diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsRequestEventListener.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsRequestEventListener.java
index 752955cc9..392534b15 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsRequestEventListener.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsRequestEventListener.java
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 class MetricsRequestEventListener implements RequestEventListener {
 
-    static final  String        COUNTER_NAME       = MetricRegistry.name(MetricsRequestEventListener.class, "request");
-
-    static final  String        PATH_TAG           = "path";
-    static final  String        STATUS_CODE_TAG    = "status";
-    static final  String        TRAFFIC_SOURCE_TAG = "trafficSource";
-    static final  String        EXCEPTION_TAG      = "exception";
+    static final  String COUNTER_NAME       = MetricRegistry.name(MetricsRequestEventListener.class, "request");
+    static final  String PATH_TAG           = "path";
+    static final  String STATUS_CODE_TAG    = "status";
+    static final  String TRAFFIC_SOURCE_TAG = "trafficSource";
 
     private final TrafficSource trafficSource;
     private final MeterRegistry meterRegistry;
@@ -50,14 +48,6 @@ class MetricsRequestEventListener implements RequestEventListener {
                 final List<String> userAgentValues = event.getContainerRequest().getRequestHeader("User-Agent");
                 tags.addAll(UserAgentTagUtil.getUserAgentTags(userAgentValues != null ? userAgentValues.stream().findFirst().orElse(null) : null));
 
-                if (event.getException() != null) {
-                    if (event.getException() instanceof MappableException) {
-                        tags.add(Tag.of(EXCEPTION_TAG, event.getException().getCause().getClass().getSimpleName()));
-                    } else {
-                        tags.add(Tag.of(EXCEPTION_TAG, event.getException().getClass().getSimpleName()));
-                    }
-                }
-
                 meterRegistry.counter(COUNTER_NAME, tags).increment();
             }
         }
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsRequestEventListenerTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsRequestEventListenerTest.java
index 983898c01..f4c93bacd 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsRequestEventListenerTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/MetricsRequestEventListenerTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
 import io.dropwizard.jersey.DropwizardResourceConfig;
 import io.dropwizard.jersey.jackson.JacksonMessageBodyProvider;
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ContainerRequest;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ContainerResponse;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ExtendedUriInfo;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig;
-import org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.process.MappableException;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.monitoring.RequestEvent;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.uri.UriTemplate;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -51,18 +49,16 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 public class MetricsRequestEventListenerTest {
 
-    private              MeterRegistry               meterRegistry;
-    private              Counter                     counter;
+    private MeterRegistry               meterRegistry;
+    private Counter                     counter;
+    private MetricsRequestEventListener listener;
 
-    private              MetricsRequestEventListener listener;
-
-    private static final TrafficSource               TRAFFIC_SOURCE = TrafficSource.HTTP;
+    private static final TrafficSource TRAFFIC_SOURCE = TrafficSource.HTTP;
 
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         meterRegistry = mock(MeterRegistry.class);
         counter       = mock(Counter.class);
-
         listener      = new MetricsRequestEventListener(TRAFFIC_SOURCE, meterRegistry);
     }
 
@@ -109,51 +105,6 @@ public class MetricsRequestEventListenerTest {
         assertTrue(tags.contains(Tag.of(UserAgentTagUtil.VERSION_TAG, "4.53.7")));
     }
 
-    @Test
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public void testOnEventWithException() {
-        final String path = "/test";
-        final int statusCode = 500;
-
-        final ExtendedUriInfo uriInfo = mock(ExtendedUriInfo.class);
-        when(uriInfo.getMatchedTemplates()).thenReturn(Collections.singletonList(new UriTemplate(path)));
-
-        final ContainerRequest request = mock(ContainerRequest.class);
-        when(request.getRequestHeader("User-Agent")).thenReturn(Collections.singletonList("Signal-Android 4.53.7 (Android 8.1)"));
-
-        final ContainerResponse response = mock(ContainerResponse.class);
-        when(response.getStatus()).thenReturn(statusCode);
-
-        final RequestEvent event = mock(RequestEvent.class);
-        when(event.getType()).thenReturn(RequestEvent.Type.FINISHED);
-        when(event.getUriInfo()).thenReturn(uriInfo);
-        when(event.getContainerRequest()).thenReturn(request);
-        when(event.getContainerResponse()).thenReturn(response);
-        when(event.getException()).thenReturn(new MappableException(new RuntimeException("OH NO")));
-
-        final ArgumentCaptor<Iterable<Tag>> tagCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Iterable.class);
-        when(meterRegistry.counter(eq(MetricsRequestEventListener.COUNTER_NAME), any(Iterable.class))).thenReturn(counter);
-
-        listener.onEvent(event);
-
-        verify(meterRegistry).counter(eq(MetricsRequestEventListener.COUNTER_NAME), tagCaptor.capture());
-
-        final Iterable<Tag> tagIterable = tagCaptor.getValue();
-        final Set<Tag> tags = new HashSet<>();
-
-        for (final Tag tag : tagIterable) {
-            tags.add(tag);
-        }
-
-        assertEquals(6, tags.size());
-        assertTrue(tags.contains(Tag.of(MetricsRequestEventListener.PATH_TAG, path)));
-        assertTrue(tags.contains(Tag.of(MetricsRequestEventListener.STATUS_CODE_TAG, String.valueOf(statusCode))));
-        assertTrue(tags.contains(Tag.of(MetricsRequestEventListener.TRAFFIC_SOURCE_TAG, TRAFFIC_SOURCE.name().toLowerCase())));
-        assertTrue(tags.contains(Tag.of(UserAgentTagUtil.PLATFORM_TAG, "android")));
-        assertTrue(tags.contains(Tag.of(UserAgentTagUtil.VERSION_TAG, "4.53.7")));
-        assertTrue(tags.contains(Tag.of(MetricsRequestEventListener.EXCEPTION_TAG, "RuntimeException")));
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testGetPathTemplate() {
         final UriTemplate firstComponent = new UriTemplate("/first");