diff --git a/src/forge/controller/provisioner.py b/src/forge/controller/provisioner.py
index c823afb29..0e3ca6f27 100644
--- a/src/forge/controller/provisioner.py
+++ b/src/forge/controller/provisioner.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 from forge.controller.launcher import BaseLauncher, get_launcher
 
-from forge.observability.metric_actors import get_or_create_metric_logger
-
 from forge.types import ProcessConfig, ProvisionerConfig
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -263,7 +261,7 @@ def bootstrap(env: dict[str, str]):
             self._proc_host_map[procs] = host_mesh
 
         # Spawn local logging actor on each process and register with global logger
-        _ = await get_or_create_metric_logger(procs)
+        # _ = await get_or_create_metric_logger(procs)
         return procs
 
     async def host_mesh_from_proc(self, proc_mesh: ProcMesh):
@@ -283,9 +281,9 @@ async def stop_proc_mesh(self, proc_mesh: ProcMesh):
             return
         async with self._lock:
             # Deregister local logger from global logger
-            if hasattr(proc_mesh, "_local_fetcher"):
-                global_logger = await get_or_create_metric_logger(proc_mesh)
-                await global_logger.deregister_fetcher.call_one(proc_mesh)
+            # if hasattr(proc_mesh, "_local_fetcher"):
+            #     global_logger = await get_or_create_metric_logger(proc_mesh)
+            #     await global_logger.deregister_fetcher.call_one(proc_mesh)
 
             if hasattr(proc_mesh, "_gpu_ids"):
                 gpu_manager = self._host_gpu_map[proc_mesh._host._host_id]
diff --git a/src/forge/observability/metrics.py b/src/forge/observability/metrics.py
index 990a301e0..24b661b07 100644
--- a/src/forge/observability/metrics.py
+++ b/src/forge/observability/metrics.py
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ async def init_backends(
         self._is_initialized = True
 
     def push(self, key: str, value: Any, reduction: Reduce = Reduce.MEAN) -> None:
-        if not self._is_initialized:
-            raise ValueError("Collector not initialized—call init first")
+        # if not self._is_initialized:
+        #     raise ValueError("Collector not initialized—call init first")
 
         if key not in self.accumulators:
             self.accumulators[key] = reduction.accumulator_class(reduction)