diff --git a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
index 0239975d03..7834564d07 100644
--- a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [features]
 default = ["metrics"]
-local = ["ant-bootstrap/local", "autonomi/local"]
+local = ["ant-bootstrap/local", "autonomi/local", "ant-logging/process-metrics"]
 metrics = ["ant-logging/process-metrics"]
 nightly = []
 
diff --git a/ant-cli/src/main.rs b/ant-cli/src/main.rs
index 279a354e5d..971c38fd6a 100644
--- a/ant-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/ant-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub use access::user_data;
 use clap::Parser;
 use color_eyre::Result;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+#[cfg(feature = "local")]
 use ant_logging::metrics::init_metrics;
 use ant_logging::{LogBuilder, LogFormat, ReloadHandle, WorkerGuard};
 use ant_protocol::version;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     }
 
     let _log_guards = init_logging_and_metrics(&opt)?;
-    #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "local")]
     tokio::spawn(init_metrics(std::process::id()));
 
     info!("\"{}\"", std::env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" "));
diff --git a/ant-node/Cargo.toml b/ant-node/Cargo.toml
index 053390041e..a7b9b817b7 100644
--- a/ant-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ path = "src/bin/antnode/main.rs"
 default = ["metrics", "upnp", "open-metrics", "encrypt-records"]
 encrypt-records = ["ant-networking/encrypt-records"]
 extension-module = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
-local = ["ant-networking/local", "ant-evm/local", "ant-bootstrap/local"]
+local = ["ant-networking/local", "ant-evm/local", "ant-bootstrap/local", "ant-logging/process-metrics"]
 loud = ["ant-networking/loud"] # loud mode: print important messages to console
-metrics = ["ant-logging/process-metrics"]
+metrics = []
 nightly = []
 open-metrics = ["ant-networking/open-metrics", "prometheus-client"]
 otlp = ["ant-logging/otlp"]
diff --git a/ant-node/src/bin/antnode/main.rs b/ant-node/src/bin/antnode/main.rs
index db40d00101..3397d81461 100644
--- a/ant-node/src/bin/antnode/main.rs
+++ b/ant-node/src/bin/antnode/main.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mod subcommands;
 use crate::subcommands::EvmNetworkCommand;
 use ant_bootstrap::{BootstrapCacheConfig, BootstrapCacheStore, PeersArgs};
 use ant_evm::{get_evm_network_from_env, EvmNetwork, RewardsAddress};
-#[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+#[cfg(feature = "local")]
 use ant_logging::metrics::init_metrics;
 use ant_logging::{Level, LogFormat, LogOutputDest, ReloadHandle};
 use ant_node::{Marker, NodeBuilder, NodeEvent, NodeEventsReceiver};
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // Create a tokio runtime per `run_node` attempt, this ensures
     // any spawned tasks are closed before we would attempt to run
     // another process with these args.
-    #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "local")]
     rt.spawn(init_metrics(std::process::id()));
     let initial_peres = rt.block_on(opt.peers.get_addrs(None, Some(100)))?;
     debug!("Node's owner set to: {:?}", opt.owner);