diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
index 84547d80a6..6d3b012d1d 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ use aggregate::is_under_cardinality_limit;
 pub(crate) use aggregate::{AggregateBuilder, ComputeAggregation, Measure};
 pub(crate) use exponential_histogram::{EXPO_MAX_SCALE, EXPO_MIN_SCALE};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use opentelemetry::metrics::MetricError;
-use opentelemetry::{global, otel_warn, KeyValue};
+use opentelemetry::{otel_warn, KeyValue};
 
 use crate::metrics::AttributeSet;
 
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ impl<AU: AtomicallyUpdate<T>, T: Number, O: Operation> ValueMap<AU, T, O> {
             let new_tracker = AU::new_atomic_tracker(self.buckets_count);
             O::update_tracker(&new_tracker, measurement, index);
             trackers.insert(STREAM_OVERFLOW_ATTRIBUTES.clone(), Arc::new(new_tracker));
-            global::handle_error(MetricError::Other("Warning: Maximum data points for metric stream exceeded. Entry added to overflow. Subsequent overflows to same metric until next collect will not be logged.".into()));
             otel_warn!( name: "ValueMap.measure",
                 message = "Maximum data points for metric stream exceeded. Entry added to overflow. Subsequent overflows to same metric until next collect will not be logged."
             );