diff --git a/sources/telemetry/Metrics.swift b/sources/telemetry/Metrics.swift
index 0bdb2e3..e58c106 100644
--- a/sources/telemetry/Metrics.swift
+++ b/sources/telemetry/Metrics.swift
@@ -534,10 +534,8 @@ extension Telemetry.Metrics.OpenMeasurement {
 
 func telemetryJSøN(withContext context: JSON, type: String, value: JSøN = .null) -> Telemetry.TelemetryJSON {
     let data: JSøN = [
-        "data" : [
-            "type" : type |> json,
-            "value": value
-            ] |> json
+        "type" : type |> json,
+        "value": value
         ] |> json
     return Telemetry.TelemetryJSON(context: context, data: data)
 }
diff --git a/sources/telemetry/TelemetryMetricsTest.swift b/sources/telemetry/TelemetryMetricsTest.swift
index bae7160..3642aee 100644
--- a/sources/telemetry/TelemetryMetricsTest.swift
+++ b/sources/telemetry/TelemetryMetricsTest.swift
@@ -326,10 +326,8 @@ class TelemetryMetricsTest: XCTestCase {
     
     private func telemetryJSON(for type: String, and value: [String: JSøN]) -> Telemetry.TelemetryJSON {
         let data: [String: JSøN] = [
-            "data" : [
                 "type" : type |> json,
                 "value": value |> json
-                ] |> json
         ]
         return .init(context: [:], data: data |> json)
     }