diff --git a/api/src/metrics/BoundInstrument.ts b/api/src/metrics/BoundInstrument.ts
index 4ffbd143c7e..0d5554771e6 100644
--- a/api/src/metrics/BoundInstrument.ts
+++ b/api/src/metrics/BoundInstrument.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { CorrelationContext } from '../correlation_context/CorrelationContext';
-import { SpanContext } from '../trace/span_context';
-
 /** An Instrument for Counter Metric. */
 export interface BoundCounter {
   /**
@@ -31,18 +28,8 @@ export interface BoundValueRecorder {
   /**
    * Records the given value to this value recorder.
    * @param value to record.
-   * @param correlationContext the correlationContext associated with the
-   *     values.
-   * @param spanContext the {@link SpanContext} that identifies the {@link Span}
-   *     which the values are associated with.
    */
   record(value: number): void;
-  record(value: number, correlationContext: CorrelationContext): void;
-  record(
-    value: number,
-    correlationContext: CorrelationContext,
-    spanContext: SpanContext
-  ): void;
 }
 
 /** An Instrument for Base Observer */
diff --git a/api/src/metrics/Metric.ts b/api/src/metrics/Metric.ts
index ee7fd29ab44..0022c2a5b63 100644
--- a/api/src/metrics/Metric.ts
+++ b/api/src/metrics/Metric.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { CorrelationContext } from '../correlation_context/CorrelationContext';
-import { SpanContext } from '../trace/span_context';
 import {
   BoundBaseObserver,
   BoundCounter,
@@ -51,12 +49,6 @@ export interface MetricOptions {
    */
   disabled?: boolean;
 
-  /**
-   * (Measure only, default true) Asserts that this metric will only accept
-   * non-negative values (e.g. disk usage).
-   */
-  absolute?: boolean;
-
   /**
    * Indicates the type of the recorded value.
    * @default {@link ValueType.DOUBLE}
@@ -148,19 +140,6 @@ export interface ValueRecorder extends UnboundMetric<BoundValueRecorder> {
    * Records the given value to this value recorder.
    */
   record(value: number, labels?: Labels): void;
-
-  record(
-    value: number,
-    labels: Labels,
-    correlationContext: CorrelationContext
-  ): void;
-
-  record(
-    value: number,
-    labels: Labels,
-    correlationContext: CorrelationContext,
-    spanContext: SpanContext
-  ): void;
 }
 
 /** Base interface for the Observer metrics. */
diff --git a/api/src/metrics/NoopMeter.ts b/api/src/metrics/NoopMeter.ts
index d09a6ba742d..765a0fd8ae3 100644
--- a/api/src/metrics/NoopMeter.ts
+++ b/api/src/metrics/NoopMeter.ts
@@ -142,19 +142,8 @@ export class NoopCounterMetric
 export class NoopValueRecorderMetric
   extends NoopMetric<BoundValueRecorder>
   implements ValueRecorder {
-  record(
-    value: number,
-    labels: Labels,
-    correlationContext?: CorrelationContext,
-    spanContext?: SpanContext
-  ) {
-    if (typeof correlationContext === 'undefined') {
-      this.bind(labels).record(value);
-    } else if (typeof spanContext === 'undefined') {
-      this.bind(labels).record(value, correlationContext);
-    } else {
-      this.bind(labels).record(value, correlationContext, spanContext);
-    }
+  record(value: number, labels: Labels) {
+    this.bind(labels).record(value);
   }
 }