diff --git a/docs/configuration.asciidoc b/docs/configuration.asciidoc
index 2763baca79..9cd5001fcb 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/configuration.asciidoc
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ A boolean specifying if the agent should collect performance metrics for the app
 
 Note that both `active` and `instrument` needs to be `true` for instrumentation to be running.
 
+[[central-config]]
+==== `centralConfig`
+
+* *Type:* Boolean
+* *Default:* `true`
+* *Env:* `ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG`
+
+Activate APM Agent Configuration via Kibana.
+If set to `true`, the client will poll the APM Server regularly for new agent configuration.
+
+NOTE: This feature requires APM Server v7.3 or later and that the APM Server is configured with `kibana.enabled: true`.
+
 [[async-hooks]]
 ==== `asyncHooks`
 
diff --git a/docs/setup.asciidoc b/docs/setup.asciidoc
index 0ff986f65e..e1cc06e289 100644
--- a/docs/setup.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/setup.asciidoc
@@ -51,12 +51,14 @@ NOTE: If you are using Babel, you need to use the `elastic-apm-node/start` appro
 
 There are three ways to configure the Node.js agent. In order of precedence (higher overwrites lower):
 
-1. Environment variables.
+1. APM Agent Configuration via Kibana. Enabled with <<central-config>>.
 
-2. If calling the `apm.start()` function,
+2. Environment variables.
+
+3. If calling the `apm.start()` function,
 you can supply a <<agent-configuration-object,configurations object>> as the first argument.
 
-3. Via the <<agent-configuration-file,agent configuration file>>.
+4. Via the <<agent-configuration-file,agent configuration file>>.
 
 For information on the available configuration properties, and the expected names of environment variables, see the <<configuration,Configuration options>> documentation.
 
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 1a7815c31b..830a8b164b 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ interface AgentConfigOptions {
   logger?: Logger;
   metricsInterval?: string; // Also support `number`, but as we're removing this functionality soon, there's no need to advertise it
   payloadLogFile?: string;
+  centralConfig?: boolean;
   secretToken?: string;
   serverTimeout?: string; // Also support `number`, but as we're removing this functionality soon, there's no need to advertise it
   serverUrl?: string;
diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 9fd194a506..21d11ce1e8 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ var DEFAULTS = {
   kubernetesPodUID: undefined,
   logLevel: 'info',
   metricsInterval: '30s',
+  centralConfig: true,
   serverTimeout: '30s',
   sourceLinesErrorAppFrames: 5,
   sourceLinesErrorLibraryFrames: 5,
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ var ENV_TABLE = {
   logLevel: 'ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL',
   metricsInterval: 'ELASTIC_APM_METRICS_INTERVAL',
   payloadLogFile: 'ELASTIC_APM_PAYLOAD_LOG_FILE',
+  centralConfig: 'ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG',
   secretToken: 'ELASTIC_APM_SECRET_TOKEN',
   serverTimeout: 'ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_TIMEOUT',
   serverUrl: 'ELASTIC_APM_SERVER_URL',
@@ -122,6 +124,14 @@ var ENV_TABLE = {
   verifyServerCert: 'ELASTIC_APM_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT'
 }
 
+var CENTRAL_CONFIG = {
+  transaction_sample_rate: 'transactionSampleRate'
+}
+
+var VALIDATORS = {
+  transactionSampleRate: numberBetweenZeroAndOne
+}
+
 var BOOL_OPTS = [
   'active',
   'asyncHooks',
@@ -132,6 +142,7 @@ var BOOL_OPTS = [
   'errorOnAbortedRequests',
   'filterHttpHeaders',
   'instrument',
+  'centralConfig',
   'usePathAsTransactionName',
   'verifyServerCert'
 ]
@@ -172,116 +183,153 @@ var KEY_VALUE_OPTS = [
 ]
 
 function config (opts) {
-  opts = Object.assign(
-    {},
-    DEFAULTS, // default options
-    confFile, // options read from elastic-apm-node.js config file
-    opts, // options passed in to agent.start()
-    readEnv() // options read from environment variables
-  )
-
-  // Custom logic for setting serviceName so that an empty string in the config
-  // doesn't overwrite the serviceName read from package.json
-  if (!opts.serviceName) opts.serviceName = serviceName
-  if (!opts.serviceVersion) opts.serviceVersion = serviceVersion
-
-  // NOTE: A logger will already exists if a custom logger was given to start()
-  if (typeof opts.logger === 'undefined') {
-    opts.logger = consoleLogLevel({
-      level: opts.logLevel
-    })
-  }
-
-  normalizeIgnoreOptions(opts)
-  normalizeKeyValuePairs(opts)
-  normalizeNumbers(opts)
-  normalizeBytes(opts)
-  normalizeArrays(opts)
-  normalizeTime(opts)
-  normalizeBools(opts)
-  truncateOptions(opts)
+  return new Config(opts)
+}
 
-  if (typeof opts.transport !== 'function') {
-    opts.transport = function httpTransport (conf, agent) {
-      var transport = new ElasticAPMHttpClient({
-        // metadata
-        agentName: 'nodejs',
-        agentVersion: version,
-        serviceName: conf.serviceName,
-        serviceVersion: conf.serviceVersion,
-        frameworkName: conf.frameworkName,
-        frameworkVersion: conf.frameworkVersion,
-        globalLabels: maybePairsToObject(conf.globalLabels),
-        hostname: conf.hostname,
-        environment: conf.environment,
-
-        // Sanitize conf
-        truncateKeywordsAt: config.INTAKE_STRING_MAX_SIZE,
-        truncateErrorMessagesAt: conf.errorMessageMaxLength,
-
-        // HTTP conf
-        secretToken: conf.secretToken,
-        userAgent: userAgent,
-        serverUrl: conf.serverUrl,
-        rejectUnauthorized: conf.verifyServerCert,
-        serverTimeout: conf.serverTimeout * 1000,
-
-        // Streaming conf
-        size: conf.apiRequestSize,
-        time: conf.apiRequestTime * 1000,
-
-        // Debugging
-        payloadLogFile: conf.payloadLogFile,
-
-        // Container conf
-        containerId: conf.containerId,
-        kubernetesNodeName: conf.kubernetesNodeName,
-        kubernetesNamespace: conf.kubernetesNamespace,
-        kubernetesPodName: conf.kubernetesPodName,
-        kubernetesPodUID: conf.kubernetesPodUID
+class Config {
+  constructor (opts) {
+    this.ignoreUrlStr = []
+    this.ignoreUrlRegExp = []
+    this.ignoreUserAgentStr = []
+    this.ignoreUserAgentRegExp = []
+
+    Object.assign(
+      this,
+      DEFAULTS, // default options
+      confFile, // options read from elastic-apm-node.js config file
+      opts, // options passed in to agent.start()
+      readEnv() // options read from environment variables
+    )
+
+    // Custom logic for setting serviceName so that an empty string in the config
+    // doesn't overwrite the serviceName read from package.json
+    if (!this.serviceName) this.serviceName = serviceName
+    if (!this.serviceVersion) this.serviceVersion = serviceVersion
+
+    // NOTE: A logger will already exists if a custom logger was given to start()
+    if (typeof this.logger === 'undefined') {
+      this.logger = consoleLogLevel({
+        level: this.logLevel
       })
+    }
 
-      transport.on('error', err => {
-        agent.logger.error('APM Server transport error:', err.stack)
-      })
+    normalize(this)
+
+    if (typeof this.transport !== 'function') {
+      this.transport = function httpTransport (conf, agent) {
+        var transport = new ElasticAPMHttpClient({
+          // metadata
+          agentName: 'nodejs',
+          agentVersion: version,
+          serviceName: conf.serviceName,
+          serviceVersion: conf.serviceVersion,
+          frameworkName: conf.frameworkName,
+          frameworkVersion: conf.frameworkVersion,
+          globalLabels: maybePairsToObject(conf.globalLabels),
+          hostname: conf.hostname,
+          environment: conf.environment,
+
+          // Sanitize conf
+          truncateKeywordsAt: config.INTAKE_STRING_MAX_SIZE,
+          truncateErrorMessagesAt: conf.errorMessageMaxLength,
+
+          // HTTP conf
+          secretToken: conf.secretToken,
+          userAgent: userAgent,
+          serverUrl: conf.serverUrl,
+          rejectUnauthorized: conf.verifyServerCert,
+          serverTimeout: conf.serverTimeout * 1000,
+
+          // APM Agent Configuration via Kibana:
+          centralConfig: conf.centralConfig,
+
+          // Streaming conf
+          size: conf.apiRequestSize,
+          time: conf.apiRequestTime * 1000,
+
+          // Debugging
+          payloadLogFile: conf.payloadLogFile,
+
+          // Container conf
+          containerId: conf.containerId,
+          kubernetesNodeName: conf.kubernetesNodeName,
+          kubernetesNamespace: conf.kubernetesNamespace,
+          kubernetesPodName: conf.kubernetesPodName,
+          kubernetesPodUID: conf.kubernetesPodUID
+        })
+
+        transport.on('config', remoteConf => {
+          const conf = {}
+          const unknown = []
+
+          for (const [key, value] of entries(remoteConf)) {
+            const newKey = CENTRAL_CONFIG[key]
+            if (newKey) {
+              conf[newKey] = value
+            } else {
+              unknown.push(key)
+            }
+          }
 
-      transport.on('request-error', err => {
-        const haveAccepted = Number.isFinite(err.accepted)
-        const haveErrors = Array.isArray(err.errors)
-        let msg
-
-        if (err.code === 404) {
-          msg = 'APM Server responded with "404 Not Found". ' +
-            'This might be because you\'re running an incompatible version of the APM Server. ' +
-            'This agent only supports APM Server v6.5 and above. ' +
-            'If you\'re using an older version of the APM Server, ' +
-            'please downgrade this agent to version 1.x or upgrade the APM Server'
-        } else if (err.code) {
-          msg = `APM Server transport error (${err.code}): ${err.message}`
-        } else {
-          msg = `APM Server transport error: ${err.message}`
-        }
-
-        if (haveAccepted || haveErrors) {
-          if (haveAccepted) msg += `\nAPM Server accepted ${err.accepted} events in the last request`
-          if (haveErrors) {
-            err.errors.forEach(error => {
-              msg += `\nError: ${error.message}`
-              if (error.document) msg += `\n  Document: ${error.document}`
-            })
+          if (unknown.length > 0) {
+            agent.logger.warn(`Remote config failure. Unsupported config names: ${unknown.join(', ')}`)
           }
-        } else if (err.response) {
-          msg += `\n${err.response}`
-        }
 
-        agent.logger.error(msg)
-      })
+          if (Object.keys(conf).length > 0) {
+            normalize(conf, agent._conf)
+
+            for (const [key, value] of entries(conf)) {
+              const validator = VALIDATORS[key]
+              if (validator ? validator(value) : true) {
+                agent.logger.info(`Remote config success. Updating ${key}: ${value}`)
+                agent._conf[key] = value
+              } else {
+                agent.logger.warn(`Remote config failure. Invalid value for ${key}: ${value}`)
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        })
+
+        transport.on('error', err => {
+          agent.logger.error('APM Server transport error:', err.stack)
+        })
+
+        transport.on('request-error', err => {
+          const haveAccepted = Number.isFinite(err.accepted)
+          const haveErrors = Array.isArray(err.errors)
+          let msg
+
+          if (err.code === 404) {
+            msg = 'APM Server responded with "404 Not Found". ' +
+              'This might be because you\'re running an incompatible version of the APM Server. ' +
+              'This agent only supports APM Server v6.5 and above. ' +
+              'If you\'re using an older version of the APM Server, ' +
+              'please downgrade this agent to version 1.x or upgrade the APM Server'
+          } else if (err.code) {
+            msg = `APM Server transport error (${err.code}): ${err.message}`
+          } else {
+            msg = `APM Server transport error: ${err.message}`
+          }
+
+          if (haveAccepted || haveErrors) {
+            if (haveAccepted) msg += `\nAPM Server accepted ${err.accepted} events in the last request`
+            if (haveErrors) {
+              err.errors.forEach(error => {
+                msg += `\nError: ${error.message}`
+                if (error.document) msg += `\n  Document: ${error.document}`
+              })
+            }
+          } else if (err.response) {
+            msg += `\n${err.response}`
+          }
 
-      return transport
+          agent.logger.error(msg)
+        })
+
+        return transport
+      }
     }
   }
-
-  return opts
 }
 
 function readEnv () {
@@ -300,12 +348,18 @@ function readEnv () {
   return opts
 }
 
-function normalizeIgnoreOptions (opts) {
-  opts.ignoreUrlStr = []
-  opts.ignoreUrlRegExp = []
-  opts.ignoreUserAgentStr = []
-  opts.ignoreUserAgentRegExp = []
+function normalize (opts) {
+  normalizeIgnoreOptions(opts)
+  normalizeKeyValuePairs(opts)
+  normalizeNumbers(opts)
+  normalizeBytes(opts)
+  normalizeArrays(opts)
+  normalizeTime(opts)
+  normalizeBools(opts)
+  truncateOptions(opts)
+}
 
+function normalizeIgnoreOptions (opts) {
   if (opts.ignoreUrls) {
     opts.ignoreUrls.forEach(function (ptn) {
       if (typeof ptn === 'string') opts.ignoreUrlStr.push(ptn)
@@ -459,3 +513,7 @@ function pairsToObject (pairs) {
     return object
   }, {})
 }
+
+function numberBetweenZeroAndOne (n) {
+  return n >= 0 && n <= 1
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 79b5525fab..8364537e90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "console-log-level": "^1.4.0",
     "cookie": "^0.4.0",
     "core-util-is": "^1.0.2",
-    "elastic-apm-http-client": "^8.0.0",
+    "elastic-apm-http-client": "^8.1.0",
     "end-of-stream": "^1.4.1",
     "fast-safe-stringify": "^2.0.6",
     "http-headers": "^3.0.2",
diff --git a/test/_agent.js b/test/_agent.js
index 6a9678b0b4..ea36303add 100644
--- a/test/_agent.js
+++ b/test/_agent.js
@@ -29,5 +29,9 @@ function clean () {
       agent._instrumentation._hook.unhook()
     }
     agent._metrics.stop()
+    if (agent._transport && agent._transport.destroy) {
+      agent._transport.destroy()
+    }
+    agent._transport = null
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/_apm_server.js b/test/_apm_server.js
index 2de00507ee..2c0732e636 100644
--- a/test/_apm_server.js
+++ b/test/_apm_server.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var Agent = require('./_agent')
 var defaultAgentOpts = {
   serviceName: 'some-service-name',
   captureExceptions: false,
+  centralConfig: false,
   logLevel: 'error'
 }
 
diff --git a/test/agent.js b/test/agent.js
index c85fbd5e78..e2efd38b47 100644
--- a/test/agent.js
+++ b/test/agent.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var agentVersion = require('../package.json').version
 var inContainer = 'containerId' in (containerInfo() || {})
 
 process.env.ELASTIC_APM_METRICS_INTERVAL = '0'
+process.env.ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG = 'false'
 
 test('#setFramework()', function (t) {
   var agent = Agent()
diff --git a/test/babel/src.js b/test/babel/src.js
index 191c0ccba2..74ffd33d5d 100644
--- a/test/babel/src.js
+++ b/test/babel/src.js
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ import agent from '../../'
 
 agent.start({
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: '0'
+  metricsInterval: '0',
+  centralConfig: false
 })
diff --git a/test/central-config-disabled.js b/test/central-config-disabled.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..192d4568ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/central-config-disabled.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const existingValue = process.env.ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG
+delete process.env.ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG
+
+const http = require('http')
+
+const test = require('tape')
+
+test('central config disabled', function (t) {
+  const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    t.notOk(req.url.startsWith('/config/v1/agents'), `should not poll APM Server for config (url: ${req.url})`)
+  })
+
+  server.listen(function () {
+    const agent = require('..').start({
+      serverUrl: 'http://localhost:' + server.address().port,
+      serviceName: 'test',
+      captureExceptions: false,
+      metricsInterval: 0,
+      centralConfig: false
+    })
+
+    setTimeout(function () {
+      t.pass('should not poll APM Server for config')
+      t.end()
+      agent.destroy()
+      server.close()
+    }, 1000)
+  })
+
+  t.on('end', function () {
+    if (existingValue) process.env.ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG = existingValue
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/central-config-enabled.js b/test/central-config-enabled.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd2edaa98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/central-config-enabled.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const existingValue = process.env.ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG
+delete process.env.ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG
+
+const parseUrl = require('url').parse
+const http = require('http')
+
+const test = require('tape')
+
+test('remote config enabled', function (t) {
+  t.plan(2)
+
+  let agent, timer
+  const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    const url = parseUrl(req.url, { parseQueryString: true })
+    t.equal(url.pathname, '/config/v1/agents')
+    res.writeHead(200, {
+      Etag: 1,
+      'Cache-Control': 'max-age=30, must-revalidate'
+    })
+    res.end(JSON.stringify({
+      transaction_sample_rate: 0.42
+    }))
+    clearTimeout(timer)
+    agent.destroy()
+    server.close()
+  })
+
+  server.listen(function () {
+    agent = require('..').start({
+      serverUrl: 'http://localhost:' + server.address().port,
+      serviceName: 'test',
+      captureExceptions: false,
+      metricsInterval: 0,
+      centralConfig: true
+    })
+
+    Object.defineProperty(agent._conf, 'transactionSampleRate', {
+      set (value) {
+        t.equal(value, 0.42)
+        t.end()
+      },
+      get () {},
+      enumerable: true,
+      configurable: true
+    })
+
+    timer = setTimeout(function () {
+      t.fail('should poll APM Server for config')
+    }, 1000)
+  })
+
+  t.on('end', function () {
+    if (existingValue) process.env.ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG = existingValue
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/config.js b/test/config.js
index a7b1760b4c..603d9a49b1 100644
--- a/test/config.js
+++ b/test/config.js
@@ -23,46 +23,49 @@ var apmVersion = require('../package').version
 var apmName = require('../package').name
 
 process.env.ELASTIC_APM_METRICS_INTERVAL = '0'
+process.env.ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG = 'false'
 
 var optionFixtures = [
-  ['serviceName', 'SERVICE_NAME', apmName],
-  ['secretToken', 'SECRET_TOKEN'],
-  ['serverUrl', 'SERVER_URL'],
-  ['verifyServerCert', 'VERIFY_SERVER_CERT', true],
-  ['serviceVersion', 'SERVICE_VERSION', apmVersion],
+  ['abortedErrorThreshold', 'ABORTED_ERROR_THRESHOLD', 25],
   ['active', 'ACTIVE', true],
-  ['logLevel', 'LOG_LEVEL', 'info'],
-  ['hostname', 'HOSTNAME'],
   ['apiRequestSize', 'API_REQUEST_SIZE', 768 * 1024],
   ['apiRequestTime', 'API_REQUEST_TIME', 10],
-  ['frameworkName', 'FRAMEWORK_NAME'],
-  ['frameworkVersion', 'FRAMEWORK_VERSION'],
-  ['stackTraceLimit', 'STACK_TRACE_LIMIT', 50],
-  ['captureExceptions', 'CAPTURE_EXCEPTIONS', true],
-  ['filterHttpHeaders', 'FILTER_HTTP_HEADERS', true],
+  ['asyncHooks', 'ASYNC_HOOKS', true],
+  ['captureBody', 'CAPTURE_BODY', 'off'],
   ['captureErrorLogStackTraces', 'CAPTURE_ERROR_LOG_STACK_TRACES', config.CAPTURE_ERROR_LOG_STACK_TRACES_MESSAGES],
+  ['captureExceptions', 'CAPTURE_EXCEPTIONS', true],
   ['captureSpanStackTraces', 'CAPTURE_SPAN_STACK_TRACES', true],
-  ['captureBody', 'CAPTURE_BODY', 'off'],
+  ['centralConfig', 'CENTRAL_CONFIG', true],
+  ['containerId', 'CONTAINER_ID'],
+  ['disableInstrumentations', 'DISABLE_INSTRUMENTATIONS', []],
+  ['environment', 'ENVIRONMENT', 'development'],
+  ['errorMessageMaxLength', 'ERROR_MESSAGE_MAX_LENGTH', 2048],
   ['errorOnAbortedRequests', 'ERROR_ON_ABORTED_REQUESTS', false],
-  ['abortedErrorThreshold', 'ABORTED_ERROR_THRESHOLD', 25],
+  ['filterHttpHeaders', 'FILTER_HTTP_HEADERS', true],
+  ['frameworkName', 'FRAMEWORK_NAME'],
+  ['frameworkVersion', 'FRAMEWORK_VERSION'],
+  ['hostname', 'HOSTNAME'],
   ['instrument', 'INSTRUMENT', true],
-  ['asyncHooks', 'ASYNC_HOOKS', true],
+  ['kubernetesNamespace', 'KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE'],
+  ['kubernetesNodeName', 'KUBERNETES_NODE_NAME'],
+  ['kubernetesPodName', 'KUBERNETES_POD_NAME'],
+  ['kubernetesPodUID', 'KUBERNETES_POD_UID'],
+  ['logLevel', 'LOG_LEVEL', 'info'],
+  ['metricsInterval', 'METRICS_INTERVAL', 30],
+  ['secretToken', 'SECRET_TOKEN'],
+  ['serverTimeout', 'SERVER_TIMEOUT', 30],
+  ['serverUrl', 'SERVER_URL'],
+  ['serviceName', 'SERVICE_NAME', apmName],
+  ['serviceVersion', 'SERVICE_VERSION', apmVersion],
   ['sourceLinesErrorAppFrames', 'SOURCE_LINES_ERROR_APP_FRAMES', 5],
   ['sourceLinesErrorLibraryFrames', 'SOURCE_LINES_ERROR_LIBRARY_FRAMES', 5],
   ['sourceLinesSpanAppFrames', 'SOURCE_LINES_SPAN_APP_FRAMES', 0],
   ['sourceLinesSpanLibraryFrames', 'SOURCE_LINES_SPAN_LIBRARY_FRAMES', 0],
-  ['errorMessageMaxLength', 'ERROR_MESSAGE_MAX_LENGTH', 2048],
+  ['stackTraceLimit', 'STACK_TRACE_LIMIT', 50],
   ['transactionMaxSpans', 'TRANSACTION_MAX_SPANS', 500],
   ['transactionSampleRate', 'TRANSACTION_SAMPLE_RATE', 1.0],
-  ['serverTimeout', 'SERVER_TIMEOUT', 30],
-  ['disableInstrumentations', 'DISABLE_INSTRUMENTATIONS', []],
-  ['containerId', 'CONTAINER_ID'],
-  ['kubernetesNodeName', 'KUBERNETES_NODE_NAME'],
-  ['kubernetesNamespace', 'KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE'],
-  ['kubernetesPodName', 'KUBERNETES_POD_NAME'],
-  ['kubernetesPodUID', 'KUBERNETES_POD_UID'],
   ['usePathAsTransactionName', 'USE_PATH_AS_TRANSACTION_NAME', false],
-  ['environment', 'ENVIRONMENT', 'development']
+  ['verifyServerCert', 'VERIFY_SERVER_CERT', true]
 ]
 
 var falsyValues = [false, 'false']
@@ -74,8 +77,10 @@ optionFixtures.forEach(function (fixture) {
     var url = fixture[0] === 'serverUrl' // special case for url's so they can be parsed using url.parse()
     var number = typeof fixture[2] === 'number'
     var array = Array.isArray(fixture[2])
+    var envName = 'ELASTIC_APM_' + fixture[1]
+    var existingValue = process.env[envName]
 
-    test('should be configurable by environment variable ELASTIC_APM_' + fixture[1], function (t) {
+    test(`should be configurable by environment variable ${envName}`, function (t) {
       var agent = Agent()
       var value
 
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ optionFixtures.forEach(function (fixture) {
       else if (url) value = 'http://custom-value'
       else value = 'custom-value'
 
-      process.env['ELASTIC_APM_' + fixture[1]] = value.toString()
+      process.env[envName] = value.toString()
 
       agent.start()
 
@@ -94,12 +99,16 @@ optionFixtures.forEach(function (fixture) {
         t.equal(agent._conf[fixture[0]], bool ? !fixture[2] : value)
       }
 
-      delete process.env['ELASTIC_APM_' + fixture[1]]
+      if (existingValue) {
+        process.env[envName] = existingValue
+      } else {
+        delete process.env[envName]
+      }
 
       t.end()
     })
 
-    test('should overwrite option property ' + fixture[0] + ' by ELASTIC_APM_' + fixture[1], function (t) {
+    test(`should overwrite option property ${fixture[0]} by ${envName}`, function (t) {
       var agent = Agent()
       var opts = {}
       var value1, value2
@@ -119,7 +128,7 @@ optionFixtures.forEach(function (fixture) {
       }
 
       opts[fixture[0]] = value1
-      process.env['ELASTIC_APM_' + fixture[1]] = value2.toString()
+      process.env[envName] = value2.toString()
 
       agent.start(opts)
 
@@ -129,13 +138,21 @@ optionFixtures.forEach(function (fixture) {
         t.equal(agent._conf[fixture[0]], value2)
       }
 
-      delete process.env['ELASTIC_APM_' + fixture[1]]
+      if (existingValue) {
+        process.env[envName] = existingValue
+      } else {
+        delete process.env[envName]
+      }
 
       t.end()
     })
   }
 
   test('should default ' + fixture[0] + ' to ' + fixture[2], function (t) {
+    if (existingValue) {
+      delete process.env[envName]
+    }
+
     var agent = Agent()
     agent.start()
     if (array) {
@@ -143,6 +160,11 @@ optionFixtures.forEach(function (fixture) {
     } else {
       t.equal(agent._conf[fixture[0]], fixture[2])
     }
+
+    if (existingValue) {
+      process.env[envName] = existingValue
+    }
+
     t.end()
   })
 })
@@ -638,8 +660,7 @@ test('disableInstrumentations', function (t) {
       agent.start({
         serviceName: 'service',
         disableInstrumentations: selection,
-        captureExceptions: false,
-        metricsInterval: 0
+        captureExceptions: false
       })
 
       var found = new Set()
@@ -678,7 +699,6 @@ test('custom transport', function (t) {
   var agent = Agent()
   agent.start({
     captureExceptions: false,
-    metricsInterval: 0,
     serviceName: 'fooBAR0123456789_- ',
     transport () {
       var transactions = []
@@ -742,8 +762,7 @@ test('addPatch', function (t) {
   const agent = Agent()
   agent.start({
     addPatch: 'express=./test/_patch.js',
-    captureExceptions: false,
-    metricsInterval: 0
+    captureExceptions: false
   })
 
   t.deepEqual(require('express'), patch(before))
@@ -755,10 +774,7 @@ test('globalLabels should be received by transport', function (t) {
   var globalLabels = {
     foo: 'bar'
   }
-  var opts = {
-    metricsInterval: 0,
-    globalLabels
-  }
+  var opts = { globalLabels }
 
   var server = APMServer(opts, { expect: 'error' })
     .on('listening', function () {
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/_agent.js b/test/instrumentation/_agent.js
index b6c81a39c6..810a619148 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/_agent.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/_agent.js
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ module.exports = function mockAgent (expected, cb) {
       transactionSampleRate: 1.0,
       disableInstrumentations: [],
       captureHeaders: true,
-      metricsInterval: 0
+      metricsInterval: 0,
+      centralConfig: false
     },
     _errorFilters: new Filters(),
     _transactionFilters: new Filters(),
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/apollo-server-express.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/apollo-server-express.js
index 4045164993..091553dc31 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/apollo-server-express.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/apollo-server-express.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/bluebird/bluebird.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/bluebird/bluebird.js
index cb05118aef..a1122c5f97 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/bluebird/bluebird.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/bluebird/bluebird.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var BLUEBIRD_VERSION = require('bluebird/package').version
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/bluebird/cancel.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/bluebird/cancel.js
index b2f8a19c64..8ee5b04e74 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/bluebird/cancel.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/bluebird/cancel.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var BLUEBIRD_VERSION = require('bluebird/package').version
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/cassandra-driver/index.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/cassandra-driver/index.js
index e47b995b8c..a817609521 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/cassandra-driver/index.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/cassandra-driver/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 const semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/elasticsearch.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/elasticsearch.js
index 07e138cfe1..5b6f1deafa 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/elasticsearch.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/elasticsearch.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var elasticsearch = require('elasticsearch')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/express-graphql.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/express-graphql.js
index bae0d86aed..1d6f305d5a 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/express-graphql.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/express-graphql.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var http = require('http')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/express-queue.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/express-queue.js
index 4fe897443e..b45504c236 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/express-queue.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/express-queue.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/express/basic.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/express/basic.js
index f7ed934f97..71468ca6c7 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/express/basic.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/express/basic.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: true,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var http = require('http')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/express/capture-exceptions-off.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/express/capture-exceptions-off.js
index 125fec86d1..8d00a15ba1 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/express/capture-exceptions-off.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/express/capture-exceptions-off.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 const { exec } = require('child_process')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/express/capture-exceptions-on.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/express/capture-exceptions-on.js
index b9b519cfef..7afcf61ce9 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/express/capture-exceptions-on.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/express/capture-exceptions-on.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: true,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 const { exec } = require('child_process')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/express/set-framework.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/express/set-framework.js
index bd68b1205c..66504c1c9e 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/express/set-framework.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/express/set-framework.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: true,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 let asserts = 0
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/async-await.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/async-await.js
index 80ac6d903f..a9fec546b1 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/async-await.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/async-await.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 // Only Node.js v7.6.0+ supports async/await without a flag
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/fastify.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/fastify.js
index 94997a66f9..aa13981971 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/fastify.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/fastify.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 {
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/set-framework.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/set-framework.js
index 51a28724af..de96a33255 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/set-framework.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/fastify/set-framework.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: true,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 let asserts = 0
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/finalhandler.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/finalhandler.js
index 08869b2134..9d2ad55c48 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/finalhandler.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/finalhandler.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: true,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var http = require('http')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/generic-pool.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/generic-pool.js
index 1575bba98f..db281d64ab 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/generic-pool.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/generic-pool.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var genericPool = require('generic-pool')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/graphql.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/graphql.js
index e16e46c3ea..30112658fe 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/graphql.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/graphql.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var graphql = require('graphql')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/handlebars.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/handlebars.js
index 9767021f08..90506bf91c 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/handlebars.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/handlebars.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var handlebars = require('handlebars')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/hapi/basic.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/hapi/basic.js
index 88470b8c9a..da314cb350 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/hapi/basic.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/hapi/basic.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
   logLevel: 'fatal',
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var pkg = require('hapi/package.json')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/hapi/set-framework.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/hapi/set-framework.js
index ab91dd6cea..1aaecf8bc6 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/hapi/set-framework.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/hapi/set-framework.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: true,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 const pkg = require('hapi/package')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/http/aws.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/http/aws.js
index 689b3cd6b2..0420578ad7 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/http/aws.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/http/aws.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 const http = require('http')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/http/github-179.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/http/github-179.js
index 857d998752..5db3bff715 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/http/github-179.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/http/github-179.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var zlib = require('zlib')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/http/github-423.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/http/github-423.js
index dbd92eeadd..92ebe404b1 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/http/github-423.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/http/github-423.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var http = require('http')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/http2.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/http2.js
index 794a95b9e6..3a43f3b1ed 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/http2.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/http2.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 var ins = agent._instrumentation
 
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/ioredis.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/ioredis.js
index b85147db68..0f0b6bcc67 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/ioredis.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/ioredis.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var Redis = require('ioredis')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/jade.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/jade.js
index 323e63a8b4..64cdb9b066 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/jade.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/jade.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var jade = require('jade')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/koa-router/index.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/koa-router/index.js
index a19638d989..8429a72d4a 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/koa-router/index.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/koa-router/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var routerVersion = require('koa-router/package').version
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/koa/set-framework.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/koa/set-framework.js
index 605a259d3f..8a038228b3 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/koa/set-framework.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/koa/set-framework.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: true,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 let asserts = 0
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/mimic-response.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/mimic-response.js
index fa9195eba1..a9daaaaf12 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/mimic-response.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/mimic-response.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var stream = require('stream')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/mongodb-core.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/mongodb-core.js
index caa57b9cc9..0cb3514011 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/mongodb-core.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/mongodb-core.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var Server = require('mongodb-core').Server
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql/mysql.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql/mysql.js
index d3d46fe6c2..e9c155ca11 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql/mysql.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql/mysql.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var mysql = require('mysql')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql/pool-release-1.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql/pool-release-1.js
index 926dff9207..5dfd89fe2f 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql/pool-release-1.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql/pool-release-1.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var mysql = require('mysql')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql2/mysql.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql2/mysql.js
index c93d37b36f..706566389f 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql2/mysql.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql2/mysql.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql2/pool-release-1.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql2/pool-release-1.js
index 6b6775a236..82442ac669 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql2/pool-release-1.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/mysql2/pool-release-1.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/pg/knex.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/pg/knex.js
index 77e4c739a4..8bc9b66ba5 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/pg/knex.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/pg/knex.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var knexVersion = require('knex/package').version
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/pg/pg.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/pg/pg.js
index db73362c8f..10227f13ec 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/pg/pg.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/pg/pg.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/pug.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/pug.js
index f3f5f6390d..613bbeff68 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/pug.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/pug.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var pug = require('pug')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/redis.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/redis.js
index 9abfa1de7a..d93d48fbcc 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/redis.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/redis.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var redis = require('redis')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/restify/basic.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/restify/basic.js
index 579098d293..f44d2f68dd 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/restify/basic.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/restify/basic.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 const pkg = require('restify/package.json')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/restify/set-framework.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/restify/set-framework.js
index 1b4239a525..e199968268 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/restify/set-framework.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/restify/set-framework.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 const agent = require('../../../..').start({
   captureExceptions: true,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 const pkg = require('restify/package.json')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/tedious.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/tedious.js
index ab4df2483b..895734205f 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/tedious.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/tedious.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const agent = require('../../../').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 const semver = require('semver')
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/modules/ws.js b/test/instrumentation/modules/ws.js
index 7b43069d20..dd172a80dd 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/modules/ws.js
+++ b/test/instrumentation/modules/ws.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ var agent = require('../../..').start({
   serviceName: 'test',
   secretToken: 'test',
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: 0
+  metricsInterval: 0,
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 var version = require('restify/package.json').version
diff --git a/test/integration/503.js b/test/integration/503.js
index 64945ffac5..d0b26ab41f 100644
--- a/test/integration/503.js
+++ b/test/integration/503.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ getPort().then(function (port) {
     serviceName: 'test',
     serverUrl: 'http://localhost:' + port,
     captureExceptions: false,
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false,
     disableInstrumentations: ['http'] // avoid the agent instrumenting the mock APM Server
   })
 
diff --git a/test/integration/abort-on-invalid-cert.js b/test/integration/abort-on-invalid-cert.js
index 7dcf4d12fe..95d4824a28 100644
--- a/test/integration/abort-on-invalid-cert.js
+++ b/test/integration/abort-on-invalid-cert.js
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ var getPort = require('get-port')
 getPort().then(function (port) {
   var agent = require('../../').start({
     serviceName: 'test',
-    serverUrl: 'https://localhost:' + port
+    serverUrl: 'https://localhost:' + port,
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false
   })
 
   var https = require('https')
diff --git a/test/integration/allow-invalid-cert.js b/test/integration/allow-invalid-cert.js
index 6ec6ca96b3..cc89cd9173 100644
--- a/test/integration/allow-invalid-cert.js
+++ b/test/integration/allow-invalid-cert.js
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ getPort().then(function (port) {
   var agent = require('../../').start({
     serviceName: 'test',
     serverUrl: 'https://localhost:' + port,
+    captureExceptions: false,
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false,
     disableInstrumentations: ['https'], // avoid the agent instrumenting the mock APM Server
-    verifyServerCert: false,
-    metricsInterval: 0
+    verifyServerCert: false
   })
 
   var https = require('https')
diff --git a/test/integration/api-schema/basic.js b/test/integration/api-schema/basic.js
index 67ea480a36..aa46f55058 100644
--- a/test/integration/api-schema/basic.js
+++ b/test/integration/api-schema/basic.js
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ const utils = require('./_utils')
 const Agent = require('../../_agent')
 const findObjInArray = require('../../_utils').findObjInArray
 
-process.env.ELASTIC_APM_METRICS_INTERVAL = '0'
-
 const next = afterAll(function (err, validators) {
   if (err) throw err
 
@@ -214,6 +212,8 @@ function newAgent (server) {
     serviceName: 'test',
     serverUrl: 'http://localhost:' + server.address().port,
     captureExceptions: false,
-    disableInstrumentations: ['http']
+    disableInstrumentations: ['http'],
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/api-schema/capture-error-log-stack-traces.js b/test/integration/api-schema/capture-error-log-stack-traces.js
index fd319273d5..c611b432be 100644
--- a/test/integration/api-schema/capture-error-log-stack-traces.js
+++ b/test/integration/api-schema/capture-error-log-stack-traces.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ function newAgent (server) {
     captureExceptions: false,
     disableInstrumentations: ['http'],
     captureErrorLogStackTraces: true,
-    metricsInterval: 0
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/api-schema/capture-span-stack-traces.js b/test/integration/api-schema/capture-span-stack-traces.js
index 7d279a0256..f6a5ca371a 100644
--- a/test/integration/api-schema/capture-span-stack-traces.js
+++ b/test/integration/api-schema/capture-span-stack-traces.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ function newAgent (server) {
     captureExceptions: false,
     disableInstrumentations: ['http'],
     captureSpanStackTraces: false,
-    metricsInterval: 0
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/api-schema/source-lines-error-frames.js b/test/integration/api-schema/source-lines-error-frames.js
index 267b64e301..7cf05945fe 100644
--- a/test/integration/api-schema/source-lines-error-frames.js
+++ b/test/integration/api-schema/source-lines-error-frames.js
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ function newAgent (server) {
     disableInstrumentations: ['http'],
     sourceLinesErrorAppFrames: 0,
     sourceLinesErrorLibraryFrames: 0,
-    metricsInterval: 0
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/api-schema/source-lines-span-frames.js b/test/integration/api-schema/source-lines-span-frames.js
index 8ef816f87b..1c52c43120 100644
--- a/test/integration/api-schema/source-lines-span-frames.js
+++ b/test/integration/api-schema/source-lines-span-frames.js
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ function newAgent (server) {
     disableInstrumentations: ['http'],
     sourceLinesSpanAppFrames: 5,
     sourceLinesSpanLibraryFrames: 5,
-    metricsInterval: 0
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/no-sampling.js b/test/integration/no-sampling.js
index fd926a2885..9e5758fca0 100644
--- a/test/integration/no-sampling.js
+++ b/test/integration/no-sampling.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ getPort().then(function (port) {
     serviceName: 'test',
     serverUrl: 'http://localhost:' + port,
     captureExceptions: false,
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false,
     disableInstrumentations: ['http'], // avoid the agent instrumenting the mock APM Server
     apiRequestTime: '1s'
   })
diff --git a/test/integration/server-url-path.js b/test/integration/server-url-path.js
index d51a499bcd..c0bc54b294 100644
--- a/test/integration/server-url-path.js
+++ b/test/integration/server-url-path.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ getPort().then(function (port) {
     serviceName: 'test',
     serverUrl: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/sub',
     captureExceptions: false,
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false,
     disableInstrumentations: ['http'] // avoid the agent instrumenting the mock APM Server
   })
 
diff --git a/test/integration/skip-internal-http-spans.js b/test/integration/skip-internal-http-spans.js
index 28e835ad8f..5207bc78df 100644
--- a/test/integration/skip-internal-http-spans.js
+++ b/test/integration/skip-internal-http-spans.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ getPort().then(port => {
     serviceName: 'test',
     serverUrl: 'http://localhost:' + port,
     captureExceptions: false,
-    metricsInterval: 0
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false
   })
 
   // hack to ensure that all incoming http requests picked up on the mock APM
diff --git a/test/integration/socket-close.js b/test/integration/socket-close.js
index bde38cf14b..2349c825a8 100644
--- a/test/integration/socket-close.js
+++ b/test/integration/socket-close.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ getPort().then(function (port) {
     serviceName: 'test',
     serverUrl: 'http://localhost:' + port,
     captureExceptions: false,
+    metricsInterval: 0,
+    centralConfig: false,
     disableInstrumentations: ['http'] // avoid the agent instrumenting the mock APM Server
   })
 
diff --git a/test/types/commonjs.js b/test/types/commonjs.js
index eee3130492..34e4829b3b 100644
--- a/test/types/commonjs.js
+++ b/test/types/commonjs.js
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ const agent = require('../../')
 
 agent.start({
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: '0'
+  metricsInterval: '0',
+  centralConfig: false
 })
diff --git a/test/types/index.ts b/test/types/index.ts
index 4196a2ecfe..30c171f57a 100644
--- a/test/types/index.ts
+++ b/test/types/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import agent from '../../'
 
 agent.start({
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: '0'
+  metricsInterval: '0',
+  centralConfig: false
 })
 
 function started (bool: boolean) {}
diff --git a/test/types/transpile/index.ts b/test/types/transpile/index.ts
index 8ef3a7b62f..ad8df29fc3 100644
--- a/test/types/transpile/index.ts
+++ b/test/types/transpile/index.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ import agent from '../../../'
 
 agent.start({
   captureExceptions: false,
-  metricsInterval: '0'
+  metricsInterval: '0',
+  centralConfig: false
 })