diff --git a/deploy/examples/monitoring/exporter-service-monitor.yaml b/deploy/examples/monitoring/exporter-service-monitor.yaml
index b24e0fc9f..e05012b6e 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/monitoring/exporter-service-monitor.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/monitoring/exporter-service-monitor.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ spec:
     matchLabels:
       app: rook-ceph-exporter
       rook_cluster: rook-ceph # namespace:cluster
-      ceph_daemon_id: exporter
   endpoints:
     - port: ceph-exporter-http-metrics
       path: /metrics