diff --git a/connexion/decorators/metrics.py b/connexion/decorators/metrics.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7721417..0000000
--- a/connexion/decorators/metrics.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-"""
-This module defines view function decorator to collect UWSGI metrics and expose them via an
-endpoint.
-"""
-
-import functools
-import os
-import time
-
-from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
-
-from connexion.exceptions import ProblemException
-
-try:
-    import uwsgi_metrics
-    HAS_UWSGI_METRICS = True  # pragma: no cover
-except ImportError:
-    uwsgi_metrics = None
-    HAS_UWSGI_METRICS = False
-
-
-class UWSGIMetricsCollector:
-    def __init__(self, path, method):
-        self.path = path
-        self.method = method
-        swagger_path = path.strip('/').replace('/', '.').replace('<', '{').replace('>', '}')
-        self.key_suffix = f'{method.upper()}.{swagger_path}'
-        self.prefix = os.getenv('HTTP_METRICS_PREFIX', 'connexion.response')
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def is_available():
-        return HAS_UWSGI_METRICS
-
-    def __call__(self, function):
-        """
-        :type function: types.FunctionType
-        :rtype: types.FunctionType
-        """
-
-        @functools.wraps(function)
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            status = 500
-            start_time_s = time.time()
-            try:
-                response = function(*args, **kwargs)
-                status = response.status_code
-            except HTTPException as http_e:
-                status = http_e.code
-                raise http_e
-            except ProblemException as prob_e:
-                status = prob_e.status
-                raise prob_e
-            finally:
-                end_time_s = time.time()
-                delta_s = end_time_s - start_time_s
-                delta_ms = delta_s * 1000
-                key = f'{status}.{self.key_suffix}'
-                uwsgi_metrics.timer(self.prefix, key, delta_ms)
-            return response
-
-        return wrapper
diff --git a/connexion/operations/abstract.py b/connexion/operations/abstract.py
index 1a5abc9..7b90e43 100644
--- a/connexion/operations/abstract.py
+++ b/connexion/operations/abstract.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import abc
 import logging
 
 from ..decorators.decorator import RequestResponseDecorator
-from ..decorators.metrics import UWSGIMetricsCollector
 from ..decorators.parameter import parameter_to_arg
 from ..decorators.produces import BaseSerializer, Produces
 from ..decorators.response import ResponseValidator
@@ -379,10 +378,6 @@ class AbstractOperation(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
 
         function = self._request_response_decorator(function)
 
-        if UWSGIMetricsCollector.is_available():  # pragma: no cover
-            decorator = UWSGIMetricsCollector(self.path, self.method)
-            function = decorator(function)
-
         return function
 
     @property
diff --git a/tests/test_metrics.py b/tests/test_metrics.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 20cfe08..0000000
--- a/tests/test_metrics.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
-import flask
-import pytest
-from connexion.decorators.metrics import UWSGIMetricsCollector
-from connexion.exceptions import ProblemException
-
-
-def test_timer(monkeypatch):
-    wrapper = UWSGIMetricsCollector('/foo/bar/<param>', 'get')
-
-    def operation(req):
-        raise ProblemException(418, '', '')
-
-    op = wrapper(operation)
-    metrics = MagicMock()
-    monkeypatch.setattr('flask.request', MagicMock())
-    monkeypatch.setattr('flask.current_app', MagicMock(response_class=flask.Response))
-    monkeypatch.setattr('connexion.decorators.metrics.uwsgi_metrics', metrics)
-    with pytest.raises(ProblemException) as exc:
-        op(MagicMock())
-    assert metrics.timer.call_args[0][:2] == ('connexion.response',
-                                              '418.GET.foo.bar.{param}')