diff --git a/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config.go b/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config.go
index c1032e91d6..a4259218d1 100644
--- a/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config.go
+++ b/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config.go
@@ -318,15 +318,6 @@ func toYACEDiscoveryJob(rj DiscoveryJob) *yaceConf.Job {
 		// By setting RoundingPeriod to nil, the exporter will align the start and end times for retrieving CloudWatch
 		// metrics, with the smallest period in the retrieved batch.
 		RoundingPeriod: nil,
-		JobLevelMetricFields: yaceConf.JobLevelMetricFields{
-			// Set to zero job-wide scraping time settings. This should be configured at the metric level to make the data
-			// being fetched more explicit.
-			Period:                 0,
-			Length:                 0,
-			Delay:                  0,
-			NilToZero:              nilToZero,
-			AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &addCloudwatchTimestamp,
-		},
 		Metrics: toYACEMetrics(rj.Metrics, nilToZero),
 	}
 	return job
@@ -348,15 +339,6 @@ func toYACECustomNamespaceJob(cn CustomNamespaceJob) *yaceConf.CustomNamespace {
 		// metrics, with the smallest period in the retrieved batch.
 		RoundingPeriod:     nil,
 		RecentlyActiveOnly: cn.RecentlyActiveOnly,
-		JobLevelMetricFields: yaceConf.JobLevelMetricFields{
-			// Set to zero job-wide scraping time settings. This should be configured at the metric level to make the data
-			// being fetched more explicit.
-			Period:                 0,
-			Length:                 0,
-			Delay:                  0,
-			NilToZero:              nilToZero,
-			AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &addCloudwatchTimestamp,
-		},
 		Metrics: toYACEMetrics(cn.Metrics, nilToZero),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config_test.go b/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config_test.go
index c807b40dce..ed381d8775 100644
--- a/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config_test.go
@@ -308,13 +308,6 @@ func TestCloudwatchComponentConfig(t *testing.T) {
 							},
 						},
 						RoundingPeriod: nil,
-						JobLevelMetricFields: yaceModel.JobLevelMetricFields{
-							Period:                 0,
-							Length:                 0,
-							Delay:                  0,
-							AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &falsePtr,
-							NilToZero:              &defaultNilToZero,
-						},
 						ExportedTagsOnMetrics: []string{"name"},
 						DimensionsRegexps: []yaceModel.DimensionsRegexp{
 							{
@@ -343,13 +336,6 @@ func TestCloudwatchComponentConfig(t *testing.T) {
 							},
 						},
 						RoundingPeriod: nil,
-						JobLevelMetricFields: yaceModel.JobLevelMetricFields{
-							Period:                 0,
-							Length:                 0,
-							Delay:                  0,
-							AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &falsePtr,
-							NilToZero:              &defaultNilToZero,
-						},
 						ExportedTagsOnMetrics: []string{},
 						DimensionsRegexps: []yaceModel.DimensionsRegexp{
 							{
@@ -383,13 +369,6 @@ func TestCloudwatchComponentConfig(t *testing.T) {
 							},
 						},
 						RoundingPeriod: nil,
-						JobLevelMetricFields: yaceModel.JobLevelMetricFields{
-							Period:                 0,
-							Length:                 0,
-							Delay:                  0,
-							AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &falsePtr,
-							NilToZero:              &defaultNilToZero,
-						},
 						ExportedTagsOnMetrics: []string{},
 						DimensionsRegexps: []yaceModel.DimensionsRegexp{
 							{
@@ -435,13 +414,6 @@ func TestCloudwatchComponentConfig(t *testing.T) {
 							},
 						},
 						RoundingPeriod: nil,
-						JobLevelMetricFields: yaceModel.JobLevelMetricFields{
-							Period:                 0,
-							Length:                 0,
-							Delay:                  0,
-							AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &falsePtr,
-							NilToZero:              &defaultNilToZero,
-						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
@@ -546,13 +518,6 @@ func TestCloudwatchComponentConfig(t *testing.T) {
 							},
 						},
 						RoundingPeriod: nil,
-						JobLevelMetricFields: yaceModel.JobLevelMetricFields{
-							Period:                 0,
-							Length:                 0,
-							Delay:                  0,
-							AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &falsePtr,
-							NilToZero:              &falsePtr,
-						},
 						ExportedTagsOnMetrics: []string{"name"},
 						DimensionsRegexps: []yaceModel.DimensionsRegexp{
 							{
@@ -598,13 +563,6 @@ func TestCloudwatchComponentConfig(t *testing.T) {
 							},
 						},
 						RoundingPeriod: nil,
-						JobLevelMetricFields: yaceModel.JobLevelMetricFields{
-							Period:                 0,
-							Length:                 0,
-							Delay:                  0,
-							AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &falsePtr,
-							NilToZero:              &falsePtr,
-						},
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/config.go b/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/config.go
index 7756bc72b2..9dcd2fd154 100644
--- a/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/config.go
+++ b/internal/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/config.go
@@ -297,16 +297,6 @@ func toYACEDiscoveryJob(job *DiscoveryJob) *yaceConf.Job {
 		// By setting RoundingPeriod to nil, the exporter will align the start and end times for retrieving CloudWatch
 		// metrics, with the smallest period in the retrieved batch.
 		RoundingPeriod: nil,
-
-		JobLevelMetricFields: yaceConf.JobLevelMetricFields{
-			// Set to zero job-wide scraping time settings. This should be configured at the metric level to make the data
-			// being fetched more explicit.
-			Period:                 0,
-			Length:                 0,
-			Delay:                  0,
-			NilToZero:              nilToZero,
-			AddCloudwatchTimestamp: &addCloudwatchTimestamp,
-		},
 	}
 	return &yaceJob
 }