diff --git a/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/database.go b/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/database.go
index 77540f475ce..1aa23b77d17 100644
--- a/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/database.go
+++ b/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/database.go
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ func ProvideAuthInfoStore(sqlStore db.DB, secretsService secrets.Service, userSe
 		logger:         log.New("login.authinfo.store"),
 		userService:    userService,
 	}
-	InitMetrics()
+	// FIXME: disabled the metric collection for duplicate user entries
+	// due to query performance issues that is clogging the users Grafana instance
+	// InitDuplicateUserMetrics()
 	return store
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/stats.go b/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/stats.go
index 38e17b44798..c50c2eb79e5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/stats.go
+++ b/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/stats.go
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/login"
 )
 
-func InitMetrics() {
+// Should be in use in ProvideAuthInfoStore
+// due to query performance for big user tables
+// we have disabled these metrics from Grafana for now
+func InitDuplicateUserMetrics() {
 	login.Once.Do(func() {
 		login.MStatDuplicateUserEntries = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Name:      "stat_users_total_duplicate_user_entries",
@@ -39,18 +42,18 @@ func InitMetrics() {
 }
 
 func (s *AuthInfoStore) RunMetricsCollection(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if _, err := s.GetLoginStats(ctx); err != nil {
-		s.logger.Warn("Failed to get authinfo metrics", "error", err.Error())
-	}
+	// 	if _, err := s.GetLoginStats(ctx); err != nil {
+	// 		s.logger.Warn("Failed to get authinfo metrics", "error", err.Error())
+	// 	}
 	updateStatsTicker := time.NewTicker(login.MetricsCollectionInterval)
 	defer updateStatsTicker.Stop()
 
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-updateStatsTicker.C:
-			if _, err := s.GetLoginStats(ctx); err != nil {
-				s.logger.Warn("Failed to get authinfo metrics", "error", err.Error())
-			}
+			// if _, err := s.GetLoginStats(ctx); err != nil {
+			// s.logger.Warn("Failed to get authinfo metrics", "error", nil)
+			// }
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return ctx.Err()
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/service.go b/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/service.go
index 76efa7ca8b0..1f248453eb5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/service.go
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ func ProvideAuthInfoService(userProtectionService login.UserProtectionService, a
 		authInfoStore:         authInfoStore,
 		logger:                log.New("login.authinfo"),
 	}
-	usageStats.RegisterMetricsFunc(authInfoStore.CollectLoginStats)
+	// FIXME: disabled metrics until further notice
+	// query performance is slow for more than 20000 users
+	// usageStats.RegisterMetricsFunc(authInfoStore.CollectLoginStats)
 	return s
 }