diff --git a/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go b/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
index 1fc93cc1157..b3f24f8a09b 100644
--- a/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/middleware/request_metrics.go
@@ -133,129 +133,15 @@ func countProxyRequests(status int) {
 }
 
 func sanitizeMethod(m string) string {
-	switch m {
-	case "GET", "get":
-		return "get"
-	case "PUT", "put":
-		return "put"
-	case "HEAD", "head":
-		return "head"
-	case "POST", "post":
-		return "post"
-	case "DELETE", "delete":
-		return "delete"
-	case "CONNECT", "connect":
-		return "connect"
-	case "OPTIONS", "options":
-		return "options"
-	case "NOTIFY", "notify":
-		return "notify"
-	default:
-		return strings.ToLower(m)
-	}
+	return strings.ToLower(m)
 }
 
 // If the wrapped http.Handler has not set a status code, i.e. the value is
 // currently 0, sanitizeCode will return 200, for consistency with behavior in
 // the stdlib.
-//nolint: gocyclo
 func sanitizeCode(s int) string {
-	switch s {
-	case 100:
-		return "100"
-	case 101:
-		return "101"
-
-	case 200, 0:
+	if s == 0 {
 		return "200"
-	case 201:
-		return "201"
-	case 202:
-		return "202"
-	case 203:
-		return "203"
-	case 204:
-		return "204"
-	case 205:
-		return "205"
-	case 206:
-		return "206"
-
-	case 300:
-		return "300"
-	case 301:
-		return "301"
-	case 302:
-		return "302"
-	case 304:
-		return "304"
-	case 305:
-		return "305"
-	case 307:
-		return "307"
-
-	case 400:
-		return "400"
-	case 401:
-		return "401"
-	case 402:
-		return "402"
-	case 403:
-		return "403"
-	case 404:
-		return "404"
-	case 405:
-		return "405"
-	case 406:
-		return "406"
-	case 407:
-		return "407"
-	case 408:
-		return "408"
-	case 409:
-		return "409"
-	case 410:
-		return "410"
-	case 411:
-		return "411"
-	case 412:
-		return "412"
-	case 413:
-		return "413"
-	case 414:
-		return "414"
-	case 415:
-		return "415"
-	case 416:
-		return "416"
-	case 417:
-		return "417"
-	case 418:
-		return "418"
-
-	case 500:
-		return "500"
-	case 501:
-		return "501"
-	case 502:
-		return "502"
-	case 503:
-		return "503"
-	case 504:
-		return "504"
-	case 505:
-		return "505"
-
-	case 428:
-		return "428"
-	case 429:
-		return "429"
-	case 431:
-		return "431"
-	case 511:
-		return "511"
-
-	default:
-		return strconv.Itoa(s)
 	}
+	return strconv.Itoa(s)
 }