diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e613ef..4f20407 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ When deploying to DigitalOcean, you will need to configure the following environ
 | `SMTP_USERNAME`                | `Secret` | No       | The username for your SMTP server.                                                 |
 | `SMTP_PASSWORD`                | `Secret` | No       | The password for your SMTP server.                                                 |
 | `SMTP_FROM_EMAIL`              | `String` | No       | The email address to send emails from.                                             |
-| `NEW_RELIC_KEY`                | `Secret` | No       | Your New Relic license key for application monitoring.                             |
-| `NEW_RELIC_NAME`               | `String` | No       | The name of your application in New Relic.                                         |
 | `SENTRY_URL`                   | `Secret` | No       | The DSN for Sentry error tracking.                                                 |
 
 ---
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index ad15ea5..eb1dd9d 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ func init() {
 		api.ENV = v
 		deps.ENV = v
 	}
-	if v, exists := os.LookupEnv("NEW_RELIC_KEY"); exists {
-		api.NewRelicKey = v
-	}
-	if v, exists := os.LookupEnv("NEW_RELIC_NAME"); exists {
-		api.NewRelicName = v
-	}
 	if v, exists := os.LookupEnv("MONGO_URL"); exists {
 		deps.MongoURL = v
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dabba0e..b45a09b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/markbates/goth v1.53.0
 	github.com/matcornic/hermes/v2 v2.0.2
 	github.com/mikespook/gorbac v2.1.0+incompatible
-	github.com/newrelic/go-agent v2.11.0+incompatible
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646
 	github.com/olebedev/config v0.0.0-20190528211619-364964f3a8e4
 	github.com/op/go-logging v0.0.0-20160315200505-970db520ece7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ab1c202..757dbf1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjY
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.0.0-20171201202039-1bf9dbcd8cbe h1:iruDEfMl2E6fbMZ9s0scYfZQ84/6SPL6zC8ACM2oIL0=
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.0.0-20171201202039-1bf9dbcd8cbe/go.mod h1:wL8QJuTMNUDYhXwkmfOly8iTdp5TEcJFWZD2D7SIkUc=
 github.com/mrjones/oauth v0.0.0-20180629183705-f4e24b6d100c/go.mod h1:skjdDftzkFALcuGzYSklqYd8gvat6F1gZJ4YPVbkZpM=
-github.com/newrelic/go-agent v2.11.0+incompatible h1:LTIMkaiTqAE9HoWiBZt4TPI0AYA+GmjqYTO9cEHQios=
-github.com/newrelic/go-agent v2.11.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:a8Fv1b/fYhFSReoTU6HDkTYIMZeSVNffmoS726Y0LzQ=
 github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 h1:zYyBkD/k9seD2A7fsi6Oo2LfFZAehjjQMERAvZLEDnQ=
 github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646/go.mod h1:jpp1/29i3P1S/RLdc7JQKbRpFeM1dOBd8T9ki5s+AY8=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4 h1:DQuhQpB1tVlglWS2hLQ5OV6B5r8aGxSrPc5Qo6uTN78=
diff --git a/modules/api/init.go b/modules/api/init.go
index 2d22638..d136598 100644
--- a/modules/api/init.go
+++ b/modules/api/init.go
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/facebookgo/inject"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/contrib/sessions"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-	newrelic "github.com/newrelic/go-agent"
-	"github.com/newrelic/go-agent/_integrations/nrgin/v1"
 	"github.com/op/go-logging"
 	handle "github.com/tryanzu/core/board/legacy"
 	"github.com/tryanzu/core/board/realtime"
@@ -27,8 +25,6 @@ var (
 	DEBUG         bool   = true
 	ENV           string = "dev"
 	TemplatesGlob string = "./static/templates/**/*"
-	NewRelicKey   string
-	NewRelicName  string = "anzu"
 	log                  = logging.MustGetLogger("http-api")
 )
 
@@ -58,16 +54,6 @@ func (module *Module) Run(bindTo string) {
 	router.Use(gin.Recovery())
 	router.LoadHTMLGlob(TemplatesGlob)
 
-	if len(NewRelicKey) > 0 {
-		cfg := newrelic.NewConfig(NewRelicName, NewRelicKey)
-		cfg.Logger = newrelic.NewLogger(os.Stdout)
-		app, err := newrelic.NewApplication(cfg)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("error while initializing new relic		err=%v", err)
-		} else {
-			router.Use(nrgin.Middleware(app))
-		}
-	}
 
 	// Middlewares setup
 	router.Use(sessions.Sessions("session", store))