diff --git a/prometheus/histogram.go b/prometheus/histogram.go
index f88da70..20ee1af 100644
--- a/prometheus/histogram.go
+++ b/prometheus/histogram.go
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ func newHistogram(desc *Desc, opts HistogramOpts, labelValues ...string) Histogr
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	// Finally we know the final length of h.upperBounds and can make counts
-	// for both states:
+	// Finally we know the final length of h.upperBounds and can make buckets
+	// for both counts:
 	h.counts[0].buckets = make([]uint64, len(h.upperBounds))
 	h.counts[1].buckets = make([]uint64, len(h.upperBounds))
 
diff --git a/prometheus/http.go b/prometheus/http.go
index 9f0875b..0fa339a 100644
--- a/prometheus/http.go
+++ b/prometheus/http.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	contentTypeHeader     = "Content-Type"
-	contentLengthHeader   = "Content-Length"
 	contentEncodingHeader = "Content-Encoding"
 	acceptEncodingHeader  = "Accept-Encoding"
 )
diff --git a/prometheus/promhttp/delegator.go b/prometheus/promhttp/delegator.go
index 67b56d3..5de5bbc 100644
--- a/prometheus/promhttp/delegator.go
+++ b/prometheus/promhttp/delegator.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ type delegator interface {
 type responseWriterDelegator struct {
 	http.ResponseWriter
 
-	handler, method    string
 	status             int
 	written            int64
 	wroteHeader        bool
diff --git a/prometheus/promhttp/http.go b/prometheus/promhttp/http.go
index 668eb6b..b137c88 100644
--- a/prometheus/promhttp/http.go
+++ b/prometheus/promhttp/http.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	contentTypeHeader     = "Content-Type"
-	contentLengthHeader   = "Content-Length"
 	contentEncodingHeader = "Content-Encoding"
 	acceptEncodingHeader  = "Accept-Encoding"
 )
diff --git a/prometheus/summary.go b/prometheus/summary.go
index 2980614..577fd49 100644
--- a/prometheus/summary.go
+++ b/prometheus/summary.go
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ package prometheus
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
+	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/beorn7/perks/quantile"
@@ -214,6 +216,17 @@ func newSummary(desc *Desc, opts SummaryOpts, labelValues ...string) Summary {
 		opts.BufCap = DefBufCap
 	}
 
+	if len(opts.Objectives) == 0 {
+		// Use the lock-free implementation of a Summary without objectives.
+		s := &noObjectivesSummary{
+			desc:       desc,
+			labelPairs: makeLabelPairs(desc, labelValues),
+			counts:     [2]*summaryCounts{&summaryCounts{}, &summaryCounts{}},
+		}
+		s.init(s) // Init self-collection.
+		return s
+	}
+
 	s := &summary{
 		desc: desc,
 
@@ -382,6 +395,142 @@ func (s *summary) swapBufs(now time.Time) {
 	}
 }
 
+type summaryCounts struct {
+	// sumBits contains the bits of the float64 representing the sum of all
+	// observations. sumBits and count have to go first in the struct to
+	// guarantee alignment for atomic operations.
+	// http://golang.org/pkg/sync/atomic/#pkg-note-BUG
+	sumBits uint64
+	count   uint64
+}
+
+type noObjectivesSummary struct {
+	// countAndHotIdx is a complicated one. For lock-free yet atomic
+	// observations, we need to save the total count of observations again,
+	// combined with the index of the currently-hot counts struct, so that
+	// we can perform the operation on both values atomically. The least
+	// significant bit defines the hot counts struct. The remaining 63 bits
+	// represent the total count of observations. This happens under the
+	// assumption that the 63bit count will never overflow. Rationale: An
+	// observations takes about 30ns. Let's assume it could happen in
+	// 10ns. Overflowing the counter will then take at least (2^63)*10ns,
+	// which is about 3000 years.
+	//
+	// This has to be first in the struct for 64bit alignment. See
+	// http://golang.org/pkg/sync/atomic/#pkg-note-BUG
+	countAndHotIdx uint64
+
+	selfCollector
+	desc     *Desc
+	writeMtx sync.Mutex // Only used in the Write method.
+
+	// Two counts, one is "hot" for lock-free observations, the other is
+	// "cold" for writing out a dto.Metric. It has to be an array of
+	// pointers to guarantee 64bit alignment of the histogramCounts, see
+	// http://golang.org/pkg/sync/atomic/#pkg-note-BUG.
+	counts [2]*summaryCounts
+	hotIdx int // Index of currently-hot counts. Only used within Write.
+
+	labelPairs []*dto.LabelPair
+}
+
+func (s *noObjectivesSummary) Desc() *Desc {
+	return s.desc
+}
+
+func (s *noObjectivesSummary) Observe(v float64) {
+	// We increment s.countAndHotIdx by 2 so that the counter in the upper
+	// 63 bits gets incremented by 1. At the same time, we get the new value
+	// back, which we can use to find the currently-hot counts.
+	n := atomic.AddUint64(&s.countAndHotIdx, 2)
+	hotCounts := s.counts[n%2]
+
+	for {
+		oldBits := atomic.LoadUint64(&hotCounts.sumBits)
+		newBits := math.Float64bits(math.Float64frombits(oldBits) + v)
+		if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint64(&hotCounts.sumBits, oldBits, newBits) {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	// Increment count last as we take it as a signal that the observation
+	// is complete.
+	atomic.AddUint64(&hotCounts.count, 1)
+}
+
+func (s *noObjectivesSummary) Write(out *dto.Metric) error {
+	var (
+		sum                   = &dto.Summary{}
+		hotCounts, coldCounts *summaryCounts
+		count                 uint64
+	)
+
+	// For simplicity, we mutex the rest of this method. It is not in the
+	// hot path, i.e.  Observe is called much more often than Write. The
+	// complication of making Write lock-free isn't worth it.
+	s.writeMtx.Lock()
+	defer s.writeMtx.Unlock()
+
+	// This is a bit arcane, which is why the following spells out this if
+	// clause in English:
+	//
+	// If the currently-hot counts struct is #0, we atomically increment
+	// s.countAndHotIdx by 1 so that from now on Observe will use the counts
+	// struct #1. Furthermore, the atomic increment gives us the new value,
+	// which, in its most significant 63 bits, tells us the count of
+	// observations done so far up to and including currently ongoing
+	// observations still using the counts struct just changed from hot to
+	// cold. To have a normal uint64 for the count, we bitshift by 1 and
+	// save the result in count. We also set s.hotIdx to 1 for the next
+	// Write call, and we will refer to counts #1 as hotCounts and to counts
+	// #0 as coldCounts.
+	//
+	// If the currently-hot counts struct is #1, we do the corresponding
+	// things the other way round. We have to _decrement_ s.countAndHotIdx
+	// (which is a bit arcane in itself, as we have to express -1 with an
+	// unsigned int...).
+	if s.hotIdx == 0 {
+		count = atomic.AddUint64(&s.countAndHotIdx, 1) >> 1
+		s.hotIdx = 1
+		hotCounts = s.counts[1]
+		coldCounts = s.counts[0]
+	} else {
+		count = atomic.AddUint64(&s.countAndHotIdx, ^uint64(0)) >> 1 // Decrement.
+		s.hotIdx = 0
+		hotCounts = s.counts[0]
+		coldCounts = s.counts[1]
+	}
+
+	// Now we have to wait for the now-declared-cold counts to actually cool
+	// down, i.e. wait for all observations still using it to finish. That's
+	// the case once the count in the cold counts struct is the same as the
+	// one atomically retrieved from the upper 63bits of s.countAndHotIdx.
+	for {
+		if count == atomic.LoadUint64(&coldCounts.count) {
+			break
+		}
+		runtime.Gosched() // Let observations get work done.
+	}
+
+	sum.SampleCount = proto.Uint64(count)
+	sum.SampleSum = proto.Float64(math.Float64frombits(atomic.LoadUint64(&coldCounts.sumBits)))
+
+	out.Summary = sum
+	out.Label = s.labelPairs
+
+	// Finally add all the cold counts to the new hot counts and reset the cold counts.
+	atomic.AddUint64(&hotCounts.count, count)
+	atomic.StoreUint64(&coldCounts.count, 0)
+	for {
+		oldBits := atomic.LoadUint64(&hotCounts.sumBits)
+		newBits := math.Float64bits(math.Float64frombits(oldBits) + sum.GetSampleSum())
+		if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint64(&hotCounts.sumBits, oldBits, newBits) {
+			atomic.StoreUint64(&coldCounts.sumBits, 0)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type quantSort []*dto.Quantile
 
 func (s quantSort) Len() int {
diff --git a/prometheus/summary_test.go b/prometheus/summary_test.go
index 8b1a62e..26f693d 100644
--- a/prometheus/summary_test.go
+++ b/prometheus/summary_test.go
@@ -54,11 +54,19 @@ func TestSummaryWithoutObjectives(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := reg.Register(summaryWithEmptyObjectives); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
+	summaryWithEmptyObjectives.Observe(3)
+	summaryWithEmptyObjectives.Observe(0.14)
 
 	m := &dto.Metric{}
 	if err := summaryWithEmptyObjectives.Write(m); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
+	if got, want := m.GetSummary().GetSampleSum(), 3.14; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got sample sum %f, want %f", got, want)
+	}
+	if got, want := m.GetSummary().GetSampleCount(), uint64(2); got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got sample sum %d, want %d", got, want)
+	}
 	if len(m.GetSummary().Quantile) != 0 {
 		t.Error("expected no objectives in summary")
 	}