diff --git a/universal/include/userver/utils/statistics/rate_counter.hpp b/universal/include/userver/utils/statistics/rate_counter.hpp
index 701f66512eb4..f9297c80b26a 100644
--- a/universal/include/userver/utils/statistics/rate_counter.hpp
+++ b/universal/include/userver/utils/statistics/rate_counter.hpp
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ class RateCounter final {
         return *this;
     }
 
-    void Store(Rate desired, std::memory_order order = std::memory_order_relaxed) noexcept {
-        val_.store(desired.value, order);
+    void Store(Rate desired) noexcept {
+        val_.store(desired.value, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
 
     Rate Load() const noexcept { return Rate{val_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)}; }
 
-    void Add(Rate arg, std::memory_order order = std::memory_order_relaxed) noexcept {
-        val_.fetch_add(arg.value, order);
+    void Add(Rate arg) noexcept {
+        val_.fetch_add(arg.value, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
 
     void AddAsSingleProducer(Rate arg) noexcept {