diff --git a/cmd/prometheus/main.go b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
index 2eed8e7ce..c042143ff 100644
--- a/cmd/prometheus/main.go
+++ b/cmd/prometheus/main.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func (c *flagConfig) setFeatureListOptions(logger log.Logger) error {
 				c.scrape.ExtraMetrics = true
 				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Experimental additional scrape metrics enabled")
 			case "metadata-wal-records":
-				c.scrape.EnableMetadataStorage = true
+				c.scrape.AppendMetadata = true
 				level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Experimental metadata records in WAL enabled, required for remote write 2.0")
 			case "new-service-discovery-manager":
 				c.enableNewSDManager = true
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ func main() {
 	var (
 		localStorage  = &readyStorage{stats: tsdb.NewDBStats()}
 		scraper       = &readyScrapeManager{}
-		remoteStorage = remote.NewStorage(log.With(logger, "component", "remote"), prometheus.DefaultRegisterer, localStorage.StartTime, localStoragePath, time.Duration(cfg.RemoteFlushDeadline), scraper, remote.RemoteWriteFormat(cfg.rwFormat), cfg.scrape.EnableMetadataStorage)
+		remoteStorage = remote.NewStorage(log.With(logger, "component", "remote"), prometheus.DefaultRegisterer, localStorage.StartTime, localStoragePath, time.Duration(cfg.RemoteFlushDeadline), scraper, cfg.scrape.AppendMetadata)
 		fanoutStorage = storage.NewFanout(logger, localStorage, remoteStorage)
 	)
 
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ func main() {
 		cfg.web.Flags[f.Name] = f.Value.String()
 	}
 
-	cfg.web.RemoteWriteFormat = remote.RemoteWriteFormat(cfg.rwFormat)
+	cfg.web.RemoteWriteFormat = config.RemoteWriteFormat(cfg.rwFormat)
 	// Depends on cfg.web.ScrapeManager so needs to be after cfg.web.ScrapeManager = scrapeManager.
 	webHandler := web.New(log.With(logger, "component", "web"), &cfg.web)
 
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 7fa03a144..82dd29d65 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1016,6 +1016,9 @@ func CheckTargetAddress(address model.LabelValue) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// This needs to live here rather than in the remote package to avoid an import cycle.
+type RemoteWriteFormat int64
+
 // RemoteWriteConfig is the configuration for writing to remote storage.
 type RemoteWriteConfig struct {
 	URL                  *config.URL       `yaml:"url"`
@@ -1025,6 +1028,7 @@ type RemoteWriteConfig struct {
 	Name                 string            `yaml:"name,omitempty"`
 	SendExemplars        bool              `yaml:"send_exemplars,omitempty"`
 	SendNativeHistograms bool              `yaml:"send_native_histograms,omitempty"`
+	ProtocolVersion      RemoteWriteFormat `yaml:"remote_write_version,omitempty"`
 
 	// We cannot do proper Go type embedding below as the parser will then parse
 	// values arbitrarily into the overflow maps of further-down types.
diff --git a/scrape/manager.go b/scrape/manager.go
index 3ad315a50..446bc3dc0 100644
--- a/scrape/manager.go
+++ b/scrape/manager.go
@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Option used by downstream scraper users like OpenTelemetry Collector
 	// to help lookup metric metadata. Should be false for Prometheus.
 	PassMetadataInContext bool
-	// Option to enable the experimental in-memory metadata storage and append
-	// metadata to the WAL.
-	EnableMetadataStorage bool
+	// Option to enable appending of scraped Metadata to the TSDB/other appenders. Individual appenders
+	// can decide what to do with metadata, but for practical purposes this flag exists so that metadata
+	// can be written to the WAL and thus read for remote write.
+	// TODO: implement some form of metadata storage
+	AppendMetadata bool
 	// Option to increase the interval used by scrape manager to throttle target groups updates.
 	DiscoveryReloadInterval model.Duration
 	// Option to enable the ingestion of the created timestamp as a synthetic zero sample.
diff --git a/scrape/scrape.go b/scrape/scrape.go
index dfa945852..bde5249d0 100644
--- a/scrape/scrape.go
+++ b/scrape/scrape.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func newScrapePool(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig, app storage.Appendable, offsetSeed
 			opts.scrapeClassicHistograms,
 			options.EnableCreatedTimestampZeroIngestion,
 			options.ExtraMetrics,
-			options.EnableMetadataStorage,
+			options.AppendMetadata,
 			opts.target,
 			options.PassMetadataInContext,
 			metrics,
diff --git a/storage/remote/client.go b/storage/remote/client.go
index 19f409b11..ddceac3b2 100644
--- a/storage/remote/client.go
+++ b/storage/remote/client.go
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/sigv4"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/version"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote/azuread"
 )
@@ -81,9 +83,9 @@ func init() {
 
 // Client allows reading and writing from/to a remote HTTP endpoint.
 type Client struct {
-	remoteName string            // Used to differentiate clients in metrics.
-	urlString  string            // url.String()
-	rwFormat   RemoteWriteFormat // For write clients, ignored for read clients.
+	remoteName string                   // Used to differentiate clients in metrics.
+	urlString  string                   // url.String()
+	rwFormat   config.RemoteWriteFormat // For write clients, ignored for read clients.
 	Client     *http.Client
 	timeout    time.Duration
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ type Client struct {
 // ClientConfig configures a client.
 type ClientConfig struct {
 	URL               *config_util.URL
-	RemoteWriteFormat RemoteWriteFormat
+	RemoteWriteFormat config.RemoteWriteFormat
 	Timeout           model.Duration
 	HTTPClientConfig  config_util.HTTPClientConfig
 	SigV4Config       *sigv4.SigV4Config
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ func (c *Client) Store(ctx context.Context, req []byte, attempt int) error {
 		httpReq.Header.Set(RemoteWriteVersionHeader, RemoteWriteVersion1HeaderValue)
 	} else {
 		// Set the right header if we're using v1.1 remote write protocol
-		httpReq.Header.Set(RemoteWriteVersionHeader, RemoteWriteVersion11HeaderValue)
+		httpReq.Header.Set(RemoteWriteVersionHeader, RemoteWriteVersion2HeaderValue)
 	}
 
 	if attempt > 0 {
diff --git a/storage/remote/codec_test.go b/storage/remote/codec_test.go
index abd726821..750fb612c 100644
--- a/storage/remote/codec_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/codec_test.go
@@ -568,8 +568,7 @@ func TestDecodeWriteRequest(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDecodeMinWriteRequest(t *testing.T) {
-	buf, _, _, err := buildMinimizedWriteRequestStr(log.NewNopLogger(), writeRequestMinimizedFixture.Timeseries, writeRequestMinimizedFixture.Symbols, nil, nil, nil)
-
+	buf, _, _, err := buildV2WriteRequest(log.NewNopLogger(), writeRequestMinimizedFixture.Timeseries, writeRequestMinimizedFixture.Symbols, nil, nil, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	actual, err := DecodeMinimizedWriteRequestStr(bytes.NewReader(buf))
diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
index 980dcfbab..4dc2b834e 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
@@ -394,11 +394,9 @@ type WriteClient interface {
 	Endpoint() string
 }
 
-type RemoteWriteFormat int64 //nolint:revive // exported.
-
 const (
-	Version1 RemoteWriteFormat = iota // 1.0, 0.1, etc.
-	Version2                          // symbols are indices into an array of strings
+	Version1 config.RemoteWriteFormat = iota // 1.0, 0.1, etc.
+	Version2                                 // symbols are indices into an array of strings
 )
 
 // QueueManager manages a queue of samples to be sent to the Storage
@@ -419,7 +417,7 @@ type QueueManager struct {
 	watcher              *wlog.Watcher
 	metadataWatcher      *MetadataWatcher
 	// experimental feature, new remote write proto format
-	rwFormat RemoteWriteFormat
+	rwFormat config.RemoteWriteFormat
 
 	clientMtx   sync.RWMutex
 	storeClient WriteClient
@@ -468,7 +466,7 @@ func NewQueueManager(
 	sm ReadyScrapeManager,
 	enableExemplarRemoteWrite bool,
 	enableNativeHistogramRemoteWrite bool,
-	rwFormat RemoteWriteFormat,
+	rwFormat config.RemoteWriteFormat,
 ) *QueueManager {
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = log.NewNopLogger()
@@ -1659,16 +1657,15 @@ func populateTimeSeries(batch []timeSeries, pendingData []prompb.TimeSeries, sen
 	return nPendingSamples, nPendingExemplars, nPendingHistograms
 }
 
-func (s *shards) sendSamples(ctx context.Context, series []prompb.TimeSeries, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount int, pBuf *proto.Buffer, buf *[]byte) {
+func (s *shards) sendSamples(ctx context.Context, samples []prompb.TimeSeries, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount int, pBuf *proto.Buffer, buf *[]byte) {
 	begin := time.Now()
-	err := s.sendSamplesWithBackoff(ctx, series, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, 0, pBuf, buf)
-
+	err := s.sendSamplesWithBackoff(ctx, samples, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, 0, pBuf, buf)
 	s.updateMetrics(ctx, err, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, 0, time.Since(begin))
 }
 
 func (s *shards) sendV2Samples(ctx context.Context, samples []writev2.TimeSeries, labels []string, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, metadataCount int, pBuf, buf *[]byte) {
 	begin := time.Now()
-	err := s.sendV2SamplesWithBackoff(ctx, samples, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, metadataCount, labels, pBuf, buf)
+	err := s.sendV2SamplesWithBackoff(ctx, samples, labels, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, metadataCount, pBuf, buf)
 	s.updateMetrics(ctx, err, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, metadataCount, time.Since(begin))
 }
 
@@ -1786,9 +1783,9 @@ func (s *shards) sendSamplesWithBackoff(ctx context.Context, samples []prompb.Ti
 }
 
 // sendV2Samples to the remote storage with backoff for recoverable errors.
-func (s *shards) sendV2SamplesWithBackoff(ctx context.Context, samples []writev2.TimeSeries, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, metadataCount int, labels []string, pBuf, buf *[]byte) error {
+func (s *shards) sendV2SamplesWithBackoff(ctx context.Context, samples []writev2.TimeSeries, labels []string, sampleCount, exemplarCount, histogramCount, metadataCount int, pBuf, buf *[]byte) error {
 	// Build the WriteRequest with no metadata.
-	req, highest, lowest, err := buildMinimizedWriteRequestStr(s.qm.logger, samples, labels, pBuf, buf, nil)
+	req, highest, lowest, err := buildV2WriteRequest(s.qm.logger, samples, labels, pBuf, buf, nil)
 	s.qm.buildRequestLimitTimestamp.Store(lowest)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Failing to build the write request is non-recoverable, since it will
@@ -1807,7 +1804,7 @@ func (s *shards) sendV2SamplesWithBackoff(ctx context.Context, samples []writev2
 		lowest := s.qm.buildRequestLimitTimestamp.Load()
 		if isSampleOld(currentTime, time.Duration(s.qm.cfg.SampleAgeLimit), lowest) {
 			// This will filter out old samples during retries.
-			req, _, lowest, err := buildMinimizedWriteRequestStr(
+			req, _, lowest, err := buildV2WriteRequest(
 				s.qm.logger,
 				samples,
 				labels,
@@ -2102,9 +2099,8 @@ func (r *rwSymbolTable) clear() {
 	}
 }
 
-func buildMinimizedWriteRequestStr(logger log.Logger, timeSeries []writev2.TimeSeries, labels []string, pBuf, buf *[]byte, filter func(writev2.TimeSeries) bool) ([]byte, int64, int64, error) {
-	highest, lowest, timeSeries,
-		droppedSamples, droppedExemplars, droppedHistograms := buildV2TimeSeries(timeSeries, filter)
+func buildV2WriteRequest(logger log.Logger, samples []writev2.TimeSeries, labels []string, pBuf, buf *[]byte, filter func(writev2.TimeSeries) bool) ([]byte, int64, int64, error) {
+	highest, lowest, timeSeries, droppedSamples, droppedExemplars, droppedHistograms := buildV2TimeSeries(samples, filter)
 
 	if droppedSamples > 0 || droppedExemplars > 0 || droppedHistograms > 0 {
 		level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "dropped data due to their age", "droppedSamples", droppedSamples, "droppedExemplars", droppedExemplars, "droppedHistograms", droppedHistograms)
diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
index 6c879d7c5..67c09a39d 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func TestSampleDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 		exemplars       bool
 		histograms      bool
 		floatHistograms bool
-		rwFormat        RemoteWriteFormat
+		rwFormat        config.RemoteWriteFormat
 	}{
 		{samples: true, exemplars: false, histograms: false, floatHistograms: false, name: "samples only"},
 		{samples: true, exemplars: true, histograms: true, floatHistograms: true, name: "samples, exemplars, and histograms"},
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestSampleDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			dir := t.TempDir()
-			s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, tc.rwFormat, true)
+			s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, true)
 			defer s.Close()
 
 			var (
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ func TestSampleDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 			// Apply new config.
 			queueConfig.Capacity = len(samples)
 			queueConfig.MaxSamplesPerSend = len(samples) / 2
+			// For now we only ever have a single rw config in this test.
+			conf.RemoteWriteConfigs[0].ProtocolVersion = tc.rwFormat
 			require.NoError(t, s.ApplyConfig(conf))
 			hash, err := toHash(writeConfig)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ func TestMetadataDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestWALMetadataDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version2, true)
+	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, true)
 	defer s.Close()
 
 	cfg := config.DefaultQueueConfig
@@ -394,6 +396,7 @@ func TestWALMetadataDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 
 	writeConfig := baseRemoteWriteConfig("http://test-storage.com")
 	writeConfig.QueueConfig = cfg
+	writeConfig.ProtocolVersion = Version2
 
 	conf := &config.Config{
 		GlobalConfig: config.DefaultGlobalConfig,
@@ -424,7 +427,7 @@ func TestWALMetadataDelivery(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSampleDeliveryTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, rwFormat := range []RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
+	for _, rwFormat := range []config.RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(rwFormat), func(t *testing.T) {
 			// Let's send one less sample than batch size, and wait the timeout duration
 			n := 9
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@ func TestSampleDeliveryTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSampleDeliveryOrder(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, rwFormat := range []RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
+	for _, rwFormat := range []config.RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(rwFormat), func(t *testing.T) {
 			ts := 10
 			n := config.DefaultQueueConfig.MaxSamplesPerSend * ts
@@ -558,7 +561,7 @@ func TestSeriesReset(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReshard(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, rwFormat := range []RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
+	for _, rwFormat := range []config.RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(rwFormat), func(t *testing.T) {
 			size := 10 // Make bigger to find more races.
 			nSeries := 6
@@ -601,7 +604,7 @@ func TestReshard(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReshardRaceWithStop(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, rwFormat := range []RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
+	for _, rwFormat := range []config.RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(rwFormat), func(t *testing.T) {
 			c := NewTestWriteClient(rwFormat)
 			var m *QueueManager
@@ -639,7 +642,7 @@ func TestReshardRaceWithStop(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReshardPartialBatch(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, rwFormat := range []RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
+	for _, rwFormat := range []config.RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(rwFormat), func(t *testing.T) {
 			samples, series := createTimeseries(1, 10)
 
@@ -685,7 +688,7 @@ func TestReshardPartialBatch(t *testing.T) {
 // where a large scrape (> capacity + max samples per send) is appended at the
 // same time as a batch times out according to the batch send deadline.
 func TestQueueFilledDeadlock(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, rwFormat := range []RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
+	for _, rwFormat := range []config.RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(rwFormat), func(t *testing.T) {
 			samples, series := createTimeseries(50, 1)
 
@@ -727,7 +730,7 @@ func TestQueueFilledDeadlock(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReleaseNoninternedString(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, rwFormat := range []RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
+	for _, rwFormat := range []config.RemoteWriteFormat{Version1, Version2} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(rwFormat), func(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg := testDefaultQueueConfig()
 			mcfg := config.DefaultMetadataConfig
@@ -964,10 +967,10 @@ type TestWriteClient struct {
 	writesReceived          int
 	mtx                     sync.Mutex
 	buf                     []byte
-	rwFormat                RemoteWriteFormat
+	rwFormat                config.RemoteWriteFormat
 }
 
-func NewTestWriteClient(rwFormat RemoteWriteFormat) *TestWriteClient {
+func NewTestWriteClient(rwFormat config.RemoteWriteFormat) *TestWriteClient {
 	return &TestWriteClient{
 		receivedSamples:  map[string][]prompb.Sample{},
 		expectedSamples:  map[string][]prompb.Sample{},
@@ -1772,7 +1775,7 @@ func BenchmarkBuildMinimizedWriteRequest(b *testing.B) {
 		// Warmup buffers
 		for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 			populateV2TimeSeries(&symbolTable, tc.batch, seriesBuff, true, true)
-			buildMinimizedWriteRequestStr(noopLogger, seriesBuff, symbolTable.LabelsStrings(), &pBuf, &buff, nil)
+			buildV2WriteRequest(noopLogger, seriesBuff, symbolTable.LabelsStrings(), &pBuf, &buff, nil)
 		}
 
 		b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d-instances", len(tc.batch)), func(b *testing.B) {
@@ -1780,7 +1783,7 @@ func BenchmarkBuildMinimizedWriteRequest(b *testing.B) {
 			for j := 0; j < b.N; j++ {
 				populateV2TimeSeries(&symbolTable, tc.batch, seriesBuff, true, true)
 				b.ResetTimer()
-				req, _, _, err := buildMinimizedWriteRequestStr(noopLogger, seriesBuff, symbolTable.LabelsStrings(), &pBuf, &buff, nil)
+				req, _, _, err := buildV2WriteRequest(noopLogger, seriesBuff, symbolTable.LabelsStrings(), &pBuf, &buff, nil)
 				if err != nil {
 					b.Fatal(err)
 				}
diff --git a/storage/remote/read_test.go b/storage/remote/read_test.go
index ae75231d5..fe823288c 100644
--- a/storage/remote/read_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/read_test.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestNoDuplicateReadConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
 			// todo: test with new format type(s)?
-			s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+			s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 			conf := &config.Config{
 				GlobalConfig:      config.DefaultGlobalConfig,
 				RemoteReadConfigs: tc.cfgs,
diff --git a/storage/remote/storage.go b/storage/remote/storage.go
index fa59f57bc..afa2d411a 100644
--- a/storage/remote/storage.go
+++ b/storage/remote/storage.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type Storage struct {
 }
 
 // NewStorage returns a remote.Storage.
-func NewStorage(l log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, stCallback startTimeCallback, walDir string, flushDeadline time.Duration, sm ReadyScrapeManager, rwFormat RemoteWriteFormat, metadataInWAL bool) *Storage {
+func NewStorage(l log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, stCallback startTimeCallback, walDir string, flushDeadline time.Duration, sm ReadyScrapeManager, metadataInWAL bool) *Storage {
 	if l == nil {
 		l = log.NewNopLogger()
 	}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func NewStorage(l log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, stCallback startTimeCal
 		logger:                 logger,
 		localStartTimeCallback: stCallback,
 	}
-	s.rws = NewWriteStorage(s.logger, reg, walDir, flushDeadline, sm, rwFormat, metadataInWAL)
+	s.rws = NewWriteStorage(s.logger, reg, walDir, flushDeadline, sm, metadataInWAL)
 	return s
 }
 
diff --git a/storage/remote/storage_test.go b/storage/remote/storage_test.go
index 1fa0c4b8d..8b44eb140 100644
--- a/storage/remote/storage_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/storage_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestStorageLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 	conf := &config.Config{
 		GlobalConfig: config.DefaultGlobalConfig,
 		RemoteWriteConfigs: []*config.RemoteWriteConfig{
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestUpdateRemoteReadConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 
 	conf := &config.Config{
 		GlobalConfig: config.GlobalConfig{},
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestFilterExternalLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 
 	conf := &config.Config{
 		GlobalConfig: config.GlobalConfig{
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestIgnoreExternalLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 
 	conf := &config.Config{
 		GlobalConfig: config.GlobalConfig{
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func baseRemoteReadConfig(host string) *config.RemoteReadConfig {
 // ApplyConfig runs concurrently with Notify
 // See https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/12747
 func TestWriteStorageApplyConfigsDuringCommit(t *testing.T) {
-	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, t.TempDir(), defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewStorage(nil, nil, nil, t.TempDir(), defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(2000)
diff --git a/storage/remote/write.go b/storage/remote/write.go
index afb7dbd69..8d584530f 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write.go
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ type WriteStorage struct {
 	externalLabels    labels.Labels
 	dir               string
 	queues            map[string]*QueueManager
-	rwFormat          RemoteWriteFormat
 	metadataInWAL     bool
 	samplesIn         *ewmaRate
 	flushDeadline     time.Duration
@@ -79,13 +78,12 @@ type WriteStorage struct {
 }
 
 // NewWriteStorage creates and runs a WriteStorage.
-func NewWriteStorage(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, flushDeadline time.Duration, sm ReadyScrapeManager, rwFormat RemoteWriteFormat, metadataInWal bool) *WriteStorage {
+func NewWriteStorage(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, flushDeadline time.Duration, sm ReadyScrapeManager, metadataInWal bool) *WriteStorage {
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = log.NewNopLogger()
 	}
 	rws := &WriteStorage{
 		queues:            make(map[string]*QueueManager),
-		rwFormat:          rwFormat,
 		watcherMetrics:    wlog.NewWatcherMetrics(reg),
 		liveReaderMetrics: wlog.NewLiveReaderMetrics(reg),
 		logger:            logger,
@@ -96,6 +94,7 @@ func NewWriteStorage(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, f
 		interner:          newPool(),
 		scraper:           sm,
 		quit:              make(chan struct{}),
+		metadataInWAL:     metadataInWal,
 		highestTimestamp: &maxTimestamp{
 			Gauge: prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 				Namespace: namespace,
@@ -149,8 +148,7 @@ func (rws *WriteStorage) ApplyConfig(conf *config.Config) error {
 	newQueues := make(map[string]*QueueManager)
 	newHashes := []string{}
 	for _, rwConf := range conf.RemoteWriteConfigs {
-		// todo: change the rws.rwFormat to a queue config field
-		if rws.rwFormat > Version1 && rws.metadataInWAL {
+		if rwConf.ProtocolVersion > Version1 && !rws.metadataInWAL {
 			return errors.New("invalid remote write configuration, if you are using remote write version 2.0 then the feature flag for metadata records in the WAL must be enabled")
 		}
 		hash, err := toHash(rwConf)
@@ -173,7 +171,7 @@ func (rws *WriteStorage) ApplyConfig(conf *config.Config) error {
 
 		c, err := NewWriteClient(name, &ClientConfig{
 			URL:               rwConf.URL,
-			RemoteWriteFormat: rws.rwFormat,
+			RemoteWriteFormat: rwConf.ProtocolVersion,
 			Timeout:           rwConf.RemoteTimeout,
 			HTTPClientConfig:  rwConf.HTTPClientConfig,
 			SigV4Config:       rwConf.SigV4Config,
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@ func (rws *WriteStorage) ApplyConfig(conf *config.Config) error {
 			rws.scraper,
 			rwConf.SendExemplars,
 			rwConf.SendNativeHistograms,
-			rws.rwFormat,
+			rwConf.ProtocolVersion,
 		)
 		// Keep track of which queues are new so we know which to start.
 		newHashes = append(newHashes, hash)
diff --git a/storage/remote/write_handler.go b/storage/remote/write_handler.go
index f1c479984..0ebeda806 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write_handler.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write_handler.go
@@ -19,24 +19,24 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
-	writev2 "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb/write/v2"
-
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/exemplar"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb"
+	writev2 "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prompb/write/v2"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
 	otlptranslator "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote/otlptranslator/prometheusremotewrite"
 )
 
 const (
-	RemoteWriteVersionHeader        = "X-Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version"
-	RemoteWriteVersion1HeaderValue  = "0.1.0"
-	RemoteWriteVersion11HeaderValue = "1.1" // TODO-RW11: Final value?
+	RemoteWriteVersionHeader       = "X-Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version"
+	RemoteWriteVersion1HeaderValue = "0.1.0"
+	RemoteWriteVersion2HeaderValue = "2.0"
 )
 
 type writeHandler struct {
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ type writeHandler struct {
 
 	// Experimental feature, new remote write proto format
 	// The handler will accept the new format, but it can still accept the old one
-	// TODO: this should eventually be via content negotiation
-	rwFormat RemoteWriteFormat
+	// TODO: this should eventually be via content negotiation?
+	rwFormat config.RemoteWriteFormat
 }
 
 // NewWriteHandler creates a http.Handler that accepts remote write requests and
 // writes them to the provided appendable.
-func NewWriteHandler(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, appendable storage.Appendable, rwFormat RemoteWriteFormat) http.Handler {
+func NewWriteHandler(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, appendable storage.Appendable, rwFormat config.RemoteWriteFormat) http.Handler {
 	h := &writeHandler{
 		logger:     logger,
 		appendable: appendable,
diff --git a/storage/remote/write_handler_test.go b/storage/remote/write_handler_test.go
index dc99ecf62..dad2663bb 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write_handler_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write_handler_test.go
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ func TestRemoteWriteHandler(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRemoteWriteHandlerMinimizedFormat(t *testing.T) {
-	buf, _, _, err := buildMinimizedWriteRequestStr(log.NewNopLogger(), writeRequestMinimizedFixture.Timeseries, writeRequestMinimizedFixture.Symbols, nil, nil, nil)
+	buf, _, _, err := buildV2WriteRequest(log.NewNopLogger(), writeRequestMinimizedFixture.Timeseries, writeRequestMinimizedFixture.Symbols, nil, nil, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("", "", bytes.NewReader(buf))
-	req.Header.Set(RemoteWriteVersionHeader, RemoteWriteVersion11HeaderValue)
+	req.Header.Set(RemoteWriteVersionHeader, RemoteWriteVersion2HeaderValue)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	appendable := &mockAppendable{}
diff --git a/storage/remote/write_test.go b/storage/remote/write_test.go
index 7aa45af11..62a3d087f 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write_test.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestNoDuplicateWriteConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		// todo: test with new format type(s)
-		s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, time.Millisecond, nil, Version1, false)
+		s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, time.Millisecond, nil, false)
 		conf := &config.Config{
 			GlobalConfig:       config.DefaultGlobalConfig,
 			RemoteWriteConfigs: tc.cfgs,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestRestartOnNameChange(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, time.Millisecond, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, time.Millisecond, nil, false)
 
 	conf := &config.Config{
 		GlobalConfig: config.DefaultGlobalConfig,
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func TestUpdateWithRegisterer(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, prometheus.NewRegistry(), dir, time.Millisecond, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, prometheus.NewRegistry(), dir, time.Millisecond, nil, false)
 	c1 := &config.RemoteWriteConfig{
 		Name: "named",
 		URL: &common_config.URL{
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func TestWriteStorageLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 	conf := &config.Config{
 		GlobalConfig: config.DefaultGlobalConfig,
 		RemoteWriteConfigs: []*config.RemoteWriteConfig{
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func TestUpdateExternalLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, prometheus.NewRegistry(), dir, time.Second, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, prometheus.NewRegistry(), dir, time.Second, nil, false)
 
 	externalLabels := labels.FromStrings("external", "true")
 	conf := &config.Config{
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func TestWriteStorageApplyConfigsIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 	conf := &config.Config{
 		GlobalConfig: config.GlobalConfig{},
 		RemoteWriteConfigs: []*config.RemoteWriteConfig{
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func TestWriteStorageApplyConfigsPartialUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 
 	// todo: test with new format type(s)
-	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, Version1, false)
+	s := NewWriteStorage(nil, nil, dir, defaultFlushDeadline, nil, false)
 
 	c0 := &config.RemoteWriteConfig{
 		RemoteTimeout: model.Duration(10 * time.Second),
diff --git a/tsdb/agent/db_test.go b/tsdb/agent/db_test.go
index 3e6ee3eef..b82e9cd37 100644
--- a/tsdb/agent/db_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/agent/db_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func createTestAgentDB(t testing.TB, reg prometheus.Registerer, opts *Options) *
 	t.Helper()
 
 	dbDir := t.TempDir()
-	rs := remote.NewStorage(log.NewNopLogger(), reg, startTime, dbDir, time.Second*30, nil, remote.Version1, false)
+	rs := remote.NewStorage(log.NewNopLogger(), reg, startTime, dbDir, time.Second*30, nil, false)
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		require.NoError(t, rs.Close())
 	})
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ func TestLockfile(t *testing.T) {
 	tsdbutil.TestDirLockerUsage(t, func(t *testing.T, data string, createLock bool) (*tsdbutil.DirLocker, testutil.Closer) {
 		logger := log.NewNopLogger()
 		reg := prometheus.NewRegistry()
-		rs := remote.NewStorage(logger, reg, startTime, data, time.Second*30, nil, remote.Version1, false)
+		rs := remote.NewStorage(logger, reg, startTime, data, time.Second*30, nil, false)
 		t.Cleanup(func() {
 			require.NoError(t, rs.Close())
 		})
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ func TestLockfile(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_ExistingWAL_NextRef(t *testing.T) {
 	dbDir := t.TempDir()
-	rs := remote.NewStorage(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, startTime, dbDir, time.Second*30, nil, remote.Version1, false)
+	rs := remote.NewStorage(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, startTime, dbDir, time.Second*30, nil, false)
 	defer func() {
 		require.NoError(t, rs.Close())
 	}()
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index 85534d52e..4d71ed93d 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func NewAPI(
 	registerer prometheus.Registerer,
 	statsRenderer StatsRenderer,
 	rwEnabled bool,
-	rwFormat remote.RemoteWriteFormat,
+	rwFormat config.RemoteWriteFormat,
 	otlpEnabled bool,
 ) *API {
 	a := &API{
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api_test.go b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
index 20b53df4d..c6bd2ee62 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 		// TODO: test with other proto format(s)?
 		remote := remote.NewStorage(promlog.New(&promlogConfig), prometheus.DefaultRegisterer, func() (int64, error) {
 			return 0, nil
-		}, dbDir, 1*time.Second, nil, remote.Version1, false)
+		}, dbDir, 1*time.Second, nil, false)
 
 		err = remote.ApplyConfig(&config.Config{
 			RemoteReadConfigs: []*config.RemoteReadConfig{
diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index 69cd67d38..5e9959850 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/rules"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/scrape"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage/remote"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/template"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/httputil"
 	api_v1 "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/web/api/v1"
@@ -262,7 +261,8 @@ type Options struct {
 	EnableOTLPWriteReceiver    bool
 	IsAgent                    bool
 	AppName                    string
-	RemoteWriteFormat          remote.RemoteWriteFormat
+	// TODO(cstyan): should this change to a list of tuples, maybe via the content negotiation PR?
+	RemoteWriteFormat config.RemoteWriteFormat
 
 	Gatherer   prometheus.Gatherer
 	Registerer prometheus.Registerer