diff --git a/app/metrics.yaml b/app/metrics.yaml
index af0d8b1098..22612da74a 100644
--- a/app/metrics.yaml
+++ b/app/metrics.yaml
@@ -4262,19 +4262,6 @@ tabs:
     expires: "2021-08-01"
 
 contextual_menu:
-  long_press_tapped:
-    type: boolean
-    description: |
-      Text selection contextual menu option tapped.
-    bugs:
-      - https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/11580
-    data_reviews:
-      - https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/16968
-    data_sensitivity:
-      - interaction
-    notification_emails:
-      - fenix-core@mozilla.com
-    expires: "2021-06-01"
   copy_tapped:
     type: event
     description: |
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/Event.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/Event.kt
index 1f094243fc..54050c2f25 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/Event.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/Event.kt
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ sealed class Event {
 
     object RecentlyClosedTabsOpened : Event()
 
-    object ContextMenuLongPressTapped : Event()
     object ContextMenuCopyTapped : Event()
     object ContextMenuSearchTapped : Event()
     object ContextMenuSelectAllTapped : Event()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/GleanMetricsService.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/GleanMetricsService.kt
index 09aaee391e..84eaba5347 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/GleanMetricsService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/components/metrics/GleanMetricsService.kt
@@ -701,9 +701,6 @@ private val Event.wrapper: EventWrapper<*>?
         Event.TabSettingsOpened -> EventWrapper<NoExtraKeys>(
             { Tabs.settingOpened.record(it) }
         )
-        Event.ContextMenuLongPressTapped -> EventWrapper<NoExtraKeys>(
-            { ContextualMenu.longPressTapped.set(true) }
-        )
         Event.ContextMenuCopyTapped -> EventWrapper<NoExtraKeys>(
             { ContextualMenu.copyTapped.record(it) }
         )
diff --git a/docs/metrics.md b/docs/metrics.md
index a93788dae9..8216217c90 100644
--- a/docs/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/metrics.md
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ The following metrics are added to the ping:
 | browser.search.ad_clicks |[labeled_counter](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/labeled_counters.html) |Records clicks of adverts on SERP pages. The key format is ‘<provider-name>’.  |[1](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/10112), [2](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |2 |
 | browser.search.in_content |[labeled_counter](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/labeled_counters.html) |Records the type of interaction a user has on SERP pages.  |[1](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/10167), [2](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |2 |
 | browser.search.with_ads |[labeled_counter](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/labeled_counters.html) |Records counts of SERP pages with adverts displayed. The key format is ‘<provider-name>’.  |[1](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/10112), [2](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |2 |
-| contextual_menu.long_press_tapped |[boolean](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/boolean.html) |Text selection contextual menu option tapped.  |[1](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/16968)||2021-06-01 |2 |
 | events.total_uri_count |[counter](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/counter.html) |A counter of URIs visited by the user in the current session, including page reloads. This does not include background page requests and URIs from embedded pages or private browsing but may be incremented without user interaction by website scripts that programmatically redirect to a new location.  |[1](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/1785), [2](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/8314), [3](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |2 |
 | metrics.adjust_ad_group |[string](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/string.html) |A string containing the Adjust ad group ID from which the user installed Fenix. This will not send on the first session the user runs. If the install is organic, this will be empty.  |[1](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/9253), [2](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |2 |
 | metrics.adjust_campaign |[string](https://mozilla.github.io/glean/book/user/metrics/string.html) |A string containing the Adjust campaign ID from which the user installed Fenix. This will not send on the first session the user runs. If the install is organic, this will be empty.  |[1](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/5579), [2](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/15713#issuecomment-703972068)||2021-08-01 |1 |