diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c16eb86..c22b75a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -218,10 +218,6 @@ var (
 
 // Prometheus Metriken
 var (
-	checkRequests = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-		Name: "ipcheck_requests_total",
-		Help: "Total IP check requests",
-	})
 	checkBlocked = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Name: "ipcheck_blocked_total",
 		Help: "Total blocked IPs",
@@ -240,7 +236,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	prometheus.MustRegister(checkRequests, checkBlocked, checkWhitelist, blocklistHashSizes)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(checkBlocked, checkWhitelist, blocklistHashSizes)
 }
 
 // Main
@@ -547,7 +543,6 @@ func handleCheck(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Username: os.Getenv("REDIS_USER"),
 		Password: os.Getenv("REDIS_PASS"),
 	})
-	checkRequests.Inc()
 	ipStr := strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/check/")
 	ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(ipStr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -590,8 +585,6 @@ func handleTraefik(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Password: os.Getenv("REDIS_PASS"),
 	})
 
-	checkRequests.Inc()
-
 	ip, err := clientIPFromHeaders(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, "invalid IP", http.StatusBadRequest)