diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e7a24d94..2119ad291 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/oasisprotocol/curve25519-voi v0.0.0-20210609091139-0a56a4bca00b
 	github.com/ory/dockertest v3.3.5+incompatible
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1
-	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20200313005456-10cdbea86bc0
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.8.2
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.26.1
 	github.com/snikch/goodman v0.0.0-20171125024755-10e37e294daa
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 85daf9da7..3a84f802a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -865,8 +865,6 @@ github.com/quasilyte/gogrep v0.0.0-20220103110004-ffaa07af02e3/go.mod h1:wSEyW6O
 github.com/quasilyte/regex/syntax v0.0.0-20200407221936-30656e2c4a95 h1:L8QM9bvf68pVdQ3bCFZMDmnt9yqcMBro1pC7F+IPYMY=
 github.com/quasilyte/regex/syntax v0.0.0-20200407221936-30656e2c4a95/go.mod h1:rlzQ04UMyJXu/aOvhd8qT+hvDrFpiwqp8MRXDY9szc0=
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
-github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20200313005456-10cdbea86bc0 h1:MkV+77GLUNo5oJ0jf870itWm3D0Sjh7+Za9gazKc5LQ=
-github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20200313005456-10cdbea86bc0/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
diff --git a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client.go b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client.go
index cf04e704d..3a626e43a 100644
--- a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client.go
+++ b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
-	metrics "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
 
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
 	rpctypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/jsonrpc/types"
@@ -66,10 +65,9 @@ type WSClient struct { // nolint: maligned
 
 	wg sync.WaitGroup
 
-	mtx            sync.RWMutex
-	sentLastPingAt time.Time
-	reconnecting   bool
-	nextReqID      int
+	mtx          sync.RWMutex
+	reconnecting bool
+	nextReqID    int
 	// sentIDs        map[types.JSONRPCIntID]bool // IDs of the requests currently in flight
 
 	// Time allowed to write a message to the server. 0 means block until operation succeeds.
@@ -80,10 +78,6 @@ type WSClient struct { // nolint: maligned
 
 	// Send pings to server with this period. Must be less than readWait. If 0, no pings will be sent.
 	pingPeriod time.Duration
-
-	// Time between sending a ping and receiving a pong. See
-	// https://godoc.org/github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics#Timer.
-	PingPongLatencyTimer metrics.Timer
 }
 
 // NewWS returns a new client with default options. The endpoint argument must
@@ -117,8 +111,6 @@ func NewWS(remoteAddr, endpoint string) (*WSClient, error) {
 
 		// sentIDs: make(map[types.JSONRPCIntID]bool),
 	}
-
-	c.PingPongLatencyTimer = metrics.NewTimer()
 	return c, nil
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +157,6 @@ func (c *WSClient) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (c *WSClient) Stop() error {
 	// only close user-facing channels when we can't write to them
 	c.wg.Wait()
-	c.PingPongLatencyTimer.Stop()
 	close(c.ResponsesCh)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -386,9 +377,6 @@ func (c *WSClient) writeRoutine(ctx context.Context) {
 				c.reconnectAfter <- err
 				return
 			}
-			c.mtx.Lock()
-			c.sentLastPingAt = time.Now()
-			c.mtx.Unlock()
 		case <-c.readRoutineQuit:
 			return
 		case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -411,16 +399,6 @@ func (c *WSClient) readRoutine(ctx context.Context) {
 		c.wg.Done()
 	}()
 
-	c.conn.SetPongHandler(func(string) error {
-		// gather latency stats
-		c.mtx.RLock()
-		t := c.sentLastPingAt
-		c.mtx.RUnlock()
-		c.PingPongLatencyTimer.UpdateSince(t)
-
-		return nil
-	})
-
 	for {
 		// reset deadline for every message type (control or data)
 		if c.readWait > 0 {
diff --git a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client_test.go b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client_test.go
index 37bd64b22..5bbb5fc25 100644
--- a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client_test.go
+++ b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/ws_client_test.go
@@ -11,20 +11,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fortytw2/leaktest"
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
-	metrics "github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	rpctypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/jsonrpc/types"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	// Disable go-metrics metrics in tests, since they start unsupervised
-	// goroutines that trip the leak tester. Calling Stop on the metric is not
-	// sufficient, as that does not wait for the goroutine.
-	metrics.UseNilMetrics = true
-}
-
 const wsCallTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 
 type myTestHandler struct {