diff --git a/src/hw_tools.py b/src/hw_tools.py
index 6c35a05..0a43cf8 100644
--- a/src/hw_tools.py
+++ b/src/hw_tools.py
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ def _create_custom_metrics(self) -> None:
         try:
             shutil.copy(self.metric_file, self.snap_common)
             self.snap_client.set({"dcgm-exporter-metrics-file": self.metric_file.name})
-            self.snap_client.restart(reload=True)
         except Exception as err:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
             logger.error("Failed to configure custom DCGM metrics: %s", err)
             raise err
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_hw_tools.py b/tests/unit/test_hw_tools.py
index 75cb869..cf9340b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_hw_tools.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_hw_tools.py
@@ -1214,7 +1214,6 @@ def test_dcgm_create_custom_metrics(dcgm_exporter_strategy, mock_shutil_copy, mo
     dcgm_exporter_strategy.snap_client.set.assert_called_once_with(
         {"dcgm-exporter-metrics-file": "dcgm_metrics.csv"}
     )
-    dcgm_exporter_strategy.snap_client.restart.assert_called_once_with(reload=True)
 
 
 def test_dcgm_create_custom_metrics_copy_fail(