diff --git a/cmd/metrics-v2.go b/cmd/metrics-v2.go
index 0e4ef78ec..d7043a135 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-v2.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-v2.go
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ type MetricDescription struct {
 	Name      MetricName      `json:"MetricName"`
 	Help      string          `json:"Help"`
 	Type      MetricTypeV2    `json:"Type"`
-	Buckets   []float64       `json:"Buckets,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // MetricV2 captures the details for a metric
@@ -1544,8 +1543,7 @@ func getS3TTFBDistributionMD() MetricDescription {
 		Subsystem: ttfbSubsystem,
 		Name:      ttfbDistribution,
 		Help:      "Distribution of time to first byte across API calls",
-		Type:      histogramMetric,
-		Buckets:   []float64{0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0},
+		Type:      gaugeMetric,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1555,8 +1553,7 @@ func getBucketTTFBDistributionMD() MetricDescription {
 		Subsystem: ttfbSubsystem,
 		Name:      ttfbDistribution,
 		Help:      "Distribution of time to first byte across API calls per bucket",
-		Type:      histogramMetric,
-		Buckets:   []float64{0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0},
+		Type:      gaugeMetric,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/metrics-v2_gen.go b/cmd/metrics-v2_gen.go
index 59a7ff84c..81f9fd9bb 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-v2_gen.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-v2_gen.go
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 // MarshalMsg implements msgp.Marshaler
 func (z *MetricDescription) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	o = msgp.Require(b, z.Msgsize())
-	// map header, size 6
+	// map header, size 5
 	// string "Namespace"
-	o = append(o, 0x86, 0xa9, 0x4e, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x63, 0x65)
+	o = append(o, 0x85, 0xa9, 0x4e, 0x61, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x70, 0x61, 0x63, 0x65)
 	o = msgp.AppendString(o, string(z.Namespace))
 	// string "Subsystem"
 	o = append(o, 0xa9, 0x53, 0x75, 0x62, 0x73, 0x79, 0x73, 0x74, 0x65, 0x6d)
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ func (z *MetricDescription) MarshalMsg(b []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 	// string "Type"
 	o = append(o, 0xa4, 0x54, 0x79, 0x70, 0x65)
 	o = msgp.AppendString(o, string(z.Type))
-	// string "Buckets"
-	o = append(o, 0xa7, 0x42, 0x75, 0x63, 0x6b, 0x65, 0x74, 0x73)
-	o = msgp.AppendArrayHeader(o, uint32(len(z.Buckets)))
-	for za0001 := range z.Buckets {
-		o = msgp.AppendFloat64(o, z.Buckets[za0001])
-	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -98,25 +92,6 @@ func (z *MetricDescription) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 				}
 				z.Type = MetricTypeV2(zb0005)
 			}
-		case "Buckets":
-			var zb0006 uint32
-			zb0006, bts, err = msgp.ReadArrayHeaderBytes(bts)
-			if err != nil {
-				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Buckets")
-				return
-			}
-			if cap(z.Buckets) >= int(zb0006) {
-				z.Buckets = (z.Buckets)[:zb0006]
-			} else {
-				z.Buckets = make([]float64, zb0006)
-			}
-			for za0001 := range z.Buckets {
-				z.Buckets[za0001], bts, err = msgp.ReadFloat64Bytes(bts)
-				if err != nil {
-					err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Buckets", za0001)
-					return
-				}
-			}
 		default:
 			bts, err = msgp.Skip(bts)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -131,7 +106,7 @@ func (z *MetricDescription) UnmarshalMsg(bts []byte) (o []byte, err error) {
 
 // Msgsize returns an upper bound estimate of the number of bytes occupied by the serialized message
 func (z *MetricDescription) Msgsize() (s int) {
-	s = 1 + 10 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(string(z.Namespace)) + 10 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(string(z.Subsystem)) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(string(z.Name)) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Help) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(string(z.Type)) + 8 + msgp.ArrayHeaderSize + (len(z.Buckets) * (msgp.Float64Size))
+	s = 1 + 10 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(string(z.Namespace)) + 10 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(string(z.Subsystem)) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(string(z.Name)) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(z.Help) + 5 + msgp.StringPrefixSize + len(string(z.Type))
 	return
 }