diff --git a/flink/v2.1/build.gradle b/flink/v2.1/build.gradle
index a08cb1d5ebdd..53f87f27aa67 100644
--- a/flink/v2.1/build.gradle
+++ b/flink/v2.1/build.gradle
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ project(":iceberg-flink:iceberg-flink-runtime-${flinkMajorVersion}") {
       exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs', module: 'jsr305'
     }
 
-    // for dropwizard histogram metrics implementation
-    implementation libs.flink21.metrics.dropwizard
-
     // for integration testing with the flink-runtime-jar
     // all of those dependencies are required because the integration test extends FlinkTestBase
     integrationCompileOnly project(':iceberg-api')