diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3AInstrumentation.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3AInstrumentation.java
index 29ee0c5310..26ecefd059 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3AInstrumentation.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3AInstrumentation.java
@@ -267,9 +267,6 @@ private void registerAsMetricsSource(URI name) {
       number = ++metricsSourceNameCounter;
     }
     String msName = METRICS_SOURCE_BASENAME + number;
-    if (number > 1) {
-      msName = msName + number;
-    }
     metricsSourceName = msName + "-" + name.getHost();
     metricsSystem.register(metricsSourceName, "", this);
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3AMetrics.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3AMetrics.java
index e92ce78b10..972c665438 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3AMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/ITestS3AMetrics.java
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ public void testMetricsRegister()
     Path dest = path("testMetricsRegister");
     ContractTestUtils.touch(fs, dest);
 
-    String targetMetricSource = "S3AMetrics1" + "-" + fs.getBucket();
-    assertNotNull("No metrics under test fs for " + targetMetricSource,
-        fs.getInstrumentation().getMetricsSystem()
-            .getSource(targetMetricSource));
-
     MutableCounterLong fileCreated =
         (MutableCounterLong) fs.getInstrumentation().getRegistry()
             .get(Statistic.FILES_CREATED.getSymbol());