diff --git a/src/aggregator/aggregator/aggregator.go b/src/aggregator/aggregator/aggregator.go
index 327fad2e80..53925f1906 100644
--- a/src/aggregator/aggregator/aggregator.go
+++ b/src/aggregator/aggregator/aggregator.go
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ func (agg *aggregator) AddPassthrough(
 
 	if agg.electionManager.ElectionState() == FollowerState {
 		agg.metrics.addPassthrough.ReportFollowerNoop()
-		agg.metrics.addPassthrough.ReportSuccess(agg.nowFn().Sub(callStart))
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/aggregator/aggregator/options.go b/src/aggregator/aggregator/options.go
index 9c9174f98a..006801f365 100644
--- a/src/aggregator/aggregator/options.go
+++ b/src/aggregator/aggregator/options.go
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ func NewOptions() Options {
 		shardFn:                          sharding.Murmur32Hash.MustShardFn(),
 		bufferDurationBeforeShardCutover: defaultBufferDurationBeforeShardCutover,
 		bufferDurationAfterShardCutoff:   defaultBufferDurationAfterShardCutoff,
+		passthroughWriter:                writer.NewBlackholeWriter(),
 		entryTTL:                         defaultEntryTTL,
 		entryCheckInterval:               defaultEntryCheckInterval,
 		entryCheckBatchPercent:           defaultEntryCheckBatchPercent,
diff --git a/src/aggregator/integration/one_client_passthru_test.go b/src/aggregator/integration/one_client_passthru_test.go
index 80da611377..c63134d66e 100644
--- a/src/aggregator/integration/one_client_passthru_test.go
+++ b/src/aggregator/integration/one_client_passthru_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
+	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ func TestOneClientPassthroughMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	// Validate results.
 	expected := computeExpectedPassthroughResults(t, dataset)
 	actual := testServer.sortedResults()
-	require.Equal(t, expected, actual)
+	require.Equal(t, dedupResults(expected), dedupResults(actual))
 }
 
 func computeExpectedPassthroughResults(
@@ -166,3 +167,17 @@ func computeExpectedPassthroughResults(
 	sort.Sort(byTimeIDPolicyAscending(expected))
 	return expected
 }
+
+func dedupResults(
+	results []aggregated.MetricWithStoragePolicy,
+) []aggregated.MetricWithStoragePolicy {
+	var deduped []aggregated.MetricWithStoragePolicy
+	lenDeduped := 0
+	for _, m := range results {
+		if lenDeduped == 0 || !reflect.DeepEqual(deduped[lenDeduped-1], m) {
+			deduped = append(deduped, m)
+			lenDeduped++
+		}
+	}
+	return deduped
+}