diff --git a/metrics/metrics.go b/metrics/metrics.go
index 2a2b804e7c96c379dc95ef4aa76ea09f6ea93cf3..5910fb0734344e197027d341b47ce61adfd6237c 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 df7f152ed2ebf7ed66b556c77dd331613e6ba914..3fde55454ba91e1dea70af6cd7b8e920e8698deb 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