diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5316a346d..b19b65f5c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.20.0-rc3]
+### Changed
+- Instrumentation of content length changed to logs to avoid expanding capture files.
+
 ## [0.20.0-rc2]
 ### Changed
 - Target metrics now stream where possible, instrument content length from target.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e53aa4b58..10853b35e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.20.0-rc2"
+version = "0.20.0-rc3"
 dependencies = [
  "async-pidfd",
  "byte-unit",
diff --git a/lading/Cargo.toml b/lading/Cargo.toml
index 57bb73c70..81a37267b 100644
--- a/lading/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lading/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.20.0-rc2"
+version = "0.20.0-rc3"
 authors = ["Brian L. Troutwine <brian.troutwine@datadoghq.com>", "George Hahn <george.hahn@datadoghq.com"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/lading/src/target_metrics/expvar.rs b/lading/src/target_metrics/expvar.rs
index 9547f3549..aed0c333e 100644
--- a/lading/src/target_metrics/expvar.rs
+++ b/lading/src/target_metrics/expvar.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use metrics::{gauge, register_histogram};
+use metrics::gauge;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::Value;
-use tracing::{error, info, trace};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, trace};
 
 use crate::signals::Shutdown;
 
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ impl Expvar {
 
         let mut timer = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(1));
 
-        let content_length =
-            register_histogram!("target_metrics_content_length", "source" => "expvar");
-
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
                 _ = timer.tick() => {
@@ -75,7 +72,9 @@ impl Expvar {
                         continue;
                     };
                     if let Some(cl) = resp.content_length() {
-                        content_length.record(cl as f64);
+                        info!("expvar content length: {cl}");
+                    } else {
+                        debug!("no content length in expvar response");
                     }
 
                     let Ok(json) = resp.json::<Value>().await else {
diff --git a/lading/src/target_metrics/prometheus.rs b/lading/src/target_metrics/prometheus.rs
index 420c8f8f6..97f041e05 100644
--- a/lading/src/target_metrics/prometheus.rs
+++ b/lading/src/target_metrics/prometheus.rs
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 use std::{str::FromStr, time::Duration};
 
 use futures::TryStreamExt;
-use metrics::{absolute_counter, gauge, register_histogram};
+use metrics::{absolute_counter, gauge};
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use tokio::io::AsyncBufReadExt;
 use tokio_util::io::StreamReader;
-use tracing::{error, info, trace, warn};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
 
 use crate::signals::Shutdown;
 
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ impl Prometheus {
 
         let mut timer = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(1));
 
-        let content_length =
-            register_histogram!("target_metrics_content_length", "source" => "prometheus");
-
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
                 _ = timer.tick() => {
@@ -120,7 +117,9 @@ impl Prometheus {
                         continue;
                     };
                     if let Some(cl) = resp.content_length() {
-                    content_length.record(cl as f64);
+                        info!("expvar content length: {cl}");
+                    } else {
+                        debug!("no content length in expvar response");
                     }
 
                     let reader = StreamReader::new(resp.bytes_stream().map_err(convert_err));