diff --git a/bundle/manifests/observability-operator_monitoring.coreos.com_v1_servicemonitor.yaml b/bundle/manifests/observability-operator_monitoring.coreos.com_v1_servicemonitor.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a1dd5ca0..00000000
--- a/bundle/manifests/observability-operator_monitoring.coreos.com_v1_servicemonitor.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
-kind: ServiceMonitor
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: observability-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: observability-operator
-  name: observability-operator
-spec:
-  endpoints:
-  - port: metrics
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/component: operator
-      app.kubernetes.io/name: observability-operator
diff --git a/deploy/operator/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/operator/kustomization.yaml
index 09b4b968..0e7fdbcd 100644
--- a/deploy/operator/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deploy/operator/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ resources:
 - observability-operator-cluster-role.yaml
 - observability-operator-cluster-role-binding.yaml
 - observability-operator-service.yaml
-- observability-operator-service-monitor.yaml
 
 images:
 - name: observability-operator
diff --git a/deploy/operator/observability-operator-service-monitor.yaml b/deploy/operator/observability-operator-service-monitor.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef038ac0..00000000
--- a/deploy/operator/observability-operator-service-monitor.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
----
-# NOTE: For PrometheusRule ObO uses platform monitoring in OpenShift
-# instead of the forked PO's CRDs. As the ObO bundle ships the forked PO's CRD,
-# these won't be available at the time OLM installs the bundle
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
-kind: ServiceMonitor
-metadata:
-  name: observability-operator
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: observability-operator
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: observability-operator
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/name: observability-operator
-      app.kubernetes.io/component: operator
-  endpoints:
-  - port: metrics