diff --git a/gen3/bin/kube-setup-gen3-user-data-library.sh b/gen3/bin/kube-setup-gen3-user-data-library.sh
index 130873ac3..affd79715 100644
--- a/gen3/bin/kube-setup-gen3-user-data-library.sh
+++ b/gen3/bin/kube-setup-gen3-user-data-library.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ setup_database() {
     local db_database=$(jq -r .db_database < "$secretsFolder/dbcreds.json")
     cat - > "$secretsFolder/gen3-user-data-library.env" <<EOM
 DB_CONNECTION_STRING=postgresql+asyncpg://$db_user:$db_password@$db_host/$db_database
-ENABLE_PROMETHEUS_METRICS=False
 EOM
     # make it easy for nginx to get the Authorization header ...
     echo -n "gateway:$password" | base64 > "$secretsFolder/base64Authz.txt"