diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/metrics.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/metrics.go
index 3fd9c4639..b99c31629 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/metrics.go
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	// metricsCommand is only added on Linux as github.com/containerd/cgroups/v3
-	// does not compile on darwin or windows
-	Command.Subcommands = append(Command.Subcommands, metricsCommand)
-}
-
 const (
 	formatFlag  = "format"
 	formatTable = "table"
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/tasks.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/tasks.go
index e682b11b8..d9f0d9e52 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/tasks.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/tasks/tasks.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ var Command = cli.Command{
 		execCommand,
 		listCommand,
 		killCommand,
+		metricsCommand,
 		pauseCommand,
 		psCommand,
 		resumeCommand,