diff --git a/cmd/dequeuer/main.go b/cmd/dequeuer/main.go
index cb9e0a5685..85dad6086c 100644
--- a/cmd/dequeuer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dequeuer/main.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func main() {
 		userContainerPort int
 		apiName           string
 		jobID             string
-		statsdPort        int
+		statsdAddress     string
 		apiKind           string
 		adminPort         int
 	)
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&apiKind, "api-kind", "", fmt.Sprintf("api kind (%s|%s)", userconfig.BatchAPIKind.String(), userconfig.AsyncAPIKind.String()))
 	flag.StringVar(&apiName, "api-name", "", "api name")
 	flag.StringVar(&jobID, "job-id", "", "job ID")
+	flag.StringVar(&statsdAddress, "statsd-address", "", "address to push statsd metrics")
 	flag.IntVar(&userContainerPort, "user-port", 8080, "target port to which the dequeued messages will be sent to")
-	flag.IntVar(&statsdPort, "statsd-port", 9125, "port for to send udp statsd metrics")
 	flag.IntVar(&adminPort, "admin-port", 0, "port where the admin server (for the probes) will be exposed")
 
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ func main() {
 		version = consts.CortexVersion
 	}
 
-	hostIP := os.Getenv("HOST_IP")
-
 	log := logging.GetLogger()
 	defer func() {
 		_ = log.Sync()
@@ -158,7 +156,7 @@ func main() {
 			TargetURL: targetURL,
 		}
 
-		metricsClient, err := statsd.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", hostIP, statsdPort))
+		metricsClient, err := statsd.New(statsdAddress)
 		if err != nil {
 			exit(log, err, "unable to initialize metrics client")
 		}
diff --git a/manager/manifests/prometheus-statsd-exporter.yaml b/manager/manifests/prometheus-statsd-exporter.yaml
index eade7089cb..b96a700ea6 100644
--- a/manager/manifests/prometheus-statsd-exporter.yaml
+++ b/manager/manifests/prometheus-statsd-exporter.yaml
@@ -23,17 +23,13 @@ data:
       observer_type: histogram
 
 ---
-
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: DaemonSet
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: prometheus-statsd-exporter
   namespace: default
 spec:
-  updateStrategy:
-    type: RollingUpdate
-    rollingUpdate:
-      maxUnavailable: 1
+  replicas: 1
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       name: prometheus-statsd-exporter
@@ -62,7 +58,6 @@ spec:
               protocol: TCP
             - name: statsd-udp
               containerPort: 9125
-              hostPort: 9125
               protocol: UDP
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
@@ -86,16 +81,23 @@ spec:
             items:
               - key: statsd-mapping.yaml
                 path: statsd-mapping.yaml
-      nodeSelector:
-        workload: "true"
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
-      tolerations:
-        - key: aws.amazon.com/neuron
-          operator: Exists
-          effect: NoSchedule
-        - key: nvidia.com/gpu
-          operator: Exists
-          effect: NoSchedule
-        - key: workload
-          operator: Exists
-          effect: NoSchedule
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  namespace: default
+  name: prometheus-statsd-exporter
+  labels:
+    cortex.dev/name: prometheus-statsd-exporter
+spec:
+  selector:
+    name: prometheus-statsd-exporter
+  ports:
+    - port: 9125
+      name: statsd-udp
+      protocol: UDP
+    - port: 9102
+      name: metrics
+      protocol: TCP
diff --git a/pkg/consts/consts.go b/pkg/consts/consts.go
index 1d1471fe76..b1989fd093 100644
--- a/pkg/consts/consts.go
+++ b/pkg/consts/consts.go
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ var (
 	AdminPortName  = "admin"
 	AdminPortStr   = "15000"
 	AdminPortInt32 = int32(15000)
-
-	StatsDPortStr = "9125"
-
-	AuthHeader = "X-Cortex-Authorization"
+	AuthHeader     = "X-Cortex-Authorization"
 
 	DefaultInClusterConfigPath   = "/configs/cluster/cluster.yaml"
 	MaxBucketLifecycleRules      = 100
diff --git a/pkg/operator/resources/validations.go b/pkg/operator/resources/validations.go
index 3a01f3b7e8..ebbc5514f6 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/resources/validations.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/resources/validations.go
@@ -106,23 +106,21 @@ func ValidateClusterAPIs(apis []userconfig.API) error {
 CPU Reservations:
 
 FluentBit 100
-StatsDExporter 100
 NodeExporter 110 (it has two containers)
 KubeProxy 100
 AWS cni 10
 Reserved (150 + 150) see eks.yaml for details
 */
-var _cortexCPUReserve = kresource.MustParse("720m")
+var _cortexCPUReserve = kresource.MustParse("620m")
 
 /*
 Memory Reservations:
 
 FluentBit 150
-StatsDExporter 100
 NodeExporter 200 (it has two containers)
 Reserved (300 + 300 + 200) see eks.yaml for details
 */
-var _cortexMemReserve = kresource.MustParse("1250Mi")
+var _cortexMemReserve = kresource.MustParse("1150Mi")
 
 var _nvidiaCPUReserve = kresource.MustParse("100m")
 var _nvidiaMemReserve = kresource.MustParse("100Mi")
diff --git a/pkg/workloads/k8s.go b/pkg/workloads/k8s.go
index 6519d29012..172221efe5 100644
--- a/pkg/workloads/k8s.go
+++ b/pkg/workloads/k8s.go
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ const (
 	_clusterConfigDirVolume = "cluster-config"
 	_clusterConfigConfigMap = "cluster-config"
 	_clusterConfigDir       = "/configs/cluster"
+
+	_statsdAddress = "prometheus-statsd-exporter.default:9125"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -128,18 +130,11 @@ func asyncDequeuerProxyContainer(api spec.API, queueURL string) (kcore.Container
 			"--queue", queueURL,
 			"--api-kind", api.Kind.String(),
 			"--api-name", api.Name,
+			"--statsd-address", _statsdAddress,
 			"--user-port", s.Int32(*api.Pod.Port),
-			"--statsd-port", consts.StatsDPortStr,
 			"--admin-port", consts.AdminPortStr,
 		},
-		Env: append(baseEnvVars, kcore.EnvVar{
-			Name: "HOST_IP",
-			ValueFrom: &kcore.EnvVarSource{
-				FieldRef: &kcore.ObjectFieldSelector{
-					FieldPath: "status.hostIP",
-				},
-			},
-		}),
+		Env: baseEnvVars,
 		Ports: []kcore.ContainerPort{
 			{
 				Name:          consts.AdminPortName,
@@ -181,18 +176,11 @@ func batchDequeuerProxyContainer(api spec.API, jobID, queueURL string) (kcore.Co
 			"--api-kind", api.Kind.String(),
 			"--api-name", api.Name,
 			"--job-id", jobID,
+			"--statsd-address", _statsdAddress,
 			"--user-port", s.Int32(*api.Pod.Port),
-			"--statsd-port", consts.StatsDPortStr,
 			"--admin-port", consts.AdminPortStr,
 		},
-		Env: append(baseEnvVars, kcore.EnvVar{
-			Name: "HOST_IP",
-			ValueFrom: &kcore.EnvVarSource{
-				FieldRef: &kcore.ObjectFieldSelector{
-					FieldPath: "status.hostIP",
-				},
-			},
-		}),
+		Env: baseEnvVars,
 		ReadinessProbe: &kcore.Probe{
 			Handler: kcore.Handler{
 				HTTPGet: &kcore.HTTPGetAction{