diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/ECPublicKeyAdapter.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/ECPublicKeyAdapter.java
index c89e0b77d..b6437f9c7 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/ECPublicKeyAdapter.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/ECPublicKeyAdapter.java
@@ -14,17 +14,11 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Base64;
-import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Counter;
-import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Metrics;
 import org.signal.libsignal.protocol.InvalidKeyException;
 import org.signal.libsignal.protocol.ecc.ECPublicKey;
-import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.metrics.MetricsUtil;
 
 public class ECPublicKeyAdapter {
 
-  private static final Counter EC_PUBLIC_KEY_WITHOUT_VERSION_BYTE_COUNTER =
-      Metrics.counter(MetricsUtil.name(ECPublicKeyAdapter.class, "keyWithoutVersionByte"));
-
   public static class Serializer extends JsonSerializer<ECPublicKey> {
 
     @Override
@@ -55,11 +49,6 @@ public class ECPublicKeyAdapter {
       try {
         return new ECPublicKey(ecPublicKeyBytes);
       } catch (final InvalidKeyException e) {
-        if (ecPublicKeyBytes.length == ECPublicKey.KEY_SIZE - 1) {
-          EC_PUBLIC_KEY_WITHOUT_VERSION_BYTE_COUNTER.increment();
-          return ECPublicKey.fromPublicKeyBytes(ecPublicKeyBytes);
-        }
-
         throw new JsonParseException(parser, "Could not interpret identity key bytes as an EC public key", e);
       }
     }
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/ECPublicKeyAdapterTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/ECPublicKeyAdapterTest.java
index ce17dd633..868971f65 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/ECPublicKeyAdapterTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/ECPublicKeyAdapterTest.java
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ class ECPublicKeyAdapterTest {
     return Stream.of(
         Arguments.of(String.format(template, "null"), null),
         Arguments.of(String.format(template, "\"\""), null),
-        Arguments.of(String.format(template, "\"" + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(EC_PUBLIC_KEY.serialize()) + "\""), EC_PUBLIC_KEY),
-        Arguments.of(String.format(template, "\"" + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(EC_PUBLIC_KEY.getPublicKeyBytes()) + "\""), EC_PUBLIC_KEY)
+        Arguments.of(String.format(template, "\"" + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(EC_PUBLIC_KEY.serialize()) + "\""), EC_PUBLIC_KEY)
     );
   }
 }