diff --git a/gateway/src/context.rs b/gateway/src/context.rs
index a0f9c3327f..dc5717604b 100644
--- a/gateway/src/context.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/context.rs
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ impl ServerContext {
         };
 
         // Track from 1 microsecond == 1e3 nanoseconds
-        const START_LATENCY_DECADE: u16 = 3;
+        const LATENCY_START_POWER: u16 = 3;
         // To 1000s == 1e9 * 1e3 == 1e12 nanoseconds
-        const END_LATENCY_DECADE: u16 = 12;
+        const LATENCY_END_POWER: u16 = 12;
         let latencies =
             oximeter_instruments::http::LatencyTracker::with_log_linear_bins(
                 oximeter_instruments::http::HttpService {
                     name: "management-gateway-service".into(),
                     id,
                 },
-                START_LATENCY_DECADE,
-                END_LATENCY_DECADE,
+                LATENCY_START_POWER,
+                LATENCY_END_POWER,
             )
             .expect("start and end decades are hardcoded and should be valid");
 
diff --git a/nexus/src/context.rs b/nexus/src/context.rs
index ea8fe3d463..9620a3937a 100644
--- a/nexus/src/context.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/context.rs
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ impl ServerContext {
                 id: config.deployment.id,
             };
             // Start at 1 microsecond == 1e3 nanoseconds.
-            const START_LATENCY_DECADE: u16 = 3;
+            const LATENCY_START_POWER: u16 = 3;
             // End at 1000s == (1e9 * 1e3) == 1e12 nanoseconds.
-            const END_LATENCY_DECADE: u16 = 12;
+            const LATENCY_END_POWER: u16 = 12;
             LatencyTracker::with_log_linear_bins(
                 target,
-                START_LATENCY_DECADE,
-                END_LATENCY_DECADE,
+                LATENCY_START_POWER,
+                LATENCY_END_POWER,
             )
             .unwrap()
         };
diff --git a/oximeter/types/src/histogram.rs b/oximeter/types/src/histogram.rs
index 0eef30d30d..c91ab9f966 100644
--- a/oximeter/types/src/histogram.rs
+++ b/oximeter/types/src/histogram.rs
@@ -1213,40 +1213,22 @@ impl_bits!(u16);
 impl_bits!(u32);
 impl_bits!(u64);
 
-/// A trait for generating logarithmically-spaced bins.
-pub trait LogBins<T: HistogramSupport>: Bits {
-    /// Compute the left bin edges for a histogram with power-of-2 bins.
-    ///
-    /// Bins start at 1, and increase in powers-of-2 until the maximum of the
-    /// support type.
-    fn power_of_two() -> Vec<T>;
-}
-
-impl<T> LogBins<T> for T
-where
-    T: HistogramSupport + Bits,
-{
-    fn power_of_two() -> Vec<T> {
-        let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(T::BITS as _);
-        let mut x = T::one();
-        out.push(x);
-        while let Some(next) = x.next_power() {
-            out.push(next);
-            x = next;
-        }
-        out
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> Histogram<T>
 where
-    T: LogBins<T> + HistogramSupport,
+    T: Bits + HistogramSupport,
 {
     /// Create a histogram with logarithmically spaced bins at each power of 2.
     ///
     /// This is only available for unsigned integer support types.
-    pub fn power_of_two() -> Result<Self, HistogramError> {
-        Self::new(&T::power_of_two())
+    pub fn power_of_two() -> Self {
+        let mut bins = Vec::with_capacity(T::BITS as _);
+        let mut x = T::one();
+        bins.push(x);
+        while let Some(next) = x.next_power() {
+            bins.push(next);
+            x = next;
+        }
+        Self::new(&bins).expect("Bits is statically known")
     }
 }
 
@@ -1859,13 +1841,13 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_log_bins_u8() {
-        let bins = u8::power_of_two();
+        let (bins, _) = Histogram::<u8>::power_of_two().bins_and_counts();
         assert_eq!(bins, [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128],);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_log_bins_u64() {
-        let bins = u64::power_of_two();
+        let (bins, _) = Histogram::<u64>::power_of_two().bins_and_counts();
         for (i, bin) in bins.iter().enumerate() {
             assert_eq!(*bin, 1u64 << i);
         }