diff --git a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/metrics.go b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/metrics.go
index 249d68d564a..0503576ad00 100644
--- a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/metrics.go
@@ -1,45 +1,17 @@
 package extsvcaccounts
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/serviceaccounts"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 type metrics struct {
-	storedCount  prometheus.GaugeFunc
 	savedCount   prometheus.Counter
 	deletedCount prometheus.Counter
 }
 
-func newMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer, defaultOrgID int64, saSvc serviceaccounts.Service, logger log.Logger) *metrics {
+func newMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer) *metrics {
 	var m metrics
 
-	m.storedCount = prometheus.NewGaugeFunc(
-		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-			Namespace: metricsNamespace,
-			Name:      "extsvc_total",
-			Help:      "Number of external service accounts in store",
-		},
-		func() float64 {
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
-			defer cancel()
-			res, err := saSvc.SearchOrgServiceAccounts(ctx, &serviceaccounts.SearchOrgServiceAccountsQuery{
-				OrgID:        defaultOrgID,
-				Filter:       serviceaccounts.FilterOnlyExternal,
-				CountOnly:    true,
-				SignedInUser: extsvcuser(defaultOrgID),
-			})
-			if err != nil {
-				logger.Error("Could not compute extsvc_total metric", "error", err)
-				return 0.0
-			}
-			return float64(res.TotalCount)
-		},
-	)
 	m.savedCount = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Namespace: metricsNamespace,
 		Name:      "extsvc_saved_total",
@@ -52,7 +24,6 @@ func newMetrics(reg prometheus.Registerer, defaultOrgID int64, saSvc serviceacco
 	})
 
 	if reg != nil {
-		reg.MustRegister(m.storedCount)
 		reg.MustRegister(m.savedCount)
 		reg.MustRegister(m.deletedCount)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/service.go b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/service.go
index c27b8aadb85..93d7087e6a1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/service.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func ProvideExtSvcAccountsService(acSvc ac.Service, cfg *setting.Cfg, bus bus.Bu
 
 	if esa.enabled {
 		// Register the metrics
-		esa.metrics = newMetrics(reg, esa.defaultOrgID, saSvc, logger)
+		esa.metrics = newMetrics(reg)
 
 		// Register a listener to enable/disable service accounts
 		bus.AddEventListener(esa.handlePluginStateChanged)
diff --git a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/service_test.go b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/service_test.go
index 8dde8f430c5..8bc57d8b256 100644
--- a/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/serviceaccounts/extsvcaccounts/service_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func setupTestEnv(t *testing.T) *TestEnv {
 			permreg.ProvidePermissionRegistry(), nil),
 		defaultOrgID: autoAssignOrgID,
 		logger:       logger,
-		metrics:      newMetrics(nil, autoAssignOrgID, env.SaSvc, logger),
+		metrics:      newMetrics(nil),
 		saSvc:        env.SaSvc,
 		skvStore:     env.SkvStore,
 		tracer:       tracing.InitializeTracerForTest(),