diff --git a/rest/request.go b/rest/request.go
index b9098404..5e245aeb 100644
--- a/rest/request.go
+++ b/rest/request.go
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ func isTextResponse(resp *http.Response) bool {
 func checkWait(resp *http.Response) (int, bool) {
 	switch r := resp.StatusCode; {
 	// any 500 error code and 429 can trigger a wait
-	case r == errors.StatusTooManyRequests, r >= 500:
+	case r == http.StatusTooManyRequests, r >= 500:
 	default:
 		return 0, false
 	}
diff --git a/rest/request_test.go b/rest/request_test.go
index fa016dfe..0691fc72 100755
--- a/rest/request_test.go
+++ b/rest/request_test.go
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ func TestCheckRetryClosesBody(t *testing.T) {
 			return
 		}
 		w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "1")
-		http.Error(w, "Too many requests, please try again later.", apierrors.StatusTooManyRequests)
+		http.Error(w, "Too many requests, please try again later.", http.StatusTooManyRequests)
 	}))
 	defer testServer.Close()
 
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ func TestCheckRetryHandles429And5xx(t *testing.T) {
 			return
 		}
 		w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "0")
-		w.WriteHeader([]int{apierrors.StatusTooManyRequests, 500, 501, 504}[count])
+		w.WriteHeader([]int{http.StatusTooManyRequests, 500, 501, 504}[count])
 		count++
 	}))
 	defer testServer.Close()
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ func BenchmarkCheckRetryClosesBody(b *testing.B) {
 			return
 		}
 		w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "0")
-		w.WriteHeader(apierrors.StatusTooManyRequests)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTooManyRequests)
 	}))
 	defer testServer.Close()