diff --git a/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/da_dispatcher.rs b/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/da_dispatcher.rs
index 2f46419f7972..10a895df4956 100644
--- a/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/da_dispatcher.rs
+++ b/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/da_dispatcher.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ impl DataAvailabilityDispatcher {
 
         for batch in batches {
             let dispatch_latency = METRICS.blob_dispatch_latency.start();
-            METRICS.blobs_pending_dispatch.inc_by(1);
             let dispatch_response = retry(self.config.max_retries(), batch.l1_batch_number, || {
                 self.client
                     .dispatch_blob(batch.l1_batch_number.0, batch.pubdata.clone())
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ impl DataAvailabilityDispatcher {
                 .set(batch.l1_batch_number.0 as usize);
             METRICS.blob_size.observe(batch.pubdata.len());
             METRICS.blobs_dispatched.inc_by(1);
-            METRICS.blobs_pending_dispatch.dec_by(1);
 
             tracing::info!(
                 "Dispatched a DA for batch_number: {}, pubdata_size: {}, dispatch_latency: {dispatch_latency_duration:?}",
diff --git a/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/metrics.rs b/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/metrics.rs
index 4c21e556abe1..2f469c865b6c 100644
--- a/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/core/node/da_dispatcher/src/metrics.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ pub(super) struct DataAvailabilityDispatcherMetrics {
     /// Buckets are bytes ranging from 1 KB to 16 MB, which has to satisfy all blob size values.
     #[metrics(buckets = Buckets::exponential(1_024.0..=16.0 * 1_024.0 * 1_024.0, 2.0), unit = Unit::Bytes)]
     pub blob_size: Histogram<usize>,
-    /// Amount of pending blobs to be dispatched.
-    pub blobs_pending_dispatch: Gauge<usize>,
     /// Total number of blobs dispatched.
     pub blobs_dispatched: Gauge<usize>,
     /// Total number of blobs included.