diff --git a/cmd/geth/config.go b/cmd/geth/config.go
index ddb5b5e1ff..a8705d8c91 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@@ -257,12 +257,6 @@ func dumpConfig(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 }
 
 func applyMetricConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *gethConfig) {
-	if ctx.IsSet(utils.MetricsEnabledFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.Metrics.Enabled = ctx.Bool(utils.MetricsEnabledFlag.Name)
-	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(utils.MetricsEnabledExpensiveFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.Metrics.EnabledExpensive = ctx.Bool(utils.MetricsEnabledExpensiveFlag.Name)
-	}
 	if ctx.IsSet(utils.MetricsHTTPFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.Metrics.HTTP = ctx.String(utils.MetricsHTTPFlag.Name)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 8655c3356f..04ff3966d7 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ func SetupMetrics(ctx *cli.Context) {
 }
 
 func SetupMetricsFromConfig(c *metrics.Config) {
-	if !c.Enabled {
+	if metrics.Enabled {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/metrics/config.go b/metrics/config.go
index cea9b0d2b5..065ef6cd87 100644
--- a/metrics/config.go
+++ b/metrics/config.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 // Config contains the configuration for the metric collection.
 type Config struct {
-	Enabled          bool   `toml:",omitempty"`
-	EnabledExpensive bool   `toml:",omitempty"`
 	HTTP             string `toml:",omitempty"`
 	Port             int    `toml:",omitempty"`
 	EnableInfluxDB   bool   `toml:",omitempty"`
@@ -54,8 +52,6 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 
 // DefaultConfig is the default config for metrics used in go-ethereum.
 var DefaultConfig = Config{
-	Enabled:          false,
-	EnabledExpensive: false,
 	HTTP:             "127.0.0.1",
 	Port:             6060,
 	EnableInfluxDB:   false,