diff --git a/src/autoscaler/eventgenerator/cmd/eventgenerator/eventgenerator_suite_test.go b/src/autoscaler/eventgenerator/cmd/eventgenerator/eventgenerator_suite_test.go
index 8dd549d8fa..85533a8559 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/eventgenerator/cmd/eventgenerator/eventgenerator_suite_test.go
+++ b/src/autoscaler/eventgenerator/cmd/eventgenerator/eventgenerator_suite_test.go
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ var (
 	conf       config.Config
 	egPort     int
 
-	httpClientForPublicApi *http.Client
-
-	healthHttpClient   *http.Client
 	mockLogCache       *testhelpers.MockLogCache
 	mockScalingEngine  *ghttp.Server
 	breachDurationSecs = 10
@@ -66,11 +63,9 @@ var _ = SynchronizedBeforeSuite(func() []byte {
 	initDB()
 	return []byte(eg)
 }, func(pathByte []byte) {
-	healthHttpClient = &http.Client{}
 	egPath = string(pathByte)
 	initHttpEndPoints()
 	initConfig()
-	httpClientForPublicApi = testhelpers.NewPublicApiClient()
 })
 
 var _ = SynchronizedAfterSuite(func() {
diff --git a/src/autoscaler/eventgenerator/cmd/eventgenerator/eventgenerator_test.go b/src/autoscaler/eventgenerator/cmd/eventgenerator/eventgenerator_test.go
index 8425178a9c..51680a5fc7 100644
--- a/src/autoscaler/eventgenerator/cmd/eventgenerator/eventgenerator_test.go
+++ b/src/autoscaler/eventgenerator/cmd/eventgenerator/eventgenerator_test.go
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ import (
 
 var _ = Describe("Eventgenerator", func() {
 	var (
-		runner      *EventGeneratorRunner
-		httpsClient *http.Client
-		serverURL   *url.URL
-		err         error
+		runner                      *EventGeneratorRunner
+		httpClientForEventGenerator *http.Client
+		serverURL                   *url.URL
+		err                         error
 	)
 
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		runner = NewEventGeneratorRunner()
-		httpsClient = testhelpers.NewEventGeneratorClient()
+		httpClientForEventGenerator = testhelpers.NewEventGeneratorClient()
 
 		serverURL, err = url.Parse("http://127.0.0.1:" + strconv.Itoa(conf.Server.Port))
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Eventgenerator", func() {
 			})
 
 			It("returns with a 200", func() {
-				rsp, err := httpClientForPublicApi.Get(serverURL.String())
+				rsp, err := httpClientForEventGenerator.Get(serverURL.String())
 				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 				Expect(rsp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
 				rsp.Body.Close()
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Eventgenerator", func() {
 
 			When("a request to query health comes", func() {
 				It("returns with a 200", func() {
-					rsp, err := httpsClient.Get(fmt.Sprintf("%s/health", serverURL))
+					rsp, err := httpClientForEventGenerator.Get(fmt.Sprintf("%s/health", serverURL))
 					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 					Expect(rsp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Eventgenerator", func() {
 
 					req.SetBasicAuth("wrongusername", "wrongpassword")
 
-					rsp, err := httpsClient.Do(req)
+					rsp, err := httpClientForEventGenerator.Do(req)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 					Expect(rsp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusUnauthorized))
 				})
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Eventgenerator", func() {
 
 					req.SetBasicAuth(conf.Health.BasicAuth.Username, conf.Health.BasicAuth.Password)
 
-					rsp, err := httpsClient.Do(req)
+					rsp, err := httpClientForEventGenerator.Do(req)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 					Expect(rsp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
 				})
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Eventgenerator", func() {
 
 					req.SetBasicAuth("wrongusername", "wrongpassword")
 
-					rsp, err := httpsClient.Do(req)
+					rsp, err := httpClientForEventGenerator.Do(req)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 					Expect(rsp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusUnauthorized))
 				})
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Eventgenerator", func() {
 
 					req.SetBasicAuth(conf.Health.BasicAuth.Username, conf.Health.BasicAuth.Password)
 
-					rsp, err := httpsClient.Do(req)
+					rsp, err := httpClientForEventGenerator.Do(req)
 					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 					Expect(rsp.StatusCode).To(Equal(http.StatusOK))
 				})