diff --git a/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/http/client.js b/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/http/client.js
index 856c1c0f8e2..bfd657756b9 100644
--- a/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/http/client.js
+++ b/packages/datadog-instrumentations/src/http/client.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const { channel, addHook } = require('../helpers/instrument')
 const shimmer = require('../../../datadog-shimmer')
 
 const log = require('../../../dd-trace/src/log')
-const { storage } = require('../../../datadog-core')
 
 const startChannel = channel('apm:http:client:request:start')
 const finishChannel = channel('apm:http:client:request:finish')
@@ -26,30 +25,6 @@ function hookFn (http) {
   return http
 }
 
-let ClientRequest
-function noop () {}
-
-function createAbortedClientRequest (http, args) {
-  if (!ClientRequest) {
-    const store = storage.getStore()
-    storage.enterWith({ noop: true })
-
-    const clientRequest = http.get('<invalid-url>')
-    clientRequest.on('error', noop)
-    ClientRequest = Object.getPrototypeOf(clientRequest).constructor
-
-    storage.enterWith(store)
-  }
-
-  return new ClientRequest({
-    _defaultAgent: http.globalAgent, // needed to support http and https
-    ...args.options,
-    agent: { // noop agent, to prevent doing a real request
-      addRequest: noop
-    }
-  })
-}
-
 function patch (http, methodName) {
   shimmer.wrap(http, methodName, instrumentRequest)
 
@@ -94,17 +69,7 @@ function patch (http, methodName) {
         }
 
         try {
-          let req
-          if (abortController.signal.aborted) {
-            req = createAbortedClientRequest(http, args)
-
-            process.nextTick(() => {
-              req.emit('error', abortController.signal.reason || new Error('Aborted'))
-            })
-          } else {
-            req = request.call(this, options, callback)
-          }
-
+          const req = request.call(this, options, callback)
           const emit = req.emit
           const setTimeout = req.setTimeout
 
@@ -144,6 +109,10 @@ function patch (http, methodName) {
             return emit.apply(this, arguments)
           }
 
+          if (abortController.signal.aborted) {
+            req.destroy(abortController.signal.reason || new Error('Aborted'))
+          }
+
           return req
         } catch (e) {
           ctx.error = e