diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 753370e..b2fb19d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "memchr",
  "metrics",
+ "metrics-util",
  "mimalloc",
  "once_cell",
  "privdrop",
@@ -379,7 +380,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "log",
  "metrics",
- "metrics-exporter-prometheus",
  "metrics-util",
  "mimalloc",
  "privdrop",
diff --git a/crates/common/src/lib.rs b/crates/common/src/lib.rs
index 375bd98..ea5b928 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ impl CanonicalSocketAddr {
 pub fn spawn_prometheus_endpoint(
     addr: SocketAddr,
     timeout: Option<::std::time::Duration>,
+    timeout_mask: Option<metrics_util::MetricKindMask>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<::std::thread::JoinHandle<anyhow::Result<()>>> {
     use std::thread::Builder;
     use std::time::Duration;
@@ -125,8 +126,10 @@ pub fn spawn_prometheus_endpoint(
                 .context("build prometheus tokio runtime")?;
 
             rt.block_on(async {
+                let mask = timeout_mask.unwrap_or(MetricKindMask::ALL);
+
                 let (recorder, exporter) = PrometheusBuilder::new()
-                    .idle_timeout(MetricKindMask::ALL, timeout)
+                    .idle_timeout(mask, timeout)
                     .with_http_listener(addr)
                     .build()
                     .context("build prometheus recorder and exporter")?;
diff --git a/crates/http/Cargo.toml b/crates/http/Cargo.toml
index 4cb25db..c9439ad 100644
--- a/crates/http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/http/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ name = "aquatic_http"
 
 [features]
 default = ["prometheus"]
-prometheus = ["aquatic_common/prometheus", "metrics"]
+prometheus = ["aquatic_common/prometheus", "metrics", "dep:metrics-util"]
 metrics = ["dep:metrics"]
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ thiserror = "1"
 
 # metrics feature
 metrics = { version = "0.22", optional = true }
+metrics-util = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 quickcheck = "1"
diff --git a/crates/http/src/lib.rs b/crates/http/src/lib.rs
index 6a30684..a7300d0 100644
--- a/crates/http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/http/src/lib.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
         let handle = aquatic_common::spawn_prometheus_endpoint(
             config.metrics.prometheus_endpoint_address,
             Some(Duration::from_secs(idle_timeout)),
+            Some(metrics_util::MetricKindMask::GAUGE),
         )?;
 
         join_handles.push((WorkerType::Prometheus, handle));
diff --git a/crates/udp/src/lib.rs b/crates/udp/src/lib.rs
index c216f65..cf6a588 100644
--- a/crates/udp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/udp/src/lib.rs
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
             Some(Duration::from_secs(
                 config.cleaning.torrent_cleaning_interval * 2,
             )),
+            None,
         )?;
 
         join_handles.push((WorkerType::Prometheus, handle));
diff --git a/crates/ws/Cargo.toml b/crates/ws/Cargo.toml
index 67a07f7..164b631 100644
--- a/crates/ws/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ws/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ name = "aquatic_ws"
 [features]
 default = ["prometheus", "mimalloc"]
 prometheus = ["metrics", "aquatic_common/prometheus"]
-metrics = ["dep:metrics", "metrics-util"]
+metrics = ["dep:metrics", "dep:metrics-util"]
 # Use mimalloc allocator for much better performance. Requires cmake and a
 # C/C++ compiler
 mimalloc = ["dep:mimalloc"]
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ hashbrown = { version = "0.14", features = ["serde"] }
 httparse = "1"
 indexmap = "2"
 log = "0.4"
-metrics = { version = "0.22", optional = true }
-metrics-util = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
-metrics-exporter-prometheus = { version = "0.13", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["http-listener"] }
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 privdrop = "0.5"
 rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
@@ -58,6 +55,10 @@ slotmap = "1"
 socket2 = { version = "0.5", features = ["all"] }
 tungstenite = "0.21"
 
+# metrics feature
+metrics = { version = "0.22", optional = true }
+metrics-util = { version = "0.16", optional = true }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 quickcheck = "1"
 quickcheck_macros = "1"
diff --git a/crates/ws/src/lib.rs b/crates/ws/src/lib.rs
index 41ff53b..5d08534 100644
--- a/crates/ws/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ws/src/lib.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
         let handle = aquatic_common::spawn_prometheus_endpoint(
             config.metrics.prometheus_endpoint_address,
             Some(Duration::from_secs(idle_timeout)),
+            Some(metrics_util::MetricKindMask::GAUGE),
         )?;
 
         join_handles.push((WorkerType::Prometheus, handle));