diff --git a/agent/connect/ca/provider_vault.go b/agent/connect/ca/provider_vault.go
index f340cde00a..c069e5aa9b 100644
--- a/agent/connect/ca/provider_vault.go
+++ b/agent/connect/ca/provider_vault.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/structs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib/decode"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib/retry"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -46,14 +45,12 @@ const (
 	VaultAuthMethodTypeUserpass     = "userpass"
 
 	defaultK8SServiceAccountTokenPath = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token"
-
-	retryMin    = 1 * time.Second
-	retryMax    = 5 * time.Second
-	retryJitter = 20
 )
 
-var ErrBackendNotMounted = fmt.Errorf("backend not mounted")
-var ErrBackendNotInitialized = fmt.Errorf("backend not initialized")
+var (
+	ErrBackendNotMounted     = fmt.Errorf("backend not mounted")
+	ErrBackendNotInitialized = fmt.Errorf("backend not initialized")
+)
 
 type VaultProvider struct {
 	config *structs.VaultCAProviderConfig
@@ -100,6 +97,7 @@ func vaultTLSConfig(config *structs.VaultCAProviderConfig) *vaultapi.TLSConfig {
 }
 
 // Configure sets up the provider using the given configuration.
+// Configure supports being called multiple times to re-configure the provider.
 func (v *VaultProvider) Configure(cfg ProviderConfig) error {
 	config, err := ParseVaultCAConfig(cfg.RawConfig)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -176,6 +174,7 @@ func (v *VaultProvider) Configure(cfg ProviderConfig) error {
 
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 		if v.stopWatcher != nil {
+			// stop the running watcher loop if we are re-configuring
 			v.stopWatcher()
 		}
 		v.stopWatcher = cancel
@@ -225,33 +224,17 @@ func (v *VaultProvider) renewToken(ctx context.Context, watcher *vaultapi.Lifeti
 	go watcher.Start()
 	defer watcher.Stop()
 
-	// TODO: Once we've upgraded to a later version of protobuf we can upgrade to github.com/hashicorp/vault/api@1.1.1
-	// or later and rip this out.
-	retrier := retry.Waiter{
-		MinFailures: 5,
-		MinWait:     retryMin,
-		MaxWait:     retryMax,
-		Jitter:      retry.NewJitter(retryJitter),
-	}
-
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
 
 		case err := <-watcher.DoneCh():
-			// In the event we fail to login to Vault or our token is no longer valid we can overwhelm a Vault instance
-			// with rate limit configured. We would make these requests to Vault as fast as we possibly could and start
-			// causing all client's to receive 429 response codes. To mitigate that we're sleeping 1 second or less
-			// before moving on to login again and restart the lifetime watcher. Once we can upgrade to
-			// github.com/hashicorp/vault/api@v1.1.1 or later the LifetimeWatcher _should_ perform that backoff for us.
+			// Watcher has stopped
 			if err != nil {
 				v.logger.Error("Error renewing token for Vault provider", "error", err)
 			}
 
-			// wait at least 1 second after returning from the lifetime watcher
-			retrier.Wait(ctx)
-
 			// If the watcher has exited and auth method is enabled,
 			// re-authenticate using the auth method and set up a new watcher.
 			if v.config.AuthMethod != nil {
@@ -259,7 +242,7 @@ func (v *VaultProvider) renewToken(ctx context.Context, watcher *vaultapi.Lifeti
 				loginResp, err := vaultLogin(v.client, v.config.AuthMethod)
 				if err != nil {
 					v.logger.Error("Error login in to Vault with %q auth method", v.config.AuthMethod.Type)
-					// Restart the watcher
+
 					go watcher.Start()
 					continue
 				}
@@ -279,12 +262,10 @@ func (v *VaultProvider) renewToken(ctx context.Context, watcher *vaultapi.Lifeti
 					continue
 				}
 			}
-			// Restart the watcher.
 
 			go watcher.Start()
 
 		case <-watcher.RenewCh():
-			retrier.Reset()
 			v.logger.Info("Successfully renewed token for Vault provider")
 		}
 	}
@@ -430,7 +411,6 @@ func (v *VaultProvider) setupIntermediatePKIPath() error {
 					"error", err,
 				)
 			}
-
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/agent/connect/ca/provider_vault_test.go b/agent/connect/ca/provider_vault_test.go
index 4fbeb51171..f7375a0176 100644
--- a/agent/connect/ca/provider_vault_test.go
+++ b/agent/connect/ca/provider_vault_test.go
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func TestVaultCAProvider_RenewToken(t *testing.T) {
 	firstRenewal, err := secret.Data["last_renewal_time"].(json.Number).Int64()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// Wait past the TTL and make sure the token has been renewed.
+	// Retry past the TTL and make sure the token has been renewed.
 	retry.Run(t, func(r *retry.R) {
 		secret, err = testVault.client.Auth().Token().Lookup(providerToken)
 		require.NoError(r, err)