diff --git a/internal/metrics/prometheus.go b/internal/metrics/prometheus.go
index c096e090f..61ae96951 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/prometheus.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/prometheus.go
@@ -28,105 +28,85 @@ type Prometheus struct {
 }
 
 // RecordRequest takes the statusCode string, requestMethod string, and the elapsed time.Duration to record the request and request duration metrics.
-func (p *Prometheus) RecordRequest(statusCode, requestMethod string, elapsed time.Duration) {
-	if p.reqCounter == nil || p.reqDuration == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	p.reqCounter.WithLabelValues(statusCode, requestMethod).Inc()
-	p.reqDuration.WithLabelValues(statusCode).Observe(elapsed.Seconds())
+func (r *Prometheus) RecordRequest(statusCode, requestMethod string, elapsed time.Duration) {
+	r.reqCounter.WithLabelValues(statusCode, requestMethod).Inc()
+	r.reqDuration.WithLabelValues(statusCode).Observe(elapsed.Seconds())
 }
 
 // RecordVerifyRequest takes the statusCode string to record the verify endpoint request metrics.
-func (p *Prometheus) RecordVerifyRequest(statusCode string) {
-	if p.reqVerifyCounter == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	p.reqVerifyCounter.WithLabelValues(statusCode).Inc()
+func (r *Prometheus) RecordVerifyRequest(statusCode string) {
+	r.reqVerifyCounter.WithLabelValues(statusCode).Inc()
 }
 
 // RecordAuthentication takes the success and regulated booleans and a method string to record the authentication metrics.
-func (p *Prometheus) RecordAuthentication(success, banned bool, authType string) {
+func (r *Prometheus) RecordAuthentication(success, banned bool, authType string) {
 	switch authType {
 	case "1fa", "":
-		if p.auth1FACounter == nil {
-			return
-		}
-
-		p.auth1FACounter.WithLabelValues(strconv.FormatBool(success), strconv.FormatBool(banned)).Inc()
+		r.auth1FACounter.WithLabelValues(strconv.FormatBool(success), strconv.FormatBool(banned)).Inc()
 	default:
-		if p.auth2FACounter == nil {
-			return
-		}
-
-		p.auth2FACounter.WithLabelValues(strconv.FormatBool(success), strconv.FormatBool(banned), authType).Inc()
+		r.auth2FACounter.WithLabelValues(strconv.FormatBool(success), strconv.FormatBool(banned), authType).Inc()
 	}
 }
 
 // RecordAuthenticationDuration takes the statusCode string, requestMethod string, and the elapsed time.Duration to record the request and request duration metrics.
-func (p *Prometheus) RecordAuthenticationDuration(success bool, elapsed time.Duration) {
-	if p.authDuration == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	p.authDuration.WithLabelValues(strconv.FormatBool(success)).Observe(elapsed.Seconds())
+func (r *Prometheus) RecordAuthenticationDuration(success bool, elapsed time.Duration) {
+	r.authDuration.WithLabelValues(strconv.FormatBool(success)).Observe(elapsed.Seconds())
 }
 
-func (p *Prometheus) register() {
-	p.authDuration = promauto.NewHistogramVec(
+func (r *Prometheus) register() {
+	r.authDuration = promauto.NewHistogramVec(
 		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Subsystem: "authelia",
-			Name:      "authentication_duration_seconds",
+			Name:      "authentication_duration",
 			Help:      "The time an authentication attempt takes in seconds.",
 			Buckets:   []float64{.0005, .00075, .001, .005, .01, .025, .05, .075, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 0.9, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60},
 		},
 		[]string{"success"},
 	)
 
-	p.reqDuration = promauto.NewHistogramVec(
+	r.reqDuration = promauto.NewHistogramVec(
 		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Subsystem: "authelia",
-			Name:      "request_duration_seconds",
+			Name:      "request_duration",
 			Help:      "The time a HTTP request takes to process in seconds.",
 			Buckets:   []float64{.005, .01, .025, .05, .1, .25, .5, 1, 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60},
 		},
 		[]string{"code"},
 	)
 
-	p.reqCounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(
+	r.reqCounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem: "authelia",
-			Name:      "requests_total",
+			Name:      "request",
 			Help:      "The number of HTTP requests processed.",
 		},
 		[]string{"code", "method"},
 	)
 
-	p.reqVerifyCounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(
+	r.reqVerifyCounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem: "authelia",
-			Name:      "verify_requests_total",
+			Name:      "verify_request",
 			Help:      "The number of verify requests processed.",
 		},
 		[]string{"code"},
 	)
 
-	p.auth1FACounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(
+	r.auth1FACounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem: "authelia",
-			Name:      "authentication_first_factor_total",
+			Name:      "authentication_first_factor",
 			Help:      "The number of 1FA authentications processed.",
 		},
 		[]string{"success", "banned"},
 	)
 
-	p.auth2FACounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(
+	r.auth2FACounter = promauto.NewCounterVec(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem: "authelia",
-			Name:      "authentication_second_factor_total",
+			Name:      "authentication_second_factor",
 			Help:      "The number of 2FA authentications processed.",
 		},
-		[]string{"success", "banned", "method"},
+		[]string{"success", "banned", "type"},
 	)
 }
diff --git a/internal/suites/suite_standalone_test.go b/internal/suites/suite_standalone_test.go
index d5678537f..fc37f2c08 100644
--- a/internal/suites/suite_standalone_test.go
+++ b/internal/suites/suite_standalone_test.go
@@ -285,10 +285,8 @@ func (s *StandaloneSuite) TestShouldRecordMetrics() {
 
 	metrics := string(body)
 
-	s.Assert().Contains(metrics, "authelia_request_duration_seconds_bucket{")
-	s.Assert().Contains(metrics, "authelia_request_duration_seconds_sum{")
-	s.Assert().Contains(metrics, "go_gc_cycles_forced_gc_cycles_total")
-	s.Assert().Contains(metrics, "go_gc_cycles_total_gc_cycles_total")
+	s.Assert().Contains(metrics, "authelia_request_duration_bucket{")
+	s.Assert().Contains(metrics, "authelia_request_duration_sum{")
 }
 
 func (s *StandaloneSuite) TestStandaloneWebDriverScenario() {