diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
index c7fd3b419b5f3d9d3935dd18b25508864ccf0219..e17c6b2ed4f66ff952ebaca05029a6e259c2a96c 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/k8s-control-plane.libsonnet
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ function(params) {
               sourceLabels: ['__metrics_path__'],
               targetLabel: 'metrics_path',
             },
+          ],
+          metricRelabelings: [
             {
               sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
               regex: 'process_start_time_seconds',
diff --git a/manifests/kubernetesControlPlane-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml b/manifests/kubernetesControlPlane-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
index 4519632680d83e7cd5e23adbf6ec6b89389ac816..2d9851263326b72e1d330b8a78e9090cb6239d3e 100644
--- a/manifests/kubernetesControlPlane-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kubernetesControlPlane-serviceMonitorKubelet.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ spec:
   - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
     honorLabels: true
     interval: 5s
+    metricRelabelings:
+    - action: drop
+      regex: process_start_time_seconds
+      sourceLabels:
+      - __name__
     path: /metrics/slis
     port: https-metrics
     relabelings:
@@ -106,10 +111,6 @@ spec:
       sourceLabels:
       - __metrics_path__
       targetLabel: metrics_path
-    - action: drop
-      regex: process_start_time_seconds
-      sourceLabels:
-      - __name__
     scheme: https
     tlsConfig:
       insecureSkipVerify: true