diff --git a/config/rbac/exporter-role.yaml b/config/rbac/exporter-role.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cbdc41b91..0000000000
--- a/config/rbac/exporter-role.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-kind: ClusterRole
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: ocs-metrics-exporter
-rules:
-- apiGroups:
-  - ceph.rook.io
-  resources:
-  - cephobjectstores
-  - cephblockpools
-  - cephclusters
-  - cephrbdmirrors
-  verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - quota.openshift.io
-  resources:
-  - clusterresourcequotas
-  verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - objectbucket.io
-  resources:
-  - objectbuckets
-  - objectbucketclaims
-  verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - configmaps
-  - secrets
-  verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-- apiGroups:
-  - ""
-  resources:
-  - persistentvolumes
-  - persistentvolumeclaims
-  - pods
-  - nodes
-  verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - storage.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - storageclasses
-  verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - ocs.openshift.io
-  resources:
-  - storageconsumers
-  - storageclusters
-  verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
diff --git a/config/rbac/exporter-role_binding.yaml b/config/rbac/exporter-role_binding.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 34e4640ab9..0000000000
--- a/config/rbac/exporter-role_binding.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: ocs-metrics-exporter
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: ocs-metrics-exporter
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: ocs-metrics-exporter
-  namespace: openshift-storage
diff --git a/config/rbac/kustomization.yaml b/config/rbac/kustomization.yaml
index 96d44a2cbd..45decf8844 100644
--- a/config/rbac/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ resources:
 - role_binding.yaml
 - leader_election_role.yaml
 - leader_election_role_binding.yaml
-- exporter-role.yaml
-- exporter-role_binding.yaml
 # Comment the following 4 lines if you want to disable
 # the auth proxy (https://github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy)
 # which protects your /metrics endpoint.
diff --git a/deploy/csv-templates/ocs-operator.csv.yaml.in b/deploy/csv-templates/ocs-operator.csv.yaml.in
index 62ec92a56b..e7d8c3beba 100644
--- a/deploy/csv-templates/ocs-operator.csv.yaml.in
+++ b/deploy/csv-templates/ocs-operator.csv.yaml.in
@@ -156,71 +156,6 @@ spec:
   install:
     spec:
       clusterPermissions:
-      - rules:
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ceph.rook.io
-          resources:
-          - cephobjectstores
-          - cephblockpools
-          - cephclusters
-          - cephrbdmirrors
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - quota.openshift.io
-          resources:
-          - clusterresourcequotas
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - objectbucket.io
-          resources:
-          - objectbuckets
-          - objectbucketclaims
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ""
-          resources:
-          - configmaps
-          - secrets
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ""
-          resources:
-          - persistentvolumes
-          - persistentvolumeclaims
-          - pods
-          - nodes
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - storage.k8s.io
-          resources:
-          - storageclasses
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ocs.openshift.io
-          resources:
-          - storageconsumers
-          - storageclusters
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        serviceAccountName: ocs-metrics-exporter
       - rules:
         - apiGroups:
           - apiextensions.k8s.io
diff --git a/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index a997793373..26854ca6bd 100644
--- a/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/ocs-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -1876,71 +1876,6 @@ spec:
   install:
     spec:
       clusterPermissions:
-      - rules:
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ceph.rook.io
-          resources:
-          - cephobjectstores
-          - cephblockpools
-          - cephclusters
-          - cephrbdmirrors
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - quota.openshift.io
-          resources:
-          - clusterresourcequotas
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - objectbucket.io
-          resources:
-          - objectbuckets
-          - objectbucketclaims
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ""
-          resources:
-          - configmaps
-          - secrets
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ""
-          resources:
-          - persistentvolumes
-          - persistentvolumeclaims
-          - pods
-          - nodes
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - storage.k8s.io
-          resources:
-          - storageclasses
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        - apiGroups:
-          - ocs.openshift.io
-          resources:
-          - storageconsumers
-          - storageclusters
-          verbs:
-          - get
-          - list
-          - watch
-        serviceAccountName: ocs-metrics-exporter
       - rules:
         - apiGroups:
           - apiextensions.k8s.io
@@ -3043,14 +2978,6 @@ spec:
           verbs:
           - use
         serviceAccountName: rook-ceph-system
-      - rules:
-        - apiGroups:
-          - monitoring.coreos.com
-          resources:
-          - '*'
-          verbs:
-          - '*'
-        serviceAccountName: ocs-metrics-exporter
       deployments:
       - name: ocs-operator
         spec:
@@ -3076,6 +3003,8 @@ spec:
                   valueFrom:
                     fieldRef:
                       fieldPath: metadata.annotations['olm.targetNamespaces']
+                - name: OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE
+                  value: quay.io/ocs-dev/ocs-metrics-exporter:latest
                 - name: ROOK_CEPH_IMAGE
                   value: docker.io/rook/ceph:v1.12.0.545.geacc7e744
                 - name: CEPH_IMAGE
@@ -3267,53 +3196,6 @@ spec:
                 name: default-config-dir
               - emptyDir: {}
                 name: webhook-cert
-      - name: ocs-metrics-exporter
-        spec:
-          replicas: 1
-          selector:
-            matchLabels:
-              app.kubernetes.io/component: ocs-metrics-exporter
-              app.kubernetes.io/name: ocs-metrics-exporter
-          strategy: {}
-          template:
-            metadata:
-              labels:
-                app.kubernetes.io/component: ocs-metrics-exporter
-                app.kubernetes.io/name: ocs-metrics-exporter
-                app.kubernetes.io/version: 0.0.1
-            spec:
-              containers:
-              - args:
-                - --namespaces=$(WATCH_NAMESPACE)
-                command:
-                - /usr/local/bin/metrics-exporter
-                env:
-                - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
-                  valueFrom:
-                    fieldRef:
-                      fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-                image: quay.io/ocs-dev/ocs-metrics-exporter:latest
-                name: ocs-metrics-exporter
-                ports:
-                - containerPort: 8080
-                - containerPort: 8081
-                resources: {}
-                securityContext:
-                  privileged: false
-                  runAsNonRoot: true
-                volumeMounts:
-                - mountPath: /etc/ceph
-                  name: ceph-config
-              serviceAccountName: ocs-metrics-exporter
-              tolerations:
-              - effect: NoSchedule
-                key: node.ocs.openshift.io/storage
-                operator: Equal
-                value: "true"
-              volumes:
-              - configMap:
-                  name: ocs-metrics-exporter-ceph-conf
-                name: ceph-config
       permissions:
       - rules:
         - apiGroups:
diff --git a/hack/install-ocs.sh b/hack/install-ocs.sh
index de8b7daad1..335e38e8f3 100755
--- a/hack/install-ocs.sh
+++ b/hack/install-ocs.sh
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ fi
 "$OPERATOR_SDK" run bundle "$BUNDLE_FULL_IMAGE_NAME" --timeout=10m --security-context-config restricted -n "$INSTALL_NAMESPACE"
 
 oc wait --timeout=5m --for condition=Available -n "$INSTALL_NAMESPACE" deployment ocs-operator
-oc wait --timeout=5m --for condition=Available -n "$INSTALL_NAMESPACE" deployment ocs-metrics-exporter
 oc wait --timeout=5m --for condition=Available -n "$INSTALL_NAMESPACE" deployment rook-ceph-operator
diff --git a/hack/source-manifests.sh b/hack/source-manifests.sh
index 73fa2299bd..1236cde8e9 100755
--- a/hack/source-manifests.sh
+++ b/hack/source-manifests.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function gen_ocs_csv() {
 	pushd config/manager
 	$KUSTOMIZE edit set image ocs-dev/ocs-operator="$OCS_IMAGE"
 	popd
-	$KUSTOMIZE build config/manifests/ocs-operator | $OPERATOR_SDK generate bundle -q --overwrite=false --output-dir deploy/ocs-operator --kustomize-dir config/manifests/ocs-operator --package ocs-operator --version "$CSV_VERSION" --extra-service-accounts=ocs-metrics-exporter
+	$KUSTOMIZE build config/manifests/ocs-operator | $OPERATOR_SDK generate bundle -q --overwrite=false --output-dir deploy/ocs-operator --kustomize-dir config/manifests/ocs-operator --package ocs-operator --version "$CSV_VERSION"
 	mv deploy/ocs-operator/manifests/*clusterserviceversion.yaml $OCS_CSV
 	cp config/crd/bases/* $ocs_crds_outdir
 }
diff --git a/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go b/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
index 00736539b5..cc418fff1e 100644
--- a/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
+++ b/tools/csv-merger/csv-merger.go
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ import (
 	ocsversion "github.com/red-hat-storage/ocs-operator/v4/version"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	rbac "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	extv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )
 
@@ -134,6 +132,10 @@ func unmarshalCSV(filePath string) *csvv1.ClusterServiceVersion {
 	// inject custom ENV VARS.
 	if strings.Contains(csv.Name, "ocs") || strings.Contains(csv.Name, "ics") {
 		vars := []corev1.EnvVar{
+			{
+				Name:  "OCS_METRICS_EXPORTER_IMAGE",
+				Value: *ocsMetricsExporterImage,
+			},
 			{
 				Name:  "ROOK_CEPH_IMAGE",
 				Value: *rookContainerImage,
@@ -540,29 +542,12 @@ func generateUnifiedCSV() *csvv1.ClusterServiceVersion {
 
 	}
 
-	// Add metrics exporter deployment to CSV
-	metricExporterStrategySpec := csvv1.StrategyDeploymentSpec{
-		Name: "ocs-metrics-exporter",
-		Spec: getMetricsExporterDeployment(),
-	}
-	templateStrategySpec.DeploymentSpecs = append(templateStrategySpec.DeploymentSpecs, metricExporterStrategySpec)
-
 	// Add tolerations to deployments
 	for i := range templateStrategySpec.DeploymentSpecs {
 		d := &templateStrategySpec.DeploymentSpecs[i]
 		d.Spec.Template.Spec.Tolerations = ocsNodeToleration
 	}
 
-	templateStrategySpec.ClusterPermissions = append(templateStrategySpec.ClusterPermissions, csvv1.StrategyDeploymentPermissions{
-		ServiceAccountName: "ocs-metrics-exporter",
-		Rules: []rbac.PolicyRule{
-			{
-				APIGroups: []string{"monitoring.coreos.com"},
-				Resources: []string{"*"},
-				Verbs:     []string{"*"},
-			},
-		},
-	})
 	fmt.Println(templateStrategySpec.DeploymentSpecs)
 
 	// Set correct csv versions and name
@@ -921,82 +906,6 @@ func copyManifests() {
 	}
 }
 
-func getMetricsExporterDeployment() appsv1.DeploymentSpec {
-	replica := int32(1)
-	privileged := false
-	noRoot := true
-	deployment := appsv1.DeploymentSpec{
-		Replicas: &replica,
-		Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
-			MatchLabels: map[string]string{
-				"app.kubernetes.io/component": "ocs-metrics-exporter",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/name":      "ocs-metrics-exporter",
-			},
-		},
-		Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Labels: map[string]string{
-					"app.kubernetes.io/component": "ocs-metrics-exporter",
-					"app.kubernetes.io/name":      "ocs-metrics-exporter",
-					"app.kubernetes.io/version":   "0.0.1",
-				},
-			},
-			Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
-				Containers: []corev1.Container{
-					{
-						Name: "ocs-metrics-exporter",
-						SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
-							Privileged:   &privileged,
-							RunAsNonRoot: &noRoot,
-						},
-						VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{
-							{
-								Name:      "ceph-config",
-								MountPath: "/etc/ceph",
-							},
-						},
-						Image:   *ocsMetricsExporterImage,
-						Command: []string{"/usr/local/bin/metrics-exporter"},
-						Args:    []string{"--namespaces=$(WATCH_NAMESPACE)"},
-						Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
-							{
-								Name: "WATCH_NAMESPACE",
-								ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{
-									FieldRef: &corev1.ObjectFieldSelector{
-										FieldPath: "metadata.namespace",
-									},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-						Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
-							{
-								ContainerPort: 8080,
-							},
-							{
-								ContainerPort: 8081,
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				Volumes: []corev1.Volume{
-					{
-						Name: "ceph-config",
-						VolumeSource: corev1.VolumeSource{
-							ConfigMap: &corev1.ConfigMapVolumeSource{
-								LocalObjectReference: corev1.LocalObjectReference{
-									Name: "ocs-metrics-exporter-ceph-conf",
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				ServiceAccountName: "ocs-metrics-exporter",
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	return deployment
-}
-
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()