diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/http.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/http.ts
index 7f5e45b258..fbca014ece 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/http.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/http.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,9 @@ import {
   NoRecordingSpan,
   getExtractedSpanContext,
 } from '@opentelemetry/core';
-import {
+import type {
   ClientRequest,
   IncomingMessage,
-  request,
   RequestOptions,
   ServerResponse,
 } from 'http';
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ export class HttpPlugin extends BasePlugin<Http> {
       shimmer.wrap(
         this._moduleExports,
         'get',
-        this._getPatchOutgoingGetFunction(request)
+        this._getPatchOutgoingGetFunction(this._moduleExports.request)
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/types.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/types.ts
index 9f1149e269..82f19cf767 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-http/src/types.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import { PluginConfig, Span } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import * as http from 'http';
+import type * as http from 'http';
 import {
   ClientRequest,
   get,
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/src/https.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/src/https.ts
index 396587eaca..40dc543a9a 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/src/https.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/src/https.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
  */
 
 import { HttpPlugin, Func, HttpRequestArgs } from '@opentelemetry/plugin-http';
-import * as http from 'http';
-import * as https from 'https';
+import type * as http from 'http';
+import type * as https from 'https';
 import { URL } from 'url';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
 import * as shimmer from 'shimmer';
-import * as utils from './utils';
 
 /**
  * Https instrumentation plugin for Opentelemetry
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ export class HttpsPlugin extends HttpPlugin {
       shimmer.wrap(
         this._moduleExports,
         'get',
-        this._getPatchHttpsOutgoingGetFunction(https.request)
+        this._getPatchHttpsOutgoingGetFunction(this._moduleExports.request)
       );
     }
 
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ export class HttpsPlugin extends HttpPlugin {
         // Makes sure options will have default HTTPS parameters
         if (typeof options === 'object' && !(options instanceof URL)) {
           options = Object.assign({}, options);
-          utils.setDefaultOptions(options as https.RequestOptions);
+          plugin._setDefaultOptions(options);
         }
         return plugin._getPatchOutgoingRequestFunction()(original)(
           options,
@@ -98,6 +97,12 @@ export class HttpsPlugin extends HttpPlugin {
     };
   }
 
+  private _setDefaultOptions(options: https.RequestOptions) {
+    options.protocol = options.protocol || 'https:';
+    options.port = options.port || 443;
+    options.agent = options.agent || this._moduleExports.globalAgent;
+  }
+
   /** Patches HTTPS outgoing get requests */
   private _getPatchHttpsOutgoingGetFunction(
     clientRequest: (
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/src/utils.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/src/utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d702bdfc0..0000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-https/src/utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import * as https from 'https';
-
-export const setDefaultOptions = (options: https.RequestOptions) => {
-  options.protocol = options.protocol || 'https:';
-  options.port = options.port || 443;
-  options.agent = options.agent || https.globalAgent;
-};