diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
index 17894c8be28..066488a0401 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if and ( .Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "monitoring.coreos.com/v1" ) .Values.controller.metrics.enabled .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled -}}
+{{- if and .Values.controller.metrics.enabled .Values.controller.metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata: