diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/http.go b/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
index 5da273f2d40a6..76d97aa9040bc 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	httpconfig "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/http"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/common/tls"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ type HTTP struct {
 	Password        string            `toml:"password"`
 	Headers         map[string]string `toml:"headers"`
 	ContentEncoding string            `toml:"content_encoding"`
-	tls.ClientConfig
 	httpconfig.HTTPClientConfig
 
 	client     *http.Client