diff --git a/helios-services/pom.xml b/helios-services/pom.xml
index 095b6f664..a476c4a34 100644
--- a/helios-services/pom.xml
+++ b/helios-services/pom.xml
@@ -233,10 +233,6 @@
       <artifactId>raven-logback</artifactId>
       <version>4.1.1</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.yammer.metrics</groupId>
-      <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/helios-system-tests/pom.xml b/helios-system-tests/pom.xml
index af1b800ed..d4151dbf3 100644
--- a/helios-system-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/helios-system-tests/pom.xml
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@
       <artifactId>raven-logback</artifactId>
       <version>4.1.1</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.yammer.metrics</groupId>
-      <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/helios-system-tests/src/main/java/com/spotify/helios/system/LoggingTestWatcher.java b/helios-system-tests/src/main/java/com/spotify/helios/system/LoggingTestWatcher.java
index 83929ce11..6f12c0883 100644
--- a/helios-system-tests/src/main/java/com/spotify/helios/system/LoggingTestWatcher.java
+++ b/helios-system-tests/src/main/java/com/spotify/helios/system/LoggingTestWatcher.java
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ private void setupFileLogging(final String name) {
     configureLogger("org.eclipse.jetty", Level.ERROR);
     configureLogger("org.apache.curator", Level.ERROR);
     configureLogger("org.apache.zookeeper", Level.ERROR);
-    configureLogger("com.yammer.metrics", Level.ERROR);
     configureLogger("com.spotify.helios", Level.DEBUG);
   }
 
diff --git a/helios-testing-common/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml b/helios-testing-common/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml
index 5db1378eb..2aaa59d8e 100644
--- a/helios-testing-common/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/helios-testing-common/src/main/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
   <logger name="org.eclipse.jetty" level="${externalLoggingLevel:-ERROR}">
     <appender-ref ref="EXTERNAL_STDERR"/>
   </logger>
-  <logger name="com.yammer.metrics" level="${externalLoggingLevel:-ERROR}">
-    <appender-ref ref="EXTERNAL_STDERR"/>
-  </logger>
 
   <logger name="com.spotify.helios" level="${heliosLoggingLevel:-DEBUG}"/>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98c22b9ba..560fb0fb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -240,11 +240,6 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.yammer.metrics</groupId>
-        <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.0</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>