diff --git a/src/java/com/puppetlabs/puppetserver/MetricsPuppetProfiler.java b/src/java/com/puppetlabs/puppetserver/MetricsPuppetProfiler.java
index e02972cd5..34774ce16 100644
--- a/src/java/com/puppetlabs/puppetserver/MetricsPuppetProfiler.java
+++ b/src/java/com/puppetlabs/puppetserver/MetricsPuppetProfiler.java
@@ -102,15 +102,6 @@ private String safeGet(String[] collection, int i) {
 	}
     }
 
-    private String metricify(String ...ids) {
-        String base = ids[0];
-	List<String> idList = Arrays.asList(ids);
-	for(String s : idList.subList(1, idList.size())) {
-            base.concat(".").concat(s);
-	}
-        return base;
-    }
-
     private void updateMetricsTrackers(String[] metricId, Map<String, Timer> metricsByID) {
 	String firstElement = safeGet(metricId, 0);
 	String secondElement = safeGet(metricId, 1);
@@ -149,7 +140,7 @@ private void updateMetricsTrackers(String[] metricId, Map<String, Timer> metrics
 		    ("catalog".equals(secondElement) && "munge".equals(thirdElemet)) ||
 		    ("report".equals(secondElement) && "convert_to_wire_format_hash".equals(thirdElemet))
 		) {
-                    String key = metricify(secondElement, thirdElemet);
+                    String key = String.join(".", secondElement, thirdElemet);
                     Timer metric = metricsByID.get(getMetricName(sliceOfArrayToList(metricId, 3)));
                     this.puppetdb_timers.put(key, metric);
 
@@ -161,7 +152,7 @@ private void updateMetricsTrackers(String[] metricId, Map<String, Timer> metrics
 			"replace facts".equals(fourthElement) ||
 			"replace catalog".equals(fourthElement)
                     ) {
-                        String key = metricify(secondElement, thirdElemet, fourthElement);
+                        String key = String.join(".", secondElement, thirdElemet, fourthElement);
                         Timer metric = metricsByID.get(getMetricName(sliceOfArrayToList(metricId, 4)));
                         this.puppetdb_timers.put(key, metric);
 		    }