diff --git a/doc/source/users/guides/metric.rst b/doc/source/users/guides/metric.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e977d714..00000000
--- a/doc/source/users/guides/metric.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Using OpenStack Metric
-======================
-
-Before working with the Metric service, you'll need to create a connection
-to your OpenStack cloud by following the :doc:`connect` user guide. This will
-provide you with the ``conn`` variable used in the examples below.
-
-.. TODO(thowe): Implement this guide
diff --git a/doc/source/users/index.rst b/doc/source/users/index.rst
index 7a25d7c8..fde06936 100644
--- a/doc/source/users/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/users/index.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ approach, this is where you'll want to begin.
    Identity <guides/identity>
    Image <guides/image>
    Key Management <guides/key_management>
-   Metric <guides/metric>
    Network <guides/network>
    Object Store <guides/object_store>
    Orchestration <guides/orchestration>
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ but listed below are the ones provided by this SDK by default.
    Identity <proxies/identity>
    Image <proxies/image>
    Key Management <proxies/key_management>
-   Metric <proxies/metric>
    Network <proxies/network>
    Object Store <proxies/object_store>
    Orchestration <proxies/orchestration>
diff --git a/doc/source/users/proxies/metric.rst b/doc/source/users/proxies/metric.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e64904f1..00000000
--- a/doc/source/users/proxies/metric.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Metric API
-==========
-
-For details on how to use metric, see :doc:`/users/guides/metric`
-
-.. automodule:: openstack.metric.v1._proxy
-
-The Metric Class
-----------------
-
-The metric high-level interface is available through the ``metric`` member of a
-:class:`~openstack.connection.Connection` object.  The ``metric`` member will
-only be added if the service is detected.
-
-.. autoclass:: openstack.metric.v1._proxy.Proxy
-   :members:
diff --git a/openstack/profile.py b/openstack/profile.py
index e6cbdd01..ac0f4317 100644
--- a/openstack/profile.py
+++ b/openstack/profile.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ from openstack.identity import identity_service
 from openstack.image import image_service
 from openstack.key_management import key_management_service
 from openstack.message import message_service
-from openstack.metric import metric_service
 from openstack import module_loader
 from openstack.network import network_service
 from openstack.object_store import object_store_service
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ class Profile(object):
         self._add_service(database_service.DatabaseService())
         self._add_service(identity_service.IdentityService())
         self._add_service(image_service.ImageService())
-        self._add_service(metric_service.MetricService())
         self._add_service(network_service.NetworkService())
         self._add_service(object_store_service.ObjectStoreService())
         self._add_service(orchestration_service.OrchestrationService())
@@ -104,6 +102,9 @@ class Profile(object):
         self._add_service(block_store_service.BlockStoreService())
         self._add_service(message_service.MessageService())
 
+        # NOTE: The Metric service is not added here as it currently
+        # only retrieves the /capabilities API.
+
         if plugins:
             for plugin in plugins:
                 self._load_plugin(plugin)
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/test_profile.py b/openstack/tests/unit/test_profile.py
index 9230ade5..8edb1d70 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/test_profile.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/test_profile.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class TestProfile(base.TestCase):
             'key-manager',
             'messaging',
             'metering',
-            'metric',
             'network',
             'object-store',
             'orchestration',
@@ -49,8 +48,6 @@ class TestProfile(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual('v5', prof.get_filter('image').version)
         prof.set_version('metering', 'v6')
         self.assertEqual('v6', prof.get_filter('metering').version)
-        prof.set_version('metric', 'v9')
-        self.assertEqual('v9', prof.get_filter('metric').version)
         prof.set_version('network', 'v7')
         self.assertEqual('v7', prof.get_filter('network').version)
         prof.set_version('object-store', 'v8')