diff --git a/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher.js b/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher.js
index a5a2e8edd0f..854fe0d8526 100644
--- a/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher.js
+++ b/lib/dispatcher/dispatcher.js
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 const EventEmitter = require('node:events')
 
-const kDispatcherVersion = Symbol.for('undici.dispatcher.version')
-
 class Dispatcher extends EventEmitter {
-  [kDispatcherVersion] = 1
-
   dispatch () {
     throw new Error('not implemented')
   }
@@ -21,7 +17,6 @@ class Dispatcher extends EventEmitter {
   compose (...args) {
     // So we handle [interceptor1, interceptor2] or interceptor1, interceptor2, ...
     const interceptors = Array.isArray(args[0]) ? args[0] : args
-    let dispatcher = this
     for (const interceptor of interceptors) {
       if (interceptor == null) {
         continue
@@ -31,13 +26,16 @@ class Dispatcher extends EventEmitter {
         throw new Error('invalid interceptor')
       }
 
-      dispatcher = interceptor(dispatcher) ?? dispatcher
+      const newDispatch = interceptor(this)
 
-      if (dispatcher[kDispatcherVersion] !== 1) {
-        throw new Error('invalid dispatcher')
+      if (newDispatch == null || typeof newDispatch !== 'function' || newDispatch.length !== 2) {
+        throw new Error('invalid interceptor')
       }
+
+      this.dispatch = newDispatch
     }
-    return dispatcher
+
+    return this
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/interceptor/retry.js b/lib/interceptor/retry.js
index c19f357e5e6..251bd8a3e25 100644
--- a/lib/interceptor/retry.js
+++ b/lib/interceptor/retry.js
@@ -1,40 +1,20 @@
 'use strict'
-
-const Dispatcher = require('../dispatcher/dispatcher')
 const RetryHandler = require('../handler/retry-handler')
 
-class RetryDispatcher extends Dispatcher {
-  #dispatcher
-  #opts
-
-  constructor (dispatcher, opts) {
-    super()
-
-    this.#dispatcher = dispatcher
-    this.#opts = opts
-  }
-
-  dispatch (opts, handler) {
-    opts.retryOptions = { ...this.#opts, ...opts.retryOptions }
-
-    return this.#dispatcher.dispatch(
-      opts,
-      new RetryHandler(opts, {
-        handler,
-        dispatch: this.#dispatcher.dispatch.bind(this.#dispatcher)
-      })
-    )
+module.exports = globalOpts => {
+  return dispatcher => {
+    const bindedDispatch = dispatcher.dispatch.bind(dispatcher)
+
+    return function retryInterceptor (opts, handler) {
+      opts.retryOptions = { ...globalOpts, ...opts.retryOptions }
+
+      return bindedDispatch(
+        opts,
+        new RetryHandler(opts, {
+          handler,
+          dispatch: bindedDispatch
+        })
+      )
+    }
   }
-
-  close (...args) {
-    return this.#dispatcher.close(...args)
-  }
-
-  destroy (...args) {
-    return this.#dispatcher.destroy(...args)
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = opts => {
-  return dispatcher => new RetryDispatcher(dispatcher, opts)
 }
diff --git a/test/interceptors/retry.js b/test/interceptors/retry.js
index 1cf37398f19..6e6f997cafa 100644
--- a/test/interceptors/retry.js
+++ b/test/interceptors/retry.js
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ const { test, after } = require('node:test')
 const { createServer } = require('node:http')
 const { once } = require('node:events')
 
-const { RetryHandler, Client, interceptors } = require('../..')
-const { RequestHandler } = require('../../lib/api/api-request')
+const { Client, interceptors } = require('../..')
 const { retry } = interceptors
 
 test('Should retry status code', async t => {