diff --git a/commands/command_checkout.go b/commands/command_checkout.go
index 26170288..9b9a31bb 100644
--- a/commands/command_checkout.go
+++ b/commands/command_checkout.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func checkoutCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	var totalBytes int64
 	meter := progress.NewMeter(progress.WithOSEnv(cfg.Os))
-	singleCheckout := newSingleCheckout("")
+	singleCheckout := newSingleCheckout()
 	chgitscanner := lfs.NewGitScanner(func(p *lfs.WrappedPointer, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			LoggedError(err, "Scanner error")
diff --git a/commands/command_env.go b/commands/command_env.go
index 52f495d6..070a4dc4 100644
--- a/commands/command_env.go
+++ b/commands/command_env.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func envCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	for _, env := range lfs.Environ(cfg, defaultTransferManifest()) {
+	for _, env := range lfs.Environ(cfg, buildTransferManifest()) {
 		Print(env)
 	}
 
diff --git a/commands/command_fetch.go b/commands/command_fetch.go
index 82a0c885..580229a9 100644
--- a/commands/command_fetch.go
+++ b/commands/command_fetch.go
@@ -279,8 +279,7 @@ func fetchAndReportToChan(allpointers []*lfs.WrappedPointer, filter *filepathfil
 	}
 
 	ready, pointers, meter := readyAndMissingPointers(allpointers, filter)
-	manifest := buildTransferManifest("download", cfg.CurrentRemote)
-	q := newDownloadQueue(manifest, tq.WithProgress(meter))
+	q := newDownloadQueue(buildTransferManifest(), cfg.CurrentRemote, tq.WithProgress(meter))
 
 	if out != nil {
 		// If we already have it, or it won't be fetched
diff --git a/commands/command_prune.go b/commands/command_prune.go
index f0c61dee..41b8df1a 100644
--- a/commands/command_prune.go
+++ b/commands/command_prune.go
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ func prune(fetchPruneConfig config.FetchPruneConfig, verifyRemote, dryRun, verbo
 	var verifywait sync.WaitGroup
 
 	if verifyRemote {
-		manifest := buildTransferManifest("download", fetchPruneConfig.PruneRemoteName)
-		verifyQueue = newDownloadCheckQueue(manifest)
+		verifyQueue = newDownloadCheckQueue(buildTransferManifest(), fetchPruneConfig.PruneRemoteName)
 		verifiedObjects = tools.NewStringSetWithCapacity(len(localObjects) / 2)
 
 		// this channel is filled with oids for which Check() succeeded & Transfer() was called
diff --git a/commands/command_pull.go b/commands/command_pull.go
index 0506e588..b4a212ea 100644
--- a/commands/command_pull.go
+++ b/commands/command_pull.go
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func pull(remote string, filter *filepathfilter.Filter) {
 
 	pointers := newPointerMap()
 	meter := progress.NewMeter(progress.WithOSEnv(cfg.Os))
-	singleCheckout := newSingleCheckout(remote)
-	q := newDownloadQueue(singleCheckout.manifest, tq.WithProgress(meter))
+	singleCheckout := newSingleCheckout()
+	q := newDownloadQueue(singleCheckout.manifest, remote, tq.WithProgress(meter))
 	gitscanner := lfs.NewGitScanner(func(p *lfs.WrappedPointer, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			LoggedError(err, "Scanner error")
diff --git a/commands/command_smudge.go b/commands/command_smudge.go
index 74d5adfc..d1248ed4 100644
--- a/commands/command_smudge.go
+++ b/commands/command_smudge.go
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ func smudge(to io.Writer, ptr *lfs.Pointer, filename string, skip bool, filter *
 		download = filter.Allows(filename)
 	}
 
-	manifest := buildTransferManifest("download", cfg.CurrentRemote)
-	err = ptr.Smudge(to, filename, download, manifest, cb)
+	err = ptr.Smudge(to, filename, download, buildTransferManifest(), cb)
 	if file != nil {
 		file.Close()
 	}
diff --git a/commands/commands.go b/commands/commands.go
index 8f9d45af..bdc1e382 100644
--- a/commands/commands.go
+++ b/commands/commands.go
@@ -40,14 +40,8 @@ var (
 
 // buildTransferManifest builds a tq.Manifest from the global os and git
 // environments.
-func buildTransferManifest(operation, remote string) *tq.Manifest {
-	return tq.NewManifestWithClient(newAPIClient(), operation, remote)
-}
-
-// defaultTransferManifest builds a tq.Manifest from the commands package global
-// cfg var.
-func defaultTransferManifest() *tq.Manifest {
-	return buildTransferManifest("download", cfg.CurrentRemote)
+func buildTransferManifest() *tq.Manifest {
+	return tq.NewManifestWithClient(newAPIClient())
 }
 
 func newAPIClient() *lfsapi.Client {
@@ -72,21 +66,21 @@ func newLockClient(remote string) *locking.Client {
 }
 
 // newDownloadCheckQueue builds a checking queue, checks that objects are there but doesn't download
-func newDownloadCheckQueue(manifest *tq.Manifest, options ...tq.Option) *tq.TransferQueue {
+func newDownloadCheckQueue(manifest *tq.Manifest, remote string, options ...tq.Option) *tq.TransferQueue {
 	allOptions := make([]tq.Option, len(options), len(options)+1)
 	allOptions = append(allOptions, options...)
 	allOptions = append(allOptions, tq.DryRun(true))
-	return newDownloadQueue(manifest, allOptions...)
+	return newDownloadQueue(manifest, remote, allOptions...)
 }
 
 // newDownloadQueue builds a DownloadQueue, allowing concurrent downloads.
-func newDownloadQueue(manifest *tq.Manifest, options ...tq.Option) *tq.TransferQueue {
-	return tq.NewTransferQueue(tq.Download, manifest, options...)
+func newDownloadQueue(manifest *tq.Manifest, remote string, options ...tq.Option) *tq.TransferQueue {
+	return tq.NewTransferQueue(tq.Download, manifest, remote, options...)
 }
 
 // newUploadQueue builds an UploadQueue, allowing `workers` concurrent uploads.
-func newUploadQueue(manifest *tq.Manifest, options ...tq.Option) *tq.TransferQueue {
-	return tq.NewTransferQueue(tq.Upload, manifest, options...)
+func newUploadQueue(manifest *tq.Manifest, remote string, options ...tq.Option) *tq.TransferQueue {
+	return tq.NewTransferQueue(tq.Upload, manifest, remote, options...)
 }
 
 func buildFilepathFilter(config *config.Configuration, includeArg, excludeArg *string) *filepathfilter.Filter {
@@ -352,7 +346,7 @@ func logPanicToWriter(w io.Writer, loggedError error) {
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "\nENV:")
 
 	// log the environment
-	for _, env := range lfs.Environ(cfg, defaultTransferManifest()) {
+	for _, env := range lfs.Environ(cfg, buildTransferManifest()) {
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, env)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/commands/pull.go b/commands/pull.go
index 9c545691..42ab0ec2 100644
--- a/commands/pull.go
+++ b/commands/pull.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 // Handles the process of checking out a single file, and updating the git
 // index.
-func newSingleCheckout(remote string) *singleCheckout {
+func newSingleCheckout() *singleCheckout {
 	// Get a converter from repo-relative to cwd-relative
 	// Since writing data & calling git update-index must be relative to cwd
 	pathConverter, err := lfs.NewRepoToCurrentPathConverter()
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func newSingleCheckout(remote string) *singleCheckout {
 	return &singleCheckout{
 		gitIndexer:    &gitIndexer{},
 		pathConverter: pathConverter,
-		manifest:      buildTransferManifest("download", remote),
+		manifest:      buildTransferManifest(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/commands/uploader.go b/commands/uploader.go
index 947d9649..0ac22d51 100644
--- a/commands/uploader.go
+++ b/commands/uploader.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func newUploadContext(remote string, dryRun bool) *uploadContext {
 	cfg.CurrentRemote = remote
 	return &uploadContext{
 		Remote:       remote,
-		Manifest:     buildTransferManifest("upload", remote),
+		Manifest:     buildTransferManifest(),
 		DryRun:       dryRun,
 		uploadedOids: tools.NewStringSet(),
 	}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (c *uploadContext) prepareUpload(unfiltered []*lfs.WrappedPointer) (*tq.Tra
 
 	// build the TransferQueue, automatically skipping any missing objects that
 	// the server already has.
-	uploadQueue := newUploadQueue(c.Manifest, tq.WithProgress(meter), tq.DryRun(c.DryRun))
+	uploadQueue := newUploadQueue(c.Manifest, c.Remote, tq.WithProgress(meter), tq.DryRun(c.DryRun))
 	for _, p := range missingLocalObjects {
 		if c.HasUploaded(p.Oid) {
 			// if the server already has this object, call Skip() on
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (c *uploadContext) checkMissing(missing []*lfs.WrappedPointer, missingSize
 		return
 	}
 
-	checkQueue := newDownloadCheckQueue(c.Manifest)
+	checkQueue := newDownloadCheckQueue(c.Manifest, c.Remote)
 	transferCh := checkQueue.Watch()
 
 	done := make(chan int)
diff --git a/lfs/manifest_test.go b/lfs/manifest_test.go
index 7a60dd47..ad93dfdb 100644
--- a/lfs/manifest_test.go
+++ b/lfs/manifest_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestManifestIsConfigurable(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := tq.NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := tq.NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, m.MaxRetries())
 }
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestManifestChecksNTLM(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := tq.NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := tq.NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, m.MaxRetries())
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestManifestClampsValidValues(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := tq.NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := tq.NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, m.MaxRetries())
 }
 
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ func TestManifestIgnoresNonInts(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := tq.NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := tq.NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, m.MaxRetries())
 }
diff --git a/lfs/pointer_smudge.go b/lfs/pointer_smudge.go
index df556396..1173383d 100644
--- a/lfs/pointer_smudge.go
+++ b/lfs/pointer_smudge.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func PointerSmudge(writer io.Writer, ptr *Pointer, workingfile string, download
 func downloadFile(writer io.Writer, ptr *Pointer, workingfile, mediafile string, manifest *tq.Manifest, cb progress.CopyCallback) error {
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Downloading %s (%s)\n", workingfile, pb.FormatBytes(ptr.Size))
 
-	q := tq.NewTransferQueue(tq.Download, manifest)
+	q := tq.NewTransferQueue(tq.Download, manifest, "")
 	q.Add(filepath.Base(workingfile), mediafile, ptr.Oid, ptr.Size)
 	q.Wait()
 
diff --git a/test/git-lfs-test-server-api/main.go b/test/git-lfs-test-server-api/main.go
index d8162d58..b232d73b 100644
--- a/test/git-lfs-test-server-api/main.go
+++ b/test/git-lfs-test-server-api/main.go
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ func buildTestData() (oidsExist, oidsMissing []TestObject, err error) {
 	outputs := repo.AddCommits([]*test.CommitInput{&commit})
 
 	// now upload
-	manifest := tq.NewManifestWithClient(apiClient, "upload", cfg.CurrentRemote)
-	uploadQueue := tq.NewTransferQueue(tq.Upload, manifest, tq.WithProgress(meter))
+	manifest := tq.NewManifestWithClient(apiClient)
+	uploadQueue := tq.NewTransferQueue(tq.Upload, manifest, "", tq.WithProgress(meter))
 	for _, f := range outputs[0].Files {
 		oidsExist = append(oidsExist, TestObject{Oid: f.Oid, Size: f.Size})
 
diff --git a/tq/api.go b/tq/api.go
index 772c0e49..c94ab250 100644
--- a/tq/api.go
+++ b/tq/api.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type batchRequest struct {
 }
 
 type batchResponse struct {
+	Endpoint            lfsapi.Endpoint
 	TransferAdapterName string                `json:"transfer"`
 	Objects             []*api.ObjectResource `json:"objects"`
 }
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ func (c *tqClient) Batch(remote string, bReq *batchRequest) (*batchResponse, *ht
 		bReq.TransferAdapterNames = nil
 	}
 
-	e := c.Endpoints.Endpoint(bReq.Operation, remote)
-	req, err := c.NewRequest("POST", e, "objects/batch", bReq)
+	bRes.Endpoint = c.Endpoints.Endpoint(bReq.Operation, remote)
+	req, err := c.NewRequest("POST", bRes.Endpoint, "objects/batch", bReq)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "batch request")
 	}
diff --git a/tq/custom_test.go b/tq/custom_test.go
index 9b35b407..8c90febf 100644
--- a/tq/custom_test.go
+++ b/tq/custom_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestCustomTransferBasicConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 	u := m.NewUploadAdapter("testsimple")
 	assert.NotNil(t, u, "Upload adapter should be present")
 	cu, _ := u.(*customAdapter)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestCustomTransferDownloadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 	u := m.NewUploadAdapter("testdownload")
 	assert.NotNil(t, u, "Upload adapter should always be created")
 	cu, _ := u.(*customAdapter)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestCustomTransferUploadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 	d := m.NewDownloadAdapter("testupload")
 	assert.NotNil(t, d, "Download adapter should always be created")
 	cd, _ := d.(*customAdapter)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestCustomTransferBothConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 	d := m.NewDownloadAdapter("testboth")
 	assert.NotNil(t, d, "Download adapter should be present")
 	cd, _ := d.(*customAdapter)
diff --git a/tq/manifest.go b/tq/manifest.go
index 2b2544f1..3f99903d 100644
--- a/tq/manifest.go
+++ b/tq/manifest.go
@@ -45,13 +45,12 @@ func NewManifest() *Manifest {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	return NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 }
 
-func NewManifestWithClient(apiClient *lfsapi.Client, operation, remote string) *Manifest {
+func NewManifestWithClient(apiClient *lfsapi.Client) *Manifest {
 	m := &Manifest{
 		apiClient:            apiClient,
-		remote:               remote,
 		downloadAdapterFuncs: make(map[string]NewAdapterFunc),
 		uploadAdapterFuncs:   make(map[string]NewAdapterFunc),
 	}
@@ -73,10 +72,7 @@ func NewManifestWithClient(apiClient *lfsapi.Client, operation, remote string) *
 		m.maxRetries = defaultMaxRetries
 	}
 
-	e := apiClient.Endpoints.Endpoint(operation, remote)
-	if apiClient.Endpoints.AccessFor(e.Url) == lfsapi.NTLMAccess {
-		m.concurrentTransfers = 1
-	} else if m.concurrentTransfers < 1 {
+	if m.concurrentTransfers < 1 {
 		m.concurrentTransfers = defaultConcurrentTransfers
 	}
 
diff --git a/tq/transfer.go b/tq/transfer.go
index 84135f43..d381dbf6 100644
--- a/tq/transfer.go
+++ b/tq/transfer.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/api"
 	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors"
+	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfsapi"
 )
 
 type Direction int
@@ -157,9 +158,23 @@ type NewAdapterFunc func(name string, dir Direction) Adapter
 type ProgressCallback func(name string, totalSize, readSoFar int64, readSinceLast int) error
 
 type AdapterConfig interface {
+	APIClient() *lfsapi.Client
 	ConcurrentTransfers() int
 }
 
+type adapterConfig struct {
+	apiClient           *lfsapi.Client
+	concurrentTransfers int
+}
+
+func (c *adapterConfig) ConcurrentTransfers() int {
+	return c.concurrentTransfers
+}
+
+func (c *adapterConfig) APIClient() *lfsapi.Client {
+	return c.apiClient
+}
+
 // Adapter is implemented by types which can upload and/or download LFS
 // file content to a remote store. Each Adapter accepts one or more requests
 // which it may schedule and parallelise in whatever way it chooses, clients of
diff --git a/tq/transfer_queue.go b/tq/transfer_queue.go
index a9567d87..85254052 100644
--- a/tq/transfer_queue.go
+++ b/tq/transfer_queue.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/api"
 	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/errors"
+	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/lfsapi"
 	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/progress"
 	"github.com/rubyist/tracerx"
 )
@@ -148,11 +149,11 @@ func WithBufferDepth(depth int) Option {
 }
 
 // NewTransferQueue builds a TransferQueue, direction and underlying mechanism determined by adapter
-func NewTransferQueue(dir Direction, manifest *Manifest, options ...Option) *TransferQueue {
+func NewTransferQueue(dir Direction, manifest *Manifest, remote string, options ...Option) *TransferQueue {
 	q := &TransferQueue{
 		direction: dir,
 		client:    &tqClient{Client: manifest.APIClient()},
-		remote:    manifest.remote,
+		remote:    remote,
 		errorc:    make(chan error),
 		transfers: make(map[string]*objectTuple),
 		trMutex:   &sync.Mutex{},
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ func (q *TransferQueue) enqueueAndCollectRetriesFor(batch batch) (batch, error)
 		}
 	}
 
-	retries := q.addToAdapter(toTransfer)
+	retries := q.addToAdapter(bRes.Endpoint, toTransfer)
 	for t := range retries {
 		q.rc.Increment(t.Oid)
 		count := q.rc.CountFor(t.Oid)
@@ -392,10 +393,10 @@ func (q *TransferQueue) makeBatch() batch { return make(batch, 0, q.batchSize) }
 // closed.
 //
 // addToAdapter returns immediately, and does not block.
-func (q *TransferQueue) addToAdapter(pending []*Transfer) <-chan *objectTuple {
+func (q *TransferQueue) addToAdapter(e lfsapi.Endpoint, pending []*Transfer) <-chan *objectTuple {
 	retries := make(chan *objectTuple, len(pending))
 
-	if err := q.ensureAdapterBegun(); err != nil {
+	if err := q.ensureAdapterBegun(e); err != nil {
 		close(retries)
 
 		q.errorc <- err
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ func (q *TransferQueue) transferKind() string {
 	}
 }
 
-func (q *TransferQueue) ensureAdapterBegun() error {
+func (q *TransferQueue) ensureAdapterBegun(e lfsapi.Endpoint) error {
 	q.adapterInitMutex.Lock()
 	defer q.adapterInitMutex.Unlock()
 
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ func (q *TransferQueue) ensureAdapterBegun() error {
 	}
 
 	tracerx.Printf("tq: starting transfer adapter %q", q.adapter.Name())
-	err := q.adapter.Begin(q.manifest, cb)
+	err := q.adapter.Begin(toAdapterCfg(q.manifest, e), cb)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -546,6 +547,15 @@ func (q *TransferQueue) ensureAdapterBegun() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func toAdapterCfg(m *Manifest, e lfsapi.Endpoint) AdapterConfig {
+	apiClient := m.APIClient()
+	concurrency := m.ConcurrentTransfers()
+	if apiClient.Endpoints.AccessFor(e.Url) == lfsapi.NTLMAccess {
+		concurrency = 1
+	}
+	return &adapterConfig{concurrentTransfers: concurrency, apiClient: apiClient}
+}
+
 // Wait waits for the queue to finish processing all transfers. Once Wait is
 // called, Add will no longer add transfers to the queue. Any failed
 // transfers will be automatically retried once.
diff --git a/tq/transfer_test.go b/tq/transfer_test.go
index 764b0016..6a8c4641 100644
--- a/tq/transfer_test.go
+++ b/tq/transfer_test.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func testAdapterRegButBasicOnly(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli, "", "")
+	m := NewManifestWithClient(cli)
 
 	assert := assert.New(t)