diff --git a/baseapp/abci.go b/baseapp/abci.go
index 6954bb7e01..9f9a80b91f 100644
--- a/baseapp/abci.go
+++ b/baseapp/abci.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	snapshottypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/snapshots/types"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/telemetry"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/tx"
@@ -137,7 +135,6 @@ func (app *BaseApp) FilterPeerByID(info string) abci.ResponseQuery {
 
 // BeginBlock implements the ABCI application interface.
 func (app *BaseApp) BeginBlock(req abci.RequestBeginBlock) (res abci.ResponseBeginBlock) {
-	defer telemetry.MeasureSince(time.Now(), "abci", "begin_block")
 
 	if app.cms.TracingEnabled() {
 		app.cms.SetTracingContext(sdk.TraceContext(
@@ -204,7 +201,6 @@ func (app *BaseApp) BeginBlock(req abci.RequestBeginBlock) (res abci.ResponseBeg
 
 // EndBlock implements the ABCI interface.
 func (app *BaseApp) EndBlock(req abci.RequestEndBlock) (res abci.ResponseEndBlock) {
-	defer telemetry.MeasureSince(time.Now(), "abci", "end_block")
 
 	if app.deliverState.ms.TracingEnabled() {
 		app.deliverState.ms = app.deliverState.ms.SetTracingContext(nil).(sdk.CacheMultiStore)
@@ -236,7 +232,6 @@ func (app *BaseApp) EndBlock(req abci.RequestEndBlock) (res abci.ResponseEndBloc
 // will contain releveant error information. Regardless of tx execution outcome,
 // the ResponseCheckTx will contain relevant gas execution context.
 func (app *BaseApp) CheckTx(req abci.RequestCheckTx) abci.ResponseCheckTx {
-	defer telemetry.MeasureSince(time.Now(), "abci", "check_tx")
 
 	var mode runTxMode
 
@@ -271,7 +266,6 @@ func (app *BaseApp) CheckTx(req abci.RequestCheckTx) abci.ResponseCheckTx {
 // Regardless of tx execution outcome, the ResponseDeliverTx will contain relevant
 // gas execution context.
 func (app *BaseApp) DeliverTx(req abci.RequestDeliverTx) abci.ResponseDeliverTx {
-	defer telemetry.MeasureSince(time.Now(), "abci", "deliver_tx")
 
 	var abciRes abci.ResponseDeliverTx
 	defer func() {
@@ -306,7 +300,6 @@ func (app *BaseApp) DeliverTx(req abci.RequestDeliverTx) abci.ResponseDeliverTx
 // against that height and gracefully halt if it matches the latest committed
 // height.
 func (app *BaseApp) Commit() (res abci.ResponseCommit) {
-	defer telemetry.MeasureSince(time.Now(), "abci", "commit")
 
 	header := app.deliverState.ctx.BlockHeader()
 	retainHeight := app.GetBlockRetentionHeight(header.Height)
@@ -410,7 +403,6 @@ func (app *BaseApp) snapshot(height int64) {
 // Query implements the ABCI interface. It delegates to CommitMultiStore if it
 // implements Queryable.
 func (app *BaseApp) Query(req abci.RequestQuery) (res abci.ResponseQuery) {
-	defer telemetry.MeasureSince(time.Now(), "abci", "query")
 
 	// Add panic recovery for all queries.
 	// ref: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8039
diff --git a/docs/core/telemetry.md b/docs/core/telemetry.md
index 11c3141374..d34ad51ec1 100644
--- a/docs/core/telemetry.md
+++ b/docs/core/telemetry.md
@@ -117,14 +117,6 @@ The following examples expose too much cardinality and may not even prove to be
 | `tx_msg_ibc_recv_packet`        | Total number of IBC packets received                                                      | packet          | counter |
 | `tx_msg_ibc_acknowledge_packet` | Total number of IBC packets acknowledged                                                  | acknowledgement | counter |
 | `ibc_timeout_packet`            | Total number of IBC timeout packets                                                       | timeout         | counter |
-| `abci_check_tx`                 | Duration of ABCI `CheckTx`                                                                | ms              | summary |
-| `abci_deliver_tx`               | Duration of ABCI `DeliverTx`                                                              | ms              | summary |
-| `abci_commit`                   | Duration of ABCI `Commit`                                                                 | ms              | summary |
-| `abci_query`                    | Duration of ABCI `Query`                                                                  | ms              | summary |
-| `abci_begin_block`              | Duration of ABCI `BeginBlock`                                                             | ms              | summary |
-| `abci_end_block`                | Duration of ABCI `EndBlock`                                                               | ms              | summary |
-| `begin_blocker`                 | Duration of `BeginBlock` for a given module                                               | ms              | summary |
-| `end_blocker`                   | Duration of `EndBlock` for a given module                                                 | ms              | summary |
 | `store_iavl_get`                | Duration of an IAVL `Store#Get` call                                                      | ms              | summary |
 | `store_iavl_set`                | Duration of an IAVL `Store#Set` call                                                      | ms              | summary |
 | `store_iavl_has`                | Duration of an IAVL `Store#Has` call                                                      | ms              | summary |