diff --git a/awx/plugins/callback/job_event_callback.py b/awx/plugins/callback/job_event_callback.py
index 2220db8c6b..9adf6153e8 100644
--- a/awx/plugins/callback/job_event_callback.py
+++ b/awx/plugins/callback/job_event_callback.py
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ class BaseCallbackModule(object):
             event_data['res'] = censor(deepcopy(event_data['res']))
 
         if self.callback_consumer_port:
-            with statsd.timer('zmq_post_event_msg.{0}'.format(event)):
-                self._post_job_event_queue_msg(event, event_data)
+            self._post_job_event_queue_msg(event, event_data)
         else:
             self._post_rest_api_event(event, event_data)