diff --git a/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/prehook.go b/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/prehook.go
index 4956651ffd..4e30e951fa 100644
--- a/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/prehook.go
+++ b/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/prehook.go
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ var (
 		Name: "opentelemetry_allocator_targets_kept",
 		Help: "Number of targets kept after filtering.",
 	}, []string{"job_name"})
-	TargetsDropped = promauto.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-		Name: "opentelemetry_allocator_targets_dropped",
-		Help: "Number of targets dropped after filtering.",
-	}, []string{"job_name"})
 )
 
 type Hook interface {
diff --git a/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/relabel.go b/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/relabel.go
index bda9faaea1..54059773c6 100644
--- a/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/relabel.go
+++ b/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/relabel.go
@@ -49,16 +49,12 @@ func convertLabelToPromLabelSet(lbls model.LabelSet) []labels.Label {
 
 func (tf *RelabelConfigTargetFilter) Apply(targets map[string]*target.Item) map[string]*target.Item {
 	numTargets := len(targets)
-	var droppedTargetsPerJob, targetsPerJob map[string]float64
 
 	// need to wait until relabelCfg is set
 	if len(tf.relabelCfg) == 0 {
 		return targets
 	}
 
-	droppedTargetsPerJob = make(map[string]float64)
-	targetsPerJob = GetTargetsPerJob(targets)
-
 	// Note: jobNameKey != tItem.JobName (jobNameKey is hashed)
 	for jobNameKey, tItem := range targets {
 		keepTarget := true
@@ -74,16 +70,7 @@ func (tf *RelabelConfigTargetFilter) Apply(targets map[string]*target.Item) map[
 
 		if !keepTarget {
 			delete(targets, jobNameKey)
-			droppedTargetsPerJob[tItem.JobName] += 1
 		}
-
-	}
-
-	// add metrics for number of targets kept and dropped per job.
-	for jName, numTargets := range targetsPerJob {
-		numDropped := droppedTargetsPerJob[jName]
-		TargetsDropped.WithLabelValues(jName).Set(numDropped)
-		TargetsKept.WithLabelValues(jName).Set(numTargets-numDropped)
 	}
 
 	tf.log.V(2).Info("Filtering complete", "seen", numTargets, "kept", len(targets))
diff --git a/pkg/collector/reconcile/configmap_test.go b/pkg/collector/reconcile/configmap_test.go
index e6c2300f27..bdc13d79ca 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/reconcile/configmap_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/reconcile/configmap_test.go
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ config:
     - targets:
       - 0.0.0.0:8888
       - 0.0.0.0:9999
-filter_strategy: no-op
 label_selector:
   app.kubernetes.io/component: opentelemetry-collector
   app.kubernetes.io/instance: default.test
@@ -327,7 +326,6 @@ func TestExpectedConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		taConfig["config"] = parmConfig
 		taConfig["allocation_strategy"] = "least-weighted"
-		taConfig["filter_strategy"] = "no-op"
 		taConfigYAML, _ := yaml.Marshal(taConfig)
 
 		assert.Equal(t, string(taConfigYAML), actual.Data["targetallocator.yaml"])