diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/sync_metric_storage.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/sync_metric_storage.h
index 6168415ff1..9c851379e1 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/sync_metric_storage.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/state/sync_metric_storage.h
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ class SyncMetricStorage : public MetricStorage, public SyncWritableMetricStorage
                     const opentelemetry::context::Context &context
                         OPENTELEMETRY_MAYBE_UNUSED) noexcept override
   {
-#ifdef ENABLE_METRICS_EXEMPLAR_PREVIEW
-    exemplar_reservoir_->OfferMeasurement(value, attributes, context,
-                                          std::chrono::system_clock::now());
-#endif
     if (instrument_descriptor_.value_type_ != InstrumentValueType::kDouble)
     {
       return;