diff --git a/src/main/scala/Monitor.scala b/src/main/scala/Monitor.scala
index ba4ec78d..a228bb0b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/Monitor.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/Monitor.scala
@@ -190,4 +190,3 @@ object Monitor:
         val maxDelay = Kamon.gauge("connector.flush.config.maxDelay").withoutTags()
       val qSize           = Kamon.histogram("connector.flush.qSize").withoutTags()
       val channelsToFlush = Kamon.histogram("connector.flush.channelsToFlush").withoutTags()
-    val scheduledHit = Kamon.counter("connector.scheduledHit").withoutTags()
diff --git a/src/main/scala/netty/ActorChannelConnector.scala b/src/main/scala/netty/ActorChannelConnector.scala
index 78c281e1..0970d168 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/netty/ActorChannelConnector.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/netty/ActorChannelConnector.scala
@@ -82,8 +82,3 @@ final private class ActorChannelConnector(
       else if flushQ.isEmpty then 1.second // hibernate
       else 1.millis                        // interval is 0 but we still need to empty the queue
     scheduler.scheduleOnce(nextInterval, () => flush())
-
-  def scheduledHit(): Unit =
-    Monitor.connector.scheduledHit.increment()
-    scheduler.scheduleOnce(1 millis, () => scheduledHit())
-  scheduledHit()