diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/metrics/metrics.go
index a9c485eb8..e28bc5bd5 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	machineLiveliness = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
+	machineLiveliness = prometheus.NewGaugeVec( //nolint
 		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Namespace: "metal",
 			Subsystem: "machine",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	prometheus.MustRegister(machineLiveliness, counter, duration)
+	// prometheus.MustRegister(machineLiveliness, counter, duration)
 }
 
 // PartitionLiveliness is a data container for the liveliness of different partitions.
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ type PartitionLiveliness map[string]struct {
 	Unknown int
 }
 
-// ProvideLiveliness provides the given values as gauges so a scraper can collect them.
-func ProvideLiveliness(lvness PartitionLiveliness) {
-	for p, l := range lvness {
-		machineLiveliness.WithLabelValues(p, "alive").Set(float64(l.Alive))
-		machineLiveliness.WithLabelValues(p, "dead").Set(float64(l.Dead))
-		machineLiveliness.WithLabelValues(p, "unknown").Set(float64(l.Unknown))
-	}
-}
+// // ProvideLiveliness provides the given values as gauges so a scraper can collect them.
+// func ProvideLiveliness(lvness PartitionLiveliness) {
+// 	for p, l := range lvness {
+// 		machineLiveliness.WithLabelValues(p, "alive").Set(float64(l.Alive))
+// 		machineLiveliness.WithLabelValues(p, "dead").Set(float64(l.Dead))
+// 		machineLiveliness.WithLabelValues(p, "unknown").Set(float64(l.Unknown))
+// 	}
+// }
 
 func RestfulMetrics(req *restful.Request, resp *restful.Response, chain *restful.FilterChain) {
 	n := time.Now()
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/machine-service.go b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/machine-service.go
index 1140cf8fe..bc3205026 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/machine-service.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/machine-service.go
@@ -2189,7 +2189,7 @@ func MachineLiveliness(ctx context.Context, ds *datastore.RethinkStore, logger *
 		liveliness[m.PartitionID] = p
 	}
 
-	metrics.ProvideLiveliness(liveliness)
+	// metrics.ProvideLiveliness(liveliness)
 
 	logger.Infow("machine liveliness evaluated", "alive", alive, "dead", dead, "unknown", unknown, "errors", errs)
 
diff --git a/cmd/metal-api/main.go b/cmd/metal-api/main.go
index 44945f4bc..d8264663d 100644
--- a/cmd/metal-api/main.go
+++ b/cmd/metal-api/main.go
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	v1 "github.com/metal-stack/masterdata-api/api/v1"
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-api/cmd/metal-api/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-api/cmd/metal-api/internal/service/s3client"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/wrapperspb"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/zapr"
 
 	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-api/cmd/metal-api/internal/grpc"
-	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-api/cmd/metal-api/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/rest"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"