diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12d4fac2208..18cd2427d91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
   * `cortex_member_ring_tokens_to_own`
   * `cortex_ring_tokens_owned`
   * `cortex_ring_member_ownership_percent`
+* [CHANGE] Querier / Ruler: removed the following metrics tracking number of query requests send to each ingester. You can use `cortex_request_duration_seconds_count{route=~"/cortex.Ingester/(QueryStream|QueryExemplars)"}` instead. #1797
+  * `cortex_distributor_ingester_queries_total`
+  * `cortex_distributor_ingester_query_failures_total`
 * [FEATURE] Querier: Added support for [streaming remote read](https://prometheus.io/blog/2019/10/10/remote-read-meets-streaming/). Should be noted that benefits of chunking the response are partial here, since in a typical `query-frontend` setup responses will be buffered until they've been completed. #1735
 * [FEATURE] Ruler: Allow setting `evaluation_delay` for each rule group via rules group configuration file. #1474
 * [FEATURE] Ruler: Added support for expression remote evaluation. #1536
diff --git a/pkg/distributor/distributor.go b/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
index f5f28e30904..de0e22d3a94 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/distributor.go
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ type Distributor struct {
 	sampleDelayHistogram             prometheus.Histogram
 	ingesterAppends                  *prometheus.CounterVec
 	ingesterAppendFailures           *prometheus.CounterVec
-	ingesterQueries                  *prometheus.CounterVec
-	ingesterQueryFailures            *prometheus.CounterVec
 	replicationFactor                prometheus.Gauge
 	latestSeenSampleTimestampPerUser *prometheus.GaugeVec
 }
@@ -322,16 +320,6 @@ func New(cfg Config, clientConfig ingester_client.Config, limits *validation.Ove
 			Name:      "distributor_ingester_append_failures_total",
 			Help:      "The total number of failed batch appends sent to ingesters.",
 		}, []string{"ingester", "type"}),
-		ingesterQueries: promauto.With(reg).NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Namespace: "cortex",
-			Name:      "distributor_ingester_queries_total",
-			Help:      "The total number of queries sent to ingesters.",
-		}, []string{"ingester"}),
-		ingesterQueryFailures: promauto.With(reg).NewCounterVec(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-			Namespace: "cortex",
-			Name:      "distributor_ingester_query_failures_total",
-			Help:      "The total number of failed queries sent to ingesters.",
-		}, []string{"ingester"}),
 		replicationFactor: promauto.With(reg).NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Namespace: "cortex",
 			Name:      "distributor_replication_factor",
diff --git a/pkg/distributor/query.go b/pkg/distributor/query.go
index 3ca5b3a5d71..cbe1c96c0e5 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/query.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/query.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/dskit/grpcutil"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/ring"
 	"github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
@@ -157,9 +156,7 @@ func (d *Distributor) queryIngestersExemplars(ctx context.Context, replicationSe
 		}
 
 		resp, err := client.(ingester_client.IngesterClient).QueryExemplars(ctx, req)
-		d.ingesterQueries.WithLabelValues(ing.Addr).Inc()
 		if err != nil {
-			d.ingesterQueryFailures.WithLabelValues(ing.Addr).Inc()
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
@@ -256,11 +253,9 @@ func (d *Distributor) queryIngesterStream(ctx context.Context, replicationSet ri
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		d.ingesterQueries.WithLabelValues(ing.Addr).Inc()
 
 		stream, err := client.(ingester_client.IngesterClient).QueryStream(ctx, req)
 		if err != nil {
-			d.ingesterQueryFailures.WithLabelValues(ing.Addr).Inc()
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		defer stream.CloseSend() //nolint:errcheck
@@ -270,11 +265,6 @@ func (d *Distributor) queryIngesterStream(ctx context.Context, replicationSet ri
 			if err == io.EOF {
 				break
 			} else if err != nil {
-				// Do not track a failure if the context was canceled.
-				if !grpcutil.IsGRPCContextCanceled(err) {
-					d.ingesterQueryFailures.WithLabelValues(ing.Addr).Inc()
-				}
-
 				return nil, err
 			}