diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQueryConfig.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQueryConfig.java
index 1475239d904..0e1516b1c71 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQueryConfig.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQueryConfig.java
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ public class GroupByQueryConfig
   @JsonProperty
   private boolean forcePushDownLimit = false;
 
-  @JsonProperty
-  private Class<? extends GroupByQueryMetricsFactory> queryMetricsFactory;
-
   public String getDefaultStrategy()
   {
     return defaultStrategy;
@@ -137,16 +134,6 @@ public class GroupByQueryConfig
   {
     return forcePushDownLimit;
   }
-
-  public Class<? extends GroupByQueryMetricsFactory> getQueryMetricsFactory()
-  {
-    return queryMetricsFactory != null ? queryMetricsFactory : DefaultGroupByQueryMetricsFactory.class;
-  }
-
-  public void setQueryMetricsFactory(Class<? extends GroupByQueryMetricsFactory> queryMetricsFactory)
-  {
-    this.queryMetricsFactory = queryMetricsFactory;
-  }
   
   public GroupByQueryConfig withOverrides(final GroupByQuery query)
   {