diff --git a/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/protocol.nim b/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/protocol.nim
index 76622ecd1..dc73063fe 100644
--- a/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/protocol.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/protocol.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ else:
   {.push raises: [].}
 
 import
-  std/[tables, times, sequtils, options, algorithm],
+  std/options,
   stew/results,
   chronicles,
   chronos,
diff --git a/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/protocol_metrics.nim b/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/protocol_metrics.nim
index 650a42f98..4f36955e3 100644
--- a/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/protocol_metrics.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/protocol_metrics.nim
@@ -6,20 +6,14 @@ else:
 import metrics
 
 
-declarePublicGauge waku_store_messages, "number of historical messages", ["type"]
 declarePublicGauge waku_store_errors, "number of store protocol errors", ["type"]
 declarePublicGauge waku_store_queries, "number of store queries received"
-declarePublicHistogram waku_store_insert_duration_seconds, "message insertion duration"
-declarePublicHistogram waku_store_query_duration_seconds, "history query duration"
 
 
 # Error types (metric label values)
 const
-  invalidMessage* = "invalid_message"
-  insertFailure* = "insert_failure"
-  retPolicyFailure* = "retpolicy_failure"
   dialFailure* = "dial_failure"
   decodeRpcFailure* = "decode_rpc_failure"
   peerNotFoundFailure* = "peer_not_found_failure"
   emptyRpcQueryFailure* = "empty_rpc_query_failure"
-  emptyRpcResponseFailure* = "empty_rpc_response_failure"
\ No newline at end of file
+  emptyRpcResponseFailure* = "empty_rpc_response_failure"