diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c0ca0cb7a5..426442093c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const featureFlags = require('./lib/feature_flags').prerelease
 const psemver = require('./lib/util/process-version')
 let logger = require('./lib/logger') // Gets re-loaded after initialization.
 const NAMES = require('./lib/metrics/names')
-const isESMSupported = psemver.satisfies('>=16.2.0')
 
 const pkgJSON = require('./package.json')
 logger.info(
@@ -246,15 +245,7 @@ function recordLoaderMetric(agent) {
       (arg === '--loader' || arg === '--experimental-loader') &&
       process.execArgv[index + 1] === 'newrelic/esm-loader.mjs'
     ) {
-      if (isESMSupported) {
-        agent.metrics.getOrCreateMetric(NAMES.FEATURES.ESM.LOADER).incrementCallCount()
-      } else {
-        agent.metrics.getOrCreateMetric(NAMES.FEATURES.ESM.UNSUPPORTED_LOADER)
-        logger.warn(
-          'New Relic for Node.js ESM loader requires a version of Node >= v16.12.0; your version is %s.  Instrumentation will not be registered.',
-          process.version
-        )
-      }
+      agent.metrics.getOrCreateMetric(NAMES.FEATURES.ESM.LOADER).incrementCallCount()
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/lib/metrics/names.js b/lib/metrics/names.js
index 6132a63431..b4b94e48ac 100644
--- a/lib/metrics/names.js
+++ b/lib/metrics/names.js
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ const INFINITE_TRACING = {
 
 const FEATURES = {
   ESM: {
-    LOADER: `${SUPPORTABILITY.FEATURES}/ESM/Loader`,
-    UNSUPPORTED_LOADER: `${SUPPORTABILITY.FEATURES}/ESM/UnsupportedLoader`
+    LOADER: `${SUPPORTABILITY.FEATURES}/ESM/Loader`
   },
   CJS: {
     PRELOAD: `${SUPPORTABILITY.FEATURES}/CJS/Preload`,
diff --git a/test/unit/index.test.js b/test/unit/index.test.js
index babc2b7469..fc0a0f24f8 100644
--- a/test/unit/index.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/index.test.js
@@ -132,28 +132,6 @@ test('loader metrics', (t) => {
     t.end()
   })
 
-  t.test('should load preload unsupported metric if node version is <16.2.0', (t) => {
-    const processVersionStub = {
-      satisfies: sandbox.stub()
-    }
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(false)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(2).returns(true)
-    process.execArgv = ['--loader', 'newrelic/esm-loader.mjs']
-    const agent = proxyquire('../../index', {
-      './lib/util/process-version': processVersionStub,
-      './lib/agent': MockAgent,
-      './lib/shimmer': shimmerMock,
-      './api': ApiMock
-    })
-
-    const metricCall = agent.agent.metrics.getOrCreateMetric
-
-    t.equal(metricCall.args.length, 2)
-    t.equal(metricCall.args[0][0], 'Supportability/Features/ESM/UnsupportedLoader')
-    t.end()
-  })
-
   t.test('should load require metric when agent is required', (t) => {
     const agent = proxyquire('../../index', {
       './lib/agent': MockAgent,
@@ -222,8 +200,7 @@ test('index tests', (t) => {
     sandbox.stub(console, 'error')
     k2Stub = { start: sandbox.stub() }
     processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(2).returns(false)
+    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(false)
     mockConfig.applications.returns(['my-app-name'])
     MockAgent.prototype.start.yields(null)
     shimmerMock = createShimmerMock(sandbox)
@@ -287,7 +264,7 @@ test('index tests', (t) => {
   })
 
   t.test('should throw error if using an unsupported version of Node.js', (t) => {
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(false)
+    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(false)
     loadIndex()
     t.equal(loggerMock.error.callCount, 1, 'should log an error')
     t.match(loggerMock.error.args[0][0], /New Relic for Node.js requires a version of Node/)
@@ -297,7 +274,6 @@ test('index tests', (t) => {
   t.test('should log warning if using an odd version of node', (t) => {
     processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(true)
     processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(2).returns(true)
     configMock.getOrCreateInstance.returns(null)
     loadIndex()
     t.equal(loggerMock.warn.callCount, 1, 'should log an error')
@@ -308,8 +284,7 @@ test('index tests', (t) => {
   t.test('should use stub api if no config detected', (t) => {
     configMock.getOrCreateInstance.returns(null)
     processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(2).returns(false)
+    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(false)
     const api = loadIndex()
     t.equal(loggerMock.info.callCount, 2, 'should log info logs')
     t.equal(loggerMock.info.args[1][0], 'No configuration detected. Not starting.')
@@ -320,8 +295,7 @@ test('index tests', (t) => {
   t.test('should use stub api if agent_enabled is false', (t) => {
     configMock.getOrCreateInstance.returns({ agent_enabled: false })
     processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(2).returns(false)
+    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(false)
     const api = loadIndex()
     t.equal(loggerMock.info.callCount, 2, 'should log info logs')
     t.equal(loggerMock.info.args[1][0], 'Module disabled in configuration. Not starting.')
@@ -332,8 +306,7 @@ test('index tests', (t) => {
   t.test('should log warning when logging diagnostics is enabled', (t) => {
     mockConfig.logging.diagnostics = true
     processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(2).returns(false)
+    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(false)
     loadIndex()
     t.equal(
       loggerMock.warn.args[0][0],
@@ -344,8 +317,7 @@ test('index tests', (t) => {
 
   t.test('should throw error is app name is not set in config', (t) => {
     processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(2).returns(false)
+    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(false)
     mockConfig.applications.returns([])
     loadIndex()
     t.equal(loggerMock.error.callCount, 1, 'should log an error')
@@ -355,8 +327,7 @@ test('index tests', (t) => {
 
   t.test('should log error if agent startup failed', (t) => {
     processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(0).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(true)
-    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(2).returns(false)
+    processVersionStub.satisfies.onCall(1).returns(false)
     mockConfig.applications.returns(['my-app-name'])
     const err = new Error('agent start failed')
     MockAgent.prototype.start.yields(err)