diff --git a/model/histogram/convert.go b/model/histogram/convert.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..218fbe197e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/histogram/convert.go
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+// Copyright The Prometheus 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
+//
+// http://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.
+
+package histogram
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
+)
+
+// ConvertNHCBToClassic converts Native Histogram Custom Buckets (NHCB) to classic histogram series.
+// This conversion is needed in various scenarios where users need to get NHCB back to classic histogram format,
+// such as Remote Write v1 for external system compatibility and migration use cases.
+//
+// When calling this function, caller must ensure that provided nhcb is valid NHCB histogram.
+func ConvertNHCBToClassic(nhcb any, lset labels.Labels, lsetBuilder *labels.Builder, emitSeriesFn func(labels labels.Labels, value float64) error) error {
+	baseName := lset.Get(model.MetricNameLabel)
+	if baseName == "" {
+		return errors.New("metric name label '__name__' is missing")
+	}
+
+	// We preserve original labels and restore them after conversion.
+	// This is to ensure that no modifications are made to the original labels
+	// that the queue_manager relies on.
+	oldLabels := lsetBuilder.Labels()
+	defer lsetBuilder.Reset(oldLabels)
+
+	var (
+		customValues    []float64
+		positiveBuckets []float64
+		count, sum      float64
+		idx             int // This index is to track buckets in Classic Histogram
+		currIdx         int // This index is to track buckets in Native Histogram
+	)
+
+	switch h := nhcb.(type) {
+	case *Histogram:
+		if !IsCustomBucketsSchema(h.Schema) {
+			return errors.New("unsupported histogram schema, not a NHCB")
+		}
+
+		// Validate the histogram before conversion.
+		// The caller must ensure that the provided histogram is valid NHCB.
+		if h.Validate() != nil {
+			return errors.New(h.Validate().Error())
+		}
+
+		customValues = h.CustomValues
+		positiveBuckets = make([]float64, len(customValues)+1)
+
+		// Histograms are in delta format so we first bring them to absolute format.
+		acc := int64(0)
+		for _, s := range h.PositiveSpans {
+			for i := 0; i < int(s.Offset); i++ {
+				positiveBuckets[idx] = float64(acc)
+				idx++
+			}
+			for i := 0; i < int(s.Length); i++ {
+				acc += h.PositiveBuckets[currIdx]
+				positiveBuckets[idx] = float64(acc)
+				idx++
+				currIdx++
+			}
+		}
+		count = float64(h.Count)
+		sum = h.Sum
+	case *FloatHistogram:
+		if !IsCustomBucketsSchema(h.Schema) {
+			return errors.New("unsupported histogram schema, not a NHCB")
+		}
+
+		// Validate the histogram before conversion.
+		// The caller must ensure that the provided histogram is valid NHCB.
+		if h.Validate() != nil {
+			return errors.New(h.Validate().Error())
+		}
+		customValues = h.CustomValues
+		positiveBuckets = make([]float64, len(customValues)+1)
+
+		for _, span := range h.PositiveSpans {
+			// Since Float Histogram is already in absolute format we should
+			// keep the sparse buckets empty so we jump and go to next filled
+			// bucket index.
+			idx += int(span.Offset)
+			for i := 0; i < int(span.Length); i++ {
+				positiveBuckets[idx] = h.PositiveBuckets[currIdx]
+				idx++
+				currIdx++
+			}
+		}
+		count = h.Count
+		sum = h.Sum
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported histogram type: %T", h)
+	}
+
+	currCount := float64(0)
+	for i, val := range customValues {
+		currCount += positiveBuckets[i]
+		lsetBuilder.Reset(lset)
+		lsetBuilder.Set(model.MetricNameLabel, baseName+"_bucket")
+		lsetBuilder.Set(model.BucketLabel, labels.FormatOpenMetricsFloat(val))
+		if err := emitSeriesFn(lsetBuilder.Labels(), currCount); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	currCount += positiveBuckets[len(positiveBuckets)-1]
+
+	lsetBuilder.Reset(lset)
+	lsetBuilder.Set(model.MetricNameLabel, baseName+"_bucket")
+	lsetBuilder.Set(model.BucketLabel, labels.FormatOpenMetricsFloat(math.Inf(1)))
+	if err := emitSeriesFn(lsetBuilder.Labels(), currCount); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	lsetBuilder.Reset(lset)
+	lsetBuilder.Set(model.MetricNameLabel, baseName+"_count")
+	if err := emitSeriesFn(lsetBuilder.Labels(), count); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	lsetBuilder.Reset(lset)
+	lsetBuilder.Set(model.MetricNameLabel, baseName+"_sum")
+	if err := emitSeriesFn(lsetBuilder.Labels(), sum); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/model/histogram/convert_test.go b/model/histogram/convert_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af7777e0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/histogram/convert_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+// Copyright The Prometheus 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
+//
+// http://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.
+
+package histogram
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
+)
+
+type sample struct {
+	lset labels.Labels
+	val  float64
+}
+
+func TestConvertNHCBToClassicHistogram(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		nhcb      any
+		labels    labels.Labels
+		expectErr bool
+		expected  []sample
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid histogram",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{1, 2, 3},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{10, 20, 30},
+				PositiveSpans: []Span{
+					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
+				},
+				Count:  100,
+				Sum:    100.0,
+				Schema: CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "1.0"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "2.0"), val: 40},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "3.0"), val: 100},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "+Inf"), val: 100},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count"), val: 100},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum"), val: 100},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid floatHistogram",
+			nhcb: &FloatHistogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{1, 2, 3},
+				PositiveBuckets: []float64{20.0, 40.0, 60.0}, // 20 -> 60 ->120
+				PositiveSpans: []Span{
+					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
+				},
+				Count:  120.0,
+				Sum:    100.0,
+				Schema: CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "1.0"), val: 20},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "2.0"), val: 60},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "3.0"), val: 120},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "+Inf"), val: 120},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count"), val: 120},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum"), val: 100},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty histogram",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{},
+				PositiveSpans:   []Span{},
+				Count:           0,
+				Sum:             0.0,
+				Schema:          CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "+Inf"), val: 0},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count"), val: 0},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum"), val: 0},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "missing __name__ label",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{1, 2, 3},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{10, 20, 30},
+				Count:           100,
+				Sum:             100.0,
+				Schema:          CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels:    labels.FromStrings("job", "test_job"),
+			expectErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "unsupported histogram type",
+			nhcb:      nil,
+			labels:    labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expectErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "histogram with zero bucket counts",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{1, 2, 3},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{0, 10, 0},
+				PositiveSpans: []Span{
+					{Offset: 0, Length: 3},
+				},
+				Count:  20,
+				Sum:    50.0,
+				Schema: CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "1.0"), val: 0},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "2.0"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "3.0"), val: 20},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "+Inf"), val: 20},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count"), val: 20},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum"), val: 50},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "extra bucket counts than custom values",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{1, 2},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{10, 20, 30},
+				PositiveSpans:   []Span{{Offset: 0, Length: 3}},
+				Count:           100,
+				Sum:             100.0,
+				Schema:          CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "1.0"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "2.0"), val: 40},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "+Inf"), val: 100},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count"), val: 100},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum"), val: 100},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mismatched bucket lengths with less filled bucket count",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{1, 2},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{10},
+				PositiveSpans:   []Span{{Offset: 0, Length: 2}},
+				Count:           100,
+				Sum:             100.0,
+				Schema:          CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels:    labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket"),
+			expectErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single series Histogram",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{1},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{10},
+				PositiveSpans: []Span{
+					{Offset: 0, Length: 1},
+				},
+				Count:  10,
+				Sum:    20.0,
+				Schema: CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "1.0"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "+Inf"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum"), val: 20},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiset label histogram",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				CustomValues:    []float64{1},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{10},
+				PositiveSpans: []Span{
+					{Offset: 0, Length: 1},
+				},
+				Count:  10,
+				Sum:    20.0,
+				Schema: CustomBucketsSchema,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric", "job", "test_job", "instance", "localhost:9090"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "job", "test_job", "instance", "localhost:9090", "le", "1.0"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "job", "test_job", "instance", "localhost:9090", "le", "+Inf"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count", "job", "test_job", "instance", "localhost:9090"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum", "job", "test_job", "instance", "localhost:9090"), val: 20},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "exponential histogram",
+			nhcb: &FloatHistogram{
+				Schema:        1,
+				ZeroThreshold: 0.01,
+				ZeroCount:     5.5,
+				Count:         3493.3,
+				Sum:           2349209.324,
+				PositiveSpans: []Span{
+					{-2, 1},
+					{2, 3},
+				},
+				PositiveBuckets: []float64{1, 3.3, 4.2, 0.1},
+				NegativeSpans: []Span{
+					{3, 2},
+					{3, 2},
+				},
+				NegativeBuckets: []float64{3.1, 3, 1.234e5, 1000},
+			},
+			labels:    labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket"),
+			expectErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "sparse histogram",
+			nhcb: &Histogram{
+				Schema:       CustomBucketsSchema,
+				CustomValues: []float64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10},
+				PositiveSpans: []Span{
+					{0, 2},
+					{4, 1},
+					{1, 2},
+				},
+				PositiveBuckets: []int64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, // 1 -> 3 -> 3 -> 3 -> 3 -> 3 -> 6 ->6 ->10 -> 15
+				Count:           35,                     // 1 -> 4 -> 7 -> 10 -> 13 -> 16 -> 22 -> 28 -> 38 -> 53
+				Sum:             123,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "1.0"), val: 1},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "2.0"), val: 4},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "3.0"), val: 7},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "4.0"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "5.0"), val: 13},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "6.0"), val: 16},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "7.0"), val: 22},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "8.0"), val: 28},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "9.0"), val: 38},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "10.0"), val: 53},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "+Inf"), val: 53},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count"), val: 35},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum"), val: 123},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "sparse float histogram",
+			nhcb: &FloatHistogram{
+				Schema:       CustomBucketsSchema,
+				CustomValues: []float64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10},
+				PositiveSpans: []Span{
+					{0, 2},
+					{4, 1},
+					{1, 2},
+				},
+				PositiveBuckets: []float64{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, // 1 -> 2 -> 0 -> 0 -> 0 -> 0 -> 3 -> 0 -> 4 -> 5
+				Count:           15,                       // 1 -> 3 -> 3 -> 3 -> 3 -> 3 -> 6 -> 6 -> 10 -> 15
+				Sum:             123,
+			},
+			labels: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric"),
+			expected: []sample{
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "1.0"), val: 1},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "2.0"), val: 3},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "3.0"), val: 3},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "4.0"), val: 3},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "5.0"), val: 3},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "6.0"), val: 3},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "7.0"), val: 6},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "8.0"), val: 6},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "9.0"), val: 10},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "10.0"), val: 15},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_bucket", "le", "+Inf"), val: 15},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_count"), val: 15},
+				{lset: labels.FromStrings("__name__", "test_metric_sum"), val: 123},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	labelBuilder := labels.NewBuilder(labels.EmptyLabels())
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var emittedSamples []sample
+			err := ConvertNHCBToClassic(tt.nhcb, tt.labels, labelBuilder, func(lbls labels.Labels, val float64) error {
+				emittedSamples = append(emittedSamples, sample{lset: lbls, val: val})
+				return nil
+			})
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expectErr, err != nil, "unexpected error: %v", err)
+			if !tt.expectErr {
+				require.Len(t, emittedSamples, len(tt.expected))
+				for i, expSample := range tt.expected {
+					require.True(t, labels.Equal(expSample.lset, emittedSamples[i].lset), "labels mismatch at index %d: expected %v, got %v", i, expSample.lset, emittedSamples[i].lset)
+					require.Equal(t, expSample.val, emittedSamples[i].val, "value mismatch at index %d", i)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/model/labels/float.go b/model/labels/float.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c526a5b2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model/labels/float.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright The Prometheus 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
+//
+// http://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.
+
+package labels
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"math"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// floatFormatBufPool is exclusively used in FormatOpenMetricsFloat.
+var floatFormatBufPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() any {
+		// To contain at most 17 digits and additional syntax for a float64.
+		b := make([]byte, 0, 24)
+		return &b
+	},
+}
+
+// FormatOpenMetricsFloat works like the usual Go string formatting of a float
+// but appends ".0" if the resulting number would otherwise contain neither a
+// "." nor an "e".
+func FormatOpenMetricsFloat(f float64) string {
+	// A few common cases hardcoded.
+	switch {
+	case f == 1:
+		return "1.0"
+	case f == 0:
+		return "0.0"
+	case f == -1:
+		return "-1.0"
+	case math.IsNaN(f):
+		return "NaN"
+	case math.IsInf(f, +1):
+		return "+Inf"
+	case math.IsInf(f, -1):
+		return "-Inf"
+	}
+	bp := floatFormatBufPool.Get().(*[]byte)
+	defer floatFormatBufPool.Put(bp)
+
+	*bp = strconv.AppendFloat((*bp)[:0], f, 'g', -1, 64)
+	if bytes.ContainsAny(*bp, "e.") {
+		return string(*bp)
+	}
+	*bp = append(*bp, '.', '0')
+	return string(*bp)
+}
diff --git a/model/textparse/openmetricsparse.go b/model/textparse/openmetricsparse.go
index 4e592167f3..505e45fc40 100644
--- a/model/textparse/openmetricsparse.go
+++ b/model/textparse/openmetricsparse.go
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ func normalizeFloatsInLabelValues(t model.MetricType, l, v string) string {
 	if (t == model.MetricTypeSummary && l == model.QuantileLabel) || (t == model.MetricTypeHistogram && l == model.BucketLabel) {
 		f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64)
 		if err == nil {
-			return formatOpenMetricsFloat(f)
+			return labels.FormatOpenMetricsFloat(f)
 		}
 	}
 	return v
diff --git a/model/textparse/protobufparse.go b/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
index 7b5b1eec33..800f02085e 100644
--- a/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
+++ b/model/textparse/protobufparse.go
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/types"
@@ -35,15 +33,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/convertnhcb"
 )
 
-// floatFormatBufPool is exclusively used in formatOpenMetricsFloat.
-var floatFormatBufPool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() any {
-		// To contain at most 17 digits and additional syntax for a float64.
-		b := make([]byte, 0, 24)
-		return &b
-	},
-}
-
 // ProtobufParser parses the old Prometheus protobuf format and present it
 // as the text-style textparse.Parser interface.
 //
@@ -698,7 +687,7 @@ func (p *ProtobufParser) getMagicLabel() (bool, string, string) {
 		qq := p.dec.GetSummary().GetQuantile()
 		q := qq[p.fieldPos]
 		p.fieldsDone = p.fieldPos == len(qq)-1
-		return true, model.QuantileLabel, formatOpenMetricsFloat(q.GetQuantile())
+		return true, model.QuantileLabel, labels.FormatOpenMetricsFloat(q.GetQuantile())
 	case dto.MetricType_HISTOGRAM, dto.MetricType_GAUGE_HISTOGRAM:
 		bb := p.dec.GetHistogram().GetBucket()
 		if p.fieldPos >= len(bb) {
@@ -707,41 +696,11 @@ func (p *ProtobufParser) getMagicLabel() (bool, string, string) {
 		}
 		b := bb[p.fieldPos]
 		p.fieldsDone = math.IsInf(b.GetUpperBound(), +1)
-		return true, model.BucketLabel, formatOpenMetricsFloat(b.GetUpperBound())
+		return true, model.BucketLabel, labels.FormatOpenMetricsFloat(b.GetUpperBound())
 	}
 	return false, "", ""
 }
 
-// formatOpenMetricsFloat works like the usual Go string formatting of a float
-// but appends ".0" if the resulting number would otherwise contain neither a
-// "." nor an "e".
-func formatOpenMetricsFloat(f float64) string {
-	// A few common cases hardcoded.
-	switch {
-	case f == 1:
-		return "1.0"
-	case f == 0:
-		return "0.0"
-	case f == -1:
-		return "-1.0"
-	case math.IsNaN(f):
-		return "NaN"
-	case math.IsInf(f, +1):
-		return "+Inf"
-	case math.IsInf(f, -1):
-		return "-Inf"
-	}
-	bp := floatFormatBufPool.Get().(*[]byte)
-	defer floatFormatBufPool.Put(bp)
-
-	*bp = strconv.AppendFloat((*bp)[:0], f, 'g', -1, 64)
-	if bytes.ContainsAny(*bp, "e.") {
-		return string(*bp)
-	}
-	*bp = append(*bp, '.', '0')
-	return string(*bp)
-}
-
 // isNativeHistogram returns false iff the provided histograms has no spans at
 // all (neither positive nor negative) and a zero threshold of 0 and a zero
 // count of 0. In principle, this could still be meant to be a native histogram