diff --git a/lib/sentry/config.ex b/lib/sentry/config.ex
index cbb6c407..033d89d1 100644
--- a/lib/sentry/config.ex
+++ b/lib/sentry/config.ex
@@ -437,17 +437,6 @@ defmodule Sentry.Config do
       *Available since 12.0.0*.
       """
     ],
-    enable_metrics: [
-      type: :boolean,
-      default: true,
-      doc: """
-      Whether to enable sending metric events to Sentry. When enabled, the SDK will
-      capture and send metrics (counters, gauges, distributions) according to the
-      [Sentry Metrics Protocol](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/telemetry/metrics/).
-      Use `Sentry.Metrics` functions to record metrics.
-      *Available since 13.0.0*.
-      """
-    ],
     logs: [
       type: :keyword_list,
       default: [],
@@ -1106,9 +1095,6 @@ defmodule Sentry.Config do
   @spec enable_logs?() :: boolean()
   def enable_logs?, do: fetch!(:enable_logs)
 
-  @spec enable_metrics?() :: boolean()
-  def enable_metrics?, do: fetch!(:enable_metrics)
-
   @spec logs() :: keyword()
   def logs, do: fetch!(:logs)
 
diff --git a/lib/sentry/metrics.ex b/lib/sentry/metrics.ex
index 7a88f144..36176388 100644
--- a/lib/sentry/metrics.ex
+++ b/lib/sentry/metrics.ex
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.Metrics do
 
   ## Configuration
 
-  Metrics can be disabled globally via configuration:
-
-      config :sentry, enable_metrics: false
-
-  You can also filter metrics using the `:before_send_metric` callback:
+  Metrics can be filtered using the `:before_send_metric` callback:
 
       config :sentry,
         before_send_metric: fn metric ->
@@ -42,7 +38,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.Metrics do
   """
   @moduledoc since: "13.0.0"
 
-  alias Sentry.{ClientReport, Config, Metric, TelemetryProcessor}
+  alias Sentry.{ClientReport, Metric, TelemetryProcessor}
 
   @doc """
   Records a counter metric.
@@ -113,33 +109,30 @@ defmodule Sentry.Metrics do
   ## Private Functions
 
   defp record_metric(type, name, value, opts) do
-    if Config.enable_metrics?() do
-      unit = Keyword.get(opts, :unit)
-      attributes = Keyword.get(opts, :attributes, %{})
-
-      {trace_id, span_id} = current_trace_context() || {generate_trace_id(), nil}
-
-      # Build metric struct
-      metric = %Metric{
-        type: type,
-        name: name,
-        value: value,
-        timestamp: System.system_time(:nanosecond) / 1_000_000_000,
-        trace_id: trace_id,
-        span_id: span_id,
-        unit: unit,
-        attributes: attributes
-      }
-
-      metric = Metric.attach_default_attributes(metric)
-
-      case TelemetryProcessor.add(metric) do
-        {:ok, {:rate_limited, _data_category}} ->
-          ClientReport.Sender.record_discarded_events(:ratelimit_backoff, [metric])
-
-        :ok ->
-          :ok
-      end
+    unit = Keyword.get(opts, :unit)
+    attributes = Keyword.get(opts, :attributes, %{})
+
+    {trace_id, span_id} = current_trace_context() || {generate_trace_id(), nil}
+
+    metric = %Metric{
+      type: type,
+      name: name,
+      value: value,
+      timestamp: System.system_time(:nanosecond) / 1_000_000_000,
+      trace_id: trace_id,
+      span_id: span_id,
+      unit: unit,
+      attributes: attributes
+    }
+
+    metric = Metric.attach_default_attributes(metric)
+
+    case TelemetryProcessor.add(metric) do
+      {:ok, {:rate_limited, _data_category}} ->
+        ClientReport.Sender.record_discarded_events(:ratelimit_backoff, [metric])
+
+      :ok ->
+        :ok
     end
 
     :ok
diff --git a/test/sentry/config_test.exs b/test/sentry/config_test.exs
index bc39f46f..38172f26 100644
--- a/test/sentry/config_test.exs
+++ b/test/sentry/config_test.exs
@@ -447,18 +447,6 @@ defmodule Sentry.ConfigTest do
     end
   end
 
-  describe ":enable_metrics" do
-    test "defaults to true" do
-      config = Config.validate!([])
-      assert config[:enable_metrics] == true
-    end
-
-    test "can be set to false" do
-      config = Config.validate!(enable_metrics: false)
-      assert config[:enable_metrics] == false
-    end
-  end
-
   describe ":before_send_metric" do
     test "accepts a function callback" do
       callback = fn metric -> metric end
diff --git a/test/sentry/metrics_integration_test.exs b/test/sentry/metrics_integration_test.exs
index fc3f9cc9..9479b8a0 100644
--- a/test/sentry/metrics_integration_test.exs
+++ b/test/sentry/metrics_integration_test.exs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsIntegrationTest do
     %{bypass: bypass, telemetry_processor: processor_name, ref: ref} =
       Sentry.Test.setup_sentry(
         collect_envelopes: true,
-        enable_metrics: true,
         telemetry_processor: [buffer_configs: %{metric: %{batch_size: 1}}]
       )
 
diff --git a/test/sentry/metrics_test.exs b/test/sentry/metrics_test.exs
index c9fc7cc8..29b52241 100644
--- a/test/sentry/metrics_test.exs
+++ b/test/sentry/metrics_test.exs
@@ -12,20 +12,14 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
 
   describe "count/2" do
     test "creates a counter metric with default options" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       assert :ok = Metrics.count("button.clicks", 1)
     end
 
     test "creates a counter metric with unit" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       assert :ok = Metrics.count("http.requests", 5, unit: "request")
     end
 
     test "creates a counter metric with attributes" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       assert :ok =
                Metrics.count("button.clicks", 1,
                  unit: "click",
@@ -33,23 +27,6 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
                )
     end
 
-    test "respects enable_metrics kill switch when false" do
-      test_pid = self()
-
-      callback = fn metric ->
-        send(test_pid, {:metric_sent, metric})
-        metric
-      end
-
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: false, before_send_metric: callback)
-
-      # Should not raise error, just silently return :ok
-      assert :ok = Metrics.count("button.clicks", 1)
-
-      # Verify the metric was NOT sent and callback was NOT called
-      refute_receive {:metric_sent, _}, 100
-    end
-
     test "applies before_send_metric callback" do
       test_pid = self()
 
@@ -58,7 +35,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         metric
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       Metrics.count("test.counter", 42, unit: "item")
       TelemetryProcessor.flush()
@@ -79,7 +56,6 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
       end
 
       put_test_config(
-        enable_metrics: true,
         before_send_metric: callback,
         environment_name: "test",
         release: "1.0.0"
@@ -98,7 +74,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
 
     test "filters metric when before_send_metric returns nil" do
       callback = fn _metric -> nil end
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       # Should not crash, just skip sending
       assert :ok = Metrics.count("test.counter", 1)
@@ -106,7 +82,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
 
     test "filters metric when before_send_metric returns false" do
       callback = fn _metric -> false end
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       # Should not crash, just skip sending
       assert :ok = Metrics.count("test.counter", 1)
@@ -120,7 +96,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         %{metric | value: metric.value * 2}
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       Metrics.count("test.counter", 5)
       TelemetryProcessor.flush()
@@ -135,7 +111,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         end
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: {TestCallback, :filter_metric})
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: {TestCallback, :filter_metric})
 
       # Should be filtered out
       assert :ok = Metrics.count("test.counter", 5)
@@ -152,7 +128,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         metric
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       Metrics.count("test.counter", 1)
       TelemetryProcessor.flush()
@@ -166,50 +142,30 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
 
   describe "gauge/2" do
     test "creates a gauge metric with default options" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       assert :ok = Metrics.gauge("memory.usage", 1024)
     end
 
     test "creates a gauge metric with unit and attributes" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       assert :ok =
                Metrics.gauge("active.connections", 42,
                  unit: "connection",
                  attributes: %{pool: "main"}
                )
     end
-
-    test "respects enable_metrics kill switch" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: false)
-
-      assert :ok = Metrics.gauge("memory.usage", 1024)
-    end
   end
 
   describe "distribution/2" do
     test "creates a distribution metric with default options" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       assert :ok = Metrics.distribution("response.time", 42.5)
     end
 
     test "creates a distribution metric with unit and attributes" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       assert :ok =
                Metrics.distribution("response.time", 42.5,
                  unit: "millisecond",
                  attributes: %{endpoint: "/api"}
                )
     end
-
-    test "respects enable_metrics kill switch" do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: false)
-
-      assert :ok = Metrics.distribution("response.time", 42.5)
-    end
   end
 
   describe "trace context extraction" do
@@ -221,7 +177,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         metric
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       Metrics.count("test.counter", 1)
       TelemetryProcessor.flush()
@@ -241,7 +197,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         raise "callback error"
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       import ExUnit.CaptureLog
 
@@ -261,10 +217,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         def before_send_metric(_metric), do: raise("MFA callback error")
       end
 
-      put_test_config(
-        enable_metrics: true,
-        before_send_metric: {RaisingCallback, :before_send_metric}
-      )
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: {RaisingCallback, :before_send_metric})
 
       import ExUnit.CaptureLog
 
@@ -287,7 +240,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         :invalid_return
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       assert :ok = Metrics.count("test.counter", 1)
       TelemetryProcessor.flush()
@@ -304,7 +257,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         metric
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       assert :ok = Metrics.count("test.zero", 0)
       TelemetryProcessor.flush()
@@ -319,7 +272,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         metric
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       assert :ok = Metrics.gauge("test.negative", -42)
       TelemetryProcessor.flush()
@@ -334,7 +287,7 @@ defmodule Sentry.MetricsTest do
         metric
       end
 
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true, before_send_metric: callback)
+      put_test_config(before_send_metric: callback)
 
       assert :ok = Metrics.distribution("test.float", 0.001)
       TelemetryProcessor.flush()
diff --git a/test/sentry/telemetry_processor_integration_test.exs b/test/sentry/telemetry_processor_integration_test.exs
index a4ae3fd9..f9970edb 100644
--- a/test/sentry/telemetry_processor_integration_test.exs
+++ b/test/sentry/telemetry_processor_integration_test.exs
@@ -389,8 +389,6 @@ defmodule Sentry.TelemetryProcessorIntegrationTest do
     end
 
     test "a trace_metric_byte limit stops further metrics and reports paired outcomes", ctx do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       ref = install_rate_limit_response(ctx.bypass, "trace_metric_byte")
 
       Sentry.Metrics.count("first.metric", 1)
@@ -647,8 +645,6 @@ defmodule Sentry.TelemetryProcessorIntegrationTest do
 
     test "a trace_metric_byte rate limit drops metrics emitted via Sentry.Metrics with paired outcomes",
          ctx do
-      put_test_config(enable_metrics: true)
-
       metric_buffer = TelemetryProcessor.get_buffer(ctx.processor, :metric)
 
       set_rate_limit("trace_metric_byte")
diff --git a/test_integrations/phoenix_app/config/test.exs b/test_integrations/phoenix_app/config/test.exs
index 7f7fb1bb..93b70604 100644
--- a/test_integrations/phoenix_app/config/test.exs
+++ b/test_integrations/phoenix_app/config/test.exs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ config :sentry,
   test_mode: true,
   send_result: :sync,
   traces_sample_rate: 1.0,
-  enable_metrics: true,
   enable_logs: true,
   logs: [
     level: :info,