diff --git a/logprep/metrics/metrics.py b/logprep/metrics/metrics.py
index aa6c08b55..2c61e699e 100644
--- a/logprep/metrics/metrics.py
+++ b/logprep/metrics/metrics.py
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ def init_tracker(self):
     def __add__(self, other):
         """Add"""
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def __eq__(self, __value: object) -> bool:
+        """Equal"""
+
 
 @define(kw_only=True)
 class CounterMetric(Metric):
@@ -86,6 +90,9 @@ def __add__(self, other):
         self.tracker.labels(**self.labels).inc(other)
         return self
 
+    def __eq__(self, __value: object) -> bool:
+        return int(self.tracker.collect()[-1].samples[0].value) == int(__value)
+
 
 @define(kw_only=True)
 class HistogramMetric(Metric):
diff --git a/tests/unit/metrics/test_metrics.py b/tests/unit/metrics/test_metrics.py
index 023929de5..99e93663c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/metrics/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/unit/metrics/test_metrics.py
@@ -55,3 +55,15 @@ def test_counter_metric_increments_second(self):
         metric += 1
         metric_output = generate_latest(self.custom_registry).decode("utf-8")
         assert 'logprep_bla_total{pipeline="1"} 2.0' in metric_output
+
+    def test_metric_check_equality_integer(self):
+        metric = CounterMetric(
+            name="bla",
+            description="empty description",
+            labels={"pipeline": "1"},
+        )
+        metric.init_tracker()
+        assert metric == 0
+        metric += 1
+        assert metric == 1.0
+        assert metric == 1
diff --git a/tests/unit/processor/base.py b/tests/unit/processor/base.py
index bf7dbf73c..fa90ed647 100644
--- a/tests/unit/processor/base.py
+++ b/tests/unit/processor/base.py
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@
 import pytest
 import requests
 import responses
-from prometheus_client import CollectorRegistry, generate_latest
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
 from logprep.abc.processor import Processor
 from logprep.factory import Factory
 from logprep.framework.rule_tree.rule_tree import RuleTree
-from logprep.metrics import metrics
 from logprep.processor.base.exceptions import ProcessingWarning
 from logprep.util.helper import camel_to_snake
 from logprep.util.json_handling import list_json_files_in_directory
@@ -89,8 +87,6 @@ def setup_method(self) -> None:
         """
         TimeMeasurement.TIME_MEASUREMENT_ENABLED = False
         TimeMeasurement.APPEND_TO_EVENT = False
-        self.custom_registry = CollectorRegistry()
-        metrics.LOGPREP_REGISTRY = self.custom_registry
         self.patchers = []
         for name, kwargs in self.mocks.items():
             patcher = mock.patch(name, **kwargs)
@@ -111,14 +107,12 @@ def test_is_a_processor_implementation(self):
         assert isinstance(self.object, Processor)
 
     def test_process(self):
-        before = generate_latest()
         document = {
             "event_id": "1234",
             "message": "user root logged in",
         }
         count = self.object.metrics.number_of_processed_events
         self.object.process(document)
-        after = generate_latest()
         assert self.object.metrics.number_of_processed_events == count + 1
 
     def test_generic_specific_rule_trees(self):