diff --git a/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/RouterServer.java b/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/RouterServer.java
index d67091ba930..eb5402245f9 100644
--- a/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/RouterServer.java
+++ b/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/RouterServer.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 import com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.HealthCheckStats;
 import com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.LongTailRetryStatsProvider;
 import com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.RouteHttpRequestStats;
-import com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.RouterHttpRequestStats;
 import com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.RouterMetricEntity;
 import com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.RouterStats;
 import com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.RouterThrottleStats;
@@ -111,6 +110,7 @@
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.FullHttpResponse;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultThreadFactory;
+import io.tehuti.Metric;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.MetricConfig;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.MetricsRepository;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.Sensor;
@@ -952,7 +952,9 @@ public ReadOnlySchemaRepository getSchemaRepository() {
   }
 
   public double getInFlightRequestRate() {
-    return RouterHttpRequestStats.getInFlightRequestRate();
+    Metric metric = localMetricRepo.getMetric(TOTAL_INFLIGHT_REQUEST_COUNT);
+    // max return -infinity when there are no samples. validate only against finite value
+    return Double.isFinite(metric.value()) ? metric.value() : 0.0;
   }
 
   private void handleExceptionInStartServices(VeniceException e, boolean async) throws VeniceException {
diff --git a/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/AggRouterHttpRequestStats.java b/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/AggRouterHttpRequestStats.java
index fce5c727fce..29fe6858187 100644
--- a/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/AggRouterHttpRequestStats.java
+++ b/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/AggRouterHttpRequestStats.java
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ public AggRouterHttpRequestStats(
           requestType,
           stats,
           isKeyValueProfilingEnabled,
-          totalInFlightRequestSensor,
-          inflightMetricRepo);
+          totalInFlightRequestSensor);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/RouterHttpRequestStats.java b/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/RouterHttpRequestStats.java
index ce832b01a9b..e465f43acad 100644
--- a/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/RouterHttpRequestStats.java
+++ b/services/venice-router/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/RouterHttpRequestStats.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.linkedin.venice.router.stats;
 
-import static com.linkedin.venice.router.RouterServer.TOTAL_INFLIGHT_REQUEST_COUNT;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.RouterMetricEntity.ABORTED_RETRY_COUNT;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.RouterMetricEntity.ALLOWED_RETRY_COUNT;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.router.stats.RouterMetricEntity.CALL_COUNT;
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributesBuilder;
-import io.tehuti.Metric;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.MeasurableStat;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.MetricsRepository;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.Sensor;
@@ -142,8 +140,7 @@ public RouterHttpRequestStats(
       RequestType requestType,
       ScatterGatherStats scatterGatherStats,
       boolean isKeyValueProfilingEnabled,
-      Sensor totalInFlightRequestSensor,
-      VeniceMetricsRepository inflightMetricRepo) {
+      Sensor totalInFlightRequestSensor) {
     super(metricsRepository, storeName, requestType);
     VeniceOpenTelemetryMetricsRepository otelRepository = null;
     if (metricsRepository instanceof VeniceMetricsRepository) {
@@ -391,7 +388,6 @@ public RouterHttpRequestStats(
 
     metaStoreShadowReadSensor = registerSensor("meta_store_shadow_read", new OccurrenceRate());
     this.totalInFlightRequestSensor = totalInFlightRequestSensor;
-    this.inflightMetricRepo = inflightMetricRepo;
   }
 
   private String getDimensionName(VeniceMetricsDimensions dimension) {
@@ -649,12 +645,6 @@ private Sensor registerSensorFinal(String sensorName, MeasurableStat... stats) {
     return this.registerSensor(sensorName, stats);
   }
 
-  static public double getInFlightRequestRate() {
-    Metric metric = inflightMetricRepo.getMetric(TOTAL_INFLIGHT_REQUEST_COUNT);
-    // max return -infinity when there are no samples. validate only against finite value
-    return Double.isFinite(metric.value()) ? metric.value() : 0.0;
-  }
-
   /** used only for testing */
   boolean emitOpenTelemetryMetrics() {
     return this.emitOpenTelemetryMetrics;
diff --git a/services/venice-router/src/test/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/RouteHttpRequestStatsTest.java b/services/venice-router/src/test/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/RouteHttpRequestStatsTest.java
index c5197c193eb..9b59524b3b9 100644
--- a/services/venice-router/src/test/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/RouteHttpRequestStatsTest.java
+++ b/services/venice-router/src/test/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/RouteHttpRequestStatsTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import com.linkedin.venice.stats.VeniceMetricsRepository;
 import com.linkedin.venice.tehuti.MockTehutiReporter;
 import com.linkedin.venice.utils.metrics.MetricsRepositoryUtils;
+import io.tehuti.Metric;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.MetricConfig;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.MetricsRepository;
 import io.tehuti.metrics.Sensor;
@@ -30,13 +31,15 @@ public class RouteHttpRequestStatsTest {
   private RouteHttpRequestStats stats;
   private RouterHttpRequestStats routerHttpRequestStats;
 
+  private VeniceMetricsRepository localMetricRepo;
+
   @BeforeSuite
   public void setUp() {
     MetricsRepository metrics = MetricsRepositoryUtils.createSingleThreadedVeniceMetricsRepository();
     reporter = new MockTehutiReporter();
     metrics.addReporter(reporter);
     MetricConfig metricConfig = new MetricConfig().timeWindow(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-    VeniceMetricsRepository localMetricRepo = new VeniceMetricsRepository(
+    localMetricRepo = new VeniceMetricsRepository(
         new VeniceMetricsConfig.Builder().setServiceName(ROUTER_SERVICE_NAME)
             .setMetricPrefix(ROUTER_SERVICE_METRIC_PREFIX)
             .setTehutiMetricConfig(metricConfig)
@@ -51,8 +54,7 @@ public void setUp() {
         RequestType.SINGLE_GET,
         mock(ScatterGatherStats.class),
         false,
-        totalInflightRequestSensor,
-        localMetricRepo);
+        totalInflightRequestSensor);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -75,10 +77,16 @@ public void routerMetricsTest() {
   @Test
   public void routerInFlightMetricTest() {
     routerHttpRequestStats.recordIncomingRequest();
-    Assert.assertTrue(RouterHttpRequestStats.getInFlightRequestRate() > 0.0);
+    Assert.assertTrue(getInFlightRequestRate() > 0.0);
     // After waiting for metric time window, it wil be reset back to 0
     waitForNonDeterministicAssertion(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS, true, () -> {
-      Assert.assertEquals(RouterHttpRequestStats.getInFlightRequestRate(), 0.0);
+      Assert.assertEquals(getInFlightRequestRate(), 0.0);
     });
   }
+
+  public double getInFlightRequestRate() {
+    Metric metric = localMetricRepo.getMetric(TOTAL_INFLIGHT_REQUEST_COUNT);
+    // max return -infinity when there are no samples. validate only against finite value
+    return Double.isFinite(metric.value()) ? metric.value() : 0.0;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/services/venice-router/src/test/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/RouterHttpRequestStatsTest.java b/services/venice-router/src/test/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/RouterHttpRequestStatsTest.java
index fab55c2b3c9..85c0012d136 100644
--- a/services/venice-router/src/test/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/RouterHttpRequestStatsTest.java
+++ b/services/venice-router/src/test/java/com/linkedin/venice/router/stats/RouterHttpRequestStatsTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public void routerMetricsTest(boolean useVeniceMetricRepository, boolean isOtelE
         RequestType.SINGLE_GET,
         mock(ScatterGatherStats.class),
         false,
-        null,
         null);
 
     if (useVeniceMetricRepository && isOtelEnabled) {