diff --git a/gossip-base/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/manager/GossipCore.java b/gossip-base/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/manager/GossipCore.java
index e44302e..384d796 100644
--- a/gossip-base/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/manager/GossipCore.java
+++ b/gossip-base/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/manager/GossipCore.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
     perNodeData = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     sharedData = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     eventManager = new DataEventManager(metrics);
-    metrics.register(WORKQUEUE_SIZE, (Gauge<Integer>)() -> 0);
     metrics.register(PER_NODE_DATA_SIZE, (Gauge<Integer>)() -> perNodeData.size());
     metrics.register(SHARED_DATA_SIZE, (Gauge<Integer>)() ->  sharedData.size());
     metrics.register(REQUEST_SIZE, (Gauge<Integer>)() ->  requests.size());
diff --git a/gossip-base/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/manager/GossipCoreConstants.java b/gossip-base/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/manager/GossipCoreConstants.java
index 6d3765a..9cac7c0 100644
--- a/gossip-base/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/manager/GossipCoreConstants.java
+++ b/gossip-base/src/main/java/org/apache/gossip/manager/GossipCoreConstants.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package org.apache.gossip.manager;
 
 public interface GossipCoreConstants {
-  String WORKQUEUE_SIZE = "gossip.core.workqueue.size";
   String PER_NODE_DATA_SIZE = "gossip.core.pernodedata.size"; 
   String SHARED_DATA_SIZE = "gossip.core.shareddata.size";
   String REQUEST_SIZE = "gossip.core.requests.size";