diff --git a/metrics/metrics/pom.xml b/metrics/metrics/pom.xml
index 7c8e29479b2..2dbfe56d49a 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics/metrics/pom.xml
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@
             <artifactId>helidon-webclient</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.helidon.config</groupId>
-            <artifactId>helidon-config-testing</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/metrics/metrics/src/test/java/io/helidon/metrics/TestServer.java b/metrics/metrics/src/test/java/io/helidon/metrics/TestServer.java
index f7e9f7bd23f..f0c70cc5820 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics/src/test/java/io/helidon/metrics/TestServer.java
+++ b/metrics/metrics/src/test/java/io/helidon/metrics/TestServer.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 import io.helidon.common.http.Http;
 import io.helidon.common.http.MediaType;
-import io.helidon.config.testing.MatcherWithRetry;
 import io.helidon.media.jsonp.JsonpSupport;
 import io.helidon.webclient.WebClient;
 import io.helidon.webclient.WebClientRequestBuilder;
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasKey;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 
 public class TestServer {
@@ -193,6 +191,9 @@ void checkMetricsForExecutorService() throws Exception {
         String jsonKeyForCompleteTaskCountInThreadPool =
                 "executor-service.completed-task-count;poolIndex=0;supplierCategory=my-thread-thread-pool-1;supplierIndex=0";
 
+        // Because ThreadPoolExecutor methods are documented as reporting approximations of task counts, etc., we should
+        // not depend on the values changing in a reasonable time period...or at all. So this test simply makes sure that
+        // an expected metric is present.
         WebClientRequestBuilder metricsRequestBuilder = webClientBuilder
                 .build()
                 .get()
@@ -210,39 +211,6 @@ void checkMetricsForExecutorService() throws Exception {
         assertThat("JSON metrics results before accessing slow endpoint",
                    metrics,
                    hasKey(jsonKeyForCompleteTaskCountInThreadPool));
-
-        int completedTaskCount = metrics.getInt(jsonKeyForCompleteTaskCountInThreadPool);
-        assertThat("Completed task count before accessing slow endpoint", completedTaskCount, is(0));
-
-        WebClientResponse slowGreetResponse = webClientBuilder
-                .build()
-                .get()
-                .accept(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
-                .path("greet/slow")
-                .submit()
-                .await(CLIENT_TIMEOUT);
-
-        assertThat("Slow greet access response status", slowGreetResponse.status().code(), is(200));
-
-        MatcherWithRetry.retry(() -> {
-
-            WebClientResponse secondMetricsResponse = metricsRequestBuilder
-                    .submit()
-                    .await(CLIENT_TIMEOUT);
-
-            assertThat("Second access to metrics", secondMetricsResponse.status().code(), is(200));
-
-            JsonObject secondMetrics = secondMetricsResponse.content().as(JsonObject.class).await(CLIENT_TIMEOUT);
-
-            assertThat("JSON metrics results after accessing slow endpoint",
-                       secondMetrics,
-                       hasKey(jsonKeyForCompleteTaskCountInThreadPool));
-
-            int secondCompletedTaskCount = secondMetrics.getInt(jsonKeyForCompleteTaskCountInThreadPool);
-
-            assertThat("Completed task count after accessing slow endpoint", secondCompletedTaskCount, is(1));
-            return true;
-        });
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest