diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
index 124d068e46d..ea798872730 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/Client.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryPolicies;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryPolicy.RetryAction;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.metrics.RpcDetailedMetrics;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC.RpcKind;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server.AuthProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.protobuf.IpcConnectionContextProtos.IpcConnectionContextProto;
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RpcConstants.PING_CALL_ID;
 public class Client implements AutoCloseable {
   
   public static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Client.class);
-  private final RpcDetailedMetrics rpcDetailedMetrics;
 
   /** A counter for generating call IDs. */
   private static final AtomicInteger callIdCounter = new AtomicInteger();
@@ -210,24 +208,6 @@ public class Client implements AutoCloseable {
     }
   };
   
-  /**
-   * Update a particular metric by recording the processing
-   * time of the metric.
-   *
-   * @param name Metric name
-   * @param processingTime time spent in processing the metric.
-   */
-  public void updateMetrics(String name, long processingTime) {
-    rpcDetailedMetrics.addProcessingTime(name, processingTime);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Get the RpcDetailedMetrics associated with the Client.
-   */
-  public RpcDetailedMetrics getRpcDetailedMetrics() {
-    return rpcDetailedMetrics;
-  }
-
   /**
    * set the ping interval value in configuration
    * 
@@ -1334,11 +1314,6 @@ public class Client implements AutoCloseable {
     this.maxAsyncCalls = conf.getInt(
         CommonConfigurationKeys.IPC_CLIENT_ASYNC_CALLS_MAX_KEY,
         CommonConfigurationKeys.IPC_CLIENT_ASYNC_CALLS_MAX_DEFAULT);
-    /**
-     * Create with port of -1, dummy port since the function
-     * takes default argument.
-     */
-    this.rpcDetailedMetrics = RpcDetailedMetrics.create(-1);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java
index e52dc66d32c..55485662523 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/ProtobufRpcEngine.java
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricStringBuilder;
-import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.lib.MutableRatesWithAggregation;
 
 /**
  * RPC Engine for for protobuf based RPCs.
@@ -197,7 +195,7 @@ public class ProtobufRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
         throws ServiceException {
       long startTime = 0;
       if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-        startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        startTime = Time.now();
       }
       
       if (args.length != 2) { // RpcController + Message
@@ -252,16 +250,8 @@ public class ProtobufRpcEngine implements RpcEngine {
       }
 
       if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-        long callTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
-        if (callTime > 0) {
-          MetricStringBuilder rb =
-              new MetricStringBuilder(null, "", " = ", "\n");
-          client.updateMetrics(method.getName(), callTime);
-          MutableRatesWithAggregation rates =
-              client.getRpcDetailedMetrics().getMutableRates();
-          rates.snapshot(rb, true);
-          LOG.debug("RPC Client stats: {}", rb);
-        }
+        long callTime = Time.now() - startTime;
+        LOG.debug("Call: " + method.getName() + " took " + callTime + "ms");
       }
       
       if (Client.isAsynchronousMode()) {
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/metrics/RpcDetailedMetrics.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/metrics/RpcDetailedMetrics.java
index 99a0afd7b4c..caa3452c1db 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/metrics/RpcDetailedMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/metrics/RpcDetailedMetrics.java
@@ -70,16 +70,12 @@ public class RpcDetailedMetrics {
    * @param processingTime  the processing time
    */
   //@Override // some instrumentation interface
-  public void addProcessingTime(String metName, long processingTime) {
-    rates.add(metName, processingTime);
+  public void addProcessingTime(String name, int processingTime) {
+    rates.add(name, processingTime);
   }
 
-  public void addDeferredProcessingTime(String metName, long processingTime) {
-    deferredRpcRates.add(metName, processingTime);
-  }
-
-  public MutableRatesWithAggregation getMutableRates() {
-    return rates;
+  public void addDeferredProcessingTime(String name, long processingTime) {
+    deferredRpcRates.add(name, processingTime);
   }
 
   /**