diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index cd5ce423632..ac59d5ac7a7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -9,14 +9,6 @@ import warnings
 import importlib
 import warnings
 
-from datadog import statsd, initialize as datadog_initialize
-
-# Define DataDog client
-
-options = {"statsd_host": "127.0.0.1", "statsd_port": 8125}
-
-datadog_initialize(**options)  # type: ignore
-
 
 def showwarning(message, category, filename, lineno, file=None, line=None):
     traceback_info = f"{filename}:{lineno}: {category.__name__}: {message}\n"
@@ -237,30 +229,6 @@ try:
 except:
     pass
 
-from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
-
-
-class DatadogMetricsMiddleware(BaseHTTPMiddleware):
-    async def dispatch(self, request: Request, call_next):
-        start_time = time.time()
-
-        # Request Count
-        statsd.increment("litellm.proxy.requests")
-
-        try:
-            response = await call_next(request)
-        except Exception as e:
-            # Error Count
-            statsd.increment("litellm.proxy.errors")
-            raise e
-
-        # Calculate response time
-        response_time = (time.time() - start_time) * 1000  # in milliseconds
-        statsd.distribution("litellm.proxy.response_time", response_time)
-
-        return response
-
-
 app.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware,
     allow_origins=origins,
@@ -269,9 +237,6 @@ app.add_middleware(
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
 
-app.add_middleware(DatadogMetricsMiddleware)
-
-
 from typing import Dict
 
 api_key_header = APIKeyHeader(