diff --git a/sentry_sdk/client.py b/sentry_sdk/client.py
index 91096c6b4f..9393b949d3 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/client.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/client.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk._compat import PY37, check_uwsgi_thread_support
+from sentry_sdk._metrics_batcher import MetricsBatcher
 from sentry_sdk.utils import (
     AnnotatedValue,
     ContextVar,
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
     get_before_send_log,
     get_before_send_metric,
     has_logs_enabled,
-    has_metrics_enabled,
 )
 from sentry_sdk.serializer import serialize
 from sentry_sdk.tracing import trace
@@ -374,12 +374,7 @@ def _capture_envelope(envelope):
 
                 self.log_batcher = LogBatcher(capture_func=_capture_envelope)
 
-            self.metrics_batcher = None
-
-            if has_metrics_enabled(self.options):
-                from sentry_sdk._metrics_batcher import MetricsBatcher
-
-                self.metrics_batcher = MetricsBatcher(capture_func=_capture_envelope)
+            self.metrics_batcher = MetricsBatcher(capture_func=_capture_envelope)
 
             max_request_body_size = ("always", "never", "small", "medium")
             if self.options["max_request_body_size"] not in max_request_body_size:
@@ -978,7 +973,7 @@ def _capture_log(self, log):
 
     def _capture_metric(self, metric):
         # type: (Optional[Metric]) -> None
-        if not has_metrics_enabled(self.options) or metric is None:
+        if metric is None:
             return
 
         isolation_scope = sentry_sdk.get_isolation_scope()
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/utils.py b/sentry_sdk/utils.py
index 3496178228..93c35cee8a 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/utils.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/utils.py
@@ -2047,14 +2047,6 @@ def get_before_send_log(options):
     )
 
 
-def has_metrics_enabled(options):
-    # type: (Optional[dict[str, Any]]) -> bool
-    if options is None:
-        return False
-
-    return bool(options["_experiments"].get("enable_metrics", False))
-
-
 def get_before_send_metric(options):
     # type: (Optional[dict[str, Any]]) -> Optional[Callable[[Metric, Hint], Optional[Metric]]]
     if options is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_metrics.py b/tests/test_metrics.py
index d5ca8ec572..b0e92c9320 100644
--- a/tests/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/test_metrics.py
@@ -33,20 +33,8 @@ def envelopes_to_metrics(envelopes):
     return res
 
 
-def test_metrics_disabled_by_default(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
-    sentry_init()
-
-    envelopes = capture_envelopes()
-
-    sentry_sdk.metrics.count("test.counter", 1)
-    sentry_sdk.metrics.gauge("test.gauge", 42)
-    sentry_sdk.metrics.distribution("test.distribution", 200)
-
-    assert len(envelopes) == 0
-
-
 def test_metrics_basics(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
-    sentry_init(_experiments={"enable_metrics": True})
+    sentry_init()
     envelopes = capture_envelopes()
 
     sentry_sdk.metrics.count("test.counter", 1)
@@ -77,7 +65,7 @@ def test_metrics_basics(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
 
 
 def test_metrics_experimental_option(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
-    sentry_init(_experiments={"enable_metrics": True})
+    sentry_init()
     envelopes = capture_envelopes()
 
     sentry_sdk.metrics.count("test.counter", 5)
@@ -93,9 +81,7 @@ def test_metrics_experimental_option(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
 
 
 def test_metrics_with_attributes(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
-    sentry_init(
-        _experiments={"enable_metrics": True}, release="1.0.0", environment="test"
-    )
+    sentry_init(release="1.0.0", environment="test")
     envelopes = capture_envelopes()
 
     sentry_sdk.metrics.count(
@@ -114,7 +100,7 @@ def test_metrics_with_attributes(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
 
 
 def test_metrics_with_user(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
-    sentry_init(_experiments={"enable_metrics": True})
+    sentry_init()
     envelopes = capture_envelopes()
 
     sentry_sdk.set_user(
@@ -133,7 +119,7 @@ def test_metrics_with_user(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
 
 
 def test_metrics_with_span(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
-    sentry_init(_experiments={"enable_metrics": True}, traces_sample_rate=1.0)
+    sentry_init(traces_sample_rate=1.0)
     envelopes = capture_envelopes()
 
     with sentry_sdk.start_transaction(op="test", name="test-span"):
@@ -150,7 +136,7 @@ def test_metrics_with_span(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
 
 
 def test_metrics_tracing_without_performance(sentry_init, capture_envelopes):
-    sentry_init(_experiments={"enable_metrics": True})
+    sentry_init()
     envelopes = capture_envelopes()
 
     sentry_sdk.metrics.count("test.span.counter", 1)
@@ -190,7 +176,6 @@ def _before_metric(record, hint):
 
     sentry_init(
         _experiments={
-            "enable_metrics": True,
             "before_send_metric": _before_metric,
         },
     )