diff --git a/client/bird_client.go b/client/bird_client.go
index 6eb66dd..496f148 100644
--- a/client/bird_client.go
+++ b/client/bird_client.go
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@ func (c *BirdClient) GetOSPFAreas(protocol *protocol.Protocol) ([]*protocol.Ospf
 	return parser.ParseOspf(b), nil
 }
 
-// GetBGPStates retrieves BGP state information from bird
-func (c *BirdClient) GetBGPStates(protocol *protocol.Protocol) (*protocol.BgpState, error) {
-	sock := c.socketFor(protocol.IPVersion)
-	b, err := birdsocket.Query(sock, fmt.Sprintf("show protocols all %s", protocol.Name))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return parser.ParseBgpState(b), nil
-}
-
 func (c *BirdClient) protocolsFromBird(ipVersions []string) ([]*protocol.Protocol, error) {
 	protocols := make([]*protocol.Protocol, 0)
 
diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index f7d357c..192b86f 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,4 @@ type Client interface {
 
 	// GetOSPFAreas retrieves OSPF specific information from bird
 	GetOSPFAreas(protocol *protocol.Protocol) ([]*protocol.OspfArea, error)
-
-	// GetBGPStates retrieves BGP state information from bird
-	GetBGPStates(protocol *protocol.Protocol) (*protocol.BgpState, error)
 }
diff --git a/metric_collector.go b/metric_collector.go
index cf744b4..30d3035 100644
--- a/metric_collector.go
+++ b/metric_collector.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func exportersForLegacy(c *client.BirdClient) map[protocol.Proto][]metrics.Metri
 	l := metrics.NewLegacyLabelStrategy()
 
 	return map[protocol.Proto][]metrics.MetricExporter{
-		protocol.BGP:    {metrics.NewLegacyMetricExporter("bgp4_session", "bgp6_session", l), metrics.NewBGPStateExporter("", c)},
+		protocol.BGP:    {metrics.NewLegacyMetricExporter("bgp4_session", "bgp6_session", l)},
 		protocol.Direct: {metrics.NewLegacyMetricExporter("direct4", "direct6", l)},
 		protocol.Kernel: {metrics.NewLegacyMetricExporter("kernel4", "kernel6", l)},
 		protocol.OSPF:   {metrics.NewLegacyMetricExporter("ospf", "ospfv3", l), metrics.NewOSPFExporter("", c)},
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func exportersForDefault(c *client.BirdClient, descriptionLabels bool) map[proto
 	e := metrics.NewGenericProtocolMetricExporter("bird_protocol", true, l)
 
 	return map[protocol.Proto][]metrics.MetricExporter{
-		protocol.BGP:    {e, metrics.NewBGPStateExporter("bird_", c)},
+		protocol.BGP:    {e},
 		protocol.Direct: {e},
 		protocol.Kernel: {e},
 		protocol.OSPF:   {e, metrics.NewOSPFExporter("bird_", c)},
diff --git a/metrics/bgp_state_exporter.go b/metrics/bgp_state_exporter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c41f25..0000000
--- a/metrics/bgp_state_exporter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package metrics
-
-import (
-	"github.com/czerwonk/bird_exporter/client"
-	"github.com/czerwonk/bird_exporter/protocol"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-type bgpStateMetricExporter struct {
-	prefix string
-	client client.Client
-}
-
-// NewBGPStateExporter creates a new MetricExporter for BGP metrics
-func NewBGPStateExporter(prefix string, client client.Client) MetricExporter {
-	return &bgpStateMetricExporter{prefix: prefix, client: client}
-}
-
-func (m *bgpStateMetricExporter) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
-}
-
-func (m *bgpStateMetricExporter) Export(p *protocol.Protocol, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, newFormat bool) {
-	labels := []string{"name", "proto", "state"}
-
-	bgpstateDesc := prometheus.NewDesc(m.prefix+"bgp_state_count", "Number of BGP connections at each state", labels, nil)
-	state, err := m.client.GetBGPStates(p)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorln(err)
-		return
-	}
-	if state != nil {
-		l := []string{state.Name, "BGP", state.State}
-		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(bgpstateDesc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(1), l...)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/parser/bgp_state.go b/parser/bgp_state.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dbf3c8..0000000
--- a/parser/bgp_state.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package parser
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/czerwonk/bird_exporter/protocol"
-)
-
-var (
-	bgpStateRegex *regexp.Regexp
-)
-
-type bgpStateContext struct {
-	line    string
-	current *protocol.BgpState
-}
-
-func init() {
-	bgpStateRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:1002\-)?([^\s]+)\s+(MRT|BGP|BFD|OSPF|RPKI|RIP|RAdv|Pipe|Perf|Direct|Babel|Device|Kernel|Static)\s+([^\s]+)\s+([^\s]+)\s+(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}|[^\s]+)\s+(Idle|Connect|Active|OpenSent|OpenConfirm|Established|Close)(?:\s+(.*?))?$`)
-}
-
-func ParseBgpState(data []byte) *protocol.BgpState {
-	reader := bytes.NewReader(data)
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
-
-	c := &bgpStateContext{
-		current: nil,
-	}
-
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		c.line = strings.TrimRight(scanner.Text(), " ")
-		if c.line == "" {
-			c.current = nil
-		}
-		m := bgpStateRegex.FindStringSubmatch(c.line)
-		if m != nil {
-			s := &protocol.BgpState{Name: m[1]}
-			c.current = s
-			c.current.State = m[6]
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	return c.current
-}
diff --git a/protocol/bgp_state.go b/protocol/bgp_state.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ca7005..0000000
--- a/protocol/bgp_state.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package protocol
-
-type BgpState struct {
-	Name  string
-	State string
-}