diff --git a/charts/README.md b/charts/README.md
index 372278c7695..86f574ca9b9 100644
--- a/charts/README.md
+++ b/charts/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the latest SMB CSI Driv
 | `controller.nodeSelector`                               | controller pod node selector                                                                               | `{}`                                                    |
 | `controller.tolerations`                                | controller pod tolerations                                                                                 | `[]`                                                    |
 | `node.maxUnavailable`                                   | `maxUnavailable` value of csi-smb-node daemonset                                                           | `1`                                                     |
-| `node.metricsPort`                                      | metrics port of csi-smb-node                                                                               | `29645`                                                 |
 | `node.livenessProbe.healthPort `                        | health check port for liveness probe                                                                       | `29643`                                                 |
 | `node.logLevel`                                         | node driver log level                                                                                      | `5`                                                     |
 | `node.affinity`                                         | node pod affinity                                                                                          | {}                                                      |
diff --git a/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb-v0.0.0.tgz b/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb-v0.0.0.tgz
index b223394c06c..9cfa23e6e79 100644
Binary files a/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb-v0.0.0.tgz and b/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb-v0.0.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/templates/csi-smb-node-windows.yaml b/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/templates/csi-smb-node-windows.yaml
index 3d55a7ff66e..d2dafacce19 100755
--- a/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/templates/csi-smb-node-windows.yaml
+++ b/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/templates/csi-smb-node-windows.yaml
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ spec:
             - "--drivername={{ .Values.driver.name }}"
             - --endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)
             - --nodeid=$(KUBE_NODE_NAME)
-            - "--metrics-address=0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.node.metricsPort }}"
             - "--enable-get-volume-stats={{ .Values.feature.enableGetVolumeStats }}"
             - "--remove-smb-mapping-during-unmount={{ .Values.windows.removeSMBMappingDuringUnmount }}"
           ports:
diff --git a/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/templates/csi-smb-node.yaml b/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/templates/csi-smb-node.yaml
index 9c874060b3b..fd966ac5abc 100755
--- a/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/templates/csi-smb-node.yaml
+++ b/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/templates/csi-smb-node.yaml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ spec:
             - "--drivername={{ .Values.driver.name }}"
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
             - "--nodeid=$(KUBE_NODE_NAME)"
-            - "--metrics-address=0.0.0.0:{{ .Values.node.metricsPort }}"
             - "--enable-get-volume-stats={{ .Values.feature.enableGetVolumeStats }}"
           ports:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.node.livenessProbe.healthPort }}
diff --git a/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/values.yaml b/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/values.yaml
index f5160dee446..2d9d6c978d7 100755
--- a/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/latest/csi-driver-smb/values.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ controller:
 
 node:
   maxUnavailable: 1
-  metricsPort: 29645
   logLevel: 5
   livenessProbe:
     healthPort: 29643
diff --git a/cmd/smbplugin/main.go b/cmd/smbplugin/main.go
index d12d7e8d092..38fd41a15e6 100644
--- a/cmd/smbplugin/main.go
+++ b/cmd/smbplugin/main.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var (
 	nodeID                        = flag.String("nodeid", "", "node id")
 	driverName                    = flag.String("drivername", smb.DefaultDriverName, "name of the driver")
 	ver                           = flag.Bool("ver", false, "Print the version and exit.")
-	metricsAddress                = flag.String("metrics-address", "0.0.0.0:29644", "export the metrics")
+	metricsAddress                = flag.String("metrics-address", "", "export the metrics")
 	kubeconfig                    = flag.String("kubeconfig", "", "Absolute path to the kubeconfig file. Required only when running out of cluster.")
 	enableGetVolumeStats          = flag.Bool("enable-get-volume-stats", true, "allow GET_VOLUME_STATS on agent node")
 	removeSMBMappingDuringUnmount = flag.Bool("remove-smb-mapping-during-unmount", true, "remove SMBMapping during unmount on Windows node")
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ func handle() {
 }
 
 func exportMetrics() {
+	if *metricsAddress == "" {
+		return
+	}
 	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", *metricsAddress)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Warningf("failed to get listener for metrics endpoint: %v", err)
diff --git a/deploy/csi-smb-node-windows.yaml b/deploy/csi-smb-node-windows.yaml
index fec7de83e2a..cf486448176 100644
--- a/deploy/csi-smb-node-windows.yaml
+++ b/deploy/csi-smb-node-windows.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ spec:
             - --v=5
             - --endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)
             - --nodeid=$(KUBE_NODE_NAME)
-            - "--metrics-address=0.0.0.0:29645"
             - "--remove-smb-mapping-during-unmount=true"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 29643
diff --git a/deploy/csi-smb-node.yaml b/deploy/csi-smb-node.yaml
index 12d0528762b..e5a1cd0108b 100644
--- a/deploy/csi-smb-node.yaml
+++ b/deploy/csi-smb-node.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ spec:
             - "--v=5"
             - "--endpoint=$(CSI_ENDPOINT)"
             - "--nodeid=$(KUBE_NODE_NAME)"
-            - "--metrics-address=0.0.0.0:29645"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 29643
               name: healthz