diff --git a/src/metrics.js b/src/metrics.js
index 283f268c8..dadbb1cf6 100644
--- a/src/metrics.js
+++ b/src/metrics.js
@@ -462,8 +462,6 @@ async function getContainerStream(name, options) {
             networkWriteRate: [ networkWriteRate, nowSecs ],
             networkReadTotal: metrics.networkRead,
             networkWriteTotal: metrics.networkWrite,
-
-            cpuCount: os.cpus().length
         }));
     }, INTERVAL_MSECS);