diff --git a/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/test_relay_globalconfig_v3.py b/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/test_relay_globalconfig_v3.py
index 1f084f03046d12..ff58bfd3db7d2d 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/test_relay_globalconfig_v3.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/api/endpoints/test_relay_globalconfig_v3.py
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ def test_global_config() -> None:
     if not config["options"]["relay.span-normalization.allowed_hosts"]:
         del config["options"]["relay.span-normalization.allowed_hosts"]
 
+    # NOTE (vgrozdanic): temporary fix for the test, until metric_stats is completely removed
+    # from sentry codebase. It has been removed from relay, without being first removed from
+    # sentry
+    if "metric_stats" in config["options"]["relay.metric-bucket-distribution-encodings"]:
+        del config["options"]["relay.metric-bucket-distribution-encodings"]["metric_stats"]
+
+    if "metric_stats" in normalized["options"]["relay.metric-bucket-distribution-encodings"]:
+        del normalized["options"]["relay.metric-bucket-distribution-encodings"]["metric_stats"]
+
+    if "metric_stats" in config["options"]["relay.metric-bucket-set-encodings"]:
+        del config["options"]["relay.metric-bucket-set-encodings"]["metric_stats"]
+
+    if "metric_stats" in normalized["options"]["relay.metric-bucket-set-encodings"]:
+        del normalized["options"]["relay.metric-bucket-set-encodings"]["metric_stats"]
+
     assert normalized == config