diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MetricsProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MetricsProperties.java
index 54cceb50dbb..3098e80c049 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MetricsProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/MetricsProperties.java
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@ public class MetricsProperties {
 
 		public static class Client {
 
-			/**
-			 * Whether instrumented requests record percentiles histogram buckets by
-			 * default.
-			 */
-			private boolean recordRequestPercentiles;
-
 			/**
 			 * Name of the metric for sent requests.
 			 */
@@ -107,14 +101,6 @@ public class MetricsProperties {
 			 */
 			private int maxUriTags = 100;
 
-			public boolean isRecordRequestPercentiles() {
-				return this.recordRequestPercentiles;
-			}
-
-			public void setRecordRequestPercentiles(boolean recordRequestPercentiles) {
-				this.recordRequestPercentiles = recordRequestPercentiles;
-			}
-
 			public String getRequestsMetricName() {
 				return this.requestsMetricName;
 			}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateMetricsAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateMetricsAutoConfiguration.java
index a56b21d1d96..7ec4df10dea 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateMetricsAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/web/client/RestTemplateMetricsAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ public class RestTemplateMetricsAutoConfiguration {
 			RestTemplateExchangeTagsProvider restTemplateTagConfigurer,
 			MetricsProperties properties) {
 		return new MetricsRestTemplateCustomizer(meterRegistry, restTemplateTagConfigurer,
-				properties.getWeb().getClient().getRequestsMetricName(),
-				properties.getWeb().getClient().isRecordRequestPercentiles());
+				properties.getWeb().getClient().getRequestsMetricName());
 	}
 
 	@Bean
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java
index 08044ed6507..91c751a312a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor.java
@@ -50,15 +50,11 @@ class MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor implements ClientHttpRequestIntercepto
 
 	private final String metricName;
 
-	private final boolean recordPercentiles;
-
 	MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor(MeterRegistry meterRegistry,
-			RestTemplateExchangeTagsProvider tagProvider, String metricName,
-			boolean recordPercentiles) {
+			RestTemplateExchangeTagsProvider tagProvider, String metricName) {
 		this.tagProvider = tagProvider;
 		this.meterRegistry = meterRegistry;
 		this.metricName = metricName;
-		this.recordPercentiles = recordPercentiles;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -100,8 +96,7 @@ class MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor implements ClientHttpRequestIntercepto
 		String url = ensureLeadingSlash(urlTemplate.get());
 		return Timer.builder(this.metricName)
 				.tags(this.tagProvider.getTags(url, request, response))
-				.description("Timer of RestTemplate operation")
-				.publishPercentileHistogram(this.recordPercentiles);
+				.description("Timer of RestTemplate operation");
 	}
 
 	private String ensureLeadingSlash(String url) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsRestTemplateCustomizer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsRestTemplateCustomizer.java
index 7757a86f388..9c667805987 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsRestTemplateCustomizer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsRestTemplateCustomizer.java
@@ -45,13 +45,11 @@ public class MetricsRestTemplateCustomizer implements RestTemplateCustomizer {
 	 * @param meterRegistry the meter registry
 	 * @param tagProvider the tag provider
 	 * @param metricName the name of the recorded metric
-	 * @param recordPercentiles whether percentile histogram buckets should be recorded
 	 */
 	public MetricsRestTemplateCustomizer(MeterRegistry meterRegistry,
-			RestTemplateExchangeTagsProvider tagProvider, String metricName,
-			boolean recordPercentiles) {
+			RestTemplateExchangeTagsProvider tagProvider, String metricName) {
 		this.interceptor = new MetricsClientHttpRequestInterceptor(meterRegistry,
-				tagProvider, metricName, recordPercentiles);
+				tagProvider, metricName);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsRestTemplateCustomizerTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsRestTemplateCustomizerTests.java
index 2371a6e5c48..83c466d99e3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsRestTemplateCustomizerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/web/client/MetricsRestTemplateCustomizerTests.java
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ public class MetricsRestTemplateCustomizerTests {
 		this.restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
 		this.mockServer = MockRestServiceServer.createServer(this.restTemplate);
 		this.customizer = new MetricsRestTemplateCustomizer(this.registry,
-				new DefaultRestTemplateExchangeTagsProvider(), "http.client.requests",
-				true);
+				new DefaultRestTemplateExchangeTagsProvider(), "http.client.requests");
 		this.customizer.customize(this.restTemplate);
 	}