diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-fluentd.yaml b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-fluentd.yaml
index 4680c5b7c2..605d4e8fce 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-fluentd.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-fluentd.yaml
@@ -34,17 +34,11 @@ data:
     # input plugin that collects metrics from MonitorAgent
     <source>
       @type prometheus_monitor
-      <labels>
-        host.name ${hostname}
-      </labels>
     </source>
 
     # input plugin that collects metrics for output plugin
     <source>
       @type prometheus_output_monitor
-      <labels>
-        host.name ${hostname}
-      </labels>
     </source>
 
   source.containers.conf: |-