.ScrapeConfig{testJob2},
 			expected: map[string][]model.LabelSet{
 				"test_job2:static:0:0": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job2", model.InstanceLabel: "example.org:8080", "foo": "bar", "new": "ox-ba",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.org:8080"},
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job2", model.InstanceLabel: "example.com:8081", "foo": "bar", "new": "ox-ba",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "example.com:8081"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:         "test_job2",
+						model.InstanceLabel:    "example.org:8080",
+						"foo":                  "bar",
+						"new":                  "ox-ba",
+						model.SchemeLabel:      "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel: "",
+						model.AddressLabel:     "example.org:8080"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:         "test_job2",
+						model.InstanceLabel:    "example.com:8081",
+						"foo":                  "bar",
+						"new":                  "ox-ba",
+						model.SchemeLabel:      "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel: "",
+						model.AddressLabel:     "example.com:8081",
+					},
 				},
 				"test_job2:static:0:1": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job2", model.InstanceLabel: "foo.com:1234",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "foo.com:1234"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:         "test_job2",
+						model.InstanceLabel:    "foo.com:1234",
+						model.SchemeLabel:      "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel: "",
+						model.AddressLabel:     "foo.com:1234",
+					},
 				},
 				"test_job2:static:0:2": {
-					{model.JobLabel: "test_job2", model.InstanceLabel: "fixed",
-						model.SchemeLabel: "", model.MetricsPathLabel: "", model.AddressLabel: "foo.com:1235"},
+					{
+						model.JobLabel:         "test_job2",
+						model.InstanceLabel:    "fixed",
+						model.SchemeLabel:      "",
+						model.MetricsPathLabel: "",
+						model.AddressLabel:     "foo.com:1235",
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		}, {