diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index ae350b5bd..683f93982 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 class HomestoreConan(ConanFile):
     name = "homestore"
-    version = "6.4.22"
+    version = "6.4.23"
     homepage = "https://github.com/eBay/Homestore"
     description = "HomeStore Storage Engine"
     topics = ("ebay", "nublox")
diff --git a/src/lib/blkalloc/append_blk_allocator.cpp b/src/lib/blkalloc/append_blk_allocator.cpp
index b000f3ec5..c7d18e0b1 100644
--- a/src/lib/blkalloc/append_blk_allocator.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/blkalloc/append_blk_allocator.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 namespace homestore {
 
 AppendBlkAllocator::AppendBlkAllocator(const BlkAllocConfig& cfg, bool need_format, allocator_id_t id) :
-        BlkAllocator{cfg, id}, m_metrics{get_name().c_str()} {
+        BlkAllocator{cfg, id} {
     // TODO: try to make all append_blk_allocator instances use same client type to reduce metablk's cache footprint;
     meta_service().register_handler(
         get_name(),
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ BlkAllocStatus AppendBlkAllocator::alloc_contiguous(BlkId& bid) { return alloc(1
 //
 BlkAllocStatus AppendBlkAllocator::alloc(blk_count_t nblks, const blk_alloc_hints& hint, BlkId& out_bid) {
     if (available_blks() < nblks) {
-        COUNTER_INCREMENT(m_metrics, num_alloc_failure, 1);
+        //COUNTER_INCREMENT(m_metrics, num_alloc_failure, 1);
         LOGERROR("No space left to serve request nblks: {}, available_blks: {}", nblks, available_blks());
         return BlkAllocStatus::SPACE_FULL;
     } else if (nblks > max_blks_per_blkid()) {
         // consumer(vdev) already handles this case.
-        COUNTER_INCREMENT(m_metrics, num_alloc_failure, 1);
+        //COUNTER_INCREMENT(m_metrics, num_alloc_failure, 1);
         LOGERROR("Can't serve request nblks: {} larger than max_blks_in_op: {}", nblks, max_blks_per_blkid());
         return BlkAllocStatus::FAILED;
     }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ BlkAllocStatus AppendBlkAllocator::alloc(blk_count_t nblks, const blk_alloc_hint
     // Push 1 blk to the vector which has all the requested nblks;
     out_bid = BlkId{m_last_append_offset.fetch_add(nblks), nblks, m_chunk_id};
 
-    COUNTER_INCREMENT(m_metrics, num_alloc, 1);
+    //COUNTER_INCREMENT(m_metrics, num_alloc, 1);
 
     return BlkAllocStatus::SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/blkalloc/append_blk_allocator.h b/src/lib/blkalloc/append_blk_allocator.h
index 06713e4b5..ed256d7f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/blkalloc/append_blk_allocator.h
+++ b/src/lib/blkalloc/append_blk_allocator.h
@@ -38,21 +38,21 @@ struct append_blk_sb_t {
 };
 #pragma pack()
 
-class AppendBlkAllocMetrics : public sisl::MetricsGroup {
-public:
-    explicit AppendBlkAllocMetrics(const char* inst_name) : sisl::MetricsGroup("AppendBlkAlloc", inst_name) {
-        REGISTER_COUNTER(num_alloc, "Number of blks alloc attempts");
-        REGISTER_COUNTER(num_alloc_failure, "Number of blk alloc failures");
-
-        register_me_to_farm();
-    }
-
-    AppendBlkAllocMetrics(const AppendBlkAllocMetrics&) = delete;
-    AppendBlkAllocMetrics(AppendBlkAllocMetrics&&) noexcept = delete;
-    AppendBlkAllocMetrics& operator=(const AppendBlkAllocMetrics&) = delete;
-    AppendBlkAllocMetrics& operator=(AppendBlkAllocMetrics&&) noexcept = delete;
-    ~AppendBlkAllocMetrics() { deregister_me_from_farm(); }
-};
+//class AppendBlkAllocMetrics : public sisl::MetricsGroup {
+//public:
+//    explicit AppendBlkAllocMetrics(const char* inst_name) : sisl::MetricsGroup("AppendBlkAlloc", inst_name) {
+//        REGISTER_COUNTER(num_alloc, "Number of blks alloc attempts");
+//        REGISTER_COUNTER(num_alloc_failure, "Number of blk alloc failures");
+//
+//        register_me_to_farm();
+//    }
+//
+//    AppendBlkAllocMetrics(const AppendBlkAllocMetrics&) = delete;
+//    AppendBlkAllocMetrics(AppendBlkAllocMetrics&&) noexcept = delete;
+//    AppendBlkAllocMetrics& operator=(const AppendBlkAllocMetrics&) = delete;
+//    AppendBlkAllocMetrics& operator=(AppendBlkAllocMetrics&&) noexcept = delete;
+//    ~AppendBlkAllocMetrics() { deregister_me_from_farm(); }
+//};
 
 //
 // The assumption for AppendBlkAllocator:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class AppendBlkAllocator : public BlkAllocator {
     std::atomic< blk_num_t > m_freeable_nblks{0};     // count of blks fragmentedly freed (both on-disk and in-memory)
     std::atomic< blk_num_t > m_commit_offset{0};      // offset in on-disk version
     std::atomic< bool > m_is_dirty{false};
-    AppendBlkAllocMetrics m_metrics;
+    //AppendBlkAllocMetrics m_metrics;
     superblk< append_blk_sb_t > m_sb; // only cp will be writing to this disk
 };