diff --git a/crypto/storage/external/client.go b/crypto/storage/external/client.go
index 3bda87927..e810b8a2d 100644
--- a/crypto/storage/external/client.go
+++ b/crypto/storage/external/client.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/core"
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/crypto/storage/spi"
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/crypto/util"
-	safeHttp "github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/http/client"
 )
 
 // StorageType is the name of this storage type, used in health check reports and configuration.
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ func NewAPIClient(config Config) (spi.Storage, error) {
 	if _, err := url.ParseRequestURI(config.Address); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	client, _ := NewClientWithResponses(config.Address, WithHTTPClient(safeHttp.New(config.Timeout)))
+	client, _ := NewClientWithResponses(config.Address, WithHTTPClient(&http.Client{Timeout: config.Timeout}))
 	return &APIClient{httpClient: client}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/vcr/test/openid4vci_integration_test.go b/vcr/test/openid4vci_integration_test.go
index fc7f87732..3e90ed076 100644
--- a/vcr/test/openid4vci_integration_test.go
+++ b/vcr/test/openid4vci_integration_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/core"
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/jsonld"
-	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/network/log"
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/vcr/issuer"
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/vcr/openid4vci"
 	"github.com/nuts-foundation/nuts-node/vdr/didsubject"
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptrace"
 	"net/url"
-	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -80,76 +77,6 @@ func TestOpenID4VCIHappyFlow(t *testing.T) {
 	}, 5*time.Second, "credential not retrieved by holder")
 }
 
-func TestOpenID4VCIConnectionReuse(t *testing.T) {
-	// Our safe http Transport has MaxConnsPerHost = 5
-	// for 2 http.Transport instance (one for issuer, one for wallet),
-	// so we expect max 10 connections in total.
-	const maxExpectedConnCount = 10
-
-	ctx := audit.TestContext()
-	_, baseURL, system := node.StartServer(t)
-	vcrService := system.FindEngineByName("vcr").(vcr.VCR)
-
-	issuerDID := registerDID(t, system)
-	registerBaseURL(t, baseURL, system, issuerDID)
-	holderDID := registerDID(t, system)
-	registerBaseURL(t, baseURL, system, holderDID)
-
-	credential := testCredential()
-	credential.Issuer = issuerDID.URI()
-	credential.ID, _ = ssi.ParseURI(issuerDID.URI().String() + "#1")
-	credential.CredentialSubject = append(credential.CredentialSubject, map[string]interface{}{
-		"id":           holderDID.URI().String(),
-		"purposeOfUse": "test",
-	})
-
-	newConns := map[string]int{}
-	mux := sync.Mutex{}
-	openid4vci.HttpClientTrace = &httptrace.ClientTrace{
-		ConnectStart: func(network, addr string) {
-			log.Logger().Infof("Conn: %s/%s", network, addr)
-			mux.Lock()
-			defer mux.Unlock()
-			newConns[network+"/"+addr]++
-		},
-	}
-
-	const numCreds = 12
-	errChan := make(chan error, numCreds)
-	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
-	for i := 0; i < numCreds; i++ {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			_, err := vcrService.Issuer().Issue(ctx, credential, issuer.CredentialOptions{
-				Publish: true,
-				Public:  false,
-			})
-			if err != nil {
-				errChan <- err
-				return
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-
-	wg.Wait()
-	// Drain errs channel, non-blocking
-	close(errChan)
-	var errs []string
-	for {
-		err := <-errChan
-		if err == nil {
-			break
-
-		}
-		errs = append(errs, err.Error())
-	}
-	assert.Empty(t, errs, "error issuing credential")
-	for host, v := range newConns {
-		assert.LessOrEqualf(t, v, maxExpectedConnCount, "number of created HTTP connections should be at most %d for host %s", 5, host)
-	}
-}
-
 // TestOpenID4VCIDisabled tests the issuer won't try to issue over OpenID4VCI when it's disabled.
 func TestOpenID4VCIDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	_, baseURL, system := node.StartServer(t, func(_, _ string) {