diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
index 7814e8ec272ee09720f45d628028c906827e4b2d..c7812ac60c2fc7fa9f15835a71bf0ac9c50124ab 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
               scrapeTimeout: $._config.kubeStateMetrics.scrapeTimeout,
               honorLabels: true,
               bearerTokenFile: '/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token',
+              relabelings: [
+                {
+                  regex: '(pod|service|job|endpoint|namespace)',
+                  action: 'labeldrop',
+                },
+              ],
               tlsConfig: {
                 insecureSkipVerify: true,
               },
diff --git a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceMonitor.yaml b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceMonitor.yaml
index 2100449da24436a7361342a2186a6d0cb96736d2..b14ca7d536dc94263c4b8d473b697853d826f9ce 100644
--- a/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceMonitor.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kube-state-metrics-serviceMonitor.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ spec:
     honorLabels: true
     interval: 30s
     port: https-main
+    relabelings:
+    - action: labeldrop
+      regex: (pod|service|job|endpoint|namespace)
     scheme: https
     scrapeTimeout: 30s
     tlsConfig: