diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetricsJson.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetricsJson.java
index 732c4a23c..57731b894 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetricsJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/DumpMetricsJson.java
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ class DumpMetricsJson implements ServerMetricsAsJson {
     objStart();
     key("name");
     val(metric.getName());
-    key("type");
-    val(metric.getMetricType().name());
   }
 
   private void metricEnd() throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
index d4ab1fb97..d2558ee1e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public class TestCustomerFinder extends BaseTestCase {
       .withSort(SortMetric.TOTAL)
       .json();
 
-    assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"name\":\"txn.main\", \"type\":\"TXN\"");
+    assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"name\":\"txn.main\"");
     assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"name\":\"orm.Customer.findList\"");
     assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"loc\":\"CustomerFinder.byNameStatus(CustomerFinder.java:44)\"");
     assertThat(metricsJson).contains("\"hash\":\"cc20eb930403cfd418db2d0475c6e26a\"");