diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6c1f5a5..a6a73672 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Remove sqs_requests_total and sqs_request_duration_seconds metrics
 - Numia Pools APR fetcher, associated configs and wiring
 - Timeseries pool fees fetcher, associated configs and wiring
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 59cab297..f7f5f1c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ test-prices-mainnet:
 
 # Run E2E tests in verbose mode (-s) -n 4 concurrent workers
 e2e-run-stage:
-	SQS_ENVIRONMENTS=stage pytest -s -n 4 --ignore=tests/test_syntheic_geo.py
+	SQS_ENVIRONMENTS=stage pytest -s -n 4 --ignore=tests/test_synthetic_geo.py
 
 e2e-run-local:
-	SQS_ENVIRONMENTS=local pytest -s -n 4 --ignore=tests/test_syntheic_geo.py
+	SQS_ENVIRONMENTS=local pytest -s -n 4 --ignore=tests/test_synthetic_geo.py
 
 #### E2E Python Setup
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ e2e-update-requirements:
 
 # Set DATADOG_API_KEY in the environment
 datadog-agent-start:
-	export DATADOG_API_KEY=your-key; \
+	export DATADOG_API_KEY=095a7a8c6007d0fa325c3e0b2ee898d4; \
 	docker run --cgroupns host \
 				--pid host \
 				-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
diff --git a/middleware/middleware.go b/middleware/middleware.go
index 4549ee84..5981d5e3 100644
--- a/middleware/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware/middleware.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package middleware
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"github.com/osmosis-labs/sqs/domain"
 	"github.com/osmosis-labs/sqs/log"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
@@ -28,34 +26,11 @@ type GoMiddleware struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	// total number of requests counter
-	requestsTotal = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
-		prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Name: "sqs_requests_total",
-			Help: "Total number of requests.",
-		},
-		[]string{"method", "endpoint"},
-	)
-
-	// request latency histogram
-	requestLatency = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
-		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
-			Name:    "sqs_request_duration_seconds",
-			Help:    "Histogram of request latencies.",
-			Buckets: prometheus.DefBuckets,
-		},
-		[]string{"method", "endpoint"},
-	)
 
 	// flight recorder
 	recordFlightOnce sync.Once
 )
 
-func init() {
-	prometheus.MustRegister(requestsTotal)
-	prometheus.MustRegister(requestLatency)
-}
-
 // CORS will handle the CORS middleware
 func (m *GoMiddleware) CORS(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(c echo.Context) error {
@@ -90,28 +65,10 @@ func (m *GoMiddleware) InstrumentMiddleware(next echo.HandlerFunc) echo.HandlerF
 	return func(c echo.Context) error {
 		start := time.Now()
 
-		requestMethod := c.Request().Method
-		requestPath, err := domain.ParseURLPath(c)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// Increment the request counter
-		requestsTotal.WithLabelValues(requestMethod, requestPath).Inc()
-
-		// Insert the request path into the context
-		ctx := c.Request().Context()
-		ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, domain.RequestPathCtxKey, requestPath)
-		request := c.Request().WithContext(ctx)
-		c.SetRequest(request)
-
-		err = next(c)
+		err := next(c)
 
 		duration := time.Since(start)
 
-		// Observe the duration with the histogram
-		requestLatency.WithLabelValues(requestMethod, requestPath).Observe(duration.Seconds())
-
 		// Record outliers to the flight recorder for further analysis
 		if m.flightRecordConfig.Enabled && duration > time.Duration(m.flightRecordConfig.TraceThresholdMS)*time.Millisecond {
 			recordFlightOnce.Do(func() {