diff --git a/documentation/examples/remote_storage/remote_storage_adapter/influxdb/client.go b/documentation/examples/remote_storage/remote_storage_adapter/influxdb/client.go
index 86108d950..f087fb141 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/remote_storage/remote_storage_adapter/influxdb/client.go
+++ b/documentation/examples/remote_storage/remote_storage_adapter/influxdb/client.go
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ func tagsToLabelPairs(name string, tags map[string]string) []*prompb.Label {
 	return pairs
 }
 
-func valuesToSamples(values [][]interface{}) ([]*prompb.Sample, error) {
-	samples := make([]*prompb.Sample, 0, len(values))
+func valuesToSamples(values [][]interface{}) ([]prompb.Sample, error) {
+	samples := make([]prompb.Sample, 0, len(values))
 	for _, v := range values {
 		if len(v) != 2 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bad sample tuple length, expected [<timestamp>, <value>], got %v", v)
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func valuesToSamples(values [][]interface{}) ([]*prompb.Sample, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to convert sample value to float64: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		samples = append(samples, &prompb.Sample{
+		samples = append(samples, prompb.Sample{
 			Timestamp: timestamp,
 			Value:     value,
 		})
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ func valuesToSamples(values [][]interface{}) ([]*prompb.Sample, error) {
 
 // mergeSamples merges two lists of sample pairs and removes duplicate
 // timestamps. It assumes that both lists are sorted by timestamp.
-func mergeSamples(a, b []*prompb.Sample) []*prompb.Sample {
-	result := make([]*prompb.Sample, 0, len(a)+len(b))
+func mergeSamples(a, b []prompb.Sample) []prompb.Sample {
+	result := make([]prompb.Sample, 0, len(a)+len(b))
 	i, j := 0, 0
 	for i < len(a) && j < len(b) {
 		if a[i].Timestamp < b[j].Timestamp {
diff --git a/prompb/types.pb.go b/prompb/types.pb.go
index 75b017879..046f91f14 100644
--- a/prompb/types.pb.go
+++ b/prompb/types.pb.go
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func (m *Sample) GetTimestamp() int64 {
 }
 
 type TimeSeries struct {
-	Labels  []*Label  `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=labels" json:"labels,omitempty"`
-	Samples []*Sample `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=samples" json:"samples,omitempty"`
+	Labels  []*Label `protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=labels" json:"labels,omitempty"`
+	Samples []Sample `protobuf:"bytes,2,rep,name=samples" json:"samples"`
 }
 
 func (m *TimeSeries) Reset()                    { *m = TimeSeries{} }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (m *TimeSeries) GetLabels() []*Label {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *TimeSeries) GetSamples() []*Sample {
+func (m *TimeSeries) GetSamples() []Sample {
 	if m != nil {
 		return m.Samples
 	}
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ func (m *TimeSeries) Unmarshal(dAtA []byte) error {
 			if postIndex > l {
 				return io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
 			}
-			m.Samples = append(m.Samples, &Sample{})
+			m.Samples = append(m.Samples, Sample{})
 			if err := m.Samples[len(m.Samples)-1].Unmarshal(dAtA[iNdEx:postIndex]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -1306,29 +1306,29 @@ var (
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("types.proto", fileDescriptorTypes) }
 
 var fileDescriptorTypes = []byte{
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diff --git a/prompb/types.proto b/prompb/types.proto
index c4530453d..491d23af4 100644
--- a/prompb/types.proto
+++ b/prompb/types.proto
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ message Sample {
 
 message TimeSeries {
   repeated Label labels   = 1;
-  repeated Sample samples = 2;
+  repeated Sample samples = 2 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
 }
 
 message Label {
diff --git a/storage/remote/codec.go b/storage/remote/codec.go
index 6cde53cf2..21c3cd06f 100644
--- a/storage/remote/codec.go
+++ b/storage/remote/codec.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func ToWriteRequest(samples []*model.Sample) *prompb.WriteRequest {
 	for _, s := range samples {
 		ts := prompb.TimeSeries{
 			Labels: MetricToLabelProtos(s.Metric),
-			Samples: []*prompb.Sample{
+			Samples: []prompb.Sample{
 				{
 					Value:     float64(s.Value),
 					Timestamp: int64(s.Timestamp),
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func ToQueryResult(ss storage.SeriesSet, sampleLimit int) (*prompb.QueryResult,
 	for ss.Next() {
 		series := ss.At()
 		iter := series.Iterator()
-		samples := []*prompb.Sample{}
+		samples := []prompb.Sample{}
 
 		for iter.Next() {
 			numSamples++
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func ToQueryResult(ss storage.SeriesSet, sampleLimit int) (*prompb.QueryResult,
 				}
 			}
 			ts, val := iter.At()
-			samples = append(samples, &prompb.Sample{
+			samples = append(samples, prompb.Sample{
 				Timestamp: ts,
 				Value:     val,
 			})
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func (c *concreteSeriesSet) Err() error {
 // concreteSeries implements storage.Series.
 type concreteSeries struct {
 	labels  labels.Labels
-	samples []*prompb.Sample
+	samples []prompb.Sample
 }
 
 func (c *concreteSeries) Labels() labels.Labels {
diff --git a/storage/remote/codec_test.go b/storage/remote/codec_test.go
index c6b9010e7..af3502d2c 100644
--- a/storage/remote/codec_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/codec_test.go
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ func TestValidateLabelsAndMetricName(t *testing.T) {
 func TestConcreteSeriesSet(t *testing.T) {
 	series1 := &concreteSeries{
 		labels:  labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar"),
-		samples: []*prompb.Sample{&prompb.Sample{Value: 1, Timestamp: 2}},
+		samples: []prompb.Sample{prompb.Sample{Value: 1, Timestamp: 2}},
 	}
 	series2 := &concreteSeries{
 		labels:  labels.FromStrings("foo", "baz"),
-		samples: []*prompb.Sample{&prompb.Sample{Value: 3, Timestamp: 4}},
+		samples: []prompb.Sample{prompb.Sample{Value: 3, Timestamp: 4}},
 	}
 	c := &concreteSeriesSet{
 		series: []storage.Series{series1, series2},
diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
index 63d0d01e1..6fd8f89ea 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ import (
 const defaultFlushDeadline = 1 * time.Minute
 
 type TestStorageClient struct {
-	receivedSamples map[string][]*prompb.Sample
-	expectedSamples map[string][]*prompb.Sample
+	receivedSamples map[string][]prompb.Sample
+	expectedSamples map[string][]prompb.Sample
 	wg              sync.WaitGroup
 	mtx             sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func NewTestStorageClient() *TestStorageClient {
 	return &TestStorageClient{
-		receivedSamples: map[string][]*prompb.Sample{},
-		expectedSamples: map[string][]*prompb.Sample{},
+		receivedSamples: map[string][]prompb.Sample{},
+		expectedSamples: map[string][]prompb.Sample{},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ func (c *TestStorageClient) expectSamples(ss model.Samples) {
 	c.mtx.Lock()
 	defer c.mtx.Unlock()
 
-	c.expectedSamples = map[string][]*prompb.Sample{}
-	c.receivedSamples = map[string][]*prompb.Sample{}
+	c.expectedSamples = map[string][]prompb.Sample{}
+	c.receivedSamples = map[string][]prompb.Sample{}
 
 	for _, s := range ss {
 		ts := labelProtosToLabels(MetricToLabelProtos(s.Metric)).String()
-		c.expectedSamples[ts] = append(c.expectedSamples[ts], &prompb.Sample{
+		c.expectedSamples[ts] = append(c.expectedSamples[ts], prompb.Sample{
 			Timestamp: int64(s.Timestamp),
 			Value:     float64(s.Value),
 		})
diff --git a/storage/remote/read_test.go b/storage/remote/read_test.go
index 7ada03912..326cd8016 100644
--- a/storage/remote/read_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/read_test.go
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ func TestSeriesSetFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			toRemove: model.LabelSet{"foo": "bar"},
 			in: &prompb.QueryResult{
 				Timeseries: []*prompb.TimeSeries{
-					{Labels: labelsToLabelsProto(labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar", "a", "b")), Samples: []*prompb.Sample{}},
+					{Labels: labelsToLabelsProto(labels.FromStrings("foo", "bar", "a", "b")), Samples: []prompb.Sample{}},
 				},
 			},
 			expected: &prompb.QueryResult{
 				Timeseries: []*prompb.TimeSeries{
-					{Labels: labelsToLabelsProto(labels.FromStrings("a", "b")), Samples: []*prompb.Sample{}},
+					{Labels: labelsToLabelsProto(labels.FromStrings("a", "b")), Samples: []prompb.Sample{}},
 				},
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api_test.go b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
index cf174b6b4..f2f847997 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
@@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
+
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/golang/snappy"
 	config_util "github.com/prometheus/common/config"
@@ -897,7 +898,7 @@ func TestReadEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 					{Name: "d", Value: "e"},
 					{Name: "foo", Value: "bar"},
 				},
-				Samples: []*prompb.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: 0}},
+				Samples: []prompb.Sample{{Value: 1, Timestamp: 0}},
 			},
 		},
 	}