diff --git a/optional-requirements.txt b/optional-requirements.txt
index 00defc2779787fe5c9bb910fa2fa94acb1cd95e2..3088690ed2f567bf1cb0dd6277f23ddd1a840c9b 100644
--- a/optional-requirements.txt
+++ b/optional-requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,3 @@ asyncpg>=0.20,<0.22
 python-olm>=3,<4
 pycryptodome>=3,<4
 unpaddedbase64>=1,<2
-
-#/metrics
-prometheus_client>=0.6,<0.9
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a2f01ab8e0bc3a265fc5142b645e2df06233c698..b5945e6734b6cc3c2e7584b764c4914f608ea002 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ commonmark>=0.8,<0.10
 python-magic>=0.4,<0.5
 mautrix>=0.7.2,<0.8
 fbchat-asyncio>=0.6.19,<0.7
+prometheus_client>=0.6,<0.9