diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 64ade49a..2acc860b 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ end
 
 if CONFIG.statistics_enabled
   Invidious::Jobs.register Invidious::Jobs::StatisticsRefreshJob.new(PG_DB, SOFTWARE)
-  add_handler Metrics::RouteMetricsCollector.new
 end
 
 if (CONFIG.use_pubsub_feeds.is_a?(Bool) && CONFIG.use_pubsub_feeds.as(Bool)) || (CONFIG.use_pubsub_feeds.is_a?(Int32) && CONFIG.use_pubsub_feeds.as(Int32) > 0)
diff --git a/src/invidious/helpers/helpers.cr b/src/invidious/helpers/helpers.cr
index a106ee18..6add0237 100644
--- a/src/invidious/helpers/helpers.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/helpers/helpers.cr
@@ -198,11 +198,3 @@ def get_playback_statistic
 
   return tracker.as(Hash(String, Int64 | Float64))
 end
-
-def to_prometheus_metrics(metrics_struct : Hash(String, Number)) : String
-  return String.build do |str|
-    metrics_struct.each.each do |key, value|
-      str << key << " " << value << "\n"
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/src/invidious/jobs/statistics_refresh_job.cr b/src/invidious/jobs/statistics_refresh_job.cr
index 38eaf234..66c91ad5 100644
--- a/src/invidious/jobs/statistics_refresh_job.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/jobs/statistics_refresh_job.cr
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ class Invidious::Jobs::StatisticsRefreshJob < Invidious::Jobs::BaseJob
     "playback" => {} of String => Int64 | Float64,
   }
 
-  STATISTICS_PROMETHEUS = {
-    "invidious_updated_at"                => Time.utc.to_unix,
-    "invidious_last_channel_refreshed_at" => 0_i64,
-  }
-
   private getter db : DB::Database
 
   def initialize(@db, @software_config : Hash(String, String))
@@ -64,9 +59,6 @@ class Invidious::Jobs::StatisticsRefreshJob < Invidious::Jobs::BaseJob
     users["activeHalfyear"] = Invidious::Database::Statistics.count_users_active_6m
     users["activeMonth"] = Invidious::Database::Statistics.count_users_active_1m
 
-    STATISTICS_PROMETHEUS["invidious_updated_at"] = Time.utc.to_unix
-    STATISTICS_PROMETHEUS["invidious_last_channel_refreshed_at"] = Invidious::Database::Statistics.channel_last_update.try &.to_unix || 0_i64
-
     STATISTICS["metadata"] = {
       "updatedAt"              => Time.utc.to_unix,
       "lastChannelRefreshedAt" => Invidious::Database::Statistics.channel_last_update.try &.to_unix || 0_i64,
diff --git a/src/invidious/metrics.cr b/src/invidious/metrics.cr
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fdd42b5..00000000
--- a/src/invidious/metrics.cr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Module containing an optional Kemal handler, which can be used
-# to collect metrics about the usage of various Invidious routes.
-module Metrics
-  record MetricLabels, request_method : String, request_route : String, response_code : Int32
-
-  class RouteMetricsCollector < Kemal::Handler
-    # Counts how many times a given route was used
-    @@num_of_request_counters = Hash(MetricLabels, Int64).new
-    # Counts how much time was used to handle requests to each route
-    @@request_duration_seconds_sums = Hash(MetricLabels, Float32).new
-
-    def self.num_of_request_counters
-      return @@num_of_request_counters
-    end
-
-    def self.request_duration_seconds_sums
-      return @@request_duration_seconds_sums
-    end
-
-    def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
-      request_handling_started = Time.utc
-      begin
-        call_next(context)
-      ensure
-        request_handling_finished = Time.utc
-        request_path = context.route.path
-        request_method = context.request.method
-        seconds_spent_handling = (request_handling_finished - request_handling_started).to_f
-        response_status = context.response.status_code.to_i
-
-        LOGGER.trace("Collecting metrics: handling #{request_method} #{request_path} took #{seconds_spent_handling}s and finished with status #{response_status}")
-        metric_key = MetricLabels.new request_path, request_method, response_status
-
-        unless @@num_of_request_counters.has_key?(metric_key)
-          @@num_of_request_counters[metric_key] = 0
-        end
-        @@num_of_request_counters[metric_key] += 1
-
-        unless @@request_duration_seconds_sums.has_key?(metric_key)
-          @@request_duration_seconds_sums[metric_key] = 0.0
-        end
-        @@request_duration_seconds_sums[metric_key] += seconds_spent_handling
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
index 83f46f92..4f5b58da 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/api/v1/misc.cr
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require "../../../metrics.cr"
-
 module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Misc
   # Stats API endpoint for Invidious
   def self.stats(env)
@@ -28,39 +26,6 @@ module Invidious::Routes::API::V1::Misc
     end
   end
 
-  def self.metrics(env)
-    if !CONFIG.statistics_enabled
-      env.response.status_code = 204
-      return
-    end
-
-    env.response.content_type = "text/plain"
-
-    return String.build do |str|
-      Metrics::RouteMetricsCollector.num_of_request_counters.each do |metric_labels, value|
-        str << "http_requests_total{"
-        str << "method=\"" << metric_labels.request_method << "\" "
-        str << "route=\"" << metric_labels.request_route << "\" "
-        str << "response_code=\"" << metric_labels.response_code << "\""
-        str << "} "
-        str << value << "\n"
-      end
-
-      Metrics::RouteMetricsCollector.request_duration_seconds_sums.each do |metric_labels, value|
-        str << "http_request_duration_seconds_sum{"
-        str << "method=\"" << metric_labels.request_method << "\" "
-        str << "route=\"" << metric_labels.request_route << "\" "
-        str << "response_code=\"" << metric_labels.response_code << "\""
-        str << "} "
-        str << value << "\n"
-      end
-
-      Invidious::Jobs::StatisticsRefreshJob::STATISTICS_PROMETHEUS.each.each do |key, value|
-        str << key << " " << value << "\n"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   # APIv1 currently uses the same logic for both
   # user playlists and Invidious playlists. This means that we can't
   # reasonably split them yet. This should be addressed in APIv2
diff --git a/src/invidious/routing.cr b/src/invidious/routing.cr
index 748fe737..38ddb839 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routing.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routing.cr
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ module Invidious::Routing
 
       # Misc
       get "/api/v1/stats", {{namespace}}::Misc, :stats
-      get "/api/v1/metrics", {{namespace}}::Misc, :metrics
       get "/api/v1/playlists/:plid", {{namespace}}::Misc, :get_playlist
       get "/api/v1/auth/playlists/:plid", {{namespace}}::Misc, :get_playlist
       get "/api/v1/mixes/:rdid", {{namespace}}::Misc, :mixes