diff --git a/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/metrics.ts b/packages/backend-tasks/src/tasks/metrics.ts
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-/*
- * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import {
-  Counter,
-  CounterConfiguration,
-  register,
-  Summary,
-  SummaryConfiguration,
-} from 'prom-client';
-
-export function createCounterMetric<T extends string>(
-  config: CounterConfiguration<T>,
-): Counter<T> {
-  let metric = register.getSingleMetric(config.name);
-  if (!metric) {
-    metric = new Counter<T>(config);
-    register.registerMetric(metric);
-  }
-  return metric as Counter<T>;
-}
-
-export function createSummaryMetric<T extends string>(
-  config: SummaryConfiguration<T>,
-): Summary<T> {
-  let metric = register.getSingleMetric(config.name);
-  if (!metric) {
-    metric = new Summary<T>(config);
-    register.registerMetric(metric);
-  }
-
-  return metric as Summary<T>;
-}