diff --git a/model/textparse/interface.go b/model/textparse/interface.go
index f6d93f063..3a363ebfb 100644
--- a/model/textparse/interface.go
+++ b/model/textparse/interface.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type Parser interface {
 	// Type returns the metric name and type in the current entry.
 	// Must only be called after Next returned a type entry.
 	// The returned byte slices become invalid after the next call to Next.
-	Type() ([]byte, MetricType)
+	Type() ([]byte, model.MetricType)
 
 	// Unit returns the metric name and unit in the current entry.
 	// Must only be called after Next returned a unit entry.
@@ -111,5 +111,3 @@ const (
 	EntryUnit      Entry = 4
 	EntryHistogram Entry = 5 // A series with a native histogram as a value.
 )
-
-type MetricType = model.MetricType
diff --git a/model/textparse/openmetricsparse.go b/model/textparse/openmetricsparse.go
index d6b01eb8e..ddfbe4fc5 100644
--- a/model/textparse/openmetricsparse.go
+++ b/model/textparse/openmetricsparse.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (p *OpenMetricsParser) Help() ([]byte, []byte) {
 // Type returns the metric name and type in the current entry.
 // Must only be called after Next returned a type entry.
 // The returned byte slices become invalid after the next call to Next.
-func (p *OpenMetricsParser) Type() ([]byte, MetricType) {
+func (p *OpenMetricsParser) Type() ([]byte, model.MetricType) {
 	return p.l.b[p.offsets[0]:p.offsets[1]], p.mtype
 }
 
diff --git a/model/textparse/promparse.go b/model/textparse/promparse.go
index cd028ef90..7123e52c3 100644
--- a/model/textparse/promparse.go
+++ b/model/textparse/promparse.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ type PromParser struct {
 	builder labels.ScratchBuilder
 	series  []byte
 	text    []byte
-	mtype   MetricType
+	mtype   model.MetricType
 	val     float64
 	ts      int64
 	hasTS   bool
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (p *PromParser) Help() ([]byte, []byte) {
 // Type returns the metric name and type in the current entry.
 // Must only be called after Next returned a type entry.
 // The returned byte slices become invalid after the next call to Next.
-func (p *PromParser) Type() ([]byte, MetricType) {
+func (p *PromParser) Type() ([]byte, model.MetricType) {
 	return p.l.b[p.offsets[0]:p.offsets[1]], p.mtype
 }
 
diff --git a/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go b/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
index f994ff966..7dcc85f54 100644
--- a/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
+++ b/model/textparse/protobufparse_test.go
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ func TestProtobufParse(t *testing.T) {
 		m       string
 		t       int64
 		v       float64
-		typ     MetricType
+		typ     model.MetricType
 		help    string
 		unit    string
 		comment string
diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index de74987cc..dd425db90 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ func (c *scrapeCache) forEachStale(f func(labels.Labels) bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *scrapeCache) setType(metric []byte, t textparse.MetricType) {
+func (c *scrapeCache) setType(metric []byte, t model.MetricType) {
 	c.metaMtx.Lock()
 
 	e, ok := c.metadata[string(metric)]
diff --git a/scrape/target.go b/scrape/target.go
index fd984f5a6..0605f5349 100644
--- a/scrape/target.go
+++ b/scrape/target.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/histogram"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/relabel"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/textparse"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/value"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 )
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ type MetricMetadataStore interface {
 // MetricMetadata is a piece of metadata for a metric.
 type MetricMetadata struct {
 	Metric string
-	Type   textparse.MetricType
+	Type   model.MetricType
 	Help   string
 	Unit   string
 }