diff --git a/api/CMakeLists.txt b/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bb6b88c89..14332e295b 100644
--- a/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ if(OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALL)
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
-  install(
-    DIRECTORY include/opentelemetry
-    DESTINATION include
-    FILES_MATCHING
-    PATTERN "*.h"
-    PATTERN "metrics" EXCLUDE)
-
   install(
     DIRECTORY include/opentelemetry
     DESTINATION include