diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_nodes_usage.test.ts b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_nodes_usage.test.ts
index 8cbd1793f6bcc..acf403ba25447 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_nodes_usage.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_nodes_usage.test.ts
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ describe('get_nodes_usage', () => {
     const esClient = elasticsearchServiceMock.createClusterClient().asInternalUser;
     esClient.nodes.usage.mockImplementationOnce(
       // @ts-ignore
-      async (_params = { metric: '_all', timeout: TIMEOUT }) => {
+      async (_params = { timeout: TIMEOUT }) => {
         return response;
       }
     );
     const item = await getNodesUsage(esClient);
-    expect(esClient.nodes.usage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ metric: '_all', timeout: TIMEOUT });
+    expect(esClient.nodes.usage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ timeout: TIMEOUT });
     expect(item).toStrictEqual({
       nodes: [
         {
diff --git a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_nodes_usage.ts b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_nodes_usage.ts
index 170e69b511d25..959840d0020a2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_nodes_usage.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/telemetry/server/telemetry_collection/get_nodes_usage.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export async function fetchNodesUsage(
   esClient: ElasticsearchClient
 ): Promise<NodesFeatureUsageResponse> {
   const { body } = await esClient.nodes.usage<NodesFeatureUsageResponse>({
-    metric: '_all',
     timeout: TIMEOUT,
   });
   return body;