diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76433e18e6..ba207d60a1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5082,7 +5082,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "kona-genesis",
  "kona-protocol",
  "kona-registry",
- "metrics",
  "notify",
  "op-alloy-network",
  "op-alloy-rpc-types-engine",
diff --git a/bin/node/Cargo.toml b/bin/node/Cargo.toml
index 595ea54c31..496290040b 100644
--- a/bin/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ kona-disc = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 kona-derive = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 kona-engine = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 kona-registry = { workspace = true, features = ["tabled"] }
-kona-sources = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
+kona-sources = { workspace = true }
 kona-node-service = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 kona-providers-alloy = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 
diff --git a/crates/node/engine/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/engine/Cargo.toml
index 3c2fe8eb91..66ec2bd4bb 100644
--- a/crates/node/engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ metrics-exporter-prometheus.workspace = true
 rstest.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-metrics = [ "dep:metrics", "kona-sources/metrics" ]
+metrics = [ "dep:metrics" ]
diff --git a/crates/node/service/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/service/Cargo.toml
index 0e4be6c506..b20dbfeb48 100644
--- a/crates/node/service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/service/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,6 +88,5 @@ metrics = [
 	"kona-gossip/metrics",
 	"kona-providers-alloy/metrics",
 	"kona-rpc/metrics",
-	"kona-sources/metrics",
 	"libp2p/metrics",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/node/sources/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/sources/Cargo.toml
index f2207aa18a..ee1336e471 100644
--- a/crates/node/sources/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/sources/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,12 +49,8 @@ rustls-pemfile = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 notify.workspace = true
 
-# `metrics` feature
-metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-
 [features]
 default = []
-metrics = [ "dep:metrics" ]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node/sources/src/lib.rs b/crates/node/sources/src/lib.rs
index f58ed7bcd0..5876f0d52e 100644
--- a/crates/node/sources/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/node/sources/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,15 +7,9 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate tracing;
-
 mod sync;
 pub use sync::{L2ForkchoiceState, SyncStartError, find_starting_forkchoice};
 
-mod metrics;
-pub use metrics::Metrics;
-
 mod signer;
 pub use signer::{
     BlockSigner, BlockSignerError, BlockSignerHandler, BlockSignerStartError, CertificateError,
diff --git a/crates/node/sources/src/metrics.rs b/crates/node/sources/src/metrics.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ef726afe48..0000000000
--- a/crates/node/sources/src/metrics.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-//! Metrics for the sources.
-
-/// Container for metrics.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct Metrics;
-
-impl Metrics {
-    /// Identifier for the gauge that tracks runtime loader values.
-    pub const RUNTIME_LOADER: &str = "kona_node_runtime_loader";
-
-    /// Initializes metrics for the sources crate.
-    ///
-    /// This does two things:
-    /// * Describes various metrics.
-    /// * Initializes metrics to 0 so they can be queried immediately.
-    #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-    pub fn init() {
-        Self::describe();
-    }
-
-    /// Describes metrics used in [`kona_sources`][crate].
-    #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-    pub fn describe() {
-        metrics::describe_gauge!(Self::RUNTIME_LOADER, "Runtime configuration metadata");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/node/sources/src/sync/mod.rs b/crates/node/sources/src/sync/mod.rs
index ea45918dcc..d5288faa0d 100644
--- a/crates/node/sources/src/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/node/sources/src/sync/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub use forkchoice::L2ForkchoiceState;
 mod error;
 pub use error::SyncStartError;
 use op_alloy_network::Optimism;
+use tracing::info;
 
 /// Searches for the latest [`L2ForkchoiceState`] that we can use to start the sync process with.
 ///