diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/transforms/join/CoGbkResult.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/transforms/join/CoGbkResult.java
index 482018e198d5..2e26d13da547 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/transforms/join/CoGbkResult.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/transforms/join/CoGbkResult.java
@@ -625,12 +625,6 @@ private static class TagIterable<T> implements Iterable<T> {
     Reiterator<RawUnionValue> tail;
     boolean finished;
 
-    private Counter smallIterablesCount =
-        Metrics.counter(CoGbkResult.class, "cogbk-small-iterables");
-
-    private Counter largeIterablesCount =
-        Metrics.counter(CoGbkResult.class, "cogbk-large-iterables");
-
     public TagIterable(
         List<T> head, int tag, int cacheSize, ObservingReiterator<RawUnionValue> tip) {
       this.tag = tag;