diff --git a/command-line/albatross_cli.ml b/command-line/albatross_cli.ml
index 25d9982..40fc42a 100644
--- a/command-line/albatross_cli.ml
+++ b/command-line/albatross_cli.ml
@@ -3,23 +3,6 @@
 open Astring
 open Vmm_core
 
-let conn_metrics kind =
-  let s = ref (0, 0) in
-  let open Metrics in
-  let doc = "connection statistics" in
-  let data () =
-    Data.v [
-      int "active" (fst !s) ;
-      int "total" (snd !s) ;
-    ] in
-  let tags = Tags.string "kind" in
-  let src = Src.v ~doc ~tags:Tags.[ tags ] ~data "connections" in
-  (fun action ->
-     (match action with
-      | `Open -> s := (succ (fst !s), succ (snd !s))
-      | `Close -> s := (pred (fst !s), snd !s));
-     Metrics.add src (fun x -> x kind) (fun d -> d ()))
-
 open Lwt.Infix
 
 let process =
diff --git a/daemon/albatross_console.ml b/daemon/albatross_console.ml
index f3e1411..9ac154e 100644
--- a/daemon/albatross_console.ml
+++ b/daemon/albatross_console.ml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ let open_fifo name =
 
 let t = ref String.Map.empty
 
-let fifos = Albatross_cli.conn_metrics "fifo"
+let fifos = Vmm_core.conn_metrics "fifo"
 
 let add_fifo id =
   let name = Vmm_core.Name.to_string id in
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ let handle s addr =
   Vmm_lwt.safe_close s >|= fun () ->
   Logs.warn (fun m -> m "disconnected")
 
-let m = Albatross_cli.conn_metrics "unix"
+let m = Vmm_core.conn_metrics "unix"
 
 let jump _ influx =
   Sys.(set_signal sigpipe Signal_ignore) ;
diff --git a/daemon/albatross_log.ml b/daemon/albatross_log.ml
index 28944d9..fbd4893 100644
--- a/daemon/albatross_log.ml
+++ b/daemon/albatross_log.ml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ let handle mvar ring s addr =
   end >>= fun () ->
   Vmm_lwt.safe_close s
 
-let m = Albatross_cli.conn_metrics "unix"
+let m = Vmm_core.conn_metrics "unix"
 
 let jump _ file influx =
   Sys.(set_signal sigpipe Signal_ignore) ;
diff --git a/src/vmm_core.ml b/src/vmm_core.ml
index c00fb8b..d5a7ba5 100644
--- a/src/vmm_core.ml
+++ b/src/vmm_core.ml
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 (* (c) 2017, 2018 Hannes Mehnert, all rights reserved *)
 
+let conn_metrics kind =
+  let s = ref (0, 0) in
+  let open Metrics in
+  let doc = "connection statistics" in
+  let data () =
+    Data.v [
+      int "active" (fst !s) ;
+      int "total" (snd !s) ;
+    ] in
+  let tags = Tags.string "kind" in
+  let src = Src.v ~doc ~tags:Tags.[ tags ] ~data "connections" in
+  (fun action ->
+     (match action with
+      | `Open -> s := (succ (fst !s), succ (snd !s))
+      | `Close -> s := (pred (fst !s), snd !s));
+     Metrics.add src (fun x -> x kind) (fun d -> d ()))
+
 open Astring
 
 let tmpdir = Fpath.(v "/var" / "run" / "albatross")
diff --git a/src/vmm_core.mli b/src/vmm_core.mli
index 3cb9b0d..cd72785 100644
--- a/src/vmm_core.mli
+++ b/src/vmm_core.mli
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 (* (c) 2018 Hannes Mehnert, all rights reserved *)
 
+val conn_metrics : string -> [ `Close | `Open ] -> unit
+
 type service = [ `Console | `Log | `Stats | `Vmmd ]
 
 val socket_path : service -> string
diff --git a/stats/albatross_stats.ml b/stats/albatross_stats.ml
index a940c42..3f228ad 100644
--- a/stats/albatross_stats.ml
+++ b/stats/albatross_stats.ml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ let timer () =
         Vmm_lwt.safe_close s)
     outs
 
-let m = Albatross_cli.conn_metrics "unix"
+let m = Vmm_core.conn_metrics "unix"
 
 let jump _ interval influx =
   Sys.(set_signal sigpipe Signal_ignore) ;
diff --git a/stats/albatross_stats_pure.ml b/stats/albatross_stats_pure.ml
index c228dfa..46002d8 100644
--- a/stats/albatross_stats_pure.ml
+++ b/stats/albatross_stats_pure.ml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ let rec wrap f arg =
     Logs.err (fun m -> m "exception %s" (Printexc.to_string e)) ;
     None
 
-let vmmapi = Albatross_cli.conn_metrics "vmmapi"
+let vmmapi = conn_metrics "vmmapi"
 
 let remove_vmid t vmid =
   Logs.info (fun m -> m "removing vmid %a" Vmm_core.Name.pp vmid) ;
diff --git a/stats/dune b/stats/dune
index d11d535..4879890 100644
--- a/stats/dune
+++ b/stats/dune
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ let () =
 (library
   (name albatross_stats)
   (public_name albatross.stats)
-  (libraries albatross albatross.cli)
+  (libraries albatross)
   (wrapped false)
   (c_names albatross_stats_stubs)
   (modules albatross_stats_pure))