diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230615-142949.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230615-142949.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2693c81ab7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230615-142949.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Skip jinja parsing of metric filters
+time: 2023-06-15T14:29:49.900201-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: QMalcolm
+  Issue: "7864"
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/schema_renderer.py b/core/dbt/parser/schema_renderer.py
index 3f3badb7723..e0c54f247da 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/schema_renderer.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/schema_renderer.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ def should_render_keypath(self, keypath: Keypath) -> bool:
             elif self._is_norender_key(keypath[0:]):
                 return False
         elif self.key == "metrics":
-            # back compat: "expression" is new name, "sql" is old name
-            if keypath[0] in ("expression", "sql"):
+            # This ensures all key paths that end in 'filter' for a metric are skipped
+            if keypath[-1] == "filter":
                 return False
             elif self._is_norender_key(keypath[0:]):
                 return False
diff --git a/tests/functional/duplicates/test_duplicate_metric.py b/tests/functional/duplicates/test_duplicate_metric.py
index 3237f533658..3a9c3205796 100644
--- a/tests/functional/duplicates/test_duplicate_metric.py
+++ b/tests/functional/duplicates/test_duplicate_metric.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: "years_tenure"
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
 """
 
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/metrics/fixtures.py b/tests/functional/metrics/fixtures.py
index 84b348a9ecd..3191e8441bd 100644
--- a/tests/functional/metrics/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/functional/metrics/fixtures.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: "years_tenure"
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
 
   - name: average_tenure
     label: "Average tenure"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: years_tenure
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
 
   - name: collective_window
     label: "Collective window"
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: years_tenure
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
       window: 14 days
 
 """
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: years_tenure
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
 
 """
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: years_tenure
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
 
 """
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/partial_parsing/fixtures.py b/tests/functional/partial_parsing/fixtures.py
index 5af604f2355..164dcb75a07 100644
--- a/tests/functional/partial_parsing/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/functional/partial_parsing/fixtures.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: customers
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
     +meta:
         is_okr: True
     tags:
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: years_tenure
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
 
 """
 
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: years_tenure
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
 
 """
 
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: years_tenure
-        filter: "loves_dbt is true"
+        filter: "{{dimension('loves_dbt')}} is true"
 
 """
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_yaml_renderer.py b/tests/unit/test_yaml_renderer.py
index c65a6e41333..783cc69905e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_yaml_renderer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_yaml_renderer.py
@@ -99,22 +99,20 @@ def test__macros(self):
         self.assertEqual(dct, expected)
 
     def test__metrics(self):
-        context = {"my_time_grains": "[day]"}
+        context = {"metric_name_end": "_metric"}
         renderer = SchemaYamlRenderer(context, "metrics")
 
         dct = {
-            "name": "my_source",
+            "name": "test{{ metric_name_end }}",
             "description": "{{ docs('my_doc') }}",
-            "expression": "select {{ var('my_var') }} from my_table",
-            "time_grains": "{{ my_time_grains }}",
+            "filter": "{{ dimension('my_dim') }} = false",
         }
         # We expect the expression and description will not be rendered, but
         # other fields will be
         expected = {
-            "name": "my_source",
+            "name": "test_metric",
             "description": "{{ docs('my_doc') }}",
-            "expression": "select {{ var('my_var') }} from my_table",
-            "time_grains": "[day]",
+            "filter": "{{ dimension('my_dim') }} = false",
         }
         dct = renderer.render_data(dct)
         self.assertEqual(dct, expected)