diff --git a/common/servermetrics/metrics_pb/wire_compat_test.go b/common/servermetrics/metrics_pb/wire_compat_test.go
index be3d7b8c3..14ba79ef0 100644
--- a/common/servermetrics/metrics_pb/wire_compat_test.go
+++ b/common/servermetrics/metrics_pb/wire_compat_test.go
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ import (
 // package name is not transmitted in the binary encoding.
 //
 // The fact that this test binary links both proto packages (distinct proto
-// package names: ziti.common.metrics.pb vs ziti.metrics.pb) without panicking at
-// init also guards against a global proto-registry duplicate-registration clash.
+// package names: ziti.common.servermetrics.pb vs ziti.metrics.pb) without
+// panicking at init also guards against a global proto-registry
+// duplicate-registration clash.
 func Test_WireCompatibleWithLibraryMetricsMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	req := require.New(t)
 
diff --git a/common/servermetrics/usage_registry.go b/common/servermetrics/usage_registry.go
index 9228fac63..792d6508b 100644
--- a/common/servermetrics/usage_registry.go
+++ b/common/servermetrics/usage_registry.go
@@ -38,12 +38,9 @@ const (
 // UsageRegistry extends a metrics registry with interval and usage counters and
 // produces ziti's MetricsMessage wire format. It embeds metrics.Registry (so
 // it can be used anywhere a base registry is expected, including the sdk xgress
-// machinery) and layers the reporting/usage subsystem ziti owns on top. The wire
-// poll is exposed as PollMessage rather than Poll to avoid colliding with the
-// embedded library's Poll, which returns the library's own (unused) message type.
+// machinery) and layers the reporting/usage subsystem ziti owns on top.
 type UsageRegistry interface {
 	metrics.Registry
-	PollMessage() *metrics_pb.MetricsMessage
 	PollMessageWithoutUsageMetrics() *metrics_pb.MetricsMessage
 	IntervalCounter(name string, intervalSize time.Duration) IntervalCounter
 	UsageCounter(name string, intervalSize time.Duration) UsageCounter
@@ -161,34 +158,6 @@ func (self *usageRegistryImpl) UsageCounter(name string, intervalSize time.Durat
 	return usageCounter
 }
 
-// PollMessage returns a MetricsMessage including the base metrics plus any
-// accumulated interval and usage buckets.
-func (self *usageRegistryImpl) PollMessage() *metrics_pb.MetricsMessage {
-	base := pollRegistry(self.Registry, self.sourceId, self.tags)
-	if base == nil && self.intervalBuckets == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	var builder *messageBuilder
-	if base == nil {
-		builder = newMessageBuilder(self.sourceId, self.tags)
-	} else {
-		builder = (*messageBuilder)(base)
-	}
-
-	builder.addIntervalBucketEvents(self.intervalBuckets)
-	self.intervalBuckets = nil
-
-	builder.UsageCounters = self.usageBuckets
-	self.usageBuckets = nil
-
-	sort.Slice(builder.UsageCounters, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return builder.UsageCounters[i].IntervalStartUTC < builder.UsageCounters[j].IntervalStartUTC
-	})
-
-	return (*metrics_pb.MetricsMessage)(builder)
-}
-
 // PollMessageWithoutUsageMetrics returns a MetricsMessage of the base metrics
 // only, excluding interval and usage buckets.
 func (self *usageRegistryImpl) PollMessageWithoutUsageMetrics() *metrics_pb.MetricsMessage {
diff --git a/router/test/single_router_perf_test.go b/router/test/single_router_perf_test.go
index 48cda06c1..e00e6f9ee 100644
--- a/router/test/single_router_perf_test.go
+++ b/router/test/single_router_perf_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openziti/ziti/v2/router/env"
 	"github.com/openziti/ziti/v2/router/forwarder"
 	"github.com/openziti/ziti/v2/router/handler_xgress"
+	routerMetrics "github.com/openziti/ziti/v2/router/metrics"
 	"github.com/openziti/ziti/v2/router/xgress_router"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -136,6 +137,24 @@ type eventSink struct{}
 func (e eventSink) AcceptMetrics(message *metrics_pb.MetricsMessage) {
 }
 
+// testRouterEnv is a minimal env.RouterEnv stub for the perf test. It supplies only the
+// forwarder and xgress metrics that the xgress bind handler accesses; any other method
+// call indicates the test exercised an unexpected code path and will panic on the nil
+// embedded interface.
+type testRouterEnv struct {
+	env.RouterEnv
+	forwarder env.Forwarder
+	xgMetrics env.XgressMetrics
+}
+
+func (self *testRouterEnv) GetForwarder() env.Forwarder {
+	return self.forwarder
+}
+
+func (self *testRouterEnv) GetXgressMetrics() env.XgressMetrics {
+	return self.xgMetrics
+}
+
 func Test_SingleRouterPerf(t *testing.T) {
 	closeNotify := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(closeNotify)
@@ -159,7 +178,12 @@ func Test_SingleRouterPerf(t *testing.T) {
 		Metrics:         xgress.NewMetrics(registry),
 	})
 
-	bindHandler := handler_xgress.NewBindHandler(dataPlaneAdapter, testXgCloseHandler{}, fwd)
+	routerEnv := &testRouterEnv{
+		forwarder: fwd,
+		xgMetrics: routerMetrics.NewXgressMetrics(registry),
+	}
+
+	bindHandler := handler_xgress.NewBindHandler(routerEnv, dataPlaneAdapter, testXgCloseHandler{})
 
 	srcXg := xgress.NewXgress("test", "ctrl", "src", srcConn, xgress.Initiator, options, nil)
 	bindHandler.HandleXgressBind(srcXg)