diff --git a/prometheus/push/http.go b/prometheus/push/http.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 208adf3..0000000
--- a/prometheus/push/http.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The Prometheus Authors
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package push
-
-import "net/http"
-
-// HTTPClient is a interface for http client
-type HTTPClient interface {
-	Do(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
-}
diff --git a/prometheus/push/push.go b/prometheus/push/push.go
index f145919..3de115d 100644
--- a/prometheus/push/push.go
+++ b/prometheus/push/push.go
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ import (
 
 const contentTypeHeader = "Content-Type"
 
+// HTTPDoer is an interface for the one method of http.Client that is used by Pusher
+type HTTPDoer interface {
+	Do(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+}
+
 // Pusher manages a push to the Pushgateway. Use New to create one, configure it
 // with its methods, and finally use the Add or Push method to push.
 type Pusher struct {
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ type Pusher struct {
 	gatherers  prometheus.Gatherers
 	registerer prometheus.Registerer
 
-	client             HTTPClient
+	client             HTTPDoer
 	useBasicAuth       bool
 	username, password string
 
@@ -170,7 +175,11 @@ func (p *Pusher) Grouping(name, value string) *Pusher {
 
 // Client sets a custom HTTP client for the Pusher. For convenience, this method
 // returns a pointer to the Pusher itself.
-func (p *Pusher) Client(c HTTPClient) *Pusher {
+// Pusher only needs one method of the custom HTTP client: Do(*http.Request).
+// Thus, rather than requiring a fully fledged http.Client,
+// the provided client only needs to implement the HTTPDoer interface.
+// Since *http.Client naturally implements that interface, it can still be used normally.
+func (p *Pusher) Client(c HTTPDoer) *Pusher {
 	p.client = c
 	return p
 }