diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 71881398a..0a7a3ab42 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/pkg/authn"
 	"github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/pkg/authz"
-	"github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/pkg/hardcodedauthorizer"
 	"github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/pkg/proxy"
 	rbac_proxy_tls "github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/pkg/tls"
 )
@@ -192,7 +191,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	sarClient := kubeClient.AuthorizationV1().SubjectAccessReviews()
 	sarAuthorizer, err := authz.NewSarAuthorizer(sarClient)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Fatalf("Failed to create sar authorizer: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -205,8 +203,6 @@ func main() {
 	authorizer := union.New(
 		// prefix the authorizer with the permissions for metrics scraping which are well known.
 		// openshift RBAC policy will always allow this user to read metrics.
-		// TODO: remove this, once CMO lands static authorizer configuration.
-		hardcodedauthorizer.NewHardCodedMetricsAuthorizer(),
 		staticAuthorizer,
 		sarAuthorizer,
 	)
@@ -416,14 +412,14 @@ func initKubeConfig(kcLocation string) *rest.Config {
 	if kcLocation != "" {
 		kubeConfig, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", kcLocation)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Fatalf("unable to build rest config based on provided path to kubeconfig file: %v", err)
+			klog.Fatalf("unable to build rest config based on provided path to kubeconfig file: %v",err)
 		}
 		return kubeConfig
 	}
 
 	kubeConfig, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatalf("cannot find Service Account in pod to build in-cluster rest config: %v", err)
+		klog.Fatalf("cannot find Service Account in pod to build in-cluster rest config: %v",err)
 	}
 
 	return kubeConfig
diff --git a/pkg/hardcodedauthorizer/metrics.go b/pkg/hardcodedauthorizer/metrics.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 67891c85f..000000000
--- a/pkg/hardcodedauthorizer/metrics.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 Frederic Branczyk All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-// this is copied from library-go to avoid a hard dependency
-package hardcodedauthorizer
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
-)
-
-type metricsAuthorizer struct{}
-
-// GetUser() user.Info - checked
-// GetVerb() string - checked
-// IsReadOnly() bool - na
-// GetNamespace() string - na
-// GetResource() string - na
-// GetSubresource() string - na
-// GetName() string - na
-// GetAPIGroup() string - na
-// GetAPIVersion() string - na
-// IsResourceRequest() bool - checked
-// GetPath() string - checked
-func (metricsAuthorizer) Authorize(ctx context.Context, a authorizer.Attributes) (authorized authorizer.Decision, reason string, err error) {
-	if a.GetUser() == nil {
-		return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
-	}
-	if a.GetUser().GetName() != "system:serviceaccount:openshift-monitoring:prometheus-k8s" {
-		return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
-	}
-	if !a.IsResourceRequest() &&
-		a.GetVerb() == "get" &&
-		a.GetPath() == "/metrics" {
-		return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "requesting metrics is allowed", nil
-	}
-
-	return authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion, "", nil
-}
-
-// NewHardCodedMetricsAuthorizer returns a hardcoded authorizer for checking metrics.
-func NewHardCodedMetricsAuthorizer() *metricsAuthorizer {
-	return new(metricsAuthorizer)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/hardcodedauthorizer/metrics_test.go b/pkg/hardcodedauthorizer/metrics_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a57eaf79f..000000000
--- a/pkg/hardcodedauthorizer/metrics_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2021 Frederic Branczyk All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package hardcodedauthorizer
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
-	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authorization/authorizer"
-)
-
-func TestAuthorizer(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name       string
-		authorizer authorizer.Authorizer
-
-		shouldPass      []authorizer.Attributes
-		shouldNoOpinion []authorizer.Attributes
-	}{
-		{
-			name:       "metrics",
-			authorizer: NewHardCodedMetricsAuthorizer(),
-			shouldPass: []authorizer.Attributes{
-				authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "system:serviceaccount:openshift-monitoring:prometheus-k8s"}, Verb: "get", Path: "/metrics"},
-			},
-			shouldNoOpinion: []authorizer.Attributes{
-				// wrong user
-				authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "other"}, Verb: "get", Path: "/metrics"},
-				// wrong verb
-				authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "system:serviceaccount:openshift-monitoring:prometheus-k8s"}, Verb: "update", Path: "/metrics"},
-
-				// wrong path
-				authorizer.AttributesRecord{User: &user.DefaultInfo{Name: "system:serviceaccount:openshift-monitoring:prometheus-k8s"}, Verb: "get", Path: "/api"},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			for _, attr := range tt.shouldPass {
-				if decision, _, _ := tt.authorizer.Authorize(context.Background(), attr); decision != authorizer.DecisionAllow {
-					t.Errorf("incorrectly restricted %v", attr)
-				}
-			}
-
-			for _, attr := range tt.shouldNoOpinion {
-				if decision, _, _ := tt.authorizer.Authorize(context.Background(), attr); decision != authorizer.DecisionNoOpinion {
-					t.Errorf("incorrectly opinionated %v", attr)
-				}
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}