diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
index e1678f45..5369c0f4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/PrefetchGetRecordsCache.java
@@ -52,12 +52,9 @@ public class PrefetchGetRecordsCache implements GetRecordsCache {
     private final long idleMillisBetweenCalls;
     private Instant lastSuccessfulCall;
     private final DefaultGetRecordsCacheDaemon defaultGetRecordsCacheDaemon;
-
     private PrefetchCounters prefetchCounters;
-
     private boolean started = false;
-
-    private String operation;
+    private final String operation;
 
     /**
      * Constructor for the PrefetchGetRecordsCache. This cache prefetches records from Kinesis and stores them in a
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/RecordsFetcherFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/RecordsFetcherFactory.java
index e081d7ac..be8316d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/RecordsFetcherFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/RecordsFetcherFactory.java
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@ public interface RecordsFetcherFactory {
      * @param getRecordsRetrievalStrategy GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy to be used with the GetRecordsCache
      * @param shardId ShardId of the shard that the fetcher will retrieve records for
      * @param metricsFactory MetricsFactory used to create metricScope
-     * @param operation operation name used to emit metrics
      *                
      * @return GetRecordsCache used to get records from Kinesis.
      */
-    GetRecordsCache createRecordsFetcher(GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy, String shardId, IMetricsFactory metricsFactory, String operation);
+    GetRecordsCache createRecordsFetcher(GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy, String shardId, IMetricsFactory metricsFactory);
 
     /**
      * Sets the maximum number of ProcessRecordsInput objects the GetRecordsCache can hold, before further requests are
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardConsumer.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardConsumer.java
index 6cf2a544..d7a5545e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardConsumer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardConsumer.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class ShardConsumer {
         this.dataFetcher = kinesisDataFetcher;
         this.getRecordsCache = config.getRecordsFetcherFactory().createRecordsFetcher(
                 makeStrategy(this.dataFetcher, retryGetRecordsInSeconds, maxGetRecordsThreadPool, this.shardInfo),
-                this.getShardInfo().getShardId(), metricsFactory, "ProcessTask");
+                this.getShardInfo().getShardId(), this.metricsFactory);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory.java
index 865e4dc4..4bef71a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory implements RecordsFetcherFactory {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public GetRecordsCache createRecordsFetcher(GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy, String shardId, IMetricsFactory metricsFactory, String operation) {
+    public GetRecordsCache createRecordsFetcher(GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy, String shardId, IMetricsFactory metricsFactory) {
         if(dataFetchingStrategy.equals(DataFetchingStrategy.DEFAULT)) {
             return new BlockingGetRecordsCache(maxRecords, getRecordsRetrievalStrategy, idleMillisBetweenCalls);
         } else {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory implements RecordsFetcherFactory {
                             .setDaemon(true)
                             .setNameFormat("prefetch-cache-" + shardId + "-%04d")
                             .build()),
-                    idleMillisBetweenCalls, metricsFactory, operation);
+                    idleMillisBetweenCalls, metricsFactory, "processTask");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/RecordsFetcherFactoryTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/RecordsFetcherFactoryTest.java
index 546b1b00..912804da 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/RecordsFetcherFactoryTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/RecordsFetcherFactoryTest.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 public class RecordsFetcherFactoryTest {
     private String shardId = "TestShard";
     private RecordsFetcherFactory recordsFetcherFactory;
-    private String operation = "ProcessTask";
 
     @Mock
     private GetRecordsRetrievalStrategy getRecordsRetrievalStrategy;
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ public class RecordsFetcherFactoryTest {
     @Test
     public void createDefaultRecordsFetcherTest() {
         GetRecordsCache recordsCache = recordsFetcherFactory.createRecordsFetcher(getRecordsRetrievalStrategy, shardId,
-                metricsFactory, operation);
+                metricsFactory);
         assertThat(recordsCache, instanceOf(BlockingGetRecordsCache.class));
     }
 
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ public class RecordsFetcherFactoryTest {
     public void createPrefetchRecordsFetcherTest() {
         recordsFetcherFactory.setDataFetchingStrategy(DataFetchingStrategy.PREFETCH_CACHED);
         GetRecordsCache recordsCache = recordsFetcherFactory.createRecordsFetcher(getRecordsRetrievalStrategy, shardId,
-                metricsFactory, operation);
+                metricsFactory);
         assertThat(recordsCache, instanceOf(PrefetchGetRecordsCache.class));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardConsumerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardConsumerTest.java
index b4bb32d7..0bd2f31a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardConsumerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/ShardConsumerTest.java
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ public class ShardConsumerTest {
         getRecordsCache = spy(new BlockingGetRecordsCache(maxRecords,
                 new SynchronousGetRecordsRetrievalStrategy(dataFetcher),
                 0L));
-        when(recordsFetcherFactory.createRecordsFetcher(any(), anyString(),any(),anyString())).thenReturn(getRecordsCache);
+        when(recordsFetcherFactory.createRecordsFetcher(any(), anyString(),any())).thenReturn(getRecordsCache);
         
         ShardConsumer consumer =
                 new ShardConsumer(shardInfo,
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ public class ShardConsumerTest {
         getRecordsCache = spy(new BlockingGetRecordsCache(maxRecords,
                 new SynchronousGetRecordsRetrievalStrategy(dataFetcher),
                 0L));
-        when(recordsFetcherFactory.createRecordsFetcher(any(), anyString(),any(),anyString())).thenReturn(getRecordsCache);
+        when(recordsFetcherFactory.createRecordsFetcher(any(), anyString(),any())).thenReturn(getRecordsCache);
 
         ShardConsumer consumer =
                 new ShardConsumer(shardInfo,
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
index 2b529404..a8856a0b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/WorkerTest.java
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ public class WorkerTest {
         RecordsFetcherFactory recordsFetcherFactory = mock(RecordsFetcherFactory.class);
         GetRecordsCache getRecordsCache = mock(GetRecordsCache.class);
         when(config.getRecordsFetcherFactory()).thenReturn(recordsFetcherFactory);
-        when(recordsFetcherFactory.createRecordsFetcher(any(), anyString(),any(), anyString())).thenReturn(getRecordsCache);
+        when(recordsFetcherFactory.createRecordsFetcher(any(), anyString(),any())).thenReturn(getRecordsCache);
         when(getRecordsCache.getNextResult()).thenReturn(new ProcessRecordsInput().withRecords(Collections.emptyList()).withMillisBehindLatest(0L));
 
         WorkerThread workerThread = runWorker(shardList,