diff --git a/pipeline/antispam/antispammer.go b/pipeline/antispam/antispammer.go
index b5779693d..4a5cbff16 100644
--- a/pipeline/antispam/antispammer.go
+++ b/pipeline/antispam/antispammer.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type Antispammer struct {
 
 	// antispammer metrics
 	activeMetric    prometheus.Gauge
-	banMetric       metric.HeldGaugeVec
+	banMetric       *prometheus.GaugeVec
 	exceptionMetric *prometheus.CounterVec
 }
 
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ func NewAntispammer(o *Options) *Antispammer {
 			zap.Duration("maintenance", o.MaintenanceInterval))
 	}
 
-	banMetric := o.MetricsController.RegisterGaugeVec("antispam_banned", "Source is banned", "source_name")
-
 	a := &Antispammer{
 		unbanIterations:     o.UnbanIterations,
 		threshold:           o.Threshold,
@@ -69,7 +67,10 @@ func NewAntispammer(o *Options) *Antispammer {
 		activeMetric: o.MetricsController.RegisterGauge("antispam_active",
 			"Gauge indicates whether the antispam is enabled",
 		),
-		banMetric: o.MetricHolder.AddGaugeVec(banMetric),
+		banMetric: o.MetricsController.RegisterGaugeVec("antispam_banned",
+			"Source is banned",
+			"source_name",
+		),
 		exceptionMetric: o.MetricsController.RegisterCounterVec("antispam_exceptions",
 			"How many times an exception match with an event",
 			"name",
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ func (a *Antispammer) Maintenance() {
 
 		if x == 0 {
 			delete(a.sources, sourceID)
+			a.banMetric.DeleteLabelValues(source.name)
 			continue
 		}