diff --git a/chroprof.nimble b/chroprof.nimble
index f0a0bb2..a640595 100644
--- a/chroprof.nimble
+++ b/chroprof.nimble
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ requires  "nim >= 1.6.16",
           "metrics >= 0.1.0"
 
 task test, "Run tests":
-  exec "nim c --out:./build/testall -r tests/testall.nim"
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+  exec "nim c --out:./build/testall -r tests/testall.nim"
+  # nim-metrics doesn't play well with ARC
+  exec "nim c --out:./build/testall --mm:refc -d:metrics -r tests/testall.nim"
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diff --git a/tests/config.nims b/tests/config.nims
index 1fdd682..e67402d 100644
--- a/tests/config.nims
+++ b/tests/config.nims
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 switch("threads", "on")
 switch("define", "chronosProfiling")
-switch("define", "metrics")
diff --git a/tests/testall.nim b/tests/testall.nim
index 7a7d0bd..b42eef7 100644
--- a/tests/testall.nim
+++ b/tests/testall.nim
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-import ./[testevents, testmetricscollector, testprofiler]
+import ./[testevents, testprofiler]
+
+when defined(metrics):
+  import ./testmetricscollector
 
 {.warning[UnusedImport]: off.}
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