diff --git a/internal/cloudapi/v2/errors.go b/internal/cloudapi/v2/errors.go
index 5f480190e..4de43415d 100644
--- a/internal/cloudapi/v2/errors.go
+++ b/internal/cloudapi/v2/errors.go
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ package v2
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
-
-	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/prometheus"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -302,13 +299,6 @@ func (s *Server) HTTPErrorHandler(echoError error, c echo.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	internalError := he.Code >= http.StatusInternalServerError && he.Code <= http.StatusNetworkAuthenticationRequired
-	if internalError {
-		if strings.HasSuffix(c.Path(), "/compose") {
-			prometheus.ComposeFailures.Inc()
-		}
-	}
-
 	err, ok := he.Message.(detailsError)
 	if !ok {
 		// No service code was set, so Echo threw this error
diff --git a/internal/prometheus/http_metrics.go b/internal/prometheus/http_metrics.go
index e49830d73..0b2d912e1 100644
--- a/internal/prometheus/http_metrics.go
+++ b/internal/prometheus/http_metrics.go
@@ -14,16 +14,6 @@ var (
 	})
 )
 
-var (
-	// update this to count all 500s
-	ComposeFailures = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-		Name:      "total_failed_compose_requests",
-		Namespace: Namespace,
-		Subsystem: ComposerSubsystem,
-		Help:      "total number of failed compose requests",
-	})
-)
-
 var (
 	ComposeRequests = promauto.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Name:      "total_compose_requests",