diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/index.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/index.adoc
index a7808e2..d9cd06c 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/index.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/index.adoc
@@ -312,8 +312,6 @@ The following metrics are provided:
 * `vertx.worker-pool-size` - A <<gauge>> of the number of threads in the worker pool
 * `vertx.cluster-host` - A <<gauge>> of the cluster-host setting
 * `vertx.cluster-port` - A <<gauge>> of the cluster-port setting
-* `vertx.verticles` - A <<counter>> of the number of verticles currently deployed
-* `vertx.verticles.<verticle-name>` - A <<counter>> of the number of deployment of a particular verticle
 
 === Event bus metrics
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/dropwizard/impl/VertxMetricsImpl.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/dropwizard/impl/VertxMetricsImpl.java
index 2fdd1fc..859a757 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/dropwizard/impl/VertxMetricsImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/dropwizard/impl/VertxMetricsImpl.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 class VertxMetricsImpl extends AbstractMetrics implements VertxMetrics {
 
   private final DropwizardMetricsOptions options;
-  private final Counter verticles;
   private Handler<Void> doneHandler;
   private final boolean shutdown;
   private final Map<String, HttpClientReporter> clientReporters = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ class VertxMetricsImpl extends AbstractMetrics implements VertxMetrics {
     super(registry, baseName);
 
     this.options = metricsOptions;
-    this.verticles = counter("verticles");
     this.shutdown = shutdown;
 
     gauge(options::getEventLoopPoolSize, "event-loop-size");
@@ -68,18 +66,6 @@ String projectName(String name) {
     return name;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void verticleDeployed(Verticle verticle) {
-    verticles.inc();
-    counter("verticles", verticleName(verticle)).inc();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void verticleUndeployed(Verticle verticle) {
-    verticles.dec();
-    counter("verticles", verticleName(verticle)).dec();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public EventBusMetrics createEventBusMetrics() {
     return new EventBusMetricsImpl(this, nameOf("eventbus"), options);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/dropwizard/MetricsTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/dropwizard/MetricsTest.java
index c9464e4..24ddbbb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/dropwizard/MetricsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/dropwizard/MetricsTest.java
@@ -1052,36 +1052,6 @@ public void testVertxMetrics() throws Exception {
     assertNull(metrics.getJsonObject("vertx.cluster-port"));
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testVerticleMetrics() throws Exception {
-    int verticles = 5;
-    CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(verticles);
-    AtomicReference<String> ref = new AtomicReference<>();
-    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-      vertx.deployVerticle(new AbstractVerticle() {}, ar -> {
-        assertTrue(ar.succeeded());
-        ref.set(ar.result()); // just use the last deployment id to test undeploy metrics below
-        latch.countDown();
-      });
-    }
-
-    awaitLatch(latch);
-
-    JsonObject metrics = metricsService.getMetricsSnapshot(vertx);
-    assertNotNull(metrics);
-    assertFalse(metrics.isEmpty());
-
-    assertCount(metrics.getJsonObject("vertx.verticles"), (long) verticles);
-
-    vertx.undeploy(ref.get(), ar -> {
-      assertTrue(ar.succeeded());
-      assertCount(metricsService.getMetricsSnapshot(vertx).getJsonObject("vertx.verticles"), (long) verticles - 1);
-      testComplete();
-    });
-
-    await();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testScheduledMetricConsumer() {
     int messages = 18;