diff --git a/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLines.ql b/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLines.ql
index 5dec678c907..5b784345fb2 100644
--- a/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLines.ql
+++ b/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLines.ql
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @name Number of lines
- * @kind treemap
+ * @kind metric
  * @description The number of lines in each file.
- * @treemap.warnOn highValues
  * @metricType file
- * @metricAggregate avg sum max
- * @precision very-high
  * @id rb/lines-per-file
  * @tags maintainability
  */
diff --git a/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLinesOfCode.ql b/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLinesOfCode.ql
index a6442892c70..6a887999fdc 100644
--- a/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLinesOfCode.ql
+++ b/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLinesOfCode.ql
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * @name Lines of code in files
- * @kind treemap
+ * @kind metric
  * @description Measures the number of lines of code in each file, ignoring lines that
  *              contain only comments or whitespace.
- * @treemap.warnOn highValues
  * @metricType file
- * @metricAggregate avg sum max
- * @precision very-high
  * @id rb/lines-of-code-in-files
  * @tags maintainability
  */
diff --git a/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLinesOfComments.ql b/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLinesOfComments.ql
index d7aa14791a3..55d4e171820 100644
--- a/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLinesOfComments.ql
+++ b/ql/src/queries/metrics/FLinesOfComments.ql
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @name Lines of comments in files
- * @kind treemap
+ * @kind metric
  * @description Files with few lines of comment might not have sufficient documentation to make them understandable.
- * @treemap.warnOn lowValues
  * @metricType file
- * @metricAggregate avg sum max
- * @precision very-high
  * @id rb/lines-of-comments-in-files
  * @tags documentation
  */