diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4e88874..f477645 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,17 +8,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ahash"
-version = "0.7.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
- "once_cell",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ansi_term"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -39,15 +28,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atomic-shim"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67cd4b51d303cf3501c301e8125df442128d3c6d7c69f71b27833d253de47e77"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -56,9 +36,9 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "47594e438a243791dba58124b6669561f5baa14cb12046641d8008bf035e5a25"
+checksum = "5611d4977882c5af1c0f7a34d51b5d87f784f86912bb543986b014ea4995ef93"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
@@ -87,9 +67,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9a671c9ae99531afdd5d3ee8340b8da547779430689947144c140fc74a740244"
+checksum = "95cd109b3e93c9541dcce5b0219dcf89169dcc58c1bebed65082808324258afb"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -111,12 +91,6 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4a45a46ab1f2412e53d3a0ade76ffad2025804294569aae387231a0cd6e0899"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -138,30 +112,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-epoch"
-version = "0.9.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1145cf131a2c6ba0615079ab6a638f7e1973ac9c2634fcbeaaad6114246efe8c"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "lazy_static",
- "memoffset",
- "scopeguard",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-utils"
-version = "0.8.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0bf124c720b7686e3c2663cf54062ab0f68a88af2fb6a030e87e30bf721fcb38"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "lazy_static",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "filetime"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -289,9 +239,6 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ab5ef0d4909ef3724cc8cce6ccc8572c5c817592e9285f5464f8e86f8bd3726e"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
@@ -376,36 +323,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "instant"
-version = "0.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a5bbe824c507c5da5956355e86a746d82e0e1464f65d862cc5e71da70e94b2c"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ipnet"
-version = "2.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "35e70ee094dc02fd9c13fdad4940090f22dbd6ac7c9e7094a46cf0232a50bc7c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1aab8fc367588b89dcee83ab0fd66b72b50b72fa1904d7095045ace2b0c81c35"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.56"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a38fc24e30fd564ce974c02bf1d337caddff65be6cc4735a1f7eab22a7440f04"
-dependencies = [
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -437,15 +360,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mach"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b823e83b2affd8f40a9ee8c29dbc56404c1e34cd2710921f2801e2cf29527afa"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -473,71 +387,6 @@ version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "308cc39be01b73d0d18f82a0e7b2a3df85245f84af96fdddc5d202d27e47b86a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memoffset"
-version = "0.6.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5aa361d4faea93603064a027415f07bd8e1d5c88c9fbf68bf56a285428fd79ce"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "metrics"
-version = "0.18.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2e52eb6380b6d2a10eb3434aec0885374490f5b82c8aaf5cd487a183c98be834"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash",
- "metrics-macros",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "metrics-exporter-prometheus"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b93b470b04c005178058e18ac8bb2eb3fda562cf87af5ea05ba8d44190d458c"
-dependencies = [
- "hyper",
- "indexmap",
- "ipnet",
- "metrics",
- "metrics-util",
- "parking_lot 0.11.2",
- "quanta",
- "thiserror",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "metrics-macros"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49e30813093f757be5cf21e50389a24dc7dbb22c49f23b7e8f51d69b508a5ffa"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "metrics-util"
-version = "0.12.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "107a38013e91c04ddf31826b0d0dcc2e0d4ebedded8234cc0dc2b7bbd0c121e8"
-dependencies = [
- "atomic-shim",
- "crossbeam-epoch",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "hashbrown",
- "metrics",
- "num_cpus",
- "parking_lot 0.11.2",
- "quanta",
- "sketches-ddsketch",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.16"
@@ -612,17 +461,6 @@ version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "87f3e037eac156d1775da914196f0f37741a274155e34a0b7e427c35d2a2ecb9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "parking_lot"
-version = "0.11.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d17b78036a60663b797adeaee46f5c9dfebb86948d1255007a1d6be0271ff99"
-dependencies = [
- "instant",
- "lock_api",
- "parking_lot_core 0.8.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -630,21 +468,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "87f5ec2493a61ac0506c0f4199f99070cbe83857b0337006a30f3e6719b8ef58"
 dependencies = [
  "lock_api",
- "parking_lot_core 0.9.2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "parking_lot_core"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d76e8e1493bcac0d2766c42737f34458f1c8c50c0d23bcb24ea953affb273216"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "instant",
- "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
- "smallvec",
- "winapi",
+ "parking_lot_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -707,22 +531,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "quanta"
-version = "0.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20afe714292d5e879d8b12740aa223c6a88f118af41870e8b6196e39a02238a8"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "libc",
- "mach",
- "once_cell",
- "raw-cpuid",
- "wasi 0.10.2+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "web-sys",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.17"
@@ -732,15 +540,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "raw-cpuid"
-version = "10.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "738bc47119e3eeccc7e94c4a506901aea5e7b4944ecd0829cbebf4af04ceda12"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.2.13"
@@ -835,14 +634,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "site-backend"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "flate2",
  "futures-util",
  "hyper",
- "metrics",
- "metrics-exporter-prometheus",
  "serde_json",
  "tar",
  "tokio",
@@ -853,12 +650,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sketches-ddsketch"
-version = "0.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76a77a8fd93886010f05e7ea0720e569d6d16c65329dbe3ec033bbbccccb017b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.5"
@@ -909,26 +700,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "xattr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.30"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "854babe52e4df1653706b98fcfc05843010039b406875930a70e4d9644e5c417"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.30"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa32fd3f627f367fe16f893e2597ae3c05020f8bba2666a4e6ea73d377e5714b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.4"
@@ -950,7 +721,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mio",
  "num_cpus",
  "once_cell",
- "parking_lot 0.12.0",
+ "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
@@ -1166,70 +937,6 @@ version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.79"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "25f1af7423d8588a3d840681122e72e6a24ddbcb3f0ec385cac0d12d24256c06"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "wasm-bindgen-macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.79"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b21c0df030f5a177f3cba22e9bc4322695ec43e7257d865302900290bcdedca"
-dependencies = [
- "bumpalo",
- "lazy_static",
- "log",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.79"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2f4203d69e40a52ee523b2529a773d5ffc1dc0071801c87b3d270b471b80ed01"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.79"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bfa8a30d46208db204854cadbb5d4baf5fcf8071ba5bf48190c3e59937962ebc"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-backend",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.79"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d958d035c4438e28c70e4321a2911302f10135ce78a9c7834c0cab4123d06a2"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.56"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c060b319f29dd25724f09a2ba1418f142f539b2be99fbf4d2d5a8f7330afb8eb"
-dependencies = [
- "js-sys",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4ee7af8..2f17b4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "site-backend"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.2"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ name = "site"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["http2"] }
+axum = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["http2"] }
 hyper = { version = "0.14.18", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.17.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.32"
@@ -23,5 +23,3 @@ tokio-util = { version = "0.7.1", features = ["io"] }
 futures-util = "0.3.21"
 uuid = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.1", features = ["v4"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.79"
-metrics = "0.18.1"
-metrics-exporter-prometheus = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3e74b13..aa405b2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
-use std::{future::ready, net::SocketAddr};
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
-use axum::{
-    extract::Extension,
-    http::StatusCode,
-    middleware,
-    routing::{get, get_service},
-    Router,
-};
+use axum::{extract::Extension, http::StatusCode, routing::get_service, Router};
 use tower_http::{auth::RequireAuthorizationLayer, services::ServeDir, trace::TraceLayer};
 use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 mod api;
 mod matrix;
-mod metrics;
 
 const STATIC_DIR_NAME: &str = "static";
 
@@ -34,8 +27,6 @@ async fn main()
 
     std::fs::create_dir_all(&static_dir);
 
-    let recorder_handle = metrics::setup_metrics_recorder();
-
     let app = Router::new()
         // Handle Matrix .well-known files
         .nest("/", matrix::router())
@@ -44,7 +35,6 @@ async fn main()
             "/api",
             api::router().layer(RequireAuthorizationLayer::bearer(&api_key)),
         )
-        .route("/metrics", get(move || ready(recorder_handle.render())))
         // The fallback option is to serve the actual static files
         .fallback(get_service(ServeDir::new(static_dir)).handle_error(
             |error: std::io::Error| async move {
@@ -54,9 +44,8 @@ async fn main()
                 )
             },
         ))
-        .layer(middleware::from_fn(metrics::track_metrics))
-        .layer(Extension(data_dir))
-        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
+        .layer(Extension(data_dir));
 
     let addr = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], 3000));
     tracing::debug!("listening on {}", addr);
diff --git a/src/metrics.rs b/src/metrics.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 076aa70..0000000
--- a/src/metrics.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-use std::time::Instant;
-
-use axum::{extract::MatchedPath, http::Request, middleware::Next, response::IntoResponse};
-use metrics_exporter_prometheus::{Matcher, PrometheusBuilder, PrometheusHandle};
-
-pub fn setup_metrics_recorder() -> PrometheusHandle
-{
-    const EXPONENTIAL_SECONDS: &[f64] = &[
-        0.005, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0,
-    ];
-
-    PrometheusBuilder::new()
-        .set_buckets_for_metric(
-            Matcher::Full("http_requests_duration_seconds".to_string()),
-            EXPONENTIAL_SECONDS,
-        )
-        .unwrap()
-        .install_recorder()
-        .unwrap()
-}
-
-// Taken from the examples section
-pub async fn track_metrics<B>(req: Request<B>, next: Next<B>) -> impl IntoResponse
-{
-    let start = Instant::now();
-    let path = if let Some(matched_path) = req.extensions().get::<MatchedPath>() {
-        matched_path.as_str().to_owned()
-    } else {
-        req.uri().path().to_owned()
-    };
-    let method = req.method().clone();
-
-    let response = next.run(req).await;
-
-    let latency = start.elapsed().as_secs_f64();
-    let status = response.status().as_u16().to_string();
-
-    let labels = [
-        ("method", method.to_string()),
-        ("path", path),
-        ("status", status),
-    ];
-
-    metrics::increment_counter!("http_requests_total", &labels);
-    metrics::histogram!("http_requests_duration_seconds", latency, &labels);
-
-    response
-}