diff --git a/controllers/consoleplugin/consoleplugin_objects.go b/controllers/consoleplugin/consoleplugin_objects.go
index f89403b16..e8f89f3b4 100644
--- a/controllers/consoleplugin/consoleplugin_objects.go
+++ b/controllers/consoleplugin/consoleplugin_objects.go
@@ -410,9 +410,8 @@ func (b *builder) getPromConfig(ctx context.Context) cfg.PrometheusConfig {
 
 	config.TokenPath = b.volumes.AddToken(constants.PluginName)
 
-	allMetricNames := metrics.GetAllNames()
 	includeList := metrics.GetIncludeList(b.desired)
-	allMetrics := metrics.GetDefinitions(allMetricNames, nil)
+	allMetrics := metrics.GetDefinitions(b.desired, true)
 	for i := range allMetrics {
 		mSpec := allMetrics[i].Spec
 		enabled := slices.Contains(includeList, mSpec.MetricName)
diff --git a/pkg/dashboards/dashboard_test.go b/pkg/dashboards/dashboard_test.go
index f8280ef86..37dd1fcbd 100644
--- a/pkg/dashboards/dashboard_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dashboards/dashboard_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 
 	metricslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowmetrics/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/metrics"
+	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/test/util"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 func TestCreateFlowMetricsDashboard_All(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	defs := metrics.GetDefinitions(metrics.GetAllNames(), nil)
+	defs := metrics.GetDefinitions(util.SpecForMetrics(), true)
 	js := CreateFlowMetricsDashboards(defs)
 
 	d, err := FromBytes([]byte(js["Main"]))
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ func TestCreateFlowMetricsDashboard_All(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCreateFlowMetricsDashboard_OnlyNodeIngressBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	defs := metrics.GetDefinitions([]string{"node_ingress_bytes_total"}, nil)
+	defs := metrics.GetDefinitions(util.SpecForMetrics("node_ingress_bytes_total"), false)
 	js := CreateFlowMetricsDashboards(defs)
 
 	d, err := FromBytes([]byte(js["Main"]))
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ func TestCreateFlowMetricsDashboard_OnlyNodeIngressBytes(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCreateFlowMetricsDashboard_DefaultList(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	defs := metrics.GetDefinitions(metrics.DefaultIncludeList, nil)
+	defs := metrics.GetDefinitions(util.SpecForMetrics(), false)
 	js := CreateFlowMetricsDashboards(defs)
 
 	d, err := FromBytes([]byte(js["Main"]))
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/predefined_metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/predefined_metrics.go
index 168ed1502..ca3bd1a2b 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/predefined_metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/predefined_metrics.go
@@ -198,13 +198,13 @@ func GetAllNames() []string {
 	return names
 }
 
-func GetDefinitions(names []string, toRemove []string) []metricslatest.FlowMetric {
+func getUpdatedDefsFromNames(names []string, labelsToRemove []string) []metricslatest.FlowMetric {
 	ret := []metricslatest.FlowMetric{}
 	for i := range predefinedMetrics {
 		for _, name := range names {
 			if predefinedMetrics[i].MetricName == name {
 				spec := predefinedMetrics[i].FlowMetricSpec
-				spec.Labels = removeLabels(spec.Labels, toRemove)
+				spec.Labels = removeLabels(spec.Labels, labelsToRemove)
 				ret = append(ret, metricslatest.FlowMetric{Spec: spec})
 			}
 		}
@@ -258,15 +258,26 @@ func removeMetricsByPattern(list []string, search string) []string {
 	return filtered
 }
 
-func MergePredefined(fm []metricslatest.FlowMetric, fc *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) []metricslatest.FlowMetric {
-	names := GetIncludeList(fc)
-	var toRemove []string
+func GetDefinitions(fc *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec, allMetrics bool) []metricslatest.FlowMetric {
+	var names []string
+	if allMetrics {
+		names = GetAllNames()
+	} else {
+		names = GetIncludeList(fc)
+	}
+
+	var labelsToRemove []string
 	if !helper.IsZoneEnabled(&fc.Processor) {
-		toRemove = append(toRemove, "SrcK8S_Zone", "DstK8S_Zone")
+		labelsToRemove = append(labelsToRemove, "SrcK8S_Zone", "DstK8S_Zone")
 	}
 	if !helper.IsMultiClusterEnabled(&fc.Processor) {
-		toRemove = append(toRemove, "K8S_ClusterName")
+		labelsToRemove = append(labelsToRemove, "K8S_ClusterName")
 	}
-	predefined := GetDefinitions(names, toRemove)
+
+	return getUpdatedDefsFromNames(names, labelsToRemove)
+}
+
+func MergePredefined(fm []metricslatest.FlowMetric, fc *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec) []metricslatest.FlowMetric {
+	predefined := GetDefinitions(fc, false)
 	return append(predefined, fm...)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/predefined_metrics_test.go b/pkg/metrics/predefined_metrics_test.go
index b7944e3ee..649edfa1e 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/predefined_metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/predefined_metrics_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	flowslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowcollector/v1beta2"
+	"github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/pkg/test/util"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
 func TestIncludeExclude(t *testing.T) {
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ func TestIncludeExclude(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetDefinitions(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	res := GetDefinitions([]string{"namespace_flows_total", "node_ingress_bytes_total", "workload_egress_packets_total"}, nil)
+	res := GetDefinitions(util.SpecForMetrics("namespace_flows_total", "node_ingress_bytes_total", "workload_egress_packets_total"), false)
 	assert.Len(res, 3)
 	assert.Equal("node_ingress_bytes_total", res[0].Spec.MetricName)
 	assert.Equal("Bytes", res[0].Spec.ValueField)
@@ -59,7 +61,10 @@ func TestGetDefinitions(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGetDefinitionsRemoveZoneCluster(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
-	res := GetDefinitions([]string{"namespace_flows_total", "node_ingress_bytes_total", "workload_egress_packets_total"}, []string{"K8S_ClusterName", "SrcK8S_Zone", "DstK8S_Zone"})
+	spec := util.SpecForMetrics("namespace_flows_total", "node_ingress_bytes_total", "workload_egress_packets_total")
+	spec.Processor.AddZone = ptr.To(false)
+	spec.Processor.MultiClusterDeployment = ptr.To(false)
+	res := GetDefinitions(spec, false)
 	assert.Len(res, 3)
 	assert.Equal("node_ingress_bytes_total", res[0].Spec.MetricName)
 	assert.Equal("Bytes", res[0].Spec.ValueField)
diff --git a/pkg/test/util/utils.go b/pkg/test/util/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6af5d72e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/test/util/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	flowslatest "github.com/netobserv/network-observability-operator/apis/flowcollector/v1beta2"
+	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+)
+
+func SpecForMetrics(metrics ...string) *flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec {
+	fc := flowslatest.FlowCollectorSpec{
+		Agent: flowslatest.FlowCollectorAgent{
+			EBPF: flowslatest.FlowCollectorEBPF{
+				Privileged: true,
+				Features:   []flowslatest.AgentFeature{flowslatest.FlowRTT, flowslatest.DNSTracking, flowslatest.PacketDrop},
+			},
+		},
+		Processor: flowslatest.FlowCollectorFLP{
+			Metrics:                flowslatest.FLPMetrics{},
+			AddZone:                ptr.To(true),
+			MultiClusterDeployment: ptr.To(true),
+		},
+	}
+	if len(metrics) > 0 {
+		var conv []flowslatest.FLPMetric
+		for _, m := range metrics {
+			conv = append(conv, flowslatest.FLPMetric(m))
+		}
+		fc.Processor.Metrics.IncludeList = &conv
+	}
+	return &fc
+}