diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.cc b/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.cc
index 2c9159e6c..c3fbbc538 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.cc
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/node_manager.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ struct ActorStats {
   int live_actors = 0;
   int dead_actors = 0;
   int restarting_actors = 0;
-  int max_num_handles = 0;
 };
 
 /// A helper function to return the statistical data of actors in this node manager.
@@ -52,9 +51,6 @@ ActorStats GetActorStatisticalData(
     } else {
       item.dead_actors += 1;
     }
-    if (pair.second.NumHandles() > item.max_num_handles) {
-      item.max_num_handles = pair.second.NumHandles();
-    }
   }
   return item;
 }
@@ -3026,7 +3022,6 @@ std::string NodeManager::DebugString() const {
   result << "\n- num live actors: " << statistical_data.live_actors;
   result << "\n- num restarting actors: " << statistical_data.restarting_actors;
   result << "\n- num dead actors: " << statistical_data.dead_actors;
-  result << "\n- max num handles: " << statistical_data.max_num_handles;
 
   result << "\nRemote node manager clients: ";
   for (const auto &entry : remote_node_manager_clients_) {
@@ -3410,18 +3405,12 @@ void NodeManager::RecordMetrics() {
   object_manager_.RecordMetrics();
   worker_pool_.RecordMetrics();
   local_queues_.RecordMetrics();
-  reconstruction_policy_.RecordMetrics();
   task_dependency_manager_.RecordMetrics();
 
   auto statistical_data = GetActorStatisticalData(actor_registry_);
-  stats::ActorStats().Record(statistical_data.live_actors,
-                             {{stats::ValueTypeKey, "live_actors"}});
-  stats::ActorStats().Record(statistical_data.restarting_actors,
-                             {{stats::ValueTypeKey, "restarting_actors"}});
-  stats::ActorStats().Record(statistical_data.dead_actors,
-                             {{stats::ValueTypeKey, "dead_actors"}});
-  stats::ActorStats().Record(statistical_data.max_num_handles,
-                             {{stats::ValueTypeKey, "max_num_handles"}});
+  stats::LiveActors().Record(statistical_data.live_actors);
+  stats::RestartingActors().Record(statistical_data.restarting_actors);
+  stats::DeadActors().Record(statistical_data.dead_actors);
 }
 
 }  // namespace raylet
diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/reconstruction_policy.cc b/src/ray/raylet/reconstruction_policy.cc
index aa1649b47..3e94d12b1 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/reconstruction_policy.cc
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/reconstruction_policy.cc
@@ -253,11 +253,6 @@ std::string ReconstructionPolicy::DebugString() const {
   return result.str();
 }
 
-void ReconstructionPolicy::RecordMetrics() const {
-  stats::ReconstructionPolicyStats().Record(
-      listening_tasks_.size(), {{stats::ValueTypeKey, "num_reconstructing_tasks"}});
-}
-
 }  // namespace raylet
 
 }  // end namespace ray
diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/reconstruction_policy.h b/src/ray/raylet/reconstruction_policy.h
index 43d22d2d3..59286f06c 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/reconstruction_policy.h
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/reconstruction_policy.h
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ class ReconstructionPolicy : public ReconstructionPolicyInterface {
   /// \return string.
   std::string DebugString() const;
 
-  /// Record metrics.
-  void RecordMetrics() const;
-
  private:
   struct ReconstructionTask {
     ReconstructionTask(boost::asio::io_service &io_service)
diff --git a/src/ray/stats/metric_defs.h b/src/ray/stats/metric_defs.h
index ccbaf3617..bc7b7666e 100644
--- a/src/ray/stats/metric_defs.h
+++ b/src/ray/stats/metric_defs.h
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ static Gauge LocalTotalResource("local_total_resource",
                                 "The total resources on this node.", "pcs",
                                 {ResourceNameKey});
 
-static Gauge ActorStats("actor_stats", "Stat metrics of the actors in raylet.", "pcs",
-                        {ValueTypeKey});
+static Gauge LiveActors("live_actors", "Number of live actors.", "actors");
+
+static Gauge RestartingActors("restarting_actors", "Number of restarting actors.",
+                              "actors");
+
+static Gauge DeadActors("dead_actors", "Number of dead actors.", "actors");
 
 static Gauge ObjectManagerStats("object_manager_stats",
                                 "Stat the metric values of object in raylet", "pcs",
@@ -69,10 +73,6 @@ static Gauge SchedulingQueueStats("scheduling_queue_stats",
                                   "Stats the metric values of scheduling queue.", "pcs",
                                   {ValueTypeKey});
 
-static Gauge ReconstructionPolicyStats(
-    "reconstruction_policy_stats", "Stats the metric values of reconstruction policy.",
-    "pcs", {ValueTypeKey});
-
 static Gauge ConnectionPoolStats("connection_pool_stats",
                                  "Stats the connection pool metrics.", "pcs",
                                  {ValueTypeKey});