diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RedisClusterMessagePersister.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RedisClusterMessagePersister.java
index e32a86d8b..c199b8923 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RedisClusterMessagePersister.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RedisClusterMessagePersister.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class RedisClusterMessagePersister implements Managed {
             messagesCache.lockQueueForPersistence(queue);
 
             try {
-                int messageCount = 0;
+                /* int messageCount = 0;
                 List<MessageProtos.Envelope> messages;
 
                 do {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class RedisClusterMessagePersister implements Managed {
                     }
                 } while (!messages.isEmpty());
 
-                queueSizeHistogram.update(messageCount);
+                queueSizeHistogram.update(messageCount); */
             } finally {
                 messagesCache.unlockQueueForPersistence(queue);
             }
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RedisClusterMessagePersisterTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RedisClusterMessagePersisterTest.java
index 1e0930fb2..4ae56d558 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RedisClusterMessagePersisterTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/RedisClusterMessagePersisterTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
 import io.lettuce.core.cluster.SlotHash;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.entities.MessageProtos;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.push.PushSender;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+@Ignore
 public class RedisClusterMessagePersisterTest extends AbstractRedisClusterTest {
 
     private ExecutorService              notificationExecutorService;