diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d3125d7da0..19a3689093 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6864,7 +6864,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "solana-frozen-abi-macro",
  "solana-logger",
  "solana-measure",
- "solana-metrics",
  "solana-sdk",
  "solana-type-overrides",
  "solana-vote",
diff --git a/program-runtime/Cargo.toml b/program-runtime/Cargo.toml
index c714945419..8c8a101005 100644
--- a/program-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/program-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ solana-compute-budget = { workspace = true }
 solana-frozen-abi = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 solana-frozen-abi-macro = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 solana-measure = { workspace = true }
-solana-metrics = { workspace = true }
+# solana-metrics = { workspace = true }
 solana-sdk = { workspace = true }
 solana-type-overrides = { workspace = true }
 solana-vote = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/program-runtime/src/lib.rs b/program-runtime/src/lib.rs
index 3627569bc5..b96e4bfcac 100644
--- a/program-runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/program-runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate eager;
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate solana_metrics;
+// #[macro_use]
+// extern crate solana_metrics;
 
 pub use solana_rbpf;
 pub mod invoke_context;
diff --git a/program-runtime/src/loaded_programs.rs b/program-runtime/src/loaded_programs.rs
index eab5a21e57..c65012ef8e 100644
--- a/program-runtime/src/loaded_programs.rs
+++ b/program-runtime/src/loaded_programs.rs
@@ -303,14 +303,14 @@ impl LoadProgramMetrics {
         saturating_add_assign!(timings.create_executor_load_elf_us, self.load_elf_us);
         saturating_add_assign!(timings.create_executor_verify_code_us, self.verify_code_us);
         saturating_add_assign!(timings.create_executor_jit_compile_us, self.jit_compile_us);
-        datapoint_trace!(
-            "create_executor_trace",
-            ("program_id", self.program_id, String),
-            ("register_syscalls_us", self.register_syscalls_us, i64),
-            ("load_elf_us", self.load_elf_us, i64),
-            ("verify_code_us", self.verify_code_us, i64),
-            ("jit_compile_us", self.jit_compile_us, i64),
-        );
+        // datapoint_trace!(
+        //     "create_executor_trace",
+        //     ("program_id", self.program_id, String),
+        //     ("register_syscalls_us", self.register_syscalls_us, i64),
+        //     ("load_elf_us", self.load_elf_us, i64),
+        //     ("verify_code_us", self.verify_code_us, i64),
+        //     ("jit_compile_us", self.jit_compile_us, i64),
+        // );
     }
 }