diff --git a/pkg/es/config/config.go b/pkg/es/config/config.go
index 3e10445ce4a..d0ae9c6ad3d 100644
--- a/pkg/es/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/es/config/config.go
@@ -135,9 +135,7 @@ type Configuration struct {
 	AdaptiveSamplingLookback time.Duration `mapstructure:"adaptive_sampling_lookback"`
 	Tags                     TagsAsFields  `mapstructure:"tags_as_fields"`
 	// Enabled, if set to true, enables the namespace for storage pointed to by this configuration.
-	Enabled     bool `mapstructure:"-"`
-	transport   *http.Transport
-	transportV8 *http.Transport
+	Enabled bool `mapstructure:"-"`
 }
 
 // TagsAsFields holds configuration for tag schema.
@@ -304,7 +302,7 @@ func NewClient(c *Configuration, logger *zap.Logger, metricsFactory metrics.Fact
 		}
 	}
 
-	return eswrapper.WrapESClient(rawClient, c.transport, bulkProc, c.Version, rawClientV8, c.transportV8), nil
+	return eswrapper.WrapESClient(rawClient, bulkProc, c.Version, rawClientV8), nil
 }
 
 func newElasticsearchV8(c *Configuration, logger *zap.Logger) (*esV8.Client, error) {
@@ -313,12 +311,11 @@ func newElasticsearchV8(c *Configuration, logger *zap.Logger) (*esV8.Client, err
 	options.Username = c.Authentication.BasicAuthentication.Username
 	options.Password = c.Authentication.BasicAuthentication.Password
 	options.DiscoverNodesOnStart = c.Sniffing.Enabled
-	transport, transportV8, err := GetHTTPRoundTripper(c, logger)
+	transport, err := GetHTTPRoundTripper(c, logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	options.Transport = transport
-	c.transportV8 = transportV8
 	return esV8.NewClient(options)
 }
 
@@ -486,11 +483,11 @@ func (c *Configuration) getConfigOptions(logger *zap.Logger) ([]elastic.ClientOp
 	if err != nil {
 		return options, err
 	}
-	transport, httpTransport, err := GetHTTPRoundTripper(c, logger)
+
+	transport, err := GetHTTPRoundTripper(c, logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	c.transport = httpTransport
 	httpClient.Transport = transport
 	return options, nil
 }
@@ -529,17 +526,16 @@ func addLoggerOptions(options []elastic.ClientOptionFunc, logLevel string, logge
 }
 
 // GetHTTPRoundTripper returns configured http.RoundTripper
-func GetHTTPRoundTripper(c *Configuration, logger *zap.Logger) (http.RoundTripper, *http.Transport, error) {
+func GetHTTPRoundTripper(c *Configuration, logger *zap.Logger) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
 	if !c.TLS.Insecure {
 		ctlsConfig, err := c.TLS.LoadTLSConfig(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		httpTransport := &http.Transport{
+		return &http.Transport{
 			Proxy:           http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 			TLSClientConfig: ctlsConfig,
-		}
-		return c.transport, httpTransport, nil
+		}, nil
 	}
 	var transport http.RoundTripper
 	httpTransport := &http.Transport{
@@ -550,7 +546,7 @@ func GetHTTPRoundTripper(c *Configuration, logger *zap.Logger) (http.RoundTrippe
 	if c.TLS.CAFile != "" {
 		ctlsConfig, err := c.TLS.LoadTLSConfig(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		httpTransport.TLSClientConfig = ctlsConfig
 		transport = httpTransport
@@ -563,7 +559,7 @@ func GetHTTPRoundTripper(c *Configuration, logger *zap.Logger) (http.RoundTrippe
 		}
 		tokenFromFile, err := loadTokenFromFile(c.Authentication.BearerTokenAuthentication.FilePath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		token = tokenFromFile
 	}
@@ -574,7 +570,7 @@ func GetHTTPRoundTripper(c *Configuration, logger *zap.Logger) (http.RoundTrippe
 			StaticToken:     token,
 		}
 	}
-	return transport, httpTransport, nil
+	return transport, nil
 }
 
 func loadTokenFromFile(path string) (string, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/es/wrapper/wrapper.go b/pkg/es/wrapper/wrapper.go
index 3faffde2d02..e34b8c49590 100644
--- a/pkg/es/wrapper/wrapper.go
+++ b/pkg/es/wrapper/wrapper.go
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ import (
 // ClientWrapper is a wrapper around elastic.Client
 type ClientWrapper struct {
 	client      *elastic.Client
-	transport   *http.Transport
 	bulkService *elastic.BulkProcessor
 	esVersion   uint
 	clientV8    *esV8.Client
-	transportV8 *http.Transport
 }
 
 // GetVersion returns the ElasticSearch Version
@@ -35,14 +33,12 @@ func (c ClientWrapper) GetVersion() uint {
 }
 
 // WrapESClient creates a ESClient out of *elastic.Client.
-func WrapESClient(client *elastic.Client, transport *http.Transport, s *elastic.BulkProcessor, esVersion uint, clientV8 *esV8.Client, transportV8 *http.Transport) ClientWrapper {
+func WrapESClient(client *elastic.Client, s *elastic.BulkProcessor, esVersion uint, clientV8 *esV8.Client) ClientWrapper {
 	return ClientWrapper{
 		client:      client,
-		transport:   transport,
 		bulkService: s,
 		esVersion:   esVersion,
 		clientV8:    clientV8,
-		transportV8: transportV8,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -99,10 +95,6 @@ func (c ClientWrapper) MultiSearch() es.MultiSearchService {
 // Close closes ESClient and flushes all data to the storage.
 func (c ClientWrapper) Close() error {
 	c.client.Stop()
-	c.transport.CloseIdleConnections()
-	if c.transportV8 != nil {
-		c.transportV8.CloseIdleConnections()
-	}
 	return c.bulkService.Close()
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin/storage/integration/elasticsearch_test.go b/plugin/storage/integration/elasticsearch_test.go
index f497fe8dea3..b9f2043acc9 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/integration/elasticsearch_test.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/integration/elasticsearch_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/metrics"
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/testutils"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/plugin/storage/es"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/storage/dependencystore"
 )
@@ -176,6 +177,9 @@ func testElasticsearchStorage(t *testing.T, allTagsAsFields bool) {
 }
 
 func TestElasticsearchStorage(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		testutils.VerifyGoLeaksOnce(t)
+	})
 	testElasticsearchStorage(t, false)
 }