diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
index f8f443b73ddd..8b9428fbc2bd 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package aws
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (interface{}, error) {
 			Credentials: creds,
 			Region:      aws.String(c.Region),
 			MaxRetries:  aws.Int(c.MaxRetries),
+			HTTPClient:  &http.Client{},
 		}
 
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing IAM Connection")
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (interface{}, error) {
 			Credentials: creds,
 			Region:      aws.String("us-east-1"),
 			MaxRetries:  aws.Int(c.MaxRetries),
+			HTTPClient:  &http.Client{},
 		}
 
 		log.Println("[INFO] Initializing DynamoDB connection")
diff --git a/builtin/providers/dme/config.go b/builtin/providers/dme/config.go
index 514df0d1018b..2d387673fe4f 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/dme/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/dme/config.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package dme
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/soniah/dnsmadeeasy"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/soniah/dnsmadeeasy"
 )
 
 // Config contains DNSMadeEasy provider settings
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ func (c *Config) Client() (*dnsmadeeasy.Client, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error setting up client: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	client.HTTP = &http.Client{}
+
 	if c.UseSandbox {
 		client.URL = dnsmadeeasy.SandboxURL
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/packet/config.go b/builtin/providers/packet/config.go
index 659ee9ebc869..b7d408c6267c 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/packet/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/packet/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package packet
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
+
 	"github.com/packethost/packngo"
 )
 
@@ -14,5 +16,5 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // Client() returns a new client for accessing packet.
 func (c *Config) Client() *packngo.Client {
-	return packngo.NewClient(consumerToken, c.AuthToken)
+	return packngo.NewClient(consumerToken, c.AuthToken, &http.Client{})
 }
diff --git a/state/remote/atlas.go b/state/remote/atlas.go
index f52d834a2ce2..2c2c48895a3f 100644
--- a/state/remote/atlas.go
+++ b/state/remote/atlas.go
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ func (c *AtlasClient) Get() (*Payload, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Request the url
-	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ func (c *AtlasClient) Put(state []byte) error {
 	req.ContentLength = int64(len(state))
 
 	// Make the request
-	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to upload state: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ func (c *AtlasClient) Delete() error {
 	}
 
 	// Make the request
-	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to delete state: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/state/remote/http_test.go b/state/remote/http_test.go
index e6e7297c1914..74ed1755a2b7 100644
--- a/state/remote/http_test.go
+++ b/state/remote/http_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestHTTPClient(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	client := &HTTPClient{URL: url, Client: http.DefaultClient}
+	client := &HTTPClient{URL: url, Client: &http.Client{}}
 	testClient(t, client)
 }
 
diff --git a/state/remote/s3.go b/state/remote/s3.go
index bdc6a63cf913..f6cfdfbde288 100644
--- a/state/remote/s3.go
+++ b/state/remote/s3.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func s3Factory(conf map[string]string) (Client, error) {
 	awsConfig := &aws.Config{
 		Credentials: credentialsProvider,
 		Region:      aws.String(regionName),
+		HTTPClient:  &http.Client{},
 	}
 	nativeClient := s3.New(awsConfig)