diff --git a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command.go b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command.go
index baee2aa34ec49f..64fa370e1fc5f1 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command.go
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ package flare
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
@@ -45,7 +48,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/api/util"
 	pkgconfig "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/settings"
-	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/process/net"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/serializer"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/fxutil"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/input"
@@ -155,6 +157,13 @@ func readProfileData(seconds int) (flare.ProfileData, error) {
 
 	pdata := flare.ProfileData{}
 	c := util.GetClient(false)
+	sysProbeClient := &http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			DialContext: func(_ context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
+				return net.Dial("unix", pkgconfig.SystemProbe.GetString("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket"))
+			},
+		},
+	}
 
 	type pprofGetter func(path string) ([]byte, error)
 
@@ -166,13 +175,8 @@ func readProfileData(seconds int) (flare.ProfileData, error) {
 	}
 
 	sysProbeGet := func() pprofGetter {
-		probeUtil, err := net.GetRemoteSystemProbeUtil(pkgconfig.Datadog.GetString("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket"))
 		return func(path string) ([]byte, error) {
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-
-			return probeUtil.GetPprof(path)
+			return util.DoGet(sysProbeClient, "http://unix/debug/pprof"+path, util.LeaveConnectionOpen)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ func readProfileData(seconds int) (flare.ProfileData, error) {
 		agentCollectors["trace"] = serviceProfileCollector(tcpGet("apm_config.debug.port"), traceCpusec)
 	}
 
-	if pkgconfig.Datadog.GetBool("system_probe_config.enabled") {
+	if pkgconfig.SystemProbe.GetBool("system_probe_config.enabled") {
 		agentCollectors["system-probe"] = serviceProfileCollector(sysProbeGet(), seconds)
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_test.go b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_test.go
index a40e1379001225..8731cb7bab5322 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_test.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_test.go
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ func getPprofTestServer(t *testing.T) (tcpServer *httptest.Server, unixServer *h
 			w.Write([]byte("mutex"))
 		case "/debug/pprof/block":
 			w.Write([]byte("block"))
-		case "/debug/stats": // for system-probe only
-			w.WriteHeader(200)
 		default:
 			w.WriteHeader(500)
 		}
@@ -71,8 +69,10 @@ func TestReadProfileData(t *testing.T) {
 	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("apm_config.receiver_timeout", "10")
 	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("process_config.expvar_port", port)
 	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("security_agent.expvar_port", port)
-	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.enabled", true)
-	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", sysprobeSockPath)
+
+	mockSysProbeConfig := config.MockSystemProbe(t)
+	mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.enabled", true)
+	mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", sysprobeSockPath)
 
 	data, err := readProfileData(10)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -129,8 +129,10 @@ func TestReadProfileDataNoTraceAgent(t *testing.T) {
 	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("apm_config.receiver_timeout", "10")
 	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("process_config.expvar_port", port)
 	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("security_agent.expvar_port", port)
-	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.enabled", true)
-	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", sysprobeSockPath)
+
+	mockSysProbeConfig := config.MockSystemProbe(t)
+	mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.enabled", true)
+	mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", sysprobeSockPath)
 
 	data, err := readProfileData(10)
 	require.Error(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/process/net/common.go b/pkg/process/net/common.go
index 11fab91da21b69..ffc4c8ea62c68e 100644
--- a/pkg/process/net/common.go
+++ b/pkg/process/net/common.go
@@ -338,24 +338,6 @@ func (r *RemoteSysProbeUtil) DetectLanguage(pids []int32) ([]languagemodels.Lang
 	return langs, nil
 }
 
-// GetPprof queries the pprof endpoint for system-probe
-func (r *RemoteSysProbeUtil) GetPprof(path string) ([]byte, error) {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, pprofURL+path, &buf)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	res, err := r.httpClient.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	defer res.Body.Close()
-
-	return io.ReadAll(res.Body)
-}
-
 func (r *RemoteSysProbeUtil) init() error {
 	resp, err := r.httpClient.Get(statsURL)
 	if err != nil {