diff --git a/examples/v2/matterbridge/chat2bridge.nim b/examples/v2/matterbridge/chat2bridge.nim
index 1c67c27c3..cb6ad21c3 100644
--- a/examples/v2/matterbridge/chat2bridge.nim
+++ b/examples/v2/matterbridge/chat2bridge.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import
   std/[tables, times, strutils, hashes, sequtils],
-  chronos, confutils, chronicles, chronicles/topics_registry, metrics,
+  chronos, confutils, chronicles, chronicles/topics_registry, 
+  metrics, metrics/chronos_httpserver,
   stew/[byteutils, endians2],
   stew/shims/net as stewNet, json_rpc/rpcserver,
   # Matterbridge client imports
@@ -278,12 +279,11 @@ when isMainModule:
 
     rpcServer.start()
 
-  when defined(insecure):
-    if conf.metricsServer:
-      let
-        address = conf.metricsServerAddress
-        port = conf.metricsServerPort + conf.portsShift
-      info "Starting metrics HTTP server", address, port
-      metrics.startHttpServer($address, Port(port))
+  if conf.metricsServer:
+    let
+      address = conf.metricsServerAddress
+      port = conf.metricsServerPort + conf.portsShift
+    info "Starting metrics HTTP server", address, port
+    startMetricsHttpServer($address, Port(port))
 
   runForever()
diff --git a/waku/common/wakubridge.nim b/waku/common/wakubridge.nim
index 90d2ba775..1076b8350 100644
--- a/waku/common/wakubridge.nim
+++ b/waku/common/wakubridge.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import
   std/[tables, hashes, sequtils],
-  chronos, confutils, chronicles, chronicles/topics_registry, metrics,
+  chronos, confutils, chronicles, chronicles/topics_registry, 
+  metrics, metrics/chronos_httpserver,
   stew/[byteutils, objects],
   stew/shims/net as stewNet, json_rpc/rpcserver,
   # Waku v1 imports
@@ -284,12 +285,11 @@ when isMainModule:
 
     rpcServer.start()
 
-  when defined(insecure):
-    if conf.metricsServer:
-      let
-        address = conf.metricsServerAddress
-        port = conf.metricsServerPort + conf.portsShift
-      info "Starting metrics HTTP server", address, port
-      metrics.startHttpServer($address, Port(port))
+  if conf.metricsServer:
+    let
+      address = conf.metricsServerAddress
+      port = conf.metricsServerPort + conf.portsShift
+    info "Starting metrics HTTP server", address, port
+    startMetricsHttpServer($address, Port(port))
 
   runForever()
diff --git a/waku/v1/node/wakunode1.nim b/waku/v1/node/wakunode1.nim
index 3eeaa6b30..b55e462f4 100644
--- a/waku/v1/node/wakunode1.nim
+++ b/waku/v1/node/wakunode1.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import
-  confutils, chronos, json_rpc/rpcserver, metrics, metrics/chronicles_support,
+  confutils, chronos, json_rpc/rpcserver, 
+  metrics, metrics/chronicles_support, metrics/chronos_httpserver,
   stew/shims/net as stewNet,
   eth/[keys, p2p], eth/common/utils,
   eth/p2p/[discovery, enode, peer_pool, bootnodes, whispernodes],
@@ -98,13 +99,12 @@ proc run(config: WakuNodeConf, rng: ref BrHmacDrbgContext) =
       discard setTimer(Moment.fromNow(2.seconds), logPeerAccounting)
     discard setTimer(Moment.fromNow(2.seconds), logPeerAccounting)
 
-  when defined(insecure):
-    if config.metricsServer:
-      let
-        address = config.metricsServerAddress
-        port = config.metricsServerPort + config.portsShift
-      info "Starting metrics HTTP server", address, port
-      metrics.startHttpServer($address, Port(port))
+  if config.metricsServer:
+    let
+      address = config.metricsServerAddress
+      port = config.metricsServerPort + config.portsShift
+    info "Starting metrics HTTP server", address, port
+    startMetricsHttpServer($address, Port(port))
 
   if config.logMetrics:
     # https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/17369
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.nim b/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.nim
index 84e78e418..012eb6277 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.nim
@@ -781,10 +781,9 @@ when isMainModule:
   if conf.metricsLogging:
     startMetricsLog()
 
-  when defined(insecure):
-    if conf.metricsServer:
-      startMetricsServer(conf.metricsServerAddress,
-        Port(conf.metricsServerPort + conf.portsShift))
+  if conf.metricsServer:
+    startMetricsServer(conf.metricsServerAddress,
+      Port(conf.metricsServerPort + conf.portsShift))
   
   # Setup graceful shutdown