diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8bb9e809..893aaca3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.3.27 (01-10-2021):
+
+- Added `DiagnosticMetricsEnabled` settings
+- Fixed #60
+
 ## 0.3.26 (16-09-2021):
 
 Add possibility to target setup of host metrics.
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting.Tests/VostokHost_Tests_Dispose.cs b/Vostok.Hosting.Tests/VostokHost_Tests_Dispose.cs
index 8e74c157..bb0c8f66 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting.Tests/VostokHost_Tests_Dispose.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting.Tests/VostokHost_Tests_Dispose.cs
@@ -51,13 +51,11 @@ public void Should_not_block_on_dispose_longer_than_shutdown_timeout_allows()
 
             var host = new VostokHost(new TestHostSettings(app, SetupEnvironment));
 
-            host.Start();
-
             var watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
-            host.Stop().State.Should().Be(VostokApplicationState.Exited);
+            host.Run().State.Should().Be(VostokApplicationState.Exited);
 
-            watch.Elapsed.Should().BeLessThan(2.Seconds());
+            watch.Elapsed.Should().BeLessThan(5.Seconds());
         }
 
         private static void SetupEnvironment(IVostokHostingEnvironmentBuilder builder)
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting.Tests/VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory_Tests.cs b/Vostok.Hosting.Tests/VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory_Tests.cs
index 5f03874f..8ec834fa 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting.Tests/VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory_Tests.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting.Tests/VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory_Tests.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 using Vostok.Hosting.Components.Shutdown;
 using Vostok.Hosting.Components.ZooKeeper;
 using Vostok.Hosting.Setup;
+using Vostok.Metrics;
 using Vostok.Metrics.System.Gc;
 using Vostok.Metrics.System.Process;
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public void TestSetup()
         public void Should_produce_an_environment_with_linked_cancellation_tokens()
         {
             var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(Setup);
-            
+
             shutdown.Cancel();
 
             Action assertion = () => environment.ShutdownToken.IsCancellationRequested.Should().BeTrue();
@@ -55,20 +56,21 @@ public void Should_produce_an_environment_with_ticking_shutdown_budget_upon_canc
 
             var immediatelyAfter = environment.ShutdownTimeout;
 
-            Thread.Sleep(100);
-
-            var awhileAfter = environment.ShutdownTimeout;
-
-            awhileAfter.Should().BeLessThan(immediatelyAfter);
+            new Action(() =>
+            {
+                environment.ShutdownTimeout.Should().BeLessThan(immediatelyAfter);
+            }).ShouldPassIn(5.Seconds());
         }
 
         [Test]
         public void Should_substract_beacon_shutdown_timeout_from_total()
         {
-            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(SetupWithServiceDiscovery, new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
-            {
-                BeaconShutdownTimeout = 3.Seconds()
-            });
+            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(
+                SetupWithServiceDiscovery,
+                new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
+                {
+                    BeaconShutdownTimeout = 3.Seconds()
+                });
 
             environment.ShutdownTimeout.Should().Be(27.Seconds());
         }
@@ -76,10 +78,12 @@ public void Should_substract_beacon_shutdown_timeout_from_total()
         [Test]
         public void Should_not_substract_beacon_shutdown_timeout_from_total_if_there_is_no_real_beacon()
         {
-            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(Setup, new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
-            {
-                BeaconShutdownTimeout = 3.Seconds()
-            });
+            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(
+                Setup,
+                new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
+                {
+                    BeaconShutdownTimeout = 3.Seconds()
+                });
 
             environment.ShutdownTimeout.Should().Be(30.Seconds());
         }
@@ -87,10 +91,12 @@ public void Should_not_substract_beacon_shutdown_timeout_from_total_if_there_is_
         [Test]
         public void Should_wait_after_beacon_shutdown_if_instructed_to_do_so()
         {
-            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(SetupWithServiceDiscovery, new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
-            {
-                BeaconShutdownTimeout = 1.Seconds()
-            });
+            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(
+                SetupWithServiceDiscovery,
+                new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
+                {
+                    BeaconShutdownTimeout = 1.Seconds()
+                });
 
             var watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
@@ -104,11 +110,13 @@ public void Should_wait_after_beacon_shutdown_if_instructed_to_do_so()
         [Test]
         public void Should_not_wait_after_beacon_shutdown_if_disabled()
         {
-            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(SetupWithServiceDiscovery, new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
-            {
-                BeaconShutdownTimeout = 2.Seconds(),
-                BeaconShutdownWaitEnabled = false
-            });
+            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(
+                SetupWithServiceDiscovery,
+                new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
+                {
+                    BeaconShutdownTimeout = 2.Seconds(),
+                    BeaconShutdownWaitEnabled = false
+                });
 
             var watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
@@ -142,6 +150,59 @@ public void Should_provide_system_metrics_extensions()
             environment.HostExtensions.TryGet<CurrentProcessMonitor>(out _).Should().BeTrue();
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void Should_provide_dev_null_metric_context_when_diagnostic_metrics_disabled_and_no_senders()
+        {
+            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(Setup, new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
+            {
+                DiagnosticMetricsEnabled = false
+            });
+
+            environment.Metrics.Root.Should().BeOfType<DevNullMetricContext>();
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Should_provide_dev_null_metric_context_when_no_metric_event_senders_built()
+        {
+            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(SetupForDevNullMetricContext, new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings());
+
+            environment.Metrics.Root.Should().BeOfType<DevNullMetricContext>();
+
+            void SetupForDevNullMetricContext(IVostokHostingEnvironmentBuilder builder)
+            {
+                Setup(builder);
+                builder.SetupDiagnostics(x => x.CustomizeInfo(s => s.AddApplicationMetricsInfo = false)); // disable ApplicationMetricsProvider metrics sender
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Should_provide_not_dev_null_metric_context_when_metric_event_senders_built()
+        {
+            var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(SetupForDevNullMetricContext, new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings());
+
+            environment.Metrics.Root.Should().BeOfType<MetricContext>();
+
+            void SetupForDevNullMetricContext(IVostokHostingEnvironmentBuilder builder)
+            {
+                Setup(builder);
+                builder.SetupDiagnostics(x => x.CustomizeInfo(s => s.AddApplicationMetricsInfo = true)); // enable ApplicationMetricsProvider metrics sender
+            }
+        }
+        
+        [Test, Explicit]
+        public void Should_not_leak()
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+            {
+                var environment = VostokHostingEnvironmentFactory.Create(Setup,
+                    new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
+                    {
+                        ConfigureStaticProviders = false
+                    });
+                (environment as IDisposable)?.Dispose();
+            }
+        }
+
         private void Setup(IVostokHostingEnvironmentBuilder builder)
         {
             builder.DisableClusterConfig();
@@ -178,4 +239,4 @@ private void SetupCommons(IVostokHostingEnvironmentBuilder builder)
             builder.SetupLog(log => log.SetupConsoleLog());
         }
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/Components/Environment/EnvironmentBuilder.cs b/Vostok.Hosting/Components/Environment/EnvironmentBuilder.cs
index 35693898..ecdad9ef 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/Components/Environment/EnvironmentBuilder.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/Components/Environment/EnvironmentBuilder.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ private VostokHostingEnvironment BuildInner(BuildContext context)
                     context.SecretConfigurationProvider) = configurationBuilder.Build(context);
             }
 
-            if (settings.ConfigureStaticProviders && context.ConfigurationProvider is ConfigurationProvider configProvider)
+            if (settings.ConfigureStaticProviders && context.ConfigurationProvider is {} configProvider)
                 ConfigurationProvider.TrySetDefault(configProvider);
 
             context.EnvironmentSetupContext = new EnvironmentSetupContext(
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ private VostokHostingEnvironment BuildInner(BuildContext context)
 
             context.SubstituteTracer(tracerBuilder.Build(context));
 
-            if (diagnosticsBuilder.Builder.NeedsApplicationMetricsProvider)
+            if (settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled && diagnosticsBuilder.GetIntermediateBuilder(context).NeedsApplicationMetricsProvider)
             {
                 context.MetricsInfoProvider = new ApplicationMetricsProvider();
                 metricsBuilder.AddCustomization(metrics => metrics.AddMetricEventSender(context.MetricsInfoProvider));
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ private VostokHostingEnvironment BuildInner(BuildContext context)
             if (settings.SendAnnotations)
                 AnnotationsHelper.ReportLaunching(context.ApplicationIdentity, context.Metrics.Instance);
 
-            context.RegisterDisposable(HerculesSinkMetrics.Measure(context.HerculesSink, context.Metrics, context.Log));
+            if (settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled)
+                context.RegisterDisposable(HerculesSinkMetrics.Measure(context.HerculesSink, context.Metrics, context.Log));
 
             if (settings.ConfigureStaticProviders)
                 FlowingContext.Configuration.ErrorCallback = (errorMessage, error) => context.Log.ForContext(typeof(FlowingContext)).Error(error, errorMessage);
@@ -218,7 +219,9 @@ private VostokHostingEnvironment BuildInner(BuildContext context)
             context.ConfigurationSource.SwitchTo(src => src.Substitute(configSubstitutions));
             context.SecretConfigurationSource.SwitchTo(src => src.Substitute(configSubstitutions));
 
-            context.DiagnosticsHub = diagnosticsBuilder.Build(context);
+            context.DiagnosticsHub = settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled
+                ? diagnosticsBuilder.Build(context)
+                : new DiagnosticsHub(new DiagnosticInfo(), new HealthTracker(TimeSpan.MaxValue, context.Log));
 
             var (hostingShutdown, applicationShutdown) = ShutdownFactory.Create(
                 context.ServiceBeacon,
@@ -261,7 +264,8 @@ private VostokHostingEnvironment BuildInner(BuildContext context)
 
             hostExtensionsBuilder.Build(context, vostokHostingEnvironment);
 
-            systemMetricsBuilder.Build(context, vostokHostingEnvironment);
+            if (settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled)
+                systemMetricsBuilder.Build(context, vostokHostingEnvironment);
 
             if (!hasLogs)
             {
@@ -270,14 +274,17 @@ private VostokHostingEnvironment BuildInner(BuildContext context)
                 context.Log = context.Logs.BuildCompositeLog(out _);
             }
 
-            context.RegisterDisposable(LogLevelMetrics.Measure(context.Logs.LogEventLevelCounterFactory.CreateCounter(), context.Metrics));
+            if (settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled)
+                context.RegisterDisposable(LogLevelMetrics.Measure(context.Logs.LogEventLevelCounterFactory.CreateCounter(), context.Metrics));
 
             if (settings.ConfigureStaticProviders)
                 StaticProvidersHelper.Configure(vostokHostingEnvironment);
 
-            context.DiagnosticsHub.HealthTracker.LaunchPeriodicalChecks(vostokHostingEnvironment.ShutdownToken);
+            if (settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled)
+                context.DiagnosticsHub.HealthTracker.LaunchPeriodicalChecks(vostokHostingEnvironment.ShutdownToken);
 
-            context.RegisterDisposable(HealthCheckMetrics.Measure(context.DiagnosticsHub.HealthTracker, context.Metrics));
+            if (settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled)
+                context.RegisterDisposable(HealthCheckMetrics.Measure(context.DiagnosticsHub.HealthTracker, context.Metrics));
 
             return vostokHostingEnvironment;
         }
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/Helpers/CustomizableBuilder.cs b/Vostok.Hosting/Helpers/CustomizableBuilder.cs
index 7c803b2d..7ad4ea06 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/Helpers/CustomizableBuilder.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/Helpers/CustomizableBuilder.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ internal class CustomizableBuilder<TBuilder, TResult>
     {
         private readonly TBuilder builder;
         private readonly Customization<TBuilder> builderCustomization;
-        
+
         private volatile IVostokHostingEnvironmentSetupContext environmentSetupContext;
         private volatile IVostokConfigurationSetupContext configurationSetupContext;
 
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ public CustomizableBuilder(TBuilder builder)
             builderCustomization = new Customization<TBuilder>();
         }
 
-        public TBuilder Builder => builder;
-
         public void AddCustomization(Action<TBuilder> setup)
             => builderCustomization.AddCustomization(setup);
 
@@ -40,5 +38,21 @@ public TResult Build(BuildContext context)
 
             return builder.Build(context);
         }
+
+        public TBuilder GetIntermediateBuilder(BuildContext context)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                environmentSetupContext = context.EnvironmentSetupContext;
+                configurationSetupContext = context.ConfigurationSetupContext;
+
+                return builderCustomization.Customize(builder);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                environmentSetupContext = null;
+                configurationSetupContext = null;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHost.cs b/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHost.cs
index c8f606b7..addb0ff3 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHost.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHost.cs
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ private VostokHostingEnvironment SetupEnvironment()
         {
             var environmentFactorySettings = new VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
             {
-                ConfigureStaticProviders = settings.ConfigureStaticProviders
+                ConfigureStaticProviders = settings.ConfigureStaticProviders,
+                DiagnosticMetricsEnabled = settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled
             };
 
             return EnvironmentBuilder.Build(
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHostApplication.cs b/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHostApplication.cs
index 9d9c82c3..b074d1be 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHostApplication.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHostApplication.cs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ private void CreateVostokHost(bool throwsException = true)
                 ConfigureStaticProviders = false,
                 WarmupConfiguration = false,
                 WarmupZooKeeper = false,
+                DiagnosticMetricsEnabled = false
             };
 
             vostokHost = new VostokHost(vostokHostSettings);
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHostSettings.cs b/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHostSettings.cs
index 27f41d69..b74a19fd 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHostSettings.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/MultiHost/VostokMultiHostSettings.cs
@@ -30,5 +30,8 @@ public VostokMultiHostSettings(VostokHostingEnvironmentSetup builder)
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="VostokHostSettings.ThreadPoolTuningMultiplier"/>
         public int ThreadPoolTuningMultiplier { get; set; } = ThreadPoolConstants.DefaultThreadPoolMultiplier;
+        
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="VostokHostSettings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled"/>
+        public bool DiagnosticMetricsEnabled { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/Vostok.Hosting.csproj b/Vostok.Hosting/Vostok.Hosting.csproj
index 835ff9f0..60722338 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/Vostok.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/Vostok.Hosting.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <VersionPrefix>0.3.27</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>0.3.28</VersionPrefix>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Title>Vostok.Hosting</Title>
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHost.cs b/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHost.cs
index b1f925bb..6f2b87c4 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHost.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHost.cs
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ private VostokApplicationRunResult BuildEnvironment()
                     ConfigureStaticProviders = settings.ConfigureStaticProviders,
                     BeaconShutdownTimeout = settings.BeaconShutdownTimeout,
                     BeaconShutdownWaitEnabled = settings.BeaconShutdownWaitEnabled,
-                    SendAnnotations = settings.SendAnnotations
+                    SendAnnotations = settings.SendAnnotations,
+                    DiagnosticMetricsEnabled = settings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled
                 };
 
                 environment = EnvironmentBuilder.Build(SetupEnvironment, environmentFactorySettings);
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHostSettings.cs b/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHostSettings.cs
index b2e60f1d..f0a7e848 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHostSettings.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHostSettings.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ public VostokHostSettings([NotNull] IVostokApplication application, [NotNull] Vo
         /// If set to <c>true</c>, sends annotations with application lifecycle events (launching, initialized, stopping).
         /// </summary>
         public bool SendAnnotations { get; set; } = true;
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <para>If set to <c>false</c>, forcibly disables:</para>
+        /// <list type="bullet">
+        ///     <item><description>All diagnostic metrics</description></item>
+        ///     <item><description>All system metrics</description></item>
+        ///     <item><description>All health checks</description></item>
+        /// </list> 
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool DiagnosticMetricsEnabled { get; set; } = true;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// If enabled, <see cref="VostokHost"/> will wait for <see cref="IServiceBeacon"/> start.
diff --git a/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings.cs b/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings.cs
index 0c9ce598..d06dc955 100644
--- a/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings.cs
+++ b/Vostok.Hosting/VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings.cs
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ public class VostokHostingEnvironmentFactorySettings
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="VostokHostSettings.SendAnnotations"/>
         public bool SendAnnotations { get; set; } = true;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="VostokHostSettings.DiagnosticMetricsEnabled"/>
+        public bool DiagnosticMetricsEnabled { get; set; } = true;
     }
 }