diff --git a/cmd/thanos/receive.go b/cmd/thanos/receive.go
index 595186c939e..fa86a4c79db 100644
--- a/cmd/thanos/receive.go
+++ b/cmd/thanos/receive.go
@@ -233,16 +233,12 @@ func runReceive(
 
 	level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "setting up receive http handler")
 	{
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 		g.Add(
 			func() error {
-				if err := webHandler.Run(ctx); err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("error starting web server: %s", err)
-				}
-				return nil
+				return errors.Wrap(webHandler.Run(), "error starting web server")
 			},
 			func(err error) {
-				cancel()
+				webHandler.Close()
 			},
 		)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/receive/handler.go b/pkg/receive/handler.go
index 2ca1f14ce1a..c96cde5d763 100644
--- a/pkg/receive/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/receive/handler.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package receive
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	stdlog "log"
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/improbable-eng/thanos/pkg/runutil"
 	"github.com/improbable-eng/thanos/pkg/store/prompb"
 	conntrack "github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack"
-	"github.com/oklog/run"
 	"github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib/nethttp"
 	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ type Handler struct {
 	receiver     *Writer
 	router       *route.Router
 	options      *Options
-	quitCh       chan struct{}
+	listener     net.Listener
 
 	ready uint32 // ready is uint32 rather than boolean to be able to use atomic functions.
 }
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ func NewHandler(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 		readyStorage: o.ReadyStorage,
 		receiver:     o.Receiver,
 		options:      o,
-		quitCh:       make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 
 	readyf := h.testReady
@@ -122,9 +119,9 @@ func (h *Handler) testReady(f http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 	}
 }
 
-// Quit returns the receive-only quit channel.
-func (h *Handler) Quit() <-chan struct{} {
-	return h.quitCh
+// Close stops the Handler.
+func (h *Handler) Close() {
+	runutil.CloseWithLogOnErr(h.logger, h.listener, "receive HTTP listener")
 }
 
 // Checks if server is ready, calls f if it is, returns 503 if it is not.
@@ -133,16 +130,17 @@ func (h *Handler) testReadyHandler(f http.Handler) http.HandlerFunc {
 }
 
 // Run serves the HTTP endpoints.
-func (h *Handler) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (h *Handler) Run() error {
 	level.Info(h.logger).Log("msg", "Start listening for connections", "address", h.options.ListenAddress)
 
-	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", h.options.ListenAddress)
+	var err error
+	h.listener, err = net.Listen("tcp", h.options.ListenAddress)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	// Monitor incoming connections with conntrack.
-	listener = conntrack.NewListener(listener,
+	h.listener = conntrack.NewListener(h.listener,
 		conntrack.TrackWithName("http"),
 		conntrack.TrackWithTracing())
 
@@ -159,14 +157,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		ErrorLog: errlog,
 	}
 
-	var g run.Group
-	g.Add(func() error {
-		return httpSrv.Serve(listener)
-	}, func(error) {
-		runutil.CloseWithLogOnErr(h.logger, listener, "receive HTTP listener")
-	})
-
-	return g.Run()
+	return httpSrv.Serve(h.listener)
 }
 
 func (h *Handler) receive(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {