diff --git a/pkg/shell-operator/bootstrap.go b/pkg/shell-operator/bootstrap.go
index 0ff6ea46..c6d456ec 100644
--- a/pkg/shell-operator/bootstrap.go
+++ b/pkg/shell-operator/bootstrap.go
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ func (op *ShellOperator) assembleShellOperator(hooksDir string, tempDir string,
 	op.RegisterDebugHookRoutes(debugServer)
 	op.RegisterDebugConfigRoutes(debugServer, runtimeConfig)
 
-	registerShellOperatorMetrics(op.MetricStorage)
-
 	// Create webhookManagers with dependencies.
 	op.setupHookManagers(hooksDir, tempDir)
 
diff --git a/pkg/shell-operator/metrics_operator.go b/pkg/shell-operator/metrics_operator.go
index 179ee14d..18e55c87 100644
--- a/pkg/shell-operator/metrics_operator.go
+++ b/pkg/shell-operator/metrics_operator.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ func (op *ShellOperator) setupMetricStorage(kubeEventsManagerLabels map[string]s
 	registerCommonMetrics(metricStorage)
 	registerTaskQueueMetrics(metricStorage)
 	registerKubeEventsManagerMetrics(metricStorage, kubeEventsManagerLabels)
-	registerHookMetrics(metricStorage)
 
 	op.APIServer.RegisterRoute(http.MethodGet, "/metrics", metricStorage.Handler().ServeHTTP)
 	// create new metric storage for hooks
@@ -22,18 +21,6 @@ func (op *ShellOperator) setupMetricStorage(kubeEventsManagerLabels map[string]s
 	op.MetricStorage = metricStorage
 }
 
-// registerShellOperatorMetrics register all metrics needed for the ShellOperator.
-func registerShellOperatorMetrics(metricStorage *metric_storage.MetricStorage) {
-	registerCommonMetrics(metricStorage)
-	registerTaskQueueMetrics(metricStorage)
-	registerKubeEventsManagerMetrics(metricStorage, map[string]string{
-		"hook":    "",
-		"binding": "",
-		"queue":   "",
-	})
-	registerHookMetrics(metricStorage)
-}
-
 // registerCommonMetrics register base metric
 // This function is used in the addon-operator
 func registerCommonMetrics(metricStorage *metric_storage.MetricStorage) {