diff --git a/metrics/debug.go b/metrics/debug.go
index 5d0d3992f1..716e4d0ef0 100644
--- a/metrics/debug.go
+++ b/metrics/debug.go
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ var (
 // CaptureDebugGCStats captures new values for the Go garbage collector statistics
 // exported in debug.GCStats. This is designed to be called as a goroutine.
 func CaptureDebugGCStats(r Registry, d time.Duration) {
-	for range time.Tick(d) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(d)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for range ticker.C {
 		CaptureDebugGCStatsOnce(r)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/metrics/json.go b/metrics/json.go
index 6b134d477b..7ef230eb3d 100644
--- a/metrics/json.go
+++ b/metrics/json.go
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ func (r *StandardRegistry) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 // WriteJSON writes metrics from the given registry  periodically to the
 // specified io.Writer as JSON.
 func WriteJSON(r Registry, d time.Duration, w io.Writer) {
-	for range time.Tick(d) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(d)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for range ticker.C {
 		WriteJSONOnce(r, w)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/metrics/log.go b/metrics/log.go
index 08f3effb81..f6bc40e2a4 100644
--- a/metrics/log.go
+++ b/metrics/log.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ func LogScaled(r Registry, freq time.Duration, scale time.Duration, l Logger) {
 	du := float64(scale)
 	duSuffix := scale.String()[1:]
 
-	for range time.Tick(freq) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(freq)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for range ticker.C {
 		r.Each(func(name string, i interface{}) {
 			switch metric := i.(type) {
 			case *Counter:
diff --git a/metrics/opentsdb.go b/metrics/opentsdb.go
index 57af3d025e..24b28ba441 100644
--- a/metrics/opentsdb.go
+++ b/metrics/opentsdb.go
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ func OpenTSDB(r Registry, d time.Duration, prefix string, addr *net.TCPAddr) {
 // OpenTSDBWithConfig is a blocking exporter function just like OpenTSDB,
 // but it takes a OpenTSDBConfig instead.
 func OpenTSDBWithConfig(c OpenTSDBConfig) {
-	for range time.Tick(c.FlushInterval) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(c.FlushInterval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for range ticker.C {
 		if err := openTSDB(&c); nil != err {
 			log.Println(err)
 		}
diff --git a/metrics/syslog.go b/metrics/syslog.go
index b265328f87..b21c2e7477 100644
--- a/metrics/syslog.go
+++ b/metrics/syslog.go
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import (
 // Syslog outputs each metric in the given registry to syslog periodically using
 // the given syslogger.
 func Syslog(r Registry, d time.Duration, w *syslog.Writer) {
-	for range time.Tick(d) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(d)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for range ticker.C {
 		r.Each(func(name string, i interface{}) {
 			switch metric := i.(type) {
 			case *Counter:
diff --git a/metrics/writer.go b/metrics/writer.go
index 2a41f8e1fe..6ad2baf902 100644
--- a/metrics/writer.go
+++ b/metrics/writer.go
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import (
 // Write sorts writes each metric in the given registry periodically to the
 // given io.Writer.
 func Write(r Registry, d time.Duration, w io.Writer) {
-	for range time.Tick(d) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(d)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for range ticker.C {
 		WriteOnce(r, w)
 	}
 }