diff --git a/deploy/prometheus/deploy.jsonnet b/deploy/prometheus/deploy.jsonnet
index 4ed8079..c281c94 100644
--- a/deploy/prometheus/deploy.jsonnet
+++ b/deploy/prometheus/deploy.jsonnet
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ local kp = (import 'kube-prometheus/main.libsonnet') + {
             },
           },
         },
-        // Enable self-scraping so Prometheus will automatically scrape its own /metrics endpoint
-        selfScrape: true,
         // Set a ServiceMonitor selector that matches the Prometheus service's labels
         serviceMonitorSelector: {
           matchLabels: {
diff --git a/deploy/prometheus/manifests/prometheus-prometheus.yaml b/deploy/prometheus/manifests/prometheus-prometheus.yaml
index 3575f03..919819b 100644
--- a/deploy/prometheus/manifests/prometheus-prometheus.yaml
+++ b/deploy/prometheus/manifests/prometheus-prometheus.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ spec:
     fsGroup: 2000
     runAsNonRoot: true
     runAsUser: 1000
-  selfScrape: true
   serviceAccountName: prometheus-k8s
   serviceMonitorNamespaceSelector: {}
   serviceMonitorSelector: