diff --git a/release/lightning_tests/workloads/lightning_test_utils.py b/release/lightning_tests/workloads/lightning_test_utils.py
index 885954b1e5b9..150e2bc3e23a 100644
--- a/release/lightning_tests/workloads/lightning_test_utils.py
+++ b/release/lightning_tests/workloads/lightning_test_utils.py
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ def validation_step(self, val_batch, batch_idx):
     def validation_epoch_end(self, outputs):
         avg_loss = torch.stack([x["val_loss"] for x in outputs]).mean()
         avg_acc = torch.stack([x["val_accuracy"] for x in outputs]).mean()
-        self.log("ptl/val_loss", avg_loss, sync_dist=True)
-        self.log("ptl/val_accuracy", avg_acc, sync_dist=True)
+
+        # TODO(yunxuanx): change this back to ptl/val_loss after
+        # we resolved the metric unpacking issue
+        self.log("val_loss", avg_loss, sync_dist=True)
+        self.log("val_accuracy", avg_acc, sync_dist=True)
 
     def configure_optimizers(self):
         optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(self.parameters(), lr=self.lr)
diff --git a/release/lightning_tests/workloads/test_trainer.py b/release/lightning_tests/workloads/test_trainer.py
index 845ff2b4c5e8..117f6ee85ab9 100644
--- a/release/lightning_tests/workloads/test_trainer.py
+++ b/release/lightning_tests/workloads/test_trainer.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             logger=CSVLogger("logs", name="my_exp_name"),
         )
         .fit_params(datamodule=MNISTDataModule(batch_size=128))
-        .checkpointing(monitor="ptl/val_accuracy", mode="max", save_last=True)
+        .checkpointing(monitor="val_accuracy", mode="max", save_last=True)
         .build()
     )
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     taken = time.time() - start
     result = {
         "time_taken": taken,
-        "ptl/val_accuracy": result.metrics["ptl/val_accuracy"],
+        "val_accuracy": result.metrics["val_accuracy"],
     }
     test_output_json = os.environ.get(
         "TEST_OUTPUT_JSON", "/tmp/lightning_trainer_test.json"
diff --git a/release/lightning_tests/workloads/test_tuner.py b/release/lightning_tests/workloads/test_tuner.py
index cc6c6b79d0ab..36ff2b257dc4 100644
--- a/release/lightning_tests/workloads/test_tuner.py
+++ b/release/lightning_tests/workloads/test_tuner.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             logger=CSVLogger("logs", name="my_exp_name"),
         )
         .fit_params(datamodule=MNISTDataModule(batch_size=200))
-        .checkpointing(monitor="ptl/val_accuracy", mode="max")
+        .checkpointing(monitor="val_accuracy", mode="max")
         .build()
     )
 
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@
             verbose=2,
             checkpoint_config=CheckpointConfig(
                 num_to_keep=2,
-                checkpoint_score_attribute="ptl/val_accuracy",
+                checkpoint_score_attribute="val_accuracy",
                 checkpoint_score_order="max",
             ),
         ),
         tune_config=tune.TuneConfig(
-            metric="ptl/val_accuracy",
+            metric="val_accuracy",
             mode="max",
             num_samples=2,
             scheduler=PopulationBasedTraining(
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         ),
     )
     results = tuner.fit()
-    best_result = results.get_best_result(metric="ptl/val_accuracy", mode="max")
+    best_result = results.get_best_result(metric="val_accuracy", mode="max")
     best_result
 
     assert len(results.errors) == 0
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     # Report experiment results
     result = {
         "time_taken": taken,
-        "ptl/val_accuracy": best_result.metrics["ptl/val_accuracy"],
+        "val_accuracy": best_result.metrics["val_accuracy"],
     }
 
     test_output_json = os.environ.get(