diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/metrics/StreamsMetricsImpl.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/metrics/StreamsMetricsImpl.java
index d5b594a217506..5300aa7c17a36 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/metrics/StreamsMetricsImpl.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/metrics/StreamsMetricsImpl.java
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ public int hashCode() {
     public static final String TOTAL_SUFFIX = "-total";
     public static final String RATIO_SUFFIX = "-ratio";
 
-    public static final String AVG_VALUE_DOC = "The average value of ";
-    public static final String MAX_VALUE_DOC = "The maximum value of ";
-
     public static final String GROUP_PREFIX_WO_DELIMITER = "stream";
     public static final String GROUP_PREFIX = GROUP_PREFIX_WO_DELIMITER + "-";
     public static final String GROUP_SUFFIX = "-metrics";