diff --git a/microservicesruntime/helm/README.md b/microservicesruntime/helm/README.md
index b22baf2..469d6e3 100644
--- a/microservicesruntime/helm/README.md
+++ b/microservicesruntime/helm/README.md
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ helm install wm-msr webmethods/microservicesruntime   \
 | serviceAccount.annotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to add to the service account |
 | serviceAccount.create | bool | `true` | Specifies whether a service account should be created |
 | serviceAccount.name | string | `""` | The name of the service account to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template |
-| serviceMonitor | bool | `false` | deploy service monitor for Prometheus, by default disabled as we use pod annotations for Prometheus |
 | startupProbe | object | `{"failureThreshold":60,"periodSeconds":30,"tcpSocket":{"port":"http"}}` | startup probe for container |
 | statefulSet | bool | `false` | StatefulSet or Deployment. You should only change this if you require Client Side queuing (CSQ) or functionality in IS which requires stable hostnames and filesystems. Default is false => Deployment. Keep in mind, you must disable CSQ on each webMethods messaging and JMS connection if you don't use stateful-sets. See examples in Process Engine deployment for disableing QSC. |
 | tolerations | list | `[]` |  |
diff --git a/microservicesruntime/helm/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/microservicesruntime/helm/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c4fd84..0000000
--- a/microservicesruntime/helm/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# /*
-#  * Copyright (c) 2023 Software AG, Darmstadt, Germany and/or its licensors
-#  *
-#  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#  *
-#  *   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.
-#  *
-#  */
-{{- if .Values.serviceMonitor -}}
-apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
-kind: ServiceMonitor
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "common.labels.standard" . | nindent 4 }}
-    {{- with .Values.extraLabels -}}
-    {{ toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-    {{- end }}
-spec:
-  endpoints:
-  - targetPort: {{ .Values.microservicesruntime.adminPort }} 
-    scheme: {{ .Values.microservicesruntime.adminPortScheme }}
-    tlsConfig:
-      insecureSkipVerify: true
-  namespaceSelector:
-    matchNames:
-    - {{ .Release.Namespace }}
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
-{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/microservicesruntime/helm/values.yaml b/microservicesruntime/helm/values.yaml
index fc7c5df..5f3fe90 100644
--- a/microservicesruntime/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/microservicesruntime/helm/values.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ replicaCount: 1
 # -- StatefulSet or Deployment. You should only change this if you require Client Side queuing (CSQ) or functionality in IS which requires stable hostnames and filesystems. Default is false => Deployment. Keep in mind, you must disable CSQ on each webMethods messaging and JMS connection if you don't use stateful-sets. See examples in Process Engine deployment for disableing QSC.
 statefulSet: false
 
-# -- deploy service monitor for Prometheus, by default disabled as we use pod annotations for Prometheus
-serviceMonitor: false
-
 image:
   # -- Pull this image. Default is MSR from [Software AG Container Registry](https://containers.softwareag.com)
   repository: "sagcr.azurecr.io/webmethods-microservicesruntime"