diff --git a/plugins/parsers/prometheusremotewrite/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/prometheusremotewrite/parser.go
index 72695f471d9b5..3480d3c61b1a6 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/prometheusremotewrite/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/prometheusremotewrite/parser.go
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/histogram"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
@@ -63,12 +61,7 @@ func (p *Parser) Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
 		}
 
 		for _, hp := range ts.Histograms {
-			var h *histogram.FloatHistogram
-			if hp.IsFloatHistogram() {
-				h = remote.FloatHistogramProtoToFloatHistogram(hp)
-			} else {
-				h = remote.HistogramProtoToFloatHistogram(hp)
-			}
+			h := hp.ToFloatHistogram()
 
 			if hp.Timestamp > 0 {
 				t = time.Unix(0, hp.Timestamp*1000000)
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/prometheusremotewrite/parser_test.go b/plugins/parsers/prometheusremotewrite/parser_test.go
index a7cddb477adcd..f98c4ca516e58 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/prometheusremotewrite/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/prometheusremotewrite/parser_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/histogram"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ func TestHistograms(t *testing.T) {
 					{Name: "__name__", Value: "test_metric_seconds"},
 				},
 				Histograms: []prompb.Histogram{
-					remote.HistogramToHistogramProto(0, generateTestHistogram(1)),
+					prompb.FromIntHistogram(0, generateTestHistogram(1)),
 				},
 			},
 			{
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@ func TestHistograms(t *testing.T) {
 					{Name: "__name__", Value: "test_float_metric_seconds"},
 				},
 				Histograms: []prompb.Histogram{
-					remote.FloatHistogramToHistogramProto(0, generateTestFloatHistogram(2)),
+					prompb.FromFloatHistogram(0, generateTestFloatHistogram(2)),
 				},
 			},
 		},