diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 75976823954a1..4b3c394329f26 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6570,6 +6570,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-timer 3.0.2",
  "hyper 0.13.4",
  "hyper-rustls",
+ "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "num_cpus",
  "parity-scale-codec",
diff --git a/client/offchain/Cargo.toml b/client/offchain/Cargo.toml
index a9cd8c4deabbb..652c85dff2397 100644
--- a/client/offchain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/offchain/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "2.0.0-rc3", path = "../../primitives/runtime" }
 sp-utils = { version = "2.0.0-rc3", path = "../../primitives/utils" }
 sc-network = { version = "0.8.0-rc3", path = "../network" }
 sc-keystore = { version = "2.0.0-rc3", path = "../keystore" }
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
 hyper = "0.13.2"
diff --git a/client/offchain/src/api/http.rs b/client/offchain/src/api/http.rs
index 7860a95c2142a..0d71542365d51 100644
--- a/client/offchain/src/api/http.rs
+++ b/client/offchain/src/api/http.rs
@@ -709,12 +709,6 @@ mod tests {
 	// server that runs in the background as well.
 	macro_rules! build_api_server {
 		() => {{
-			// We spawn quite a bit of HTTP servers here due to how async API
-			// works for offchain workers, so be sure to raise the FD limit
-			// (particularly useful for macOS where the default soft limit may
-			// not be enough).
-			fdlimit::raise_fd_limit();
-
 			let hyper_client = Arc::new(HyperClient::builder().build(HttpsConnector::new()));
 			let (api, worker) = http(hyper_client.clone());
 
diff --git a/client/offchain/src/lib.rs b/client/offchain/src/lib.rs
index 7c90065746aa3..3ee29c88a5ac4 100644
--- a/client/offchain/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/offchain/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,12 +44,18 @@ use sc_network::NetworkStateInfo;
 use sp_core::{offchain::{self, OffchainStorage}, ExecutionContext, traits::SpawnNamed};
 use sp_runtime::{generic::BlockId, traits::{self, Header}};
 use futures::{prelude::*, future::ready};
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 mod api;
 use api::SharedClient;
 
 pub use sp_offchain::{OffchainWorkerApi, STORAGE_PREFIX};
 
+lazy_static! {
+	// Using lazy_static to have the `SharedClient` shared amongst the different OffchainWorkers.
+	static ref SHARED_CLIENT: SharedClient = SharedClient::new();
+}
+
 /// An offchain workers manager.
 pub struct OffchainWorkers<Client, Storage, Block: traits::Block> {
 	client: Arc<Client>,
@@ -62,7 +68,7 @@ pub struct OffchainWorkers<Client, Storage, Block: traits::Block> {
 impl<Client, Storage, Block: traits::Block> OffchainWorkers<Client, Storage, Block> {
 	/// Creates new `OffchainWorkers`.
 	pub fn new(client: Arc<Client>, db: Storage) -> Self {
-		let shared_client = SharedClient::new();
+		let shared_client = SHARED_CLIENT.clone();
 		Self {
 			client,
 			db,