diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferIT.java b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferIT.java
index 48e1ce6907..f659070436 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferIT.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferIT.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.metrics.PluginMetrics;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.CheckpointState;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.acknowledgements.AcknowledgementSetManager;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
@@ -54,14 +53,10 @@ public class KafkaBufferIT {
     private AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager;
     @Mock
     private BufferTopicConfig topicConfig;
-
-    private PluginMetrics pluginMetrics;
     private String bootstrapServersCommaDelimited;
 
     @BeforeEach
     void setUp() {
-        pluginMetrics = PluginMetrics.fromNames(UUID.randomUUID().toString(), UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-
         when(pluginSetting.getPipelineName()).thenReturn(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
 
         MessageFormat messageFormat = MessageFormat.JSON;
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ void setUp() {
     }
 
     private KafkaBuffer createObjectUnderTest() {
-        return new KafkaBuffer(pluginSetting, kafkaBufferConfig, pluginFactory, acknowledgementSetManager, pluginMetrics, null, null, null);
+        return new KafkaBuffer(pluginSetting, kafkaBufferConfig, pluginFactory, acknowledgementSetManager, null, null, null);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferOTelIT.java b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferOTelIT.java
index 9588ccc3bb..32c4ef6cd2 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferOTelIT.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferOTelIT.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ private ExportMetricsServiceRequest buildExportMetricsServiceRequestFromJsonFile
 
     @Test
     void test_otel_metrics_with_kafka_buffer() throws Exception {
-        KafkaBuffer kafkaBuffer = new KafkaBuffer(pluginSetting, kafkaBufferConfig, pluginFactory, acknowledgementSetManager, pluginMetrics, new OTelMetricDecoder(), null, null);
+        KafkaBuffer kafkaBuffer = new KafkaBuffer(pluginSetting, kafkaBufferConfig, pluginFactory, acknowledgementSetManager, new OTelMetricDecoder(), null, null);
         buffer = new KafkaDelegatingBuffer(kafkaBuffer);
         oTelMetricsGrpcService = new OTelMetricsGrpcService(10000, 
             buffer,
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBuffer.java b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBuffer.java
index fd8f7365da..7c8f1f7800 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBuffer.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBuffer.java
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ public class KafkaBuffer extends AbstractBuffer<Record<Event>> {
 
     @DataPrepperPluginConstructor
     public KafkaBuffer(final PluginSetting pluginSetting, final KafkaBufferConfig kafkaBufferConfig, final PluginFactory pluginFactory,
-                       final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager, final PluginMetrics pluginMetrics,
+                       final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager,
                        final ByteDecoder byteDecoder, final AwsCredentialsSupplier awsCredentialsSupplier,
                        final CircuitBreaker circuitBreaker) {
-        super(pluginSetting);
+        super(kafkaBufferConfig.getCustomMetricPrefix().orElse(pluginSetting.getName()), pluginSetting.getPipelineName());
         SerializationFactory serializationFactory = new SerializationFactory();
         final KafkaCustomProducerFactory kafkaCustomProducerFactory = new KafkaCustomProducerFactory(serializationFactory, awsCredentialsSupplier);
         this.byteDecoder = byteDecoder;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public KafkaBuffer(final PluginSetting pluginSetting, final KafkaBufferConfig ka
         final List<KafkaCustomConsumer> consumers = kafkaCustomConsumerFactory.createConsumersForTopic(kafkaBufferConfig, kafkaBufferConfig.getTopic(),
             innerBuffer, consumerMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager, byteDecoder, shutdownInProgress, false, circuitBreaker);
         emptyCheckingConsumers = kafkaCustomConsumerFactory.createConsumersForTopic(kafkaBufferConfig, kafkaBufferConfig.getTopic(),
-                innerBuffer, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager, byteDecoder, shutdownInProgress, false, null);
+                innerBuffer, consumerMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager, byteDecoder, shutdownInProgress, false, null);
         this.executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(consumers.size());
         consumers.forEach(this.executorService::submit);
 
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferTest.java
index 9a984115d1..bb4f94d972 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/kafka/buffer/KafkaBufferTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
 import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.aws.api.AwsCredentialsSupplier;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.metrics.PluginMetrics;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.CheckpointState;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.acknowledgements.AcknowledgementSetManager;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.breaker.CircuitBreaker;
@@ -80,9 +79,6 @@ class KafkaBufferTest {
     @Mock
     private KafkaBufferConfig bufferConfig;
 
-    @Mock
-    private PluginMetrics pluginMetrics;
-
     @Mock
     private AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager;
 
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ public KafkaBuffer createObjectUnderTest(final List<KafkaCustomConsumer> consume
                  })) {
 
             executorsMockedStatic.when(() -> Executors.newFixedThreadPool(anyInt())).thenReturn(executorService);
-            return new KafkaBuffer(pluginSetting, bufferConfig, pluginFactory, acknowledgementSetManager, pluginMetrics, null, awsCredentialsSupplier, circuitBreaker);
+            return new KafkaBuffer(pluginSetting, bufferConfig, pluginFactory, acknowledgementSetManager, null, awsCredentialsSupplier, circuitBreaker);
         }
     }
 
@@ -160,7 +156,6 @@ public KafkaBuffer createObjectUnderTest(final List<KafkaCustomConsumer> consume
     @BeforeEach
     void setUp() {
         when(pluginSetting.getPipelineName()).thenReturn("pipeline");
-        pluginMetrics = mock(PluginMetrics.class);
         acknowledgementSetManager = mock(AcknowledgementSetManager.class);
         when(topic1.getName()).thenReturn("topic1");
         when(topic1.isCreateTopic()).thenReturn(true);