diff --git a/assets/control-plane/minimal-service-monitor-kubelet.yaml b/assets/control-plane/minimal-service-monitor-kubelet.yaml
index 1bb52150c6..3fdbc9a2ea 100644
--- a/assets/control-plane/minimal-service-monitor-kubelet.yaml
+++ b/assets/control-plane/minimal-service-monitor-kubelet.yaml
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ spec:
       certFile: /etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.crt
       insecureSkipVerify: false
       keyFile: /etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.key
-  - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
-    interval: 30s
+  - interval: 30s
     metricRelabelings:
     - action: keep
       regex: (apiserver_audit_event_total|container_cpu_cfs_periods_total|container_cpu_cfs_throttled_periods_total|container_cpu_usage_seconds_total|container_fs_reads_bytes_total|container_fs_reads_total|container_fs_usage_bytes|container_fs_writes_bytes_total|container_fs_writes_total|container_memory_cache|container_memory_rss|container_memory_swap|container_memory_usage_bytes|container_memory_working_set_bytes|container_network_receive_bytes_total|container_network_receive_packets_dropped_total|container_network_receive_packets_total|container_network_transmit_bytes_total|container_network_transmit_packets_dropped_total|container_network_transmit_packets_total|container_spec_cpu_shares|kubelet_certificate_manager_client_expiration_renew_errors|kubelet_containers_per_pod_count_sum|kubelet_node_name|kubelet_pleg_relist_duration_seconds_bucket|kubelet_pod_worker_duration_seconds_bucket|kubelet_server_expiration_renew_errors|kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes|kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes|kubelet_volume_stats_inodes|kubelet_volume_stats_inodes_free|kubelet_volume_stats_inodes_used|kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes|machine_cpu_cores|machine_memory_bytes|process_start_time_seconds|rest_client_requests_total|storage_operation_duration_seconds_count)
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ spec:
     relabelings:
     - action: replace
       regex: (.+)(?::\d+)
-      replacement: $1:9637
+      replacement: $1:9537
       sourceLabels:
       - __address__
       targetLabel: __address__
@@ -103,13 +102,6 @@ spec:
     - action: replace
       replacement: crio
       targetLabel: job
-    scheme: https
-    tlsConfig:
-      caFile: /etc/prometheus/configmaps/serving-certs-ca-bundle/service-ca.crt
-      certFile: /etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.crt
-      insecureSkipVerify: false
-      keyFile: /etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.key
-      serverName: machine-config-daemon.openshift-machine-config-operator.svc
   jobLabel: k8s-app
   namespaceSelector:
     matchNames:
diff --git a/assets/control-plane/service-monitor-kubelet.yaml b/assets/control-plane/service-monitor-kubelet.yaml
index f5e6a74e9d..b8981b8469 100644
--- a/assets/control-plane/service-monitor-kubelet.yaml
+++ b/assets/control-plane/service-monitor-kubelet.yaml
@@ -129,13 +129,12 @@ spec:
       certFile: /etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.crt
       insecureSkipVerify: false
       keyFile: /etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.key
-  - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
-    interval: 30s
+  - interval: 30s
     port: https-metrics
     relabelings:
     - action: replace
       regex: (.+)(?::\d+)
-      replacement: $1:9637
+      replacement: $1:9537
       sourceLabels:
       - __address__
       targetLabel: __address__
@@ -147,13 +146,6 @@ spec:
     - action: replace
       replacement: crio
       targetLabel: job
-    scheme: https
-    tlsConfig:
-      caFile: /etc/prometheus/configmaps/serving-certs-ca-bundle/service-ca.crt
-      certFile: /etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.crt
-      insecureSkipVerify: false
-      keyFile: /etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.key
-      serverName: machine-config-daemon.openshift-machine-config-operator.svc
   jobLabel: k8s-app
   namespaceSelector:
     matchNames:
diff --git a/jsonnet/components/control-plane.libsonnet b/jsonnet/components/control-plane.libsonnet
index ce5751c5cd..05742077d0 100644
--- a/jsonnet/components/control-plane.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/components/control-plane.libsonnet
@@ -87,18 +87,13 @@ function(params)
           [{
             interval: '30s',
             port: 'https-metrics',
-            scheme: 'https',
-            tlsConfig+: {
-              serverName: 'machine-config-daemon.openshift-machine-config-operator.svc',
-              caFile: '/etc/prometheus/configmaps/serving-certs-ca-bundle/service-ca.crt',
-            },
             relabelings: [
               {
                 sourceLabels: ['__address__'],
                 action: 'replace',
                 targetLabel: '__address__',
                 regex: '(.+)(?::\\d+)',
-                replacement: '$1:9637',
+                replacement: '$1:9537',
               },
               {
                 sourceLabels: ['endpoint'],
diff --git a/jsonnet/utils/configure-authentication-for-monitors.libsonnet b/jsonnet/utils/configure-authentication-for-monitors.libsonnet
index 233947042b..ef1c564c7d 100644
--- a/jsonnet/utils/configure-authentication-for-monitors.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/utils/configure-authentication-for-monitors.libsonnet
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
         [if o.kind == 'ServiceMonitor' then 'endpoints' else 'podMetricsEndpoints']: [
           if std.objectHas(e, 'scheme') && e.scheme == 'https' then
             e {
-              bearerTokenFile: if (std.objectHas(e, 'relabelings') && std.isArray(e.relabelings) && std.filter(function(p) if std.objectHas(p, 'replacement') then std.length(std.findSubstr('9637', p.replacement)) > 0 else false, e.relabelings) != []) then '/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token' else '',
-            } +
-            {
+              bearerTokenFile: '',
               tlsConfig+: {
                             certFile: '/etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.crt',
                             keyFile: '/etc/prometheus/secrets/metrics-client-certs/tls.key',