diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py b/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
index 01ebbafea6..790257e4e6 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/run_callback_receiver.py
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ from django.db import connection
 # AWX
 from awx.main.models import * # noqa
 from awx.main.socket import Socket
-from awx.lib.metrics import BaseTimer
 
-fn_timer = BaseTimer(__name__)
 logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.commands.run_callback_receiver')
 
 WORKERS = 4
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ class CallbackReceiver(object):
                 break
             time.sleep(0.1)
 
-    @fn_timer
     def write_queue_worker(self, preferred_queue, worker_queues, message):
         queue_order = sorted(range(WORKERS), cmp=lambda x, y: -1 if x==preferred_queue else 0)
         for queue_actual in queue_order:
@@ -164,7 +161,6 @@ class CallbackReceiver(object):
                             sys.exit(1)
                     last_parent_events[message['job_id']] = job_parent_events
 
-    @fn_timer
     @transaction.atomic
     def process_job_event(self, data):
         # Sanity check: Do we need to do anything at all?
@@ -227,7 +223,6 @@ class CallbackReceiver(object):
             logger.error('Database error saving job event: %s', e)
         return None
 
-    @fn_timer
     @transaction.atomic
     def process_ad_hoc_event(self, data):
         # Sanity check: Do we need to do anything at all?
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index 568d39cb93..681c2f7f38 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ from django.core.mail import send_mail
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
 # AWX
-from awx.lib.metrics import task_timer
 from awx.main.constants import CLOUD_PROVIDERS
 from awx.main.models import * # noqa
 from awx.main.models.label import Label
@@ -301,7 +300,6 @@ class BaseTask(Task):
     model = None
     abstract = True
 
-    @task_timer
     def update_model(self, pk, _attempt=0, **updates):
         """Reload the model instance from the database and update the
         given fields.
@@ -371,7 +369,6 @@ class BaseTask(Task):
         os.chmod(path, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR | stat.S_IXUSR)
         return path
 
-    @task_timer
     def build_private_data_files(self, instance, **kwargs):
         '''
         Create a temporary files containing the private data.
@@ -426,7 +423,6 @@ class BaseTask(Task):
             '': '',
         }
 
-    @task_timer
     def build_env(self, instance, **kwargs):
         '''
         Build environment dictionary for ansible-playbook.
@@ -450,7 +446,6 @@ class BaseTask(Task):
             env['PROOT_TMP_DIR'] = tower_settings.AWX_PROOT_BASE_PATH
         return env
 
-    @task_timer
     def build_safe_env(self, instance, **kwargs):
         '''
         Build environment dictionary, hiding potentially sensitive information
@@ -519,7 +514,6 @@ class BaseTask(Task):
         '''
         return OrderedDict()
 
-    @task_timer
     def run_pexpect(self, instance, args, cwd, env, passwords, stdout_handle,
                     output_replacements=None):
         '''
@@ -603,7 +597,6 @@ class BaseTask(Task):
         Hook for any steps to run after job/task is complete.
         '''
 
-    @task_timer
     def run(self, pk, **kwargs):
         '''
         Run the job/task and capture its output.
@@ -699,7 +692,6 @@ class RunJob(BaseTask):
     name = 'awx.main.tasks.run_job'
     model = Job
 
-    @task_timer
     def build_private_data(self, job, **kwargs):
         '''
         Returns a dict of the form
@@ -1005,7 +997,6 @@ class RunProjectUpdate(BaseTask):
     name = 'awx.main.tasks.run_project_update'
     model = ProjectUpdate
 
-    @task_timer
     def build_private_data(self, project_update, **kwargs):
         '''
         Return SSH private key data needed for this project update.
@@ -1173,7 +1164,6 @@ class RunInventoryUpdate(BaseTask):
     name = 'awx.main.tasks.run_inventory_update'
     model = InventoryUpdate
 
-    @task_timer
     def build_private_data(self, inventory_update, **kwargs):
         """Return private data needed for inventory update.
         If no private data is needed, return None.
@@ -1505,7 +1495,6 @@ class RunAdHocCommand(BaseTask):
     name = 'awx.main.tasks.run_ad_hoc_command'
     model = AdHocCommand
 
-    @task_timer
     def build_private_data(self, ad_hoc_command, **kwargs):
         '''
         Return SSH private key data needed for this ad hoc command (only if
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 8349387a0d..603bd21d19 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -1002,5 +1002,3 @@ LOGGING = {
     }
 }
 
-STATSD_CLIENT = 'django_statsd.clients.null'
-STATSD_HOST = 'localhost'
diff --git a/awx/settings/development.py b/awx/settings/development.py
index cc4febdbae..438c152a0a 100644
--- a/awx/settings/development.py
+++ b/awx/settings/development.py
@@ -65,15 +65,6 @@ PASSWORD_HASHERS = (
 # Configure a default UUID for development only.
 SYSTEM_UUID = '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
 
-STATSD_CLIENT = 'django_statsd.clients.null'
-STATSD_HOST = None
-STATSD_PREFIX = None
-#STATSD_CLIENT = 'django_statsd.clients.normal'
-#STATSD_HOST = 'graphite'
-STATSD_PORT = 8125
-#STATSD_PREFIX = 'tower'
-STATSD_MAXUDPSIZE = 512
-
 # If there is an `/etc/tower/settings.py`, include it.
 # If there is a `/etc/tower/conf.d/*.py`, include them.
 include(optional('/etc/tower/settings.py'), scope=locals())
diff --git a/awx/settings/development_quiet.py b/awx/settings/development_quiet.py
index a3461aed7b..924ae22072 100644
--- a/awx/settings/development_quiet.py
+++ b/awx/settings/development_quiet.py
@@ -14,6 +14,3 @@ DEBUG = False
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 SQL_DEBUG = DEBUG
 
-# Statistics Gathering
-STATSD_CLIENT = 'django_statsd.clients.null'
-STATSD_HOST = 'localhost'
diff --git a/docs/licenses/django-statsd-mozilla.txt b/docs/licenses/django-statsd-mozilla.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7230844992..0000000000
--- a/docs/licenses/django-statsd-mozilla.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2010, Mozilla Foundation
-All rights reserved.
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
-are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-
-    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-       this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-
-    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-
-    3. Neither the name of commonware nor the names of its contributors may
-       be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
-       without specific prior written permission.
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
-ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
-WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
-DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
-ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
-(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
-LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
-ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
-SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/docs/licenses/django-statsd.txt b/docs/licenses/django-statsd.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6770c52123..0000000000
--- a/docs/licenses/django-statsd.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-BSD and MPL
-
-Portions of this are from commonware:
-
-https://github.com/jsocol/commonware/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/docs/licenses/statsd.txt b/docs/licenses/statsd.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index eadbf86b89..0000000000
--- a/docs/licenses/statsd.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2012, James Socol
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
-IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
-CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
-TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
-SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 76619532e1..dcd33690cc 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ django-radius==1.0.0
 djangorestframework==3.3.2
 djangorestframework-yaml==1.0.2
 django-split-settings==0.1.1
-django-statsd-mozilla==0.3.16
 django-taggit==0.17.6
 git+https://github.com/matburt/dm.xmlsec.binding.git@master#egg=dm.xmlsec.binding
 dogpile.core==0.4.1
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ shade==1.4.0
 simplejson==3.8.1
 six==1.9.0
 slackclient==0.16
-statsd==3.2.1
 stevedore==1.10.0
 suds==0.4
 unicodecsv==0.14.1