diff --git a/portalnet/src/config.rs b/portalnet/src/config.rs
index 8b9c093cd..ad429e98a 100644
--- a/portalnet/src/config.rs
+++ b/portalnet/src/config.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use ethereum_types::H256;
 
-use crate::metrics::overlay::OverlayMetrics;
-use crate::metrics::portalnet::PORTALNET_METRICS;
 use ethportal_api::types::bootnodes::Bootnodes;
 use ethportal_api::types::cli::TrinConfig;
 use ethportal_api::types::distance::Distance;
@@ -24,7 +22,6 @@ pub struct PortalnetConfig {
     pub internal_ip: bool,
     pub no_stun: bool,
     pub node_addr_cache_capacity: usize,
-    pub metrics: OverlayMetrics,
     pub enr_file_location: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ impl Default for PortalnetConfig {
             internal_ip: false,
             no_stun: false,
             node_addr_cache_capacity: NODE_ADDR_CACHE_CAPACITY,
-            metrics: PORTALNET_METRICS.overlay.clone(),
             enr_file_location: None,
         }
     }
diff --git a/portalnet/src/overlay.rs b/portalnet/src/overlay.rs
index bbf1a986c..221b4be07 100644
--- a/portalnet/src/overlay.rs
+++ b/portalnet/src/overlay.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use crate::{
     discovery::{Discovery, UtpEnr},
     find::query_info::{FindContentResult, RecursiveFindContentResult},
     metrics::overlay::OverlayMetrics,
+    metrics::portalnet::PORTALNET_METRICS,
     overlay_service::{
         OverlayCommand, OverlayRequest, OverlayRequestError, OverlayService, RequestDirection,
         UTP_CONN_CFG,
@@ -132,7 +133,6 @@ where
         store: Arc<RwLock<TStore>>,
         protocol: ProtocolId,
         validator: Arc<TValidator>,
-        metrics: OverlayMetrics,
     ) -> Self {
         let kbuckets = Arc::new(RwLock::new(KBucketsTable::new(
             discovery.local_enr().node_id().into(),
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ where
             config.ping_queue_interval,
             protocol.clone(),
             Arc::clone(&utp_socket),
-            metrics.clone(),
+            PORTALNET_METRICS.overlay.clone(),
             Arc::clone(&validator),
             config.query_timeout,
             config.query_peer_timeout,
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ where
             phantom_content_key: PhantomData,
             phantom_metric: PhantomData,
             validator,
-            metrics,
+            metrics: PORTALNET_METRICS.overlay.clone(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/portalnet/tests/overlay.rs b/portalnet/tests/overlay.rs
index bced89e2e..261ac99b5 100644
--- a/portalnet/tests/overlay.rs
+++ b/portalnet/tests/overlay.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use ethportal_api::utils::bytes::hex_encode_upper;
 use portalnet::{
     config::PortalnetConfig,
     discovery::{Discovery, Discv5UdpSocket},
-    metrics::portalnet::PORTALNET_METRICS,
     overlay::{OverlayConfig, OverlayProtocol},
     storage::{ContentStore, DistanceFunction, MemoryContentStore},
     types::messages::{Content, Message, ProtocolId},
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ async fn init_overlay(
         store,
         protocol,
         validator,
-        PORTALNET_METRICS.overlay.clone(),
     )
     .await
 }
diff --git a/trin-beacon/src/network.rs b/trin-beacon/src/network.rs
index fc2be91e6..d2a73fe3b 100644
--- a/trin-beacon/src/network.rs
+++ b/trin-beacon/src/network.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ impl BeaconNetwork {
             storage,
             ProtocolId::Beacon,
             validator,
-            portal_config.metrics.clone(),
         )
         .await;
 
diff --git a/trin-state/src/network.rs b/trin-state/src/network.rs
index 0131631f9..fbdc95fc1 100644
--- a/trin-state/src/network.rs
+++ b/trin-state/src/network.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ impl StateNetwork {
             storage,
             ProtocolId::State,
             validator,
-            portal_config.metrics.clone(),
         )
         .await;