diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
index ccaa2ec9..6aa58b5c 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementConfig.java
@@ -170,11 +170,6 @@ public class LeaseManagementConfig {
     private long listShardsCacheAllowedAgeInSeconds = 30;
     private int cacheMissWarningModulus = 250;
 
-    /**
-     *
-     */
-    private MetricsFactory metricsFactory = new NullMetricsFactory();
-
     /**
      * The {@link ExecutorService} to be used by {@link ShardSyncTaskManager}.
      *