diff --git a/lib/http/client.js b/lib/http/client.js
index 06dce9a1..3ca7040e 100644
--- a/lib/http/client.js
+++ b/lib/http/client.js
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ HTTPClient.prototype._request = co(function* _request(method, endpoint, json) {
   res = yield request({
     method: method,
     uri: this.uri + endpoint,
+    pool: true,
     query: query,
     json: json,
     auth: {
diff --git a/lib/http/request.js b/lib/http/request.js
index daf05995..e17fbc3c 100644
--- a/lib/http/request.js
+++ b/lib/http/request.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function RequestOptions(options) {
   this.ssl = false;
   this.method = 'GET';
   this.strictSSL = true;
+  this.pool = false;
   this.agent = USER_AGENT;
 
   this.type = null;
@@ -106,16 +107,21 @@ RequestOptions.prototype.fromOptions = function fromOptions(options) {
     this.method = options.method.toUpperCase();
   }
 
-  if (options.agent != null) {
-    assert(typeof options.agent === 'string');
-    this.agent = options.agent;
-  }
-
   if (options.strictSSL != null) {
     assert(typeof options.strictSSL === 'boolean');
     this.strictSSL = options.strictSSL;
   }
 
+  if (options.pool != null) {
+    assert(typeof options.pool === 'boolean');
+    this.pool = options.pool;
+  }
+
+  if (options.agent != null) {
+    assert(typeof options.agent === 'string');
+    this.agent = options.agent;
+  }
+
   if (options.auth != null) {
     assert(typeof options.auth === 'object');
     assert(typeof options.auth.username === 'string');
@@ -225,6 +231,7 @@ RequestOptions.prototype.toHTTP = function toHTTP() {
     port: this.port,
     path: this.path + query,
     headers: headers,
+    agent: this.pool ? null : false,
     rejectUnauthorized: this.strictSSL
   };
 };
@@ -314,13 +321,6 @@ Request.prototype.close = function close() {
     } catch (e) {
       ;
     }
-    if (this.response.socket) {
-      try {
-        this.response.socket.destroy();
-      } catch (e) {
-        ;
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   this.cleanup();
@@ -443,13 +443,6 @@ Request.prototype._onResponse = function _onResponse(response) {
   this.response.on('data', this.onData);
   this.response.on('error', this.onEnd);
   this.response.on('end', this.onEnd);
-
-  if (this.response.socket) {
-    this.response.socket.on('error', this.onEnd);
-    // An agent socket's `end` sometimes
-    // won't be emitted on the response.
-    this.response.socket.on('end', this.onEnd);
-  }
 };
 
 Request.prototype._onData = function _onData(data) {
diff --git a/lib/http/rpcclient.js b/lib/http/rpcclient.js
index 16fa6222..230a6ce8 100644
--- a/lib/http/rpcclient.js
+++ b/lib/http/rpcclient.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ RPCClient.prototype.call = co(function* call(method, params) {
   var res = yield request.promise({
     method: 'POST',
     uri: this.uri,
+    pool: true,
     json: {
       method: method,
       params: params,