diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/host_metrics.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/host_metrics.cue
index ccf227eac7d2e0..21a66fa6811df0 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/host_metrics.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/base/host_metrics.cue
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ base: components: sources: host_metrics: configuration: {
 			"""
 		required: false
 		type: array: {
-			default: ["cpu", "disk", "filesystem", "load", "host", "memory", "network", "process",
-			"cgroups", "tcp"]
+			default: ["cpu", "disk", "filesystem", "load", "host", "memory", "network", "process", "cgroups"]
 			items: type: string: {
 				enum: {
 					cgroups: """
@@ -89,14 +88,8 @@ base: components: sources: host_metrics: configuration: {
 					memory:     "Metrics related to memory utilization."
 					network:    "Metrics related to network utilization."
 					process:    "Metrics related to Process utilization."
-					tcp: """
-						Metrics related to TCP connections.
-
-						Only available on Linux.
-						"""
 				}
-				examples: ["cgroups", "cpu", "disk", "filesystem", "load", "host", "memory",
-				"network", "tcp"]
+				examples: ["cgroups", "cpu", "disk", "filesystem", "load", "host", "memory", "network"]
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/host_metrics.cue b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/host_metrics.cue
index d2a0b0cf460ecc..37bc92ba19f0d2 100644
--- a/website/cue/reference/components/sources/host_metrics.cue
+++ b/website/cue/reference/components/sources/host_metrics.cue
@@ -171,21 +171,19 @@ components: sources: host_metrics: {
 		network_transmit_errs_total: _host & _network_gauge & {description: "The number of errors encountered during transmits on this interface."}
 		network_transmit_packets_drop_total: _host & _network_nomac & {description: "The number of packets dropped during transmits on this interface."}
 		network_transmit_packets_total: _host & _network_nomac & {description: "The number of packets transmitted on this interface."}
-
-		// Host tcp
-		tcp_connections_total: _host & _tcp_linux & _tcp_gauge & {description: "The number of TCP connections."}
-		tcp_tx_queued_bytes_total: _host & _tcp_linux & {
+		network_tcp_connections_total: _host & _network_linux & _network_tcp_state_gauge & {description: "The number of TCP connections."}
+		network_tcp_tx_queued_bytes_total: _host & _network_linux & {
 			description: "The number of bytes in the send queue across all connections."
 			type:        "gauge"
 			tags: _host_metrics_tags & {
-				collector: examples: ["tcp"]
+				collector: examples: ["network"]
 			}
 		}
-		tcp_rx_queued_bytes_total: _host & _tcp_linux & {
+		network_tcp_rx_queued_bytes_total: _host & _network_linux & {
 			description: "The number of bytes in the receive queue across all connections."
 			type:        "gauge"
 			tags: _host_metrics_tags & {
-				collector: examples: ["tcp"]
+				collector: examples: ["network"]
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -291,11 +289,11 @@ components: sources: host_metrics: {
 			}
 		}
 
-		_tcp_linux: {relevant_when: "OS is Linux"}
-		_tcp_gauge: {
+		_network_linux: {relevant_when: "OS is Linux"}
+		_network_tcp_state_gauge: {
 			type: "gauge"
 			tags: _host_metrics_tags & {
-				collector: examples: ["tcp"]
+				collector: examples: ["network"]
 				state: {
 					description: "The connection state."
 					required: true