diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/fake-feature-lifecycle-read-model.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/fake-feature-lifecycle-read-model.ts
index 7c246dee04..81bf1bfa1f 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/fake-feature-lifecycle-read-model.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/fake-feature-lifecycle-read-model.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,17 @@ import type {
     StageCount,
     StageCountByProject,
 } from './feature-lifecycle-read-model-type';
-import type { IFeatureLifecycleStage } from '../../types';
+import type {
+    IFeatureLifecycleStage,
+    IProjectLifecycleStageDuration,
+} from '../../types';
 
 export class FakeFeatureLifecycleReadModel
     implements IFeatureLifecycleReadModel
 {
+    getAllWithStageDuration(): Promise<IProjectLifecycleStageDuration[]> {
+        return Promise.resolve([]);
+    }
     getStageCount(): Promise<StageCount[]> {
         return Promise.resolve([]);
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/fake-feature-lifecycle-store.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/fake-feature-lifecycle-store.ts
index ff9a8b4685..70bfd51864 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/fake-feature-lifecycle-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/fake-feature-lifecycle-store.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import type {
     FeatureLifecycleStage,
     IFeatureLifecycleStore,
     FeatureLifecycleView,
-    FeatureLifecycleProjectItem,
 } from './feature-lifecycle-store-type';
 
 export class FakeFeatureLifecycleStore implements IFeatureLifecycleStore {
@@ -41,18 +40,6 @@ export class FakeFeatureLifecycleStore implements IFeatureLifecycleStore {
         return this.lifecycles[feature] || [];
     }
 
-    async getAll(): Promise<FeatureLifecycleProjectItem[]> {
-        const result = Object.entries(this.lifecycles).flatMap(
-            ([key, items]): FeatureLifecycleProjectItem[] =>
-                items.map((item) => ({
-                    ...item,
-                    feature: key,
-                    project: 'fake-project',
-                })),
-        );
-        return result;
-    }
-
     async delete(feature: string): Promise<void> {
         this.lifecycles[feature] = [];
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model-type.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model-type.ts
index 139807e650..bfd636c27b 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model-type.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model-type.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import type { IFeatureLifecycleStage, StageName } from '../../types';
+import type {
+    IFeatureLifecycleStage,
+    IProjectLifecycleStageDuration,
+    StageName,
+} from '../../types';
 
 export type StageCount = {
     stage: StageName;
@@ -15,4 +19,5 @@ export interface IFeatureLifecycleReadModel {
     ): Promise<IFeatureLifecycleStage | undefined>;
     getStageCount(): Promise<StageCount[]>;
     getStageCountByProject(): Promise<StageCountByProject[]>;
+    getAllWithStageDuration(): Promise<IProjectLifecycleStageDuration[]>;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model.ts
index bd3df36177..caed22d8ed 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ import { getCurrentStage } from './get-current-stage';
 import type {
     IFeatureLifecycleStage,
     IFlagResolver,
+    IProjectLifecycleStageDuration,
     StageName,
 } from '../../types';
+import { calculateStageDurations } from './calculate-stage-durations';
+import type { FeatureLifecycleProjectItem } from './feature-lifecycle-store-type';
 
 type DBType = {
     feature: string;
@@ -18,6 +21,10 @@ type DBType = {
     created_at: Date;
 };
 
+type DBProjectType = DBType & {
+    project: string;
+};
+
 export class FeatureLifecycleReadModel implements IFeatureLifecycleReadModel {
     private db: Db;
 
@@ -106,4 +113,31 @@ export class FeatureLifecycleReadModel implements IFeatureLifecycleReadModel {
 
         return getCurrentStage(stages);
     }
+
+    private async getAll(): Promise<FeatureLifecycleProjectItem[]> {
+        const results = await this.db('feature_lifecycles as flc')
+            .select('flc.feature', 'flc.stage', 'flc.created_at', 'f.project')
+            .leftJoin('features as f', 'f.name', 'flc.feature')
+            .orderBy('created_at', 'asc');
+
+        return results.map(
+            ({ feature, stage, created_at, project }: DBProjectType) => ({
+                feature,
+                stage,
+                project,
+                enteredStageAt: new Date(created_at),
+            }),
+        );
+    }
+
+    public async getAllWithStageDuration(): Promise<
+        IProjectLifecycleStageDuration[]
+    > {
+        if (!this.flagResolver.isEnabled('featureLifecycleMetrics')) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        const featureLifeCycles = await this.getAll();
+        return calculateStageDurations(featureLifeCycles);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-service.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-service.ts
index dff3717c7d..08736c278a 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-service.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
     type IEventStore,
     type IFeatureEnvironmentStore,
     type IFlagResolver,
-    type IProjectLifecycleStageDuration,
     type IUnleashConfig,
 } from '../../types';
 import type {
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ import EventEmitter from 'events';
 import type { Logger } from '../../logger';
 import type EventService from '../events/event-service';
 import type { FeatureLifecycleCompletedSchema } from '../../openapi';
-import { calculateStageDurations } from './calculate-stage-durations';
 import type { IClientMetricsEnv } from '../metrics/client-metrics/client-metrics-store-v2-type';
 import groupBy from 'lodash.groupby';
 
@@ -231,11 +229,4 @@ export class FeatureLifecycleService extends EventEmitter {
         await this.featureLifecycleStore.delete(feature);
         await this.featureInitialized(feature);
     }
-
-    public async getAllWithStageDuration(): Promise<
-        IProjectLifecycleStageDuration[]
-    > {
-        const featureLifeCycles = await this.featureLifecycleStore.getAll();
-        return calculateStageDurations(featureLifeCycles);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-store-type.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-store-type.ts
index 637e0c5855..2511a7155c 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-store-type.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-store-type.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export type FeatureLifecycleProjectItem = FeatureLifecycleStage & {
 export interface IFeatureLifecycleStore {
     insert(featureLifecycleStages: FeatureLifecycleStage[]): Promise<void>;
     get(feature: string): Promise<FeatureLifecycleView>;
-    getAll(): Promise<FeatureLifecycleProjectItem[]>;
     stageExists(stage: FeatureLifecycleStage): Promise<boolean>;
     delete(feature: string): Promise<void>;
     deleteAll(): Promise<void>;
diff --git a/src/lib/features/instance-stats/createInstanceStatsService.ts b/src/lib/features/instance-stats/createInstanceStatsService.ts
index ddbf0302ba..0d133e781e 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/instance-stats/createInstanceStatsService.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/instance-stats/createInstanceStatsService.ts
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ import FakeSettingStore from '../../../test/fixtures/fake-setting-store';
 import FakeSegmentStore from '../../../test/fixtures/fake-segment-store';
 import FakeStrategiesStore from '../../../test/fixtures/fake-strategies-store';
 import FakeFeatureStrategiesStore from '../feature-toggle/fakes/fake-feature-strategies-store';
-import {
-    createFakeFeatureLifecycleService,
-    createFeatureLifecycleService,
-} from '../feature-lifecycle/createFeatureLifecycle';
 
 export const createInstanceStatsService = (db: Db, config: IUnleashConfig) => {
     const { eventBus, getLogger, flagResolver } = config;
@@ -88,10 +84,6 @@ export const createInstanceStatsService = (db: Db, config: IUnleashConfig) => {
         getLogger,
         flagResolver,
     );
-    const { featureLifecycleService } = createFeatureLifecycleService(
-        db,
-        config,
-    );
     const instanceStatsServiceStores = {
         featureToggleStore,
         userStore,
@@ -133,7 +125,6 @@ export const createInstanceStatsService = (db: Db, config: IUnleashConfig) => {
         versionService,
         getActiveUsers,
         getProductionChanges,
-        featureLifecycleService,
     );
 
     return instanceStatsService;
@@ -156,8 +147,6 @@ export const createFakeInstanceStatsService = (config: IUnleashConfig) => {
     const apiTokenStore = new FakeApiTokenStore();
     const clientMetricsStoreV2 = new FakeClientMetricsStoreV2();
 
-    const { featureLifecycleService } =
-        createFakeFeatureLifecycleService(config);
     const instanceStatsServiceStores = {
         featureToggleStore,
         userStore,
@@ -194,7 +183,6 @@ export const createFakeInstanceStatsService = (config: IUnleashConfig) => {
         versionService,
         getActiveUsers,
         getProductionChanges,
-        featureLifecycleService,
     );
 
     return instanceStatsService;
diff --git a/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.test.ts b/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.test.ts
index 6b11afc68b..d3f423bec1 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import createStores from '../../../test/fixtures/store';
 import VersionService from '../../services/version-service';
 import { createFakeGetActiveUsers } from './getActiveUsers';
 import { createFakeGetProductionChanges } from './getProductionChanges';
-import { createFakeFeatureLifecycleService } from '../feature-lifecycle/createFeatureLifecycle';
 
 let instanceStatsService: InstanceStatsService;
 let versionService: VersionService;
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ beforeEach(() => {
         versionService,
         createFakeGetActiveUsers(),
         createFakeGetProductionChanges(),
-        createFakeFeatureLifecycleService(config).featureLifecycleService,
     );
 
     jest.spyOn(instanceStatsService, 'refreshAppCountSnapshot');
diff --git a/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.ts b/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.ts
index 23966fb480..3980eeb291 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/instance-stats/instance-stats-service.ts
@@ -22,14 +22,12 @@ import {
     FEATURES_EXPORTED,
     FEATURES_IMPORTED,
     type IApiTokenStore,
-    type IProjectLifecycleStageDuration,
     type IFlagResolver,
 } from '../../types';
 import { CUSTOM_ROOT_ROLE_TYPE } from '../../util';
 import type { GetActiveUsers } from './getActiveUsers';
 import type { ProjectModeCount } from '../project/project-store';
 import type { GetProductionChanges } from './getProductionChanges';
-import type { FeatureLifecycleService } from '../feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-service';
 
 export type TimeRange = 'allTime' | '30d' | '7d';
 
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ export interface InstanceStats {
         enabledCount: number;
         variantCount: number;
     };
-    featureLifeCycles: IProjectLifecycleStageDuration[];
 }
 
 export type InstanceStatsSigned = Omit<InstanceStats, 'projects'> & {
@@ -94,8 +91,6 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
 
     private eventStore: IEventStore;
 
-    private featureLifecycleService: FeatureLifecycleService;
-
     private apiTokenStore: IApiTokenStore;
 
     private versionService: VersionService;
@@ -154,7 +149,6 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
         versionService: VersionService,
         getActiveUsers: GetActiveUsers,
         getProductionChanges: GetProductionChanges,
-        featureLifecycleService: FeatureLifecycleService,
     ) {
         this.strategyStore = strategyStore;
         this.userStore = userStore;
@@ -169,7 +163,6 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
         this.settingStore = settingStore;
         this.eventStore = eventStore;
         this.clientInstanceStore = clientInstanceStore;
-        this.featureLifecycleService = featureLifecycleService;
         this.logger = getLogger('services/stats-service.js');
         this.getActiveUsers = getActiveUsers;
         this.getProductionChanges = getProductionChanges;
@@ -257,7 +250,6 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
             featureImports,
             productionChanges,
             previousDayMetricsBucketsCount,
-            featureLifeCycles,
         ] = await Promise.all([
             this.getToggleCount(),
             this.getArchivedToggleCount(),
@@ -281,7 +273,6 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
             this.eventStore.filteredCount({ type: FEATURES_IMPORTED }),
             this.getProductionChanges(),
             this.clientMetricsStore.countPreviousDayHourlyMetricsBuckets(),
-            this.getAllWithStageDuration(),
         ]);
 
         return {
@@ -314,7 +305,6 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
             featureImports,
             productionChanges,
             previousDayMetricsBucketsCount,
-            featureLifeCycles,
         };
     }
 
@@ -348,11 +338,4 @@ export class InstanceStatsService {
         );
         return { ...instanceStats, sum, projects: totalProjects };
     }
-
-    async getAllWithStageDuration(): Promise<IProjectLifecycleStageDuration[]> {
-        if (this.flagResolver.isEnabled('featureLifecycleMetrics')) {
-            return this.featureLifecycleService.getAllWithStageDuration();
-        }
-        return [];
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/metrics.test.ts b/src/lib/metrics.test.ts
index b8cb5b0a63..d897a3adef 100644
--- a/src/lib/metrics.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/metrics.test.ts
@@ -16,14 +16,19 @@ import { InstanceStatsService } from './features/instance-stats/instance-stats-s
 import VersionService from './services/version-service';
 import { createFakeGetActiveUsers } from './features/instance-stats/getActiveUsers';
 import { createFakeGetProductionChanges } from './features/instance-stats/getProductionChanges';
-import type { IEnvironmentStore, IUnleashStores } from './types';
+import type {
+    IEnvironmentStore,
+    IFeatureLifecycleReadModel,
+    IFeatureLifecycleStore,
+    IUnleashStores,
+} from './types';
 import FakeEnvironmentStore from './features/project-environments/fake-environment-store';
 import { SchedulerService } from './services';
 import noLogger from '../test/fixtures/no-logger';
-import { createFeatureLifecycleService } from './features';
-import dbInit, { type ITestDb } from '../test/e2e/helpers/database-init';
 import getLogger from '../test/fixtures/no-logger';
-import type { FeatureLifecycleStore } from './features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-store';
+import dbInit, { type ITestDb } from '../test/e2e/helpers/database-init';
+import { FeatureLifecycleStore } from './features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-store';
+import { FeatureLifecycleReadModel } from './features/feature-lifecycle/feature-lifecycle-read-model';
 
 const monitor = createMetricsMonitor();
 const eventBus = new EventEmitter();
@@ -33,7 +38,8 @@ let environmentStore: IEnvironmentStore;
 let statsService: InstanceStatsService;
 let stores: IUnleashStores;
 let schedulerService: SchedulerService;
-let featureLifeCycleStore: FeatureLifecycleStore;
+let featureLifeCycleStore: IFeatureLifecycleStore;
+let featureLifeCycleReadModel: IFeatureLifecycleReadModel;
 let db: ITestDb;
 
 beforeAll(async () => {
@@ -59,8 +65,13 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
     );
     db = await dbInit('metrics_test', getLogger);
 
-    const { featureLifecycleService, featureLifecycleStore } =
-        createFeatureLifecycleService(db.rawDatabase, config);
+    featureLifeCycleReadModel = new FeatureLifecycleReadModel(
+        db.rawDatabase,
+        config.flagResolver,
+    );
+    stores.featureLifecycleReadModel = featureLifeCycleReadModel;
+    featureLifeCycleStore = new FeatureLifecycleStore(db.rawDatabase);
+    stores.featureLifecycleStore = featureLifeCycleStore;
 
     statsService = new InstanceStatsService(
         stores,
@@ -68,9 +79,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
         versionService,
         createFakeGetActiveUsers(),
         createFakeGetProductionChanges(),
-        featureLifecycleService,
     );
-    featureLifeCycleStore = featureLifecycleStore;
 
     schedulerService = new SchedulerService(
         noLogger,
@@ -303,9 +312,13 @@ test('should collect metrics for lifecycle', async () => {
             stage: 'initial',
         },
     ]);
-    const { featureLifeCycles } = await statsService.getStats();
-    expect(featureLifeCycles).toHaveLength(1);
+    const stageCount = await featureLifeCycleReadModel.getStageCountByProject();
+    const stageDurations =
+        await featureLifeCycleReadModel.getAllWithStageDuration();
+    expect(stageCount).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(stageDurations).toHaveLength(1);
 
     const metrics = await prometheusRegister.metrics();
     expect(metrics).toMatch(/feature_lifecycle_stage_duration/);
+    expect(metrics).toMatch(/stage_count_by_project/);
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/metrics.ts b/src/lib/metrics.ts
index 0a7da71e4c..08d71debc3 100644
--- a/src/lib/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/lib/metrics.ts
@@ -306,12 +306,14 @@ export default class MetricsMonitor {
                     maxConstraintValuesResult,
                     maxConstraintsPerStrategyResult,
                     stageCountByProjectResult,
+                    stageDurationByProject,
                 ] = await Promise.all([
                     stores.featureStrategiesReadModel.getMaxFeatureStrategies(),
                     stores.featureStrategiesReadModel.getMaxFeatureEnvironmentStrategies(),
                     stores.featureStrategiesReadModel.getMaxConstraintValues(),
                     stores.featureStrategiesReadModel.getMaxConstraintsPerStrategy(),
                     stores.featureLifecycleReadModel.getStageCountByProject(),
+                    stores.featureLifecycleReadModel.getAllWithStageDuration(),
                 ]);
 
                 featureFlagsTotal.reset();
@@ -326,7 +328,7 @@ export default class MetricsMonitor {
                 serviceAccounts.reset();
                 serviceAccounts.set(stats.serviceAccounts);
 
-                stats.featureLifeCycles.forEach((stage) => {
+                stageDurationByProject.forEach((stage) => {
                     featureLifecycleStageDuration
                         .labels({
                             stage: stage.stage,
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/instance-admin.ts b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/instance-admin.ts
index 02d532667a..65e1b457b7 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/admin-api/instance-admin.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/admin-api/instance-admin.ts
@@ -125,13 +125,6 @@ class InstanceAdminController extends Controller {
                 variantCount: 100,
                 enabledCount: 200,
             },
-            featureLifeCycles: [
-                {
-                    project: 'default',
-                    stage: 'archived',
-                    duration: 2000,
-                },
-            ],
         };
     }