diff --git a/lib/clients/metric-client/index.js b/lib/clients/metric-client/index.js
index 3e371a52..e7852d46 100644
--- a/lib/clients/metric-client/index.js
+++ b/lib/clients/metric-client/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 const uuid = require('uuid/v4');
 const axios = require('axios');
+const AppConfig = require('@src/model/app-config');
+const { METRICS } = require('@src/utils/constants');
+const pck = require('../../../package.json');
 
 const MetricActionResult = {
     SUCCESS: 'Success',
@@ -57,37 +60,25 @@ class MetricAction {
 }
 
 class MetricClient {
-    /**
-     * A metric client options
-     * @typedef {Object} MetricClientOptions
-     * @property {string} version - The application version. Typically, version form package.json
-     * @property {string} machineId - The machine id
-     * @property {boolean} newUser - is new user
-     * @property {string} clientId - The client id. Typically, application name. For example, ask cli.
-     * @property {string} serverUrl - The server url where to send metrics data.
-     * @property {number} sendTimeout - The send timeout to send data to the metrics server.
-     */
-
     /**
      * @constructor
-     * @param {MetricClientOptions} options - The options for constructor
      */
-    constructor(options) {
-        const { version, machineId, newUser, clientId, serverUrl, sendTimeout, enabled } = options;
+    constructor() {
         this.httpClient = axios.create({
-            timeout: sendTimeout || 3000,
+            timeout: 3000,
             headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' }
         });
-        this.serverUrl = serverUrl;
+        this.serverUrl = METRICS.ENDPOINT;
         this.postRetries = 3;
-        this.enabled = enabled !== false;
+
+        this.enabled = this._isEnabled();
         this.data = {
-            version,
-            machineId,
+            version: pck.version,
+            machineId: this._getMachineId(),
             timeStarted: new Date(),
-            newUser,
+            newUser: false, // default to false since unused.
             timeUploaded: null,
-            clientId,
+            clientId: pck.name,
             actions: []
         };
     }
@@ -157,6 +148,25 @@ class MetricClient {
     _retry(retries, fn) {
         return fn().catch(err => (retries > 1 ? this._retry(retries - 1, fn) : Promise.reject(err)));
     }
+
+    _isEnabled() {
+        if (process.env.ASK_SHARE_USAGE === 'false') return false;
+        if (!AppConfig.configFileExists()) return false;
+
+        new AppConfig();
+        return AppConfig.getInstance().getShareUsage();
+    }
+
+    _getMachineId() {
+        if (!this.enabled) return;
+        const appConfig = AppConfig.getInstance();
+        if (!appConfig.getMachineId()) {
+            appConfig.setMachineId(uuid());
+            appConfig.write();
+        }
+
+        return appConfig.getMachineId();
+    }
 }
 
 module.exports = { MetricClient, MetricActionResult };
diff --git a/lib/commands/abstract-command.js b/lib/commands/abstract-command.js
index 74a4473e..a7df0a06 100644
--- a/lib/commands/abstract-command.js
+++ b/lib/commands/abstract-command.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class AbstractCommand {
             Messenger.getInstance().doDebug = commandInstance.debug;
 
             // Start metric client
-            metricClient.startAction(commandInstance._name, 'command');
+            metricClient.startAction(commandInstance._name, '');
             const isCredentialHelperCmd = commandInstance._name === 'git-credentials-helper';
 
             // Check if a new CLI version is released
diff --git a/lib/commands/smapi/smapi-commander.js b/lib/commands/smapi/smapi-commander.js
index 76b68174..e901dda4 100644
--- a/lib/commands/smapi/smapi-commander.js
+++ b/lib/commands/smapi/smapi-commander.js
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ const { ModelIntrospector } = require('ask-smapi-sdk');
 const { kebabCase } = require('@src/utils/string-utils');
 const { CliCustomizationProcessor } = require('@src/commands/smapi/cli-customization-processor');
 const optionModel = require('@src/commands/option-model.json');
-const { smapiCommandHandler } = require('@src/commands/smapi/smapi-command-handler');
+const handler = require('@src/commands/smapi/smapi-command-handler');
 const aliases = require('@src/commands/smapi/customizations/aliases.json');
 const { apiToCommanderMap } = require('@src/commands/smapi/customizations/parameters-map');
+const metricClient = require('@src/utils/metrics');
 
 const uploadCatalog = require('./appended-commands/upload-catalog');
 const exportPackage = require('./appended-commands/export-package');
@@ -99,13 +100,17 @@ const makeSmapiCommander = () => {
         defaultOptions.forEach(option => {
             commanderInstance.option(option.flags, option.description);
         });
-        commanderInstance.action((inputCmdObj) => smapiCommandHandler(
-            apiOperationName,
-            flatParamsMap,
-            commanderToApiCustomizationMap,
-            inputCmdObj,
-            modelIntrospector
-        ));
+        commanderInstance.action((inputCmdObj) => {
+            metricClient.startAction('smapi', inputCmdObj.name());
+            return handler.smapiCommandHandler(
+                apiOperationName,
+                flatParamsMap,
+                commanderToApiCustomizationMap,
+                inputCmdObj,
+                modelIntrospector
+            ).then(res => metricClient.sendData().then(() => res))
+                .catch(err => metricClient.sendData(err).then(() => Promise.reject(err)));
+        });
     });
 
     // register hand-written appended commands
diff --git a/lib/model/app-config.js b/lib/model/app-config.js
index 32bc6283..3db43493 100644
--- a/lib/model/app-config.js
+++ b/lib/model/app-config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
 
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ module.exports = class AppConfig extends ConfigFile {
         instance = null;
     }
 
+    static configFileExists() {
+        return fs.existsSync(defaultFilePath);
+    }
+
     // getter and setter
 
     getAwsProfile(profile) {
@@ -68,6 +73,21 @@ module.exports = class AppConfig extends ConfigFile {
         this.setProperty(['profiles', profile, 'vendor_id'], vendorId);
     }
 
+    setMachineId(machineId) {
+        this.setProperty(['machine_id'], machineId);
+    }
+
+    getMachineId() {
+        return this.getProperty(['machine_id']);
+    }
+
+    getShareUsage() {
+        const shareUsage = this.getProperty(['share_usage']);
+        if (shareUsage !== undefined) return shareUsage;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns all profile names and their associated aws profile names (if any) as list of objects.
      * return profilesList. Eg: [{ askProfile: 'askProfile1', awsProfile: 'awsProfile1'}, { askProfile: 'askProfile2', awsProfile: 'awsProfile2'}].
diff --git a/lib/model/metric-config.js b/lib/model/metric-config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7df9ef0f..00000000
--- a/lib/model/metric-config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
-const jsonfile = require('jsonfile');
-const os = require('os');
-const path = require('path');
-const uuid = require('uuid/v4');
-const { FILE_PATH, CONFIGURATION, METRICS } = require('@src/utils/constants');
-
-const askFolderPath = path.join(os.homedir(), FILE_PATH.ASK.HIDDEN_FOLDER);
-const defaultMetricFilePath = path.join(askFolderPath, FILE_PATH.ASK.METRIC_FILE);
-
-class MetricConfig {
-    /**
-     * Constructor for MetricConfig class
-     * @param {string} filePath
-     */
-    constructor(filePath = defaultMetricFilePath) {
-        // making file path if not exists
-        if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
-            fs.ensureDirSync(askFolderPath);
-            jsonfile.writeFileSync(filePath, { machineId: uuid(), createdAt: new Date() }, { spaces: CONFIGURATION.JSON_DISPLAY_INDENT });
-        }
-        this.data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(filePath));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets machineId property
-     * @returns {string}
-     */
-    get machineId() {
-        return this.data.machineId;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns boolean indicating if user is new
-     * @returns {boolean}
-     */
-    isNewUser() {
-        const { createdAt } = this.data;
-        const daysDiff = (new Date().getTime() - new Date(createdAt).getTime()) / (1000 * 3600 * 24);
-        return daysDiff <= METRICS.NEW_USER_LENGTH_DAYS;
-    }
-}
-
-module.exports = MetricConfig;
diff --git a/lib/utils/constants.js b/lib/utils/constants.js
index c161f08e..e59eacdf 100644
--- a/lib/utils/constants.js
+++ b/lib/utils/constants.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ module.exports.APPLICATION_NAME = 'ask-cli';
 module.exports.NPM_REGISTRY_URL_BASE = 'http://registry.npmjs.org';
 
 module.exports.METRICS = {
-    ENDPOINT: '', // TODO add the official endpoint when we have it
-    NEW_USER_LENGTH_DAYS: 3
+    ENDPOINT: 'https://client-telemetry.amazonalexa.com'
 };
 
 module.exports.DEPLOYER_TYPE = {
diff --git a/lib/utils/metrics.js b/lib/utils/metrics.js
index 1923b8a9..6ba42df3 100644
--- a/lib/utils/metrics.js
+++ b/lib/utils/metrics.js
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 const { MetricClient } = require('@src/clients/metric-client');
-// const MetricConfig = require('@src/model/metric-config');
-const { METRICS } = require('@src/utils/constants');
-const { name, version } = require('./../../package.json');
 
-// TODO enable when we have configure command prompting for telemetry
-// const metricConfig = new MetricConfig();
-
-const metricClient = new MetricClient({
-    version,
-    machineId: '', // metricConfig.machineId,
-    newUser: false, // metricConfig.isNewUser(),
-    clientId: name,
-    serverUrl: METRICS.ENDPOINT,
-    enabled: false // TODO make it dependent on configure command
-});
+// metric client singleton
+const metricClient = new MetricClient();
 
 module.exports = metricClient;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a6134f0a..e36699c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
     "functional-test": "mocha -t 180000 test/functional/run-test.js",
     "lint": "eslint lib/builtins lib/clients lib/commands lib/controllers lib/model lib/view",
     "pre-release": "standard-version",
-    "prism": "prism"
+    "prism": "prism",
+    "postinstall": "node postinstall.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "adm-zip": "^0.4.13",
diff --git a/postinstall.js b/postinstall.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31014c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postinstall.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+console.log(`
+================================================================================
+ASK CLI collects telemetry to better understand customer needs. You can
+OPT OUT and disable telemetry by setting the 'share_usage' key to 'false' 
+in '~/.ask/cli_config'.
+
+Learn more: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/alexa/smapi/ask-cli-telemetry.html
+================================================================================ 
+`);
diff --git a/test/functional/run-test.js b/test/functional/run-test.js
index bacdaa1c..b1ea8f82 100644
--- a/test/functional/run-test.js
+++ b/test/functional/run-test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require('module-alias/register');
 
+process.env.ASK_SHARE_USAGE = false;
+
 [
     '@test/functional/commands/high-level-commands-test.js'
 ].forEach((testFile) => {
diff --git a/test/integration/run-test.js b/test/integration/run-test.js
index 7cf77963..54d63b19 100644
--- a/test/integration/run-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/run-test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require('module-alias/register');
 
+process.env.ASK_SHARE_USAGE = false;
+
 [
     '@test/integration/commands/smapi-commands-test.js'
 ].forEach((testFile) => {
diff --git a/test/unit/clients/metric-client-test.js b/test/unit/clients/metric-client-test.js
index 1e789990..9ccd6b54 100644
--- a/test/unit/clients/metric-client-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/clients/metric-client-test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 const chai = require('chai');
+const uuid = require('uuid/v4');
 const chaiUuid = require('chai-uuid');
 const chaiJsonSchema = require('chai-json-schema');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
+const { METRICS } = require('@src/utils/constants');
+const AppConfig = require('@src/model/app-config');
 const { MetricClient, MetricActionResult } = require('@src/clients/metric-client');
 const jsonSchema = require('@test/fixture/ask-devtools-metrics.schema.json');
 
@@ -10,35 +13,62 @@ chai.use(chaiUuid);
 chai.use(chaiJsonSchema);
 
 describe('Clients test - cli metric client', () => {
-    const clientOptions = {
-        version: '1.0.1',
-        machineId: '8b2723f2-a25e-4d2c-89df-f9f590b8bb6e',
-        newUser: true,
-        clientId: 'ASK CLI',
-        serverUrl: 'https://somehost.com/dev/telemetry',
-    };
+    const getShareUsageStub = sinon.stub();
+    const getMachineIdStub = sinon.stub();
+    const setMachineIdStub = sinon.stub();
+    const writeConfigStub = sinon.stub();
+    let configExistsStub;
+    let shareUsageVariableValue;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        shareUsageVariableValue = process.env.ASK_SHARE_USAGE;
+        delete process.env.ASK_SHARE_USAGE;
+        configExistsStub = sinon.stub(AppConfig, 'configFileExists').returns(true);
+        sinon.stub(AppConfig.prototype, 'read');
+        sinon.stub(AppConfig, 'getInstance').returns({
+            getShareUsage: getShareUsageStub.returns(true),
+            getMachineId: getMachineIdStub.returns(uuid()),
+            setMachineId: setMachineIdStub,
+            write: writeConfigStub,
+            read: sinon.stub()
+        });
+    });
 
-    const { version, machineId, newUser, clientId, serverUrl } = clientOptions;
+    afterEach(() => {
+        process.env.ASK_SHARE_USAGE = shareUsageVariableValue;
+        sinon.restore();
+    });
 
     describe('# constructor validation', () => {
         it('| creates instance of MetricClient, expect initial data to be set', () => {
             // set up
-            const client = new MetricClient(clientOptions);
+            const client = new MetricClient();
 
             // call
             const data = client.getData();
 
             // verify
-            expect(data).include({ version, machineId, newUser, clientId, timeUploaded: null });
+            expect(data).have.keys(['actions', 'version', 'machineId', 'newUser', 'timeStarted', 'clientId', 'timeUploaded']);
             expect(data.actions).eql([]);
             expect(data.timeStarted).instanceof(Date);
         });
+
+        it('| creates machine id if it does not exist', () => {
+            getMachineIdStub.returns(undefined);
+
+            // call
+            new MetricClient();
+
+            // verify
+            expect(setMachineIdStub.callCount).eql(1);
+            expect(writeConfigStub.callCount).eql(1);
+        });
     });
 
     describe('# start action validation', () => {
         let client;
         beforeEach(() => {
-            client = new MetricClient(clientOptions);
+            client = new MetricClient();
         });
 
         it('| adds action, expect action to be set', () => {
@@ -88,7 +118,7 @@ describe('Clients test - cli metric client', () => {
         const name = 'ask.clone';
         const type = 'userCommand';
         beforeEach(() => {
-            client = new MetricClient(clientOptions);
+            client = new MetricClient();
             action = client.startAction(name, type);
         });
 
@@ -151,8 +181,9 @@ describe('Clients test - cli metric client', () => {
         let httpClientPostStub;
         const name = 'ask.clone';
         const type = 'userCommand';
+
         beforeEach(() => {
-            client = new MetricClient(clientOptions);
+            client = new MetricClient();
             client.startAction(name, type);
         });
 
@@ -171,14 +202,29 @@ describe('Clients test - cli metric client', () => {
 
             expect(success).eql(true);
             expect(httpClientPostStub.calledOnce).eql(true);
-            expect(calledUrl).eql(serverUrl);
+            expect(calledUrl).eql(METRICS.ENDPOINT);
             expect(JSON.parse(calledPayload)).to.be.jsonSchema(jsonSchema);
         });
 
         it('| sends metrics, expect metrics not to be send to metric server when enabled is false', async () => {
+            configExistsStub.returns(false);
+            httpClientPostStub = sinon.stub(client.httpClient, 'post');
+
+            const disabledClient = new MetricClient();
+
+            // call
+            const { success } = await disabledClient.sendData();
+
+            // verify
+            expect(success).eql(true);
+            expect(httpClientPostStub.called).eql(false);
+        });
+
+        it('| sends metrics, expect metrics not to be send to metric server when ASK_SHARE_USAGE is false', async () => {
+            process.env.ASK_SHARE_USAGE = false;
             httpClientPostStub = sinon.stub(client.httpClient, 'post');
 
-            const disabledClient = new MetricClient({ enabled: false, ...clientOptions });
+            const disabledClient = new MetricClient();
 
             // call
             const { success } = await disabledClient.sendData();
@@ -199,7 +245,7 @@ describe('Clients test - cli metric client', () => {
 
             expect(success).eql(false);
             expect(httpClientPostStub.calledThrice).eql(true);
-            expect(calledUrl).eql(serverUrl);
+            expect(calledUrl).eql(METRICS.ENDPOINT);
             expect(JSON.parse(calledPayload)).to.be.jsonSchema(jsonSchema);
         });
     });
diff --git a/test/unit/commands/abstract-command-test.js b/test/unit/commands/abstract-command-test.js
index 63182e81..f27fdfc5 100644
--- a/test/unit/commands/abstract-command-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/commands/abstract-command-test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const httpClient = require('@src/clients/http-client');
 const { AbstractCommand } = require('@src/commands/abstract-command');
 const AppConfig = require('@src/model/app-config');
 const CONSTANTS = require('@src/utils/constants');
-const metricClient = require('@src/utils/metrics');
 const Messenger = require('@src/view/messenger');
 
 const packageJson = require('@root/package.json');
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ describe('Command test - AbstractCommand class', () => {
             sinon.stub(path, 'join').returns(APP_CONFIG_NO_PROFILES_PATH);
             mockProcessExit = sinon.stub(process, 'exit');
             mockConsoleError = sinon.stub(console, 'error');
-            sinon.stub(metricClient, 'sendData').resolves();
             sinon.stub(AbstractCommand.prototype, '_remindsIfNewVersion').callsArgWith(2);
         });
 
@@ -456,7 +454,6 @@ It is recommended to use the latest version. Please update using "npm upgrade -g
         beforeEach(() => {
             AppConfigReadStub = sinon.stub(AppConfig.prototype, 'read');
             sinon.stub(process, 'exit');
-            sinon.stub(metricClient, 'sendData').resolves();
         });
 
         it('| should not be null for non-configure commands', async () => {
diff --git a/test/unit/commands/smapi/smapi-commander-test.js b/test/unit/commands/smapi/smapi-commander-test.js
index 70bcd27e..8d7faa91 100644
--- a/test/unit/commands/smapi/smapi-commander-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/commands/smapi/smapi-commander-test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { expect } = require('chai');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const { makeSmapiCommander } = require('@src/commands/smapi/smapi-commander');
-
+const handler = require('@src/commands/smapi/smapi-command-handler');
 
 describe('Smapi test - makeSmapiCommander function', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -24,6 +24,23 @@ describe('Smapi test - makeSmapiCommander function', () => {
         expect(console.error.calledWithMatch('Command not recognized')).eql(true);
     });
 
+    it('| should execute a command successfully', () => {
+        sinon.stub(handler, 'smapiCommandHandler').resolves('some data');
+        const commander = makeSmapiCommander();
+
+        return commander.parseAsync(['', '', 'list-skills-for-vendor'])
+            .then(res => expect(res[0]).eql('some data'));
+    });
+
+    it('| should propagate error if handler fails', () => {
+        sinon.stub(handler, 'smapiCommandHandler').rejects(new Error('some error'));
+        const commander = makeSmapiCommander();
+
+        return commander.parseAsync(['', '', 'list-skills-for-vendor'])
+            .then(res => expect(res).eql(undefined))
+            .catch(err => expect(err.message).eql('some error'));
+    });
+
     afterEach(() => {
         sinon.restore();
     });
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/model/app-config.json b/test/unit/fixture/model/app-config.json
index d73e6822..346d73ce 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/model/app-config.json
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/model/app-config.json
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 {
+  "machine_id": "machineId",
+  "share_usage": false,
   "profiles": {
     "testProfile": {
       "aws_profile": "awsProfile",
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/model/app-config.yaml b/test/unit/fixture/model/app-config.yaml
index 01fceab1..a04de766 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/model/app-config.yaml
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/model/app-config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+machine_id: machineId
+share_usage: false
 profiles:
   testProfile:
     aws_profile: awsProfile
diff --git a/test/unit/model/app-config-test.js b/test/unit/model/app-config-test.js
index 32f82fd7..c36d1c09 100644
--- a/test/unit/model/app-config-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/model/app-config-test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { expect } = require('chai');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const jsonfile = require('jsonfile');
 
 const profileHelper = require('@src/utils/profile-helper');
@@ -141,6 +141,24 @@ describe('Model test - app config test', () => {
             });
         });
 
+        it('test getMachineId function successfully', () => {
+            expect(AppConfig.getInstance().getMachineId()).deep.equal('machineId');
+        });
+
+        it('test setMachineId function successfully', () => {
+            AppConfig.getInstance().setMachineId('new Machine id');
+            expect(AppConfig.getInstance().getMachineId()).equal('new Machine id');
+        });
+
+        it('test getShareUsage function successfully', () => {
+            expect(AppConfig.getInstance().getShareUsage()).deep.equal(false);
+        });
+
+        it('test getShareUsage when property is not set', () => {
+            sinon.stub(AppConfig.prototype, 'getProperty').returns();
+            expect(AppConfig.getInstance().getShareUsage()).deep.equal(true);
+        });
+
         afterEach(() => {
             AppConfig.dispose();
             sinon.restore();
@@ -201,4 +219,22 @@ describe('Model test - app config test', () => {
             AppConfig.dispose();
         });
     });
+
+    describe('# inspect correctness of configFileExists', () => {
+        it('| returns true if config file exists', () => {
+            sinon.stub(fs, 'existsSync').returns(true);
+
+            expect(AppConfig.configFileExists()).to.equal(true);
+        });
+
+        it('| returns false if config file does not exist', () => {
+            sinon.stub(fs, 'existsSync').returns(false);
+
+            expect(AppConfig.configFileExists()).to.equal(false);
+        });
+
+        afterEach(() => {
+            sinon.restore();
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/model/metric-config-test.js b/test/unit/model/metric-config-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 94538366..00000000
--- a/test/unit/model/metric-config-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-const { expect } = require('chai');
-const sinon = require('sinon');
-const fs = require('fs-extra');
-const jsonfile = require('jsonfile');
-const { METRICS } = require('@src/utils/constants');
-const MetricConfig = require('@src/model/metric-config');
-
-describe('Model test - metric config test', () => {
-    const configPath = 'somepath';
-
-    describe('# inspect correctness of getters when config file is present', () => {
-        const existingMachineId = 'existing-machine-id';
-
-        beforeEach(() => {
-            const createdAt = new Date();
-            createdAt.setDate(createdAt.getDate() - METRICS.NEW_USER_LENGTH_DAYS - 1);
-
-            sinon.stub(fs, 'existsSync').returns(true);
-            sinon.stub(fs, 'ensureDirSync');
-            sinon.stub(fs, 'readFileSync').returns(JSON.stringify({ machineId: existingMachineId, createdAt }));
-            sinon.stub(jsonfile, 'writeFileSync');
-        });
-
-        it('| returns correct machine id', () => {
-            const metricConfig = new MetricConfig(configPath);
-            const { machineId } = metricConfig;
-            expect(metricConfig).to.be.instanceof(MetricConfig);
-            expect(machineId).eq(existingMachineId);
-        });
-
-        it('| returns correct is new user flag', () => {
-            const metricConfig = new MetricConfig(configPath);
-            const isNewUser = metricConfig.isNewUser();
-            expect(metricConfig).to.be.instanceof(MetricConfig);
-            expect(isNewUser).eq(false);
-        });
-
-        afterEach(() => {
-            sinon.restore();
-        });
-    });
-
-    describe('# inspect correctness of getters when config file is not present', () => {
-        const newMachineId = 'new-machine-id';
-
-        beforeEach(() => {
-            const createdAt = new Date();
-            createdAt.setDate(createdAt.getDate() - METRICS.NEW_USER_LENGTH_DAYS + 1);
-            sinon.stub(fs, 'existsSync').returns(true);
-            sinon.stub(fs, 'ensureDirSync');
-            sinon.stub(fs, 'readFileSync').returns(JSON.stringify({ machineId: newMachineId, createdAt }));
-            sinon.stub(jsonfile, 'writeFileSync');
-        });
-
-        it('| returns correct machine id', () => {
-            const metricConfig = new MetricConfig(configPath);
-            const { machineId } = metricConfig;
-            expect(metricConfig).to.be.instanceof(MetricConfig);
-            expect(machineId).eq(newMachineId);
-        });
-
-        it('| returns correct is new user flag', () => {
-            const metricConfig = new MetricConfig(configPath);
-            const isNewUser = metricConfig.isNewUser();
-            expect(metricConfig).to.be.instanceof(MetricConfig);
-            expect(isNewUser).eq(true);
-        });
-
-        afterEach(() => {
-            sinon.restore();
-        });
-    });
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/run-test.js b/test/unit/run-test.js
index 2c3929dd..c7120ac7 100644
--- a/test/unit/run-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/run-test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require('module-alias/register');
 
+process.env.ASK_SHARE_USAGE = false;
+
 /**
  * This list manages all the files we want to cover during the refactor.
  * Please also include the test-ready module in package.json's "nyc.include" list.
@@ -76,7 +78,6 @@ require('module-alias/register');
     '@test/unit/model/abstract-config-file-test',
     '@test/unit/model/app-config-test',
     '@test/unit/model/dialog-save-skill-io-file-test',
-    '@test/unit/model/metric-config-test',
     '@test/unit/model/manifest-test',
     '@test/unit/model/resources-config/resources-config-test',
     '@test/unit/model/resources-config/ask-resources-test',