diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11b7fe7c3..f086ab06f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -191,11 +191,6 @@
             <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
             <artifactId>micrometer-registry-prometheus</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.oshi</groupId>
-            <artifactId>oshi-core</artifactId>
-            <version>6.6.6</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/codebloom/utilities/SystemMetricsConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/codebloom/utilities/SystemMetricsConfig.java
index 16aa8b1df..8db6d5a21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/codebloom/utilities/SystemMetricsConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/codebloom/utilities/SystemMetricsConfig.java
@@ -7,18 +7,21 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import oshi.SystemInfo;
-import oshi.hardware.GlobalMemory;
 
+/**
+ * Configuration for system metrics exposed to Prometheus through Spring Actuator.
+ * Prometheus ingests the metrics from Actuator through a Kubernetes object defined in the k8s-manifest.
+ *
+ * @see <a href= "https://github.com/Patina-Network/k8s-manifests/blob/main/base/production/codebloom/servicemonitor.yaml">Service Monitor</a>
+ */
 @Configuration
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(CommitShaProperties.class)
 public class SystemMetricsConfig {
 
-    @Bean
-    public SystemInfo systemInfo() {
-        return new SystemInfo();
-    }
 
+    /**
+     * Add commit sha to metrics so that the deployed version of the code being run on the instance is known.
+     */
     @Bean
     public MeterBinder applicationInfoMetrics(CommitShaProperties commitShaProperties) {
         return registry -> {
@@ -26,18 +29,4 @@ public MeterBinder applicationInfoMetrics(CommitShaProperties commitShaPropertie
             registry.gauge("application.info", tags, 1, n -> 1.0);
         };
     }
-
-    @Bean
-    public MeterBinder systemMemoryMetrics(SystemInfo systemInfo) {
-        return registry -> {
-            GlobalMemory memory = systemInfo.getHardware().getMemory();
-            registry.gauge("system.info.memory.total", memory, GlobalMemory::getTotal);
-            registry.gauge("system.info.memory.available", memory, GlobalMemory::getAvailable);
-            registry.gauge("system.info.memory.used", memory, m -> m.getTotal() - m.getAvailable());
-            registry.gauge(
-                    "system.info.memory.usage",
-                    memory,
-                    m -> (double) (m.getTotal() - m.getAvailable()) / m.getTotal() * 100);
-        };
-    }
 }