diff --git a/ansible/app-configs/signoz/otel/otel-collector-config.yaml.j2 b/ansible/app-configs/signoz/otel/otel-collector-config.yaml.j2
index f8624776..f792d080 100644
--- a/ansible/app-configs/signoz/otel/otel-collector-config.yaml.j2
+++ b/ansible/app-configs/signoz/otel/otel-collector-config.yaml.j2
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ service:
   telemetry:
     logs:
       encoding: json
-    metrics:
-      address: 0.0.0.0:8888
   extensions:
     - health_check
     - pprof