diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 44cc42b59..be49a5c04 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.0.2 / 2016-08-24
+
+* [BUGFIX] Clean up old targets after config reload.
+
 ## 1.0.1 / 2016-07-21
 
 * [BUGFIX] Exit with error on non-flag command-line arguments.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7dea76edb..6d7de6e6a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.1
+1.0.2
diff --git a/retrieval/targetmanager.go b/retrieval/targetmanager.go
index 56d847d1d..ca01cfdc9 100644
--- a/retrieval/targetmanager.go
+++ b/retrieval/targetmanager.go
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ type targetSet struct {
 	mtx sync.RWMutex
 
 	// Sets of targets by a source string that is unique across target providers.
-	tgroups   map[string][]*Target
-	providers map[string]TargetProvider
+	tgroups map[string][]*Target
 
 	scrapePool *scrapePool
 	config     *config.ScrapeConfig
@@ -193,7 +192,6 @@ type targetSet struct {
 
 func newTargetSet(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, app storage.SampleAppender) *targetSet {
 	ts := &targetSet{
-		tgroups:    map[string][]*Target{},
 		scrapePool: newScrapePool(cfg, app),
 		syncCh:     make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		config:     cfg,
@@ -272,6 +270,11 @@ func (ts *targetSet) runProviders(ctx context.Context, providers map[string]Targ
 	}
 	ctx, ts.cancelProviders = context.WithCancel(ctx)
 
+	// (Re-)create a fresh tgroups map to not keep stale targets around. We
+	// will retrieve all targets below anyway, so cleaning up everything is
+	// safe and doesn't inflict any additional cost.
+	ts.tgroups = map[string][]*Target{}
+
 	for name, prov := range providers {
 		wg.Add(1)