diff --git a/api/init.go b/api/init.go
index 484bf2e81..6bfa8138c 100644
--- a/api/init.go
+++ b/api/init.go
@@ -47,11 +47,8 @@ func InitWithConfigFile(configPath string) error {
 // initCoreComponents init core components with default config
 // it's better SetDefaultConfig before initCoreComponents
 func initCoreComponents() error {
-	if config.EnableMetricLog() {
-		err := metric.InitTask()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	if err := metric.InitTask(); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	system.InitCollector(config.SystemStatCollectIntervalMs())
diff --git a/core/config/config.go b/core/config/config.go
index 265f637d8..60b84f1c7 100644
--- a/core/config/config.go
+++ b/core/config/config.go
@@ -191,7 +191,3 @@ func SystemStatCollectIntervalMs() uint32 {
 func UseCacheTime() bool {
 	return globalCfg.UseCacheTime()
 }
-
-func EnableMetricLog() bool {
-	return globalCfg.EnableMetricLog()
-}
diff --git a/core/config/entity.go b/core/config/entity.go
index b91b14727..1ad020a6d 100644
--- a/core/config/entity.go
+++ b/core/config/entity.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ type SentinelConfig struct {
 		// Type indicates the classification of the service (e.g. web service, API gateway).
 		Type int32
 	}
-	// EnableMetricLog represents whether to enable metric monitor log
-	EnableMetricLog bool `yaml:"enableMetricLog"`
 	// Log represents configuration items related to logging.
 	Log LogConfig
 	// Stat represents configuration items related to statistics.
@@ -83,8 +81,7 @@ func NewDefaultConfig() *Entity {
 					CollectIntervalMs: DefaultSystemStatCollectIntervalMs,
 				},
 			},
-			EnableMetricLog: true,
-			UseCacheTime:    true,
+			UseCacheTime: true,
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -155,7 +152,3 @@ func (entity *Entity) SystemStatCollectIntervalMs() uint32 {
 func (entity *Entity) UseCacheTime() bool {
 	return entity.Sentinel.UseCacheTime
 }
-
-func (entity *Entity) EnableMetricLog() bool {
-	return entity.Sentinel.EnableMetricLog
-}
diff --git a/core/log/metric/aggregator.go b/core/log/metric/aggregator.go
index 1f660b2ad..641bc9d21 100644
--- a/core/log/metric/aggregator.go
+++ b/core/log/metric/aggregator.go
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ var (
 
 func InitTask() (err error) {
 	initOnce.Do(func() {
+		flushInterval := config.MetricLogFlushIntervalSec()
+		if flushInterval == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+
 		metricWriter, err = NewDefaultMetricLogWriter(config.MetricLogSingleFileMaxSize(), config.MetricLogMaxFileAmount())
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Errorf("Failed to initialize the MetricLogWriter: %+v", err)
@@ -40,10 +45,6 @@ func InitTask() (err error) {
 		// Schedule the log flushing task
 		go util.RunWithRecover(writeTaskLoop, logger)
 		// Schedule the log aggregating task
-		flushInterval := config.MetricLogFlushIntervalSec()
-		if flushInterval == 0 {
-			return
-		}
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Duration(flushInterval) * time.Second)
 		go util.RunWithRecover(func() {
 			for {