diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 9758aa84de..8472b66dd9 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val slf4jApi     = "org.slf4j"                   % "slf4j-api"     % "2.0.11" // the logging interface
 
   // Metrics
-  val aspectjweaver    = "org.aspectj" % "aspectjweaver"      % "1.9.21"
-  val kamonCore        = "io.kamon"   %% "kamon-core"         % "2.7.0" // Scala 3 compatible
-  val kamonScalaFuture = "io.kamon"   %% "kamon-scala-future" % "2.7.0" // Scala 3 incompatible
+  val aspectjweaver = "org.aspectj" % "aspectjweaver" % "1.9.21"
 
   // input validation
   val commonsValidator =
@@ -164,8 +162,6 @@ object Dependencies {
     jakartaJSON,
     jenaText,
     jwtSprayJson,
-    kamonCore,
-    kamonScalaFuture,
     rdf4jShacl,
     saxonHE,
     scalaGraph,
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/instrumentation/InstrumentationSupport.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/instrumentation/InstrumentationSupport.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 126ec5d836..0000000000
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/instrumentation/InstrumentationSupport.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright © 2021 - 2024 Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities and/or DaSCH Service Platform contributors.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-package org.knora.webapi.instrumentation
-
-import com.typesafe.scalalogging.Logger
-import kamon.Kamon
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
-
-import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
-import scala.concurrent.Future
-import scala.util.Success
-
-/**
- * A set of methods used for measuring stuff that is happening.
- */
-trait InstrumentationSupport {
-
-  /**
-   * For convenience. Returns the metrics logger based on the current
-   * class name.
-   */
-  protected lazy val metricsLogger: Logger = getMetricsLoggerForClass
-
-  /**
-   * Measures the time the future needs to complete.
-   *
-   * Example:
-   *
-   * val f = tracedFuture {
-   * Future {
-   * work inside the future
-   * }
-   * }
-   *
-   * @param name   the name identifying the span.
-   * @param future the future we want to instrument.
-   */
-  def tracedFuture[A](name: String)(future: => Future[A])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Future[A] = {
-
-    /**
-     * NOTE: The elapsed time of the span is saved somewhere by kamon, but
-     * I have no idea how to get to it and this is why I'm calculating
-     * it in the metricsLogger.debug line. This is a quick and dirty hack to
-     * have at least something.
-     */
-    val start = System.currentTimeMillis()
-    Kamon.span(name) {
-      future.andThen { case Success(_) =>
-        metricsLogger.debug(s"$name: {} ms", System.currentTimeMillis() - start)
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Based on the current class name, create a logger with the name in the
-   * form 'M-ClassName', e.g., 'M-CacheManager'.
-   * All loggers returned by this method can be configured in 'logback.xml',
-   * i.e., turned on or off.
-   */
-  def getMetricsLoggerForClass: Logger = {
-    val simpleClassName = this.getClass.getSimpleName
-    Logger(LoggerFactory.getLogger(s"M-$simpleClassName"))
-  }
-}
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/admin/ProjectsResponderADM.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/admin/ProjectsResponderADM.scala
index 4d1f91842d..0c65b900a2 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/admin/ProjectsResponderADM.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/admin/ProjectsResponderADM.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import org.knora.webapi.*
 import org.knora.webapi.config.AppConfig
 import org.knora.webapi.core.MessageHandler
 import org.knora.webapi.core.MessageRelay
-import org.knora.webapi.instrumentation.InstrumentationSupport
 import org.knora.webapi.messages.IriConversions.*
 import org.knora.webapi.messages.*
 import org.knora.webapi.messages.admin.responder.permissionsmessages.*
@@ -186,8 +185,7 @@ final case class ProjectsResponderADMLive(
   implicit private val stringFormatter: StringFormatter
 ) extends ProjectsResponderADM
     with MessageHandler
-    with LazyLogging
-    with InstrumentationSupport {
+    with LazyLogging {
 
   // Global lock IRI used for project creation and update
   private val PROJECTS_GLOBAL_LOCK_IRI = "http://rdfh.ch/projects"
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/routing/AroundDirectives.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/routing/AroundDirectives.scala
index 5d2121e464..c8487d68f6 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/routing/AroundDirectives.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/routing/AroundDirectives.scala
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 package org.knora.webapi.routing
 
+import com.typesafe.scalalogging.Logger
 import org.apache.pekko
 import org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.HttpResponse
 import org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.StatusCodes.MethodNotAllowed
 import org.apache.pekko.http.scaladsl.model.StatusCodes.NotFound
-
-import org.knora.webapi.instrumentation.InstrumentationSupport
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 
 import pekko.http.scaladsl.server.Directive0
 import pekko.http.scaladsl.server.Directives.*
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ import pekko.http.scaladsl.server.Directives.*
 /**
  * Pekko HTTP directives which can be wrapped around a [[pekko.http.scaladsl.server.Route]]].
  */
-trait AroundDirectives extends InstrumentationSupport {
+trait AroundDirectives {
+  protected lazy val metricsLogger: Logger =
+    Logger(LoggerFactory.getLogger(s"M-this.getClass.getSimpleName"))
 
   /**
    * When wrapped around a [[pekko.http.scaladsl.server.Route]], logs the time it took for the route to run.