diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
index 9a55c8502f..a0712699bb 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ function(params) {
               sourceLabels: ['__name__', 'container'],
               action: 'drop',
               regex: '(' + std.join('|',
-                                    [  // metrics are available at slice level
-                                      'container_fs_.*',
+                                    [
                                       'container_blkio_device_usage_total',
                                     ]) + ');.+',
             },
diff --git a/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml b/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
index cded85cfc2..a1295a3b6d 100644
--- a/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kubernetes-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ spec:
       - pod
       - namespace
     - action: drop
-      regex: (container_fs_.*|container_blkio_device_usage_total);.+
+      regex: (container_blkio_device_usage_total);.+
       sourceLabels:
       - __name__
       - container