diff --git a/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.c b/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.c
index a666b9702e1..b271ce965d6 100644
--- a/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.c
+++ b/plugins/out_stackdriver/stackdriver.c
@@ -2783,7 +2783,6 @@ static void cb_stackdriver_flush(struct flb_event_chunk *event_chunk,
         flb_metrics_sum(FLB_STACKDRIVER_FAILED_REQUESTS, 1, ctx->ins->metrics);
 
         update_http_metrics(ctx, event_chunk, ts, STACKDRIVER_NET_ERROR);
-        update_retry_metric(ctx, event_chunk, ts, STACKDRIVER_NET_ERROR, FLB_RETRY);
 #endif
         flb_upstream_conn_release(u_conn);
         FLB_OUTPUT_RETURN(FLB_RETRY);