diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageController.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageController.java
index 4bce8991a..15aefc903 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageController.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/controllers/MessageController.java
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ public class MessageController {
   static final Semver IOS_VERSION_WITH_FIXED_ENVELOPE_TYPE = new Semver("5.25.0");
 
   private static final String REJECT_OVERSIZE_MESSAGE_COUNTER = name(MessageController.class, "rejectOversizeMessage");
-  private static final String LEGACY_MESSAGE_SENT_COUNTER = name(MessageController.class, "legacyMessageSent");
   private static final String SENT_MESSAGE_COUNTER_NAME = name(MessageController.class, "sentMessages");
   private static final String CONTENT_SIZE_DISTRIBUTION_NAME = name(MessageController.class, "messageContentSize");
   private static final String OUTGOING_MESSAGE_LIST_SIZE_BYTES_DISTRIBUTION_NAME = name(MessageController.class, "outgoingMessageListSizeBytes");