diff --git a/.changelog/12166.txt b/.changelog/12166.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06b4340003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/12166.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:deprecation
+acl: The `consul.acl.ResolveTokenToIdentity` metric is no longer reported. The values that were previous reported as part of this metric will now be part of the `consul.acl.ResolveToken` metric.
+```
diff --git a/agent/acl_test.go b/agent/acl_test.go
index b205220f67..a26798bba8 100644
--- a/agent/acl_test.go
+++ b/agent/acl_test.go
@@ -94,14 +94,6 @@ func (a *TestACLAgent) ResolveTokenToIdentityAndAuthorizer(secretID string) (str
 	return a.resolveAuthzFn(secretID)
 }
 
-func (a *TestACLAgent) ResolveTokenToIdentity(secretID string) (structs.ACLIdentity, error) {
-	if a.resolveIdentFn == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ResolveTokenToIdentity call is unexpected - no ident resolver callback set")
-	}
-
-	return a.resolveIdentFn(secretID)
-}
-
 func (a *TestACLAgent) ResolveTokenAndDefaultMeta(secretID string, entMeta *structs.EnterpriseMeta, authzContext *acl.AuthorizerContext) (consul.ACLResolveResult, error) {
 	identity, authz, err := a.ResolveTokenToIdentityAndAuthorizer(secretID)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/agent/consul/acl.go b/agent/consul/acl.go
index da89e2dd3d..ab637b7209 100644
--- a/agent/consul/acl.go
+++ b/agent/consul/acl.go
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ var ACLSummaries = []prometheus.SummaryDefinition{
 		Name: []string{"acl", "ResolveToken"},
 		Help: "This measures the time it takes to resolve an ACL token.",
 	},
-	{
-		Name: []string{"acl", "ResolveTokenToIdentity"},
-		Help: "This measures the time it takes to resolve an ACL token to an Identity.",
-	},
 }
 
 // These must be kept in sync with the constants in command/agent/acl.go.
diff --git a/agent/delegate_mock_test.go b/agent/delegate_mock_test.go
index 678b0b87bc..d2c6e267ce 100644
--- a/agent/delegate_mock_test.go
+++ b/agent/delegate_mock_test.go
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ func (m *delegateMock) RemoveFailedNode(node string, prune bool, entMeta *struct
 	return m.Called(node, prune, entMeta).Error(0)
 }
 
-func (m *delegateMock) ResolveTokenToIdentity(token string) (structs.ACLIdentity, error) {
-	ret := m.Called(token)
-	return ret.Get(0).(structs.ACLIdentity), ret.Error(1)
-}
-
 func (m *delegateMock) ResolveTokenAndDefaultMeta(token string, entMeta *structs.EnterpriseMeta, authzContext *acl.AuthorizerContext) (acl.Authorizer, error) {
 	ret := m.Called(token, entMeta, authzContext)
 	return ret.Get(0).(acl.Authorizer), ret.Error(1)
diff --git a/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx b/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
index 0c8ea8d01d..749e2fa17c 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/agent/telemetry.mdx
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ These metrics are used to monitor the health of the Consul servers.
 | Metric                                              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Unit                              | Type    |
 | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------- |
 | `consul.acl.ResolveToken`                           | Measures the time it takes to resolve an ACL token.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | ms                                | timer   |
-| `consul.acl.ResolveTokenToIdentity`                 | Measures the time it takes to resolve an ACL token to an Identity.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | ms                                | timer   |
+| `consul.acl.ResolveTokenToIdentity`                 | Measures the time it takes to resolve an ACL token to an Identity. This metric was removed in Consul 1.12. The time will now be reflected in `consul.acl.ResolveToken`.                                                                                                                                                                                                              | ms                                | timer   |
 | `consul.acl.token.cache_hit`                        | Increments if Consul is able to resolve a token's identity, or a legacy token, from the cache.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | cache read op                     | counter |
 | `consul.acl.token.cache_miss`                       | Increments if Consul cannot resolve a token's identity, or a legacy token, from the cache.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | cache read op                     | counter |
 | `consul.cache.bypass`                               | Counts how many times a request bypassed the cache because no cache-key was provided.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | counter                           | counter |