diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 5bcec0c60f..2323ce808d 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
   revision = "3a771d992973f24aa725d07868b467d1ddfceafb"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:83222dd265299f065a2ae969c7780b6c6a225c770975051955320a95b0526239"
+  digest = "1:10bbd98644cb90c574544ab5e63a52999a652e0d24f052c66f4c2637e5da4c27"
   name = "github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator"
   packages = ["pkg/client/monitoring/v1"]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "4a7fea51ab3f10329472c07028354617fb6635fe"
-  version = "v0.24.0"
+  revision = "82a6ad2071ff653e38b3b4719ecb789d73f3ab05"
+  version = "v0.25.0"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:0deddd908b6b4b768cfc272c16ee61e7088a60f7fe2f06c547bd3d8e1f8b8e77"
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@
   revision = "9fb12b3b21c5415d16ac18dc5cd42c1cfdd40c4e"
 
 [[projects]]
-  branch = "master"
   digest = "1:ce43ad4015e7cdad3f0e8f2c8339439dd4470859a828d2a6988b0f713699e94a"
   name = "github.com/go-logr/zapr"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
   revision = "7536572e8d55209135cd5e7ccf7fce43dca217ab"
+  version = "v0.1.0"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:c8052dcf3ec378a9a6bc4f00ecc10d6d5eb3cc1f8faaf6b2f70f047e8881d446"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
   revision = "ef5f0afec364d3b9396b7b77b43dbe26bf1f8004"
-  version = "v0.17.0"
+  version = "v0.17.2"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:1824e5330b35b2a2418d06aa55629cc59ad454b72e338aa125ba8ff98f16298b"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
   revision = "8483a886a90412cd6858df4ea3483dce9c8e35a3"
-  version = "v0.17.0"
+  version = "v0.17.2"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
@@ -106,15 +106,15 @@
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
   revision = "5899d5c5e619fda5fa86e14795a835f473ca284c"
-  version = "v0.17.0"
+  version = "v0.17.2"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:a51f75337287a485731485c646d701e237246f7c5d0e221dee18ca37b672538e"
+  digest = "1:01e8f4827a279f4764ab75410f7f416322e425e04238d20a242c5bc123c4a94c"
   name = "github.com/gobuffalo/envy"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "047ecc927cd0b7d27bab83eb948e120fb7d1ea68"
-  version = "v1.6.5"
+  revision = "e0b181c424e7ca1a36f6f2db4bdfd25ef3421e77"
+  version = "v1.6.7"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:6e73003ecd35f4487a5e88270d3ca0a81bc80dc88053ac7e4dcfec5fba30d918"
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:9854532d7b2fee9414d4fcd8d8bccd6b1c1e1663d8ec0337af63a19aaf4a778e"
+  digest = "1:aa2251148505e561bfa8cd6b69a319b37761da57b0b25529c4af08389559e3b9"
   name = "github.com/golang/groupcache"
   packages = ["lru"]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "6f2cf27854a4a29e3811b0371547be335d411b8b"
+  revision = "c65c006176ff7ff98bb916961c7abbc6b0afc0aa"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:3dd078fda7500c341bc26cfbc6c6a34614f295a2457149fc1045cab767cbcf18"
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@
   revision = "60711f1a8329503b04e1c88535f419d0bb440bff"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:3d8a9dd6693e55d63b28634d66d11d647cd0b65362dedc18d686db01aa5f8678"
+  digest = "1:68145053d55a0fa6b5f259eb70de75cb3914f6440472007e67c87894e1c06697"
   name = "github.com/markbates/inflect"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "28bf78dadb0f64748ff13a0b6547e4972a5cea64"
-  version = "v1.0.1"
+  revision = "24b83195037b3bc61fcda2d28b7b0518bce293b6"
+  version = "v1.0.4"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
   version = "v0.8.0"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:f3e56d302f80d760e718743f89f4e7eaae532d4218ba330e979bd051f78de141"
+  digest = "1:8b2082f564fe20dbb43a621ee0d57ae2777656ab14111d100d3d92d1b5b958b9"
   name = "github.com/prometheus/client_golang"
   packages = [
     "prometheus",
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@
     "prometheus/promhttp",
   ]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "1cafe34db7fdec6022e17e00e1c1ea501022f3e4"
-  version = "v0.9.0"
+  revision = "abad2d1bd44235a26707c172eab6bca5bf2dbad3"
+  version = "v0.9.1"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:d1b5970f2a453e7c4be08117fb683b5d096bad9d17f119a6e58d4c561ca205dd"
+  digest = "1:117e1e4f1ed83191a4a225d23488e14802ff8f91b3ed4ff0d229e8ea0faf0a88"
   name = "github.com/prometheus/common"
   packages = [
     "expfmt",
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
     "model",
   ]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "bcb74de08d37a417cb6789eec1d6c810040f0470"
+  revision = "7e9e6cabbd393fc208072eedef99188d0ce788b6"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
@@ -401,12 +401,12 @@
   version = "v1.0.0"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:5f48b818f16848d05cf74f4cbdd0cbe9e0dcddb3c459b4c510c6e2c8e1b4dff1"
+  digest = "1:9d57e200ef5ccc4217fe0a34287308bac652435e7c6513f6263e0493d2245c56"
   name = "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "ad15b42461921f1fb3529b058c6786c6a45d5162"
-  version = "v1.1.1"
+  revision = "bcd833dfe83d3cebad139e4a29ed79cb2318bf95"
+  version = "v1.2.0"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:d0431c2fd72e39ee43ea7742322abbc200c3e704c9102c5c3c2e2e667095b0ca"
@@ -468,15 +468,15 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:78f41d38365ccef743e54ed854a2faf73313ba0750c621116a8eeb0395590bd0"
+  digest = "1:a242f23ceb22423c0a2111d9488a2ab19a2e817111a4f3e2385f5f89a53e619f"
   name = "golang.org/x/crypto"
   packages = ["ssh/terminal"]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "0c41d7ab0a0ee717d4590a44bcb987dfd9e183eb"
+  revision = "e4dc69e5b2fd71dcaf8bd5d054eb936deb78d1fa"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:6543c75ddc1efc0041202dd49378ee2e5711b7cc82c2845c0437eef6276cc984"
+  digest = "1:33ff56b9cc51b337d3bf1f5b375c9928221f7cfa72e94773d48482d5437f6468"
   name = "golang.org/x/net"
   packages = [
     "context",
@@ -488,18 +488,18 @@
     "idna",
   ]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "04a2e542c03f1d053ab3e4d6e5abcd4b66e2be8e"
+  revision = "a544f70c90f196e50d198126db0c4cb2b562fec0"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:9bbe878c5cef3e193360515704d01ddb34c756e8cfd4abf7166f3f6a2059c553"
+  digest = "1:fe967eeaf65a031c524f4913123d7ce1b79a17376ca1210d1dc1af51a17aa7d6"
   name = "golang.org/x/sys"
   packages = [
     "unix",
     "windows",
   ]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "8f1d3d21f81be6e86ebcd6febee89c89bc50719f"
+  revision = "3a76605856fddce5718553cbb8bd50ca492a7274"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:5acd3512b047305d49e8763eef7ba423901e85d5dd2fd1e71778a0ea8de10bd4"
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:82ccb6c2d7281541440010c216e7e1eeab3f056f83e3d44911a69fca2e746443"
+  digest = "1:21bc3190fc22f88afc39585a9da370fed5a092e8970860c7ec09568d04e3ccd8"
   name = "golang.org/x/tools"
   packages = [
     "go/ast/astutil",
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
     "internal/gopathwalk",
   ]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "6adeb8aab2ded9eb693b831d5fd090c10a6ebdfa"
+  revision = "e21233ffa6c386fc230b4328493f77af54ff9372"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:75fb3fcfc73a8c723efde7777b40e8e8ff9babf30d8c56160d01beffea8a95a6"
@@ -741,18 +741,17 @@
   version = "kubernetes-1.11.2"
 
 [[projects]]
-  branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:27b5d6ad25d086dda2c482099d4b918a2c3e947f80e0671fa366732daf59afed"
+  digest = "1:a2f78b8fd86be41f2aa77404245aed4f4f410ac3aabc5f3bd9bd1fcc09076c53"
   name = "k8s.io/kube-openapi"
   packages = [
     "pkg/common",
     "pkg/util/proto",
   ]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "e494cc58111187acad93e64529228a2fc0153e39"
+  revision = "0cf8f7e6ed1d2e3d47d02e3b6e559369af24d803"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:6cad2468c5831529b860a01f09032f6ff38202bc4f76332ef7ad74a993e4aa5a"
+  digest = "1:9e859df288d941d0d740cc923766890a5a3b4d01f9161a26829ad945b17fe750"
   name = "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
   packages = [
     "pkg/cache",
@@ -782,8 +781,8 @@
     "pkg/webhook/types",
   ]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "53fc44b56078cd095b11bd44cfa0288ee4cf718f"
-  version = "v0.1.4"
+  revision = "5fd1e9e9fac5261e9ad9d47c375afc014fc31d21"
+  version = "v0.1.7"
 
 [solve-meta]
   analyzer-name = "dep"
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/constants.go b/pkg/k8sutil/constants.go
index d5b75cd39e..a3b740d15e 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sutil/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/constants.go
@@ -26,10 +26,4 @@ const (
 	// OperatorNameEnvVar is the constant for env variable OPERATOR_NAME
 	// wich is the name of the current operator
 	OperatorNameEnvVar = "OPERATOR_NAME"
-
-	// PrometheusMetricsPort defines the port which expose prometheus metrics
-	PrometheusMetricsPort = 60000
-
-	// PrometheusMetricsPortName define the port name used in kubernetes deployment and service
-	PrometheusMetricsPortName = "metrics"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil.go b/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
index 3e6570853a..2e2235f0da 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/k8sutil.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func GetOperatorName() (string, error) {
 }
 
 // InitOperatorService return the static service which expose operator metrics
-func InitOperatorService() (*v1.Service, error) {
+func InitOperatorService(port int32, portName string) (*v1.Service, error) {
 	operatorName, err := GetOperatorName()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ func InitOperatorService() (*v1.Service, error) {
 		Spec: v1.ServiceSpec{
 			Ports: []v1.ServicePort{
 				{
-					Port:     PrometheusMetricsPort,
+					Port:     port,
 					Protocol: v1.ProtocolTCP,
 					TargetPort: intstr.IntOrString{
 						Type:   intstr.String,
-						StrVal: PrometheusMetricsPortName,
+						StrVal: portName,
 					},
-					Name: PrometheusMetricsPortName,
+					Name: portName,
 				},
 			},
 			Selector: map[string]string{"name": operatorName},
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/constants.go b/pkg/metrics/constants.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09f84b3d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/metrics/constants.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics
+
+const (
+	// OperatorSDKPrometheusMetricsPortValue defines the port which expose prometheus metrics
+	OperatorSDKPrometheusMetricsPort = 60000
+
+	// OperatorSDKPrometheusMetricsPortName define the port name used in kubernetes deployment and service
+	OperatorSDKPrometheusMetricsPortName = "sdk-metrics"
+
+	// PrometheusMetricsPath
+	PrometheusMetricsPath = "/metrics"
+)
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7e5df1553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/k8sutil"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+)
+
+// Setup function registers go and process metrics, serves metrics and exposes Prometheus metrics port.
+// It also generates and returns a Kubernetes Service to expose the metrics port.
+func Setup() (*v1.Service, error) {
+	reg := NewPrometheusRegistery()
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	HandlerFuncs(mux, reg)
+	go func() {
+		err := http.ListenAndServe(":"+strconv.Itoa(OperatorSDKPrometheusMetricsPort), mux)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Serving metrics failed: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	service, err := k8sutil.InitOperatorService(int32(OperatorSDKPrometheusMetricsPort), OperatorSDKPrometheusMetricsPortName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize service object for operator metrics: %v", err)
+	}
+	return service, nil
+}
+
+// NewPrometheusRegistery returns a newly created prometheus registry.
+// It also registers go collector and process collector metrics.
+func NewPrometheusRegistery() *prometheus.Registry {
+	r := prometheus.NewRegistry()
+	r.MustRegister(
+		prometheus.NewGoCollector(),
+		prometheus.NewProcessCollector(prometheus.ProcessCollectorOpts{
+			PidFn:        func() (int, error) { return os.Getpid(), nil },
+			Namespace:    "",
+			ReportErrors: false,
+		}),
+	)
+	return r
+}
+
+// HandlerFuncs registers the handles the /healthz and /metrics, to be able to serve the prometheus registry.
+func HandlerFuncs(mux *http.ServeMux, reg *prometheus.Registry) {
+	mux.HandleFunc("/healthz", handlerHealthz)
+	mux.Handle(PrometheusMetricsPath, promhttp.HandlerFor(reg, promhttp.HandlerOpts{ErrorHandling: promhttp.ContinueOnError}))
+}
+
+func handlerHealthz(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	w.Write([]byte("ok"))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/service-monitor.go b/pkg/metrics/service-monitor.go
similarity index 98%
rename from pkg/sdk/service-monitor.go
rename to pkg/metrics/service-monitor.go
index 6c531ab5ab..860a0069d8 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/service-monitor.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/service-monitor.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package sdk
+package metrics
 
 import (
 	monitoringv1 "github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/pkg/client/monitoring/v1"
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/ansible/operator.go b/pkg/scaffold/ansible/operator.go
index c4031e7eb0..0b4cb4d10d 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/ansible/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/ansible/operator.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ spec:
           image: REPLACE_IMAGE
           ports:
           - containerPort: 60000
-            name: metrics
+            name: sdk-metrics
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/cmd.go b/pkg/scaffold/cmd.go
index 8410d16e3a..2957833fbc 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/cmd.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ func (s *Cmd) GetInput() (input.Input, error) {
 const cmdTmpl = `package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"runtime"
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ import (
 	"{{ .Repo }}/pkg/controller"
 
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/k8sutil"
+	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/metrics"
 	sdkVersion "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/version"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
@@ -91,6 +93,14 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	// Create metric service and start the metrics registry
+	s, err := metrics.Setup()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+	}
+	client := mgr.GetClient()
+	client.Create(context.TODO(), s)
+
 	log.Print("Starting the Cmd.")
 
 	// Start the Cmd
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/cmd_test.go b/pkg/scaffold/cmd_test.go
index 94e5d4f882..782130e35b 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/cmd_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/cmd_test.go
@@ -34,13 +34,16 @@ func TestCmd(t *testing.T) {
 const cmdExp = `package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/example-inc/app-operator/pkg/apis"
 	"github.com/example-inc/app-operator/pkg/controller"
+
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/k8sutil"
+	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/metrics"
 	sdkVersion "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/version"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
@@ -87,6 +90,14 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	// Create metric service and start the metrics registry
+	s, err := metrics.Setup()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+	}
+	client := mgr.GetClient()
+	client.Create(context.TODO(), s)
+
 	log.Print("Starting the Cmd.")
 
 	// Start the Cmd
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/controller_kind_test.go b/pkg/scaffold/controller_kind_test.go
index 020dd2ba4e..bcbb3c2cf6 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/controller_kind_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/controller_kind_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	appv1alpha1 "github.com/example-inc/app-operator/pkg/apis/app/v1alpha1"
+
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/gopkgtoml.go b/pkg/scaffold/gopkgtoml.go
index 108ec4e2d4..2845219ccd 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/gopkgtoml.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/gopkgtoml.go
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ required = [
   name = "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
   version = "v0.1.4"
 
+[[override]]
+  name = "github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator"
+  version = "0.24.0"
+
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk"
   # The version rule is used for a specific release and the master branch for in between releases.
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/gopkgtoml_test.go b/pkg/scaffold/gopkgtoml_test.go
index 42e2c97b13..7a8741d3e5 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/gopkgtoml_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/gopkgtoml_test.go
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ required = [
   name = "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
   version = "v0.1.4"
 
+[[override]]
+  name = "github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator"
+  version = "0.24.0"
+
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk"
   # The version rule is used for a specific release and the master branch for in between releases.
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/operator.go b/pkg/scaffold/operator.go
index f89eaf8d14..78280747b5 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/operator.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
           image: REPLACE_IMAGE
           ports:
           - containerPort: 60000
-            name: metrics
+            name: sdk-metrics
           command:
           - {{.ProjectName}}
           imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/pkg/scaffold/operator_test.go b/pkg/scaffold/operator_test.go
index 18cd1a99d1..7f6a6ff364 100644
--- a/pkg/scaffold/operator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scaffold/operator_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ spec:
           image: REPLACE_IMAGE
           ports:
           - containerPort: 60000
-            name: metrics
+            name: sdk-metrics
           command:
           - app-operator
           imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/sdk/internal/metrics/metrics.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dacdbfb18d..0000000000
--- a/pkg/sdk/internal/metrics/metrics.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package metrics
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-
-	prom "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-const (
-	eventTypesMetricName       = "operator_event_types_total"
-	reconcileResultsMetricName = "operator_reconcile_results_total"
-	// EventTypeLabel - metric label for event type
-	EventTypeLabel = "type"
-	// EventTypeAdd - addition event label
-	EventTypeAdd = "add"
-	// EventTypeDelete - deletion event label
-	EventTypeDelete = "delete"
-	// EventTypeUpdate - update event label
-	EventTypeUpdate = "update"
-	// ReconcileResultLabel - metric label for event result
-	ReconcileResultLabel = "result"
-	// ReconcileResultSuccess - successful event label
-	ReconcileResultSuccess = "success"
-	// ReconcileResultFailure - failed event label
-	ReconcileResultFailure = "failure"
-)
-
-var (
-	once sync.Once
-)
-
-// Collector - metric collector for all the metrics the sdk will watch
-type Collector struct {
-	EventType       *prom.CounterVec
-	ReconcileResult *prom.CounterVec
-}
-
-// New - create a new Collector
-func New() *Collector {
-	return &Collector{
-		EventType: prom.NewCounterVec(prom.CounterOpts{
-			Name: eventTypesMetricName,
-			Help: "events that the sdk has recieved, segmented by type(add or delete or update)",
-		}, []string{EventTypeLabel}),
-		ReconcileResult: prom.NewCounterVec(prom.CounterOpts{
-			Name: reconcileResultsMetricName,
-			Help: "reconcilation events that the sdk has processed segmented by result(success or failure)",
-		}, []string{ReconcileResultLabel}),
-	}
-}
-
-// RegisterCollector - add collector safely to prometheus
-func RegisterCollector(c *Collector) {
-	once.Do(func() {
-		err := prom.Register(c)
-		if err != nil {
-			logrus.Errorf("unable to register collector with prometheus: %v", err)
-		}
-	})
-}
-
-// Describe returns all the descriptions of the collector
-func (c *Collector) Describe(ch chan<- *prom.Desc) {
-	c.EventType.Describe(ch)
-	c.ReconcileResult.Describe(ch)
-
-}
-
-// Collect returns the current state of the metrics
-func (c *Collector) Collect(ch chan<- prom.Metric) {
-	c.EventType.Collect(ch)
-	c.ReconcileResult.Collect(ch)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/metrics.go b/pkg/sdk/metrics.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e603e9735..0000000000
--- a/pkg/sdk/metrics.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package sdk
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net/http"
-	"strconv"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/k8sutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
-)
-
-// ExposeMetricsPort generate a Kubernetes Service to expose metrics port
-func ExposeMetricsPort() *v1.Service {
-	http.Handle("/"+k8sutil.PrometheusMetricsPortName, promhttp.Handler())
-	go http.ListenAndServe(":"+strconv.Itoa(k8sutil.PrometheusMetricsPort), nil)
-
-	service, err := k8sutil.InitOperatorService()
-	if err != nil {
-		logrus.Errorf("failed to initialize service object for operator metrics: %v", err)
-		return nil
-	}
-	kubeconfig, err := config.GetConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	runtimeClient, err := client.New(kubeconfig, client.Options{})
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	err = runtimeClient.Create(context.TODO(), service)
-	if err != nil && !errors.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
-		logrus.Errorf("failed to create service for operator metrics: %v", err)
-		return nil
-	}
-	logrus.Infof("Metrics service %s created", service.Name)
-	return service
-}