diff --git a/dialogue-core/src/main/java/com/palantir/dialogue/core/ConcurrencyLimitedChannel.java b/dialogue-core/src/main/java/com/palantir/dialogue/core/ConcurrencyLimitedChannel.java
index 4767a0084..e50b75eab 100644
--- a/dialogue-core/src/main/java/com/palantir/dialogue/core/ConcurrencyLimitedChannel.java
+++ b/dialogue-core/src/main/java/com/palantir/dialogue/core/ConcurrencyLimitedChannel.java
@@ -54,15 +54,6 @@ final class ConcurrencyLimitedChannel implements LimitedChannel {
                 .build();
         this.limiter = limiter;
 
-        weakGauge(
-                taggedMetrics,
-                MetricName.builder()
-                        .safeName("dialogue.concurrencylimiter.utilization")
-                        .putSafeTags("channel-name", channelName)
-                        .putSafeTags("hostIndex", Integer.toString(uriIndex))
-                        .build(),
-                this,
-                ConcurrencyLimitedChannel::getUtilization);
         weakGauge(
                 taggedMetrics,
                 MetricName.builder()
@@ -101,12 +92,6 @@ public String toString() {
         return "ConcurrencyLimitedChannel{" + delegate + '}';
     }
 
-    private double getUtilization() {
-        double inflight = limiter.getInflight();
-        double limit = limiter.getLimit();
-        return inflight / limit; // minLimit is 1 so we should never get NaN from this
-    }
-
     private int getMax() {
         return limiter.getLimit();
     }
diff --git a/dialogue-core/src/main/metrics/dialogue-core-metrics.yml b/dialogue-core/src/main/metrics/dialogue-core-metrics.yml
index aa353d506..9ebccb405 100644
--- a/dialogue-core/src/main/metrics/dialogue-core-metrics.yml
+++ b/dialogue-core/src/main/metrics/dialogue-core-metrics.yml
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ namespaces:
   dialogue.concurrencylimiter:
     docs: Instrumentation for the ConcurrencyLimitedChannel
     metrics:
-      utilization:
-        type: gauge
-        tags: [channel-name, hostIndex]
-        docs: The proportion of the available concurrency which is currently being used, i.e. if there are 20 permits and only one inflight call, this will be 0.05.
       max:
         type: gauge
         tags: [channel-name, hostIndex]
diff --git a/dialogue-core/src/test/java/com/palantir/dialogue/core/ConcurrencyLimitedChannelTest.java b/dialogue-core/src/test/java/com/palantir/dialogue/core/ConcurrencyLimitedChannelTest.java
index 201f57db0..4cdbbd8d7 100644
--- a/dialogue-core/src/test/java/com/palantir/dialogue/core/ConcurrencyLimitedChannelTest.java
+++ b/dialogue-core/src/test/java/com/palantir/dialogue/core/ConcurrencyLimitedChannelTest.java
@@ -133,11 +133,9 @@ public void testWithDefaultLimiter() {
 
     @Test
     void testGauges() {
-        when(mockLimiter.getInflight()).thenReturn(5);
-        when(mockLimiter.getLimit()).thenReturn(20);
+        when(mockLimiter.getLimit()).thenReturn(21);
 
-        assertThat(getMax()).isEqualTo(20);
-        assertThat(getUtilization()).isEqualTo(0.25d);
+        assertThat(getMax()).isEqualTo(21);
     }
 
     private void mockResponseCode(int code) {
@@ -153,16 +151,6 @@ private void mockLimitUnavailable() {
         when(mockLimiter.acquire()).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
     }
 
-    private Number getUtilization() {
-        Gauge<Object> gauge = metrics.gauge(MetricName.builder()
-                        .safeName("dialogue.concurrencylimiter.utilization")
-                        .putSafeTags("channel-name", "channel")
-                        .putSafeTags("hostIndex", "0")
-                        .build())
-                .get();
-        return (Number) gauge.getValue();
-    }
-
     private Number getMax() {
         MetricName metricName = MetricName.builder()
                 .safeName("dialogue.concurrencylimiter.max")