diff --git a/metrics/metrics.go b/metrics/metrics.go
index 2a2b804e7c..5910fb0734 100644
--- a/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 //
 // This global kill-switch helps quantify the observer effect and makes
 // for less cluttered pprof profiles.
-var Enabled bool = false
+var Enabled = false
 
 // MetricsEnabledFlag is the CLI flag name to use to enable metrics collections.
 const MetricsEnabledFlag = "metrics"
diff --git a/metrics/opentsdb.go b/metrics/opentsdb.go
index df7f152ed2..3fde55454b 100644
--- a/metrics/opentsdb.go
+++ b/metrics/opentsdb.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var shortHostName string = ""
+var shortHostName = ""
 
 // OpenTSDBConfig provides a container with configuration parameters for
 // the OpenTSDB exporter