diff --git a/internal/controller/nimservice_controller.go b/internal/controller/nimservice_controller.go
index 9cbba34c..08a1c971 100644
--- a/internal/controller/nimservice_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/nimservice_controller.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-nim-operator/internal/render"
 	"github.com/NVIDIA/k8s-nim-operator/internal/shared"
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	monitoringv1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	autoscalingv2 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -186,6 +185,5 @@ func (r *NIMServiceReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 		Owns(&rbacv1.RoleBinding{}).
 		Owns(&networkingv1.Ingress{}).
 		Owns(&autoscalingv2.HorizontalPodAutoscaler{}).
-		Owns(&monitoringv1.ServiceMonitor{}).
 		Complete(r)
 }