diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/monitoring/signals.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/monitoring/signals.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 046cd2b1cc..0000000000
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/monitoring/signals.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Add receivers for django signals, and feed data into the monitoring system.
-
-If a model has a class attribute 'METRIC_TAGS' that is a list of strings,
-those fields will be retrieved from the model instance, and added as tags to
-the recorded metrics.
-"""
-
-
-from django.db.models.signals import post_save, post_delete, m2m_changed, post_init
-from django.dispatch import receiver
-
-import dogstats_wrapper as dog_stats_api
-
-
-def _database_tags(action, sender, kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    """
-    Return a tags for the sender and database used in django.db.models signals.
-
-    Arguments:
-        action (str): What action is being performed on the db model.
-        sender (Model): What model class is the action being performed on.
-        kwargs (dict): The kwargs passed by the model signal.
-    """
-    tags = _model_tags(kwargs, 'instance')
-    tags.append(u'action:{}'.format(action))
-
-    if 'using' in kwargs:
-        tags.append(u'database:{}'.format(kwargs['using']))
-
-    return tags
-
-
-def _model_tags(kwargs, key):
-    """
-    Return a list of all tags for all attributes in kwargs[key].MODEL_TAGS,
-    plus a tag for the model class.
-    """
-    if key not in kwargs:
-        return []
-
-    instance = kwargs[key]
-    tags = [
-        u'{}.{}:{}'.format(key, attr, getattr(instance, attr))
-        for attr in getattr(instance, 'MODEL_TAGS', [])
-    ]
-    tags.append(u'model_class:{}'.format(instance.__class__.__name__))
-    return tags
-
-
-@receiver(post_init, dispatch_uid='edxapp.monitoring.post_init_metrics')
-def post_init_metrics(sender, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Record the number of times that django models are instantiated.
-
-    Args:
-        sender (Model): The model class sending the signals.
-        using (str): The name of the database being used for this initialization (optional).
-        instance (Model instance): The instance being initialized (optional).
-    """
-    tags = _database_tags('initialized', sender, kwargs)
-
-    dog_stats_api.increment('edxapp.db.model', tags=tags)
-
-
-@receiver(post_save, dispatch_uid='edxapp.monitoring.post_save_metrics')
-def post_save_metrics(sender, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Record the number of times that django models are saved (created or updated).
-
-    Args:
-        sender (Model): The model class sending the signals.
-        using (str): The name of the database being used for this update (optional).
-        instance (Model instance): The instance being updated (optional).
-    """
-    action = 'created' if kwargs.pop('created', False) else 'updated'
-
-    tags = _database_tags(action, sender, kwargs)
-    dog_stats_api.increment('edxapp.db.model', tags=tags)
-
-
-@receiver(post_delete, dispatch_uid='edxapp.monitoring.post_delete_metrics')
-def post_delete_metrics(sender, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Record the number of times that django models are deleted.
-
-    Args:
-        sender (Model): The model class sending the signals.
-        using (str): The name of the database being used for this deletion (optional).
-        instance (Model instance): The instance being deleted (optional).
-    """
-    tags = _database_tags('deleted', sender, kwargs)
-
-    dog_stats_api.increment('edxapp.db.model', tags=tags)
-
-
-@receiver(m2m_changed, dispatch_uid='edxapp.monitoring.m2m_changed_metrics')
-def m2m_changed_metrics(sender, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Record the number of times that Many2Many fields are updated. This is separated
-    from post_save and post_delete, because it's signaled by the database model in
-    the middle of the Many2Many relationship, rather than either of the models
-    that are the relationship participants.
-
-    Args:
-        sender (Model): The model class in the middle of the Many2Many relationship.
-        action (str): The action being taken on this Many2Many relationship.
-        using (str): The name of the database being used for this deletion (optional).
-        instance (Model instance): The instance whose many-to-many relation is being modified.
-        model (Model class): The model of the class being added/removed/cleared from the relation.
-    """
-    if 'action' not in kwargs:
-        return
-
-    action = {
-        'post_add': 'm2m.added',
-        'post_remove': 'm2m.removed',
-        'post_clear': 'm2m.cleared',
-    }.get(kwargs['action'])
-
-    if not action:
-        return
-
-    tags = _database_tags(action, sender, kwargs)
-
-    if 'model' in kwargs:
-        tags.append('target_class:{}'.format(kwargs['model'].__name__))
-
-    pk_set = kwargs.get('pk_set', []) or []
-
-    dog_stats_api.increment(
-        'edxapp.db.model',
-        value=len(pk_set),
-        tags=tags
-    )
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/monitoring/startup.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/monitoring/startup.py
index b2d5773716..108f290772 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/monitoring/startup.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/monitoring/startup.py
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 Registers signal handlers at startup.
 """
 # pylint: disable=unused-import
-import openedx.core.djangoapps.monitoring.signals
 import openedx.core.djangoapps.monitoring.exceptions