diff --git a/specification/monitor/resource-manager/microsoft.insights/stable/2016-09-01/metrics_API.json b/specification/monitor/resource-manager/microsoft.insights/stable/2016-09-01/metrics_API.json
index 88d7c33ef9f3..061139f29e94 100644
--- a/specification/monitor/resource-manager/microsoft.insights/stable/2016-09-01/metrics_API.json
+++ b/specification/monitor/resource-manager/microsoft.insights/stable/2016-09-01/metrics_API.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         "description": "Lists the metric values for a resource.",
         "parameters": [
           {
-            "$ref": "#/parameters/ResourceUriParameter"            
+            "$ref": "./serviceDiagnosticsSettings_API.json#/parameters/ResourceUriParameter"
           },
           {
             "name": "$filter",
@@ -265,15 +265,6 @@
       "required": true,
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Client Api Version."
-    },
-    "ResourceUriParameter": {
-      "name": "resourceUri",
-      "in": "path",
-      "required": true,
-      "type": "string",
-      "description": "The identifier of the resource.",
-      "x-ms-parameter-location": "method",
-      "x-ms-skip-url-encoding": true
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/specification/monitor/resource-manager/microsoft.insights/stable/2016-09-01/serviceDiagnosticsSettings_API.json b/specification/monitor/resource-manager/microsoft.insights/stable/2016-09-01/serviceDiagnosticsSettings_API.json
index a5a55eb54865..4918d221fd0f 100644
--- a/specification/monitor/resource-manager/microsoft.insights/stable/2016-09-01/serviceDiagnosticsSettings_API.json
+++ b/specification/monitor/resource-manager/microsoft.insights/stable/2016-09-01/serviceDiagnosticsSettings_API.json
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@
       "required": true,
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The identifier of the resource.",
-      "x-ms-parameter-location": "method"
+      "x-ms-parameter-location": "method",
+      "x-ms-skip-url-encoding": true
     }
   }
 }