diff --git a/docker/ceph/set-monitoring.sh b/docker/ceph/set-monitoring.sh
index 6399c8fc0c..3015f6bed5 100755
--- a/docker/ceph/set-monitoring.sh
+++ b/docker/ceph/set-monitoring.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,3 @@ set_prometheus_api_host() {
     done
 }
 set_prometheus_api_host &
-
-# Export metrics through prometheus exporter rather than ceph-exporter
-"$CEPH_BIN"/ceph config set mgr mgr/prometheus/exclude_perf_counters false