diff --git a/registry/endpoint_v1.go b/registry/endpoint_v1.go
index 7c12ef6646..684c330dc3 100644
--- a/registry/endpoint_v1.go
+++ b/registry/endpoint_v1.go
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ func NewV1Endpoint(index *registrytypes.IndexInfo, userAgent string, metaHeaders
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := validateEndpoint(endpoint); err != nil {
+	err = validateEndpoint(endpoint)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -68,20 +69,6 @@ func validateEndpoint(endpoint *V1Endpoint) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func newV1Endpoint(address url.URL, tlsConfig *tls.Config, userAgent string, metaHeaders http.Header) *V1Endpoint {
-	endpoint := &V1Endpoint{
-		IsSecure: tlsConfig == nil || !tlsConfig.InsecureSkipVerify,
-		URL:      new(url.URL),
-	}
-
-	*endpoint.URL = address
-
-	// TODO(tiborvass): make sure a ConnectTimeout transport is used
-	tr := NewTransport(tlsConfig)
-	endpoint.client = HTTPClient(transport.NewTransport(tr, Headers(userAgent, metaHeaders)...))
-	return endpoint
-}
-
 // trimV1Address trims the version off the address and returns the
 // trimmed address or an error if there is a non-V1 version.
 func trimV1Address(address string) (string, error) {
@@ -90,10 +77,7 @@ func trimV1Address(address string) (string, error) {
 		apiVersionStr string
 	)
 
-	if strings.HasSuffix(address, "/") {
-		address = address[:len(address)-1]
-	}
-
+	address = strings.TrimSuffix(address, "/")
 	chunks = strings.Split(address, "/")
 	apiVersionStr = chunks[len(chunks)-1]
 	if apiVersionStr == "v1" {
@@ -124,9 +108,14 @@ func newV1EndpointFromStr(address string, tlsConfig *tls.Config, userAgent strin
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	endpoint := newV1Endpoint(*uri, tlsConfig, userAgent, metaHeaders)
+	// TODO(tiborvass): make sure a ConnectTimeout transport is used
+	tr := NewTransport(tlsConfig)
 
-	return endpoint, nil
+	return &V1Endpoint{
+		IsSecure: tlsConfig == nil || !tlsConfig.InsecureSkipVerify,
+		URL:      uri,
+		client:   HTTPClient(transport.NewTransport(tr, Headers(userAgent, metaHeaders)...)),
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // Get the formatted URL for the root of this registry Endpoint
@@ -142,29 +131,28 @@ func (e *V1Endpoint) Path(path string) string {
 
 // Ping returns a PingResult which indicates whether the registry is standalone or not.
 func (e *V1Endpoint) Ping() (PingResult, error) {
-	logrus.Debugf("attempting v1 ping for registry endpoint %s", e)
-
 	if e.String() == IndexServer {
 		// Skip the check, we know this one is valid
 		// (and we never want to fallback to http in case of error)
-		return PingResult{Standalone: false}, nil
+		return PingResult{}, nil
 	}
 
+	logrus.Debugf("attempting v1 ping for registry endpoint %s", e)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, e.Path("_ping"), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return PingResult{Standalone: false}, err
+		return PingResult{}, err
 	}
 
 	resp, err := e.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return PingResult{Standalone: false}, err
+		return PingResult{}, err
 	}
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	jsonString, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return PingResult{Standalone: false}, fmt.Errorf("error while reading the http response: %s", err)
+		return PingResult{}, fmt.Errorf("error while reading the http response: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	// If the header is absent, we assume true for compatibility with earlier
@@ -177,13 +165,12 @@ func (e *V1Endpoint) Ping() (PingResult, error) {
 		// don't stop here. Just assume sane defaults
 	}
 	if hdr := resp.Header.Get("X-Docker-Registry-Version"); hdr != "" {
-		logrus.Debugf("Registry version header: '%s'", hdr)
 		info.Version = hdr
 	}
 	logrus.Debugf("PingResult.Version: %q", info.Version)
 
 	standalone := resp.Header.Get("X-Docker-Registry-Standalone")
-	logrus.Debugf("Registry standalone header: '%s'", standalone)
+
 	// Accepted values are "true" (case-insensitive) and "1".
 	if strings.EqualFold(standalone, "true") || standalone == "1" {
 		info.Standalone = true
diff --git a/registry/service.go b/registry/service.go
index 7e55923c11..276b04724a 100644
--- a/registry/service.go
+++ b/registry/service.go
@@ -246,18 +246,12 @@ type APIEndpoint struct {
 	TLSConfig                      *tls.Config
 }
 
-// ToV1Endpoint returns a V1 API endpoint based on the APIEndpoint
-// Deprecated: this function is deprecated and will be removed in a future update
-func (e APIEndpoint) ToV1Endpoint(userAgent string, metaHeaders http.Header) *V1Endpoint {
-	return newV1Endpoint(*e.URL, e.TLSConfig, userAgent, metaHeaders)
-}
-
 // TLSConfig constructs a client TLS configuration based on server defaults
 func (s *DefaultService) TLSConfig(hostname string) (*tls.Config, error) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
 
-	return newTLSConfig(hostname, isSecureIndex(s.config, hostname))
+	return s.tlsConfig(hostname)
 }
 
 // tlsConfig constructs a client TLS configuration based on server defaults
@@ -265,10 +259,6 @@ func (s *DefaultService) tlsConfig(hostname string) (*tls.Config, error) {
 	return newTLSConfig(hostname, isSecureIndex(s.config, hostname))
 }
 
-func (s *DefaultService) tlsConfigForMirror(mirrorURL *url.URL) (*tls.Config, error) {
-	return s.tlsConfig(mirrorURL.Host)
-}
-
 // LookupPullEndpoints creates a list of v2 endpoints to try to pull from, in order of preference.
 // It gives preference to mirrors over the actual registry, and HTTPS over plain HTTP.
 func (s *DefaultService) LookupPullEndpoints(hostname string) (endpoints []APIEndpoint, err error) {
diff --git a/registry/service_v2.go b/registry/service_v2.go
index 3e3a5b41ff..46f28ebccf 100644
--- a/registry/service_v2.go
+++ b/registry/service_v2.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func (s *DefaultService) lookupV2Endpoints(hostname string) (endpoints []APIEndp
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			mirrorTLSConfig, err := s.tlsConfigForMirror(mirrorURL)
+			mirrorTLSConfig, err := s.tlsConfig(mirrorURL.Host)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/registry/types.go b/registry/types.go
index 28ed2bfa5e..073e244ba8 100644
--- a/registry/types.go
+++ b/registry/types.go
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ func (av APIVersion) String() string {
 
 // API Version identifiers.
 const (
-	_                      = iota
-	APIVersion1 APIVersion = iota
-	APIVersion2
+	APIVersion1 APIVersion = 1
+	APIVersion2 APIVersion = 2
 )
 
 var apiVersions = map[APIVersion]string{