diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
index 3f5e59338b..591c5e9a24 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
@@ -124,42 +124,6 @@ func init() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(numShards)
 }
 
-// QueueManagerConfig is the configuration for the queue used to write to remote
-// storage.
-type QueueManagerConfig struct {
-	// Number of samples to buffer per shard before we start dropping them.
-	QueueCapacity int
-	// Max number of shards, i.e. amount of concurrency.
-	MaxShards int
-	// Maximum number of samples per send.
-	MaxSamplesPerSend int
-	// Maximum time sample will wait in buffer.
-	BatchSendDeadline time.Duration
-	// Max number of times to retry a batch on recoverable errors.
-	MaxRetries int
-	// On recoverable errors, backoff exponentially.
-	MinBackoff time.Duration
-	MaxBackoff time.Duration
-}
-
-// defaultQueueManagerConfig is the default remote queue configuration.
-var defaultQueueManagerConfig = QueueManagerConfig{
-	// With a maximum of 1000 shards, assuming an average of 100ms remote write
-	// time and 100 samples per batch, we will be able to push 1M samples/s.
-	MaxShards:         1000,
-	MaxSamplesPerSend: 100,
-
-	// By default, buffer 1000 batches, which at 100ms per batch is 1:40mins. At
-	// 1000 shards, this will buffer 100M samples total.
-	QueueCapacity:     100 * 1000,
-	BatchSendDeadline: 5 * time.Second,
-
-	// Max number of times to retry a batch on recoverable errors.
-	MaxRetries: 10,
-	MinBackoff: 30 * time.Millisecond,
-	MaxBackoff: 100 * time.Millisecond,
-}
-
 // StorageClient defines an interface for sending a batch of samples to an
 // external timeseries database.
 type StorageClient interface {
@@ -174,7 +138,7 @@ type StorageClient interface {
 type QueueManager struct {
 	logger log.Logger
 
-	cfg            QueueManagerConfig
+	cfg            config.QueueConfig
 	externalLabels model.LabelSet
 	relabelConfigs []*config.RelabelConfig
 	client         StorageClient
@@ -193,7 +157,7 @@ type QueueManager struct {
 }
 
 // NewQueueManager builds a new QueueManager.
-func NewQueueManager(logger log.Logger, cfg QueueManagerConfig, externalLabels model.LabelSet, relabelConfigs []*config.RelabelConfig, client StorageClient) *QueueManager {
+func NewQueueManager(logger log.Logger, cfg config.QueueConfig, externalLabels model.LabelSet, relabelConfigs []*config.RelabelConfig, client StorageClient) *QueueManager {
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = log.NewNopLogger()
 	}
@@ -216,7 +180,7 @@ func NewQueueManager(logger log.Logger, cfg QueueManagerConfig, externalLabels m
 	}
 	t.shards = t.newShards(t.numShards)
 	numShards.WithLabelValues(t.queueName).Set(float64(t.numShards))
-	queueCapacity.WithLabelValues(t.queueName).Set(float64(t.cfg.QueueCapacity))
+	queueCapacity.WithLabelValues(t.queueName).Set(float64(t.cfg.Capacity))
 
 	return t
 }
@@ -408,7 +372,7 @@ type shards struct {
 func (t *QueueManager) newShards(numShards int) *shards {
 	queues := make([]chan *model.Sample, numShards)
 	for i := 0; i < numShards; i++ {
-		queues[i] = make(chan *model.Sample, t.cfg.QueueCapacity)
+		queues[i] = make(chan *model.Sample, t.cfg.Capacity)
 	}
 	s := &shards{
 		qm:     t,
diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
index e621496cb8..c34dd94e95 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 )
 
 type TestStorageClient struct {
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func (c *TestStorageClient) Name() string {
 func TestSampleDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 	// Let's create an even number of send batches so we don't run into the
 	// batch timeout case.
-	n := defaultQueueManagerConfig.QueueCapacity * 2
+	n := config.DefaultQueueConfig.Capacity * 2
 
 	samples := make(model.Samples, 0, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func TestSampleDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 	c := NewTestStorageClient()
 	c.expectSamples(samples[:len(samples)/2])
 
-	cfg := defaultQueueManagerConfig
+	cfg := config.DefaultQueueConfig
 	cfg.MaxShards = 1
 	m := NewQueueManager(nil, cfg, nil, nil, c)
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ func TestSampleDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSampleDeliveryOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := 10
-	n := defaultQueueManagerConfig.MaxSamplesPerSend * ts
+	n := config.DefaultQueueConfig.MaxSamplesPerSend * ts
 
 	samples := make(model.Samples, 0, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ func TestSampleDeliveryOrder(t *testing.T) {
 
 	c := NewTestStorageClient()
 	c.expectSamples(samples)
-	m := NewQueueManager(nil, defaultQueueManagerConfig, nil, nil, c)
+	m := NewQueueManager(nil, config.DefaultQueueConfig, nil, nil, c)
 
 	// These should be received by the client.
 	for _, s := range samples {
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ func TestSpawnNotMoreThanMaxConcurrentSendsGoroutines(t *testing.T) {
 	// `MaxSamplesPerSend*Shards` samples should be consumed by the
 	// per-shard goroutines, and then another `MaxSamplesPerSend`
 	// should be left on the queue.
-	n := defaultQueueManagerConfig.MaxSamplesPerSend * 2
+	n := config.DefaultQueueConfig.MaxSamplesPerSend * 2
 
 	samples := make(model.Samples, 0, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
@@ -208,9 +209,9 @@ func TestSpawnNotMoreThanMaxConcurrentSendsGoroutines(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	c := NewTestBlockedStorageClient()
-	cfg := defaultQueueManagerConfig
+	cfg := config.DefaultQueueConfig
 	cfg.MaxShards = 1
-	cfg.QueueCapacity = n
+	cfg.Capacity = n
 	m := NewQueueManager(nil, cfg, nil, nil, c)
 
 	m.Start()
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ func TestSpawnNotMoreThanMaxConcurrentSendsGoroutines(t *testing.T) {
 		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
 	}
 
-	if m.queueLen() != defaultQueueManagerConfig.MaxSamplesPerSend {
+	if m.queueLen() != config.DefaultQueueConfig.MaxSamplesPerSend {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to drain QueueManager queue, %d elements left",
 			m.queueLen(),
 		)
diff --git a/storage/remote/storage.go b/storage/remote/storage.go
index e5bc3aaa5d..bb8c173720 100644
--- a/storage/remote/storage.go
+++ b/storage/remote/storage.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (s *Storage) ApplyConfig(conf *config.Config) error {
 		}
 		newQueues = append(newQueues, NewQueueManager(
 			s.logger,
-			defaultQueueManagerConfig,
+			config.DefaultQueueConfig,
 			conf.GlobalConfig.ExternalLabels,
 			rwConf.WriteRelabelConfigs,
 			c,