diff --git a/component/http/cache/cache.go b/component/http/cache/cache.go
index 70f9bb523..48c22331e 100644
--- a/component/http/cache/cache.go
+++ b/component/http/cache/cache.go
@@ -44,13 +44,7 @@ func init() {
 	metrics = newPrometheusMetrics()
 }
 
-// TimeInstant is a timing function
-// returns the current time instant of the system's clock
-// by default it can be `time.Now().Unix()` ,
-// but for testing purposes we want to control the time
-type TimeInstant func() int64
-
-var Now TimeInstant = func() int64 {
+var NowSeconds = func() int64 {
 	return time.Now().Unix()
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +75,7 @@ func cacheHandler(exec executor, rc *RouteCache) func(request *cacheHandlerReque
 
 	return func(request *cacheHandlerRequest) (response *CacheHandlerResponse, e error) {
 
-		now := Now()
+		now := NowSeconds()
 
 		key := request.getKey()
 
diff --git a/component/http/cache/cache_test.go b/component/http/cache/cache_test.go
index 1289e6662..323b42cb7 100644
--- a/component/http/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/component/http/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ func TestCache_WithCacheGetErr(t *testing.T) {
 	cacheImpl := &testingCache{
 		cache:   make(map[string]testingCacheEntity),
 		getErr:  errors.New("get error"),
-		instant: Now,
+		instant: NowSeconds,
 	}
 
 	args := [][]testArgs{
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ func TestCache_WithCacheSetErr(t *testing.T) {
 	cacheImpl := &testingCache{
 		cache:   make(map[string]testingCacheEntity),
 		setErr:  errors.New("set error"),
-		instant: Now,
+		instant: NowSeconds,
 	}
 
 	args := [][]testArgs{
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ func assertCache(t *testing.T, args [][]testArgs) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			Now = func() int64 {
+			NowSeconds = func() int64 {
 				return arg.requestParams.timeInstance
 			}
 
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ type testingCache struct {
 	setCount int
 	getErr   error
 	setErr   error
-	instant  TimeInstant
+	instant  func() int64
 }
 
 func newTestingCache() *testingCache {
diff --git a/component/http/route_cache_test.go b/component/http/route_cache_test.go
index 54e71eb3a..c15426adc 100644
--- a/component/http/route_cache_test.go
+++ b/component/http/route_cache_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestCachingMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	testingCache := newTestingCache()
-	testingCache.instant = httpcache.Now
+	testingCache.instant = httpcache.NowSeconds
 
 	cache, errs := httpcache.NewRouteCache(testingCache, httpcache.Age{Max: 1 * time.Second})
 	assert.Empty(t, errs)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func assertRouteBuilder(t *testing.T, arg arg, routeBuilder *RouteBuilder, cache
 func TestRouteCacheImplementation_WithSingleRequest(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cc := newTestingCache()
-	cc.instant = httpcache.Now
+	cc.instant = httpcache.NowSeconds
 
 	var executions uint32
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func TestRouteCacheImplementation_WithSingleRequest(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRouteCacheAsMiddleware_WithSingleRequest(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cc := newTestingCache()
-	cc.instant = httpcache.Now
+	cc.instant = httpcache.NowSeconds
 
 	var executions uint32
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func newMiddlewareWrapper(middlewareFunc func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 func TestRawRouteCacheImplementation_WithSingleRequest(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cc := newTestingCache()
-	cc.instant = httpcache.Now
+	cc.instant = httpcache.NowSeconds
 
 	var executions uint32
 
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ type testingCache struct {
 	setCount int
 	getErr   error
 	setErr   error
-	instant  httpcache.TimeInstant
+	instant  func() int64
 }
 
 func newTestingCache() *testingCache {