diff --git a/expfmt/text_create.go b/expfmt/text_create.go
index 16655d41..8e473d0f 100644
--- a/expfmt/text_create.go
+++ b/expfmt/text_create.go
@@ -436,11 +436,11 @@ func writeEscapedString(w enhancedWriter, v string, includeDoubleQuote bool) (in
 func writeFloat(w enhancedWriter, f float64) (int, error) {
 	switch {
 	case f == 1:
-		return w.WriteString("1.0")
+		return 1, w.WriteByte('1')
 	case f == 0:
-		return w.WriteString("0.0")
+		return 1, w.WriteByte('0')
 	case f == -1:
-		return w.WriteString("-1.0")
+		return w.WriteString("-1")
 	case math.IsNaN(f):
 		return w.WriteString("NaN")
 	case math.IsInf(f, +1):
@@ -450,12 +450,6 @@ func writeFloat(w enhancedWriter, f float64) (int, error) {
 	default:
 		bp := numBufPool.Get().(*[]byte)
 		*bp = strconv.AppendFloat((*bp)[:0], f, 'g', -1, 64)
-		// Add a .0 if used fixed point and there is no decimal
-		// point already. This is for future proofing with OpenMetrics,
-		// where floats always contain either an exponent or decimal.
-		if !bytes.ContainsAny(*bp, "e.") {
-			*bp = append(*bp, '.', '0')
-		}
 		written, err := w.Write(*bp)
 		numBufPool.Put(bp)
 		return written, err
diff --git a/expfmt/text_create_test.go b/expfmt/text_create_test.go
index 892be8ce..86e767c1 100644
--- a/expfmt/text_create_test.go
+++ b/expfmt/text_create_test.go
@@ -212,14 +212,14 @@ untyped_name{name_1="value 1"} -1.23e-45
 # TYPE summary_name summary
 summary_name{quantile="0.5"} -1.23
 summary_name{quantile="0.9"} 0.2342354
-summary_name{quantile="0.99"} 0.0
+summary_name{quantile="0.99"} 0
 summary_name_sum -3.4567
-summary_name_count 42.0
-summary_name{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2",quantile="0.5"} 1.0
-summary_name{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2",quantile="0.9"} 2.0
-summary_name{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2",quantile="0.99"} 3.0
+summary_name_count 42
+summary_name{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2",quantile="0.5"} 1
+summary_name{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2",quantile="0.9"} 2
+summary_name{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2",quantile="0.99"} 3
 summary_name_sum{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2"} 2010.1971
-summary_name_count{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2"} 4711.0
+summary_name_count{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2"} 4711
 `,
 		},
 		// 4: Histogram
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ summary_name_count{name_1="value 1",name_2="value 2"} 4711.0
 			},
 			out: `# HELP request_duration_microseconds The response latency.
 # TYPE request_duration_microseconds histogram
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="100.0"} 123.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="120.0"} 412.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="144.0"} 592.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="172.8"} 1524.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="+Inf"} 2693.0
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="100"} 123
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="120"} 412
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="144"} 592
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="172.8"} 1524
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="+Inf"} 2693
 request_duration_microseconds_sum 1.7560473e+06
-request_duration_microseconds_count 2693.0
+request_duration_microseconds_count 2693
 `,
 		},
 		// 5: Histogram with missing +Inf bucket.
@@ -282,26 +282,6 @@ request_duration_microseconds_count 2693.0
 							SampleCount: proto.Uint64(2693),
 							SampleSum:   proto.Float64(1756047.3),
 							Bucket: []*dto.Bucket{
-								&dto.Bucket{
-									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(0),
-									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(123),
-								},
-								&dto.Bucket{
-									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(1e-5),
-									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(123),
-								},
-								&dto.Bucket{
-									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(1e-4),
-									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(123),
-								},
-								&dto.Bucket{
-									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(1e-1),
-									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(123),
-								},
-								&dto.Bucket{
-									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(1),
-									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(123),
-								},
 								&dto.Bucket{
 									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(100),
 									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(123),
@@ -318,18 +298,6 @@ request_duration_microseconds_count 2693.0
 									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(172.8),
 									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(1524),
 								},
-								&dto.Bucket{
-									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(1e5),
-									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(1543),
-								},
-								&dto.Bucket{
-									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(1e6),
-									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(1544),
-								},
-								&dto.Bucket{
-									UpperBound:      proto.Float64(1e23),
-									CumulativeCount: proto.Uint64(1545),
-								},
 							},
 						},
 					},
@@ -337,21 +305,13 @@ request_duration_microseconds_count 2693.0
 			},
 			out: `# HELP request_duration_microseconds The response latency.
 # TYPE request_duration_microseconds histogram
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="0.0"} 123.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="1e-05"} 123.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="0.0001"} 123.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="0.1"} 123.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="1.0"} 123.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="100.0"} 123.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="120.0"} 412.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="144.0"} 592.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="172.8"} 1524.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="100000.0"} 1543.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="1e+06"} 1544.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="1e+23"} 1545.0
-request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="+Inf"} 2693.0
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="100"} 123
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="120"} 412
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="144"} 592
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="172.8"} 1524
+request_duration_microseconds_bucket{le="+Inf"} 2693
 request_duration_microseconds_sum 1.7560473e+06
-request_duration_microseconds_count 2693.0
+request_duration_microseconds_count 2693
 `,
 		},
 		// 6: No metric type, should result in default type Counter.