diff --git a/src/v/redpanda/application.cc b/src/v/redpanda/application.cc
index 3d4d2aff6cbd..20ae140a1ce1 100644
--- a/src/v/redpanda/application.cc
+++ b/src/v/redpanda/application.cc
@@ -329,8 +329,7 @@ void application::setup_public_metrics() {
 
     seastar::metrics::replicate_metric_families(
       seastar::metrics::default_handle(),
-      {{"scheduler_runtime_ms", ssx::metrics::public_metrics_handle},
-       {"io_queue_total_read_ops", ssx::metrics::public_metrics_handle},
+      {{"io_queue_total_read_ops", ssx::metrics::public_metrics_handle},
        {"io_queue_total_write_ops", ssx::metrics::public_metrics_handle},
        {"memory_allocated_memory", ssx::metrics::public_metrics_handle},
        {"memory_free_memory", ssx::metrics::public_metrics_handle}})