diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
index 89d55bcc8abe0b540b3bebb0c0498bb8dcd8fec8..9dd9b7cc2495e88e63afc47dd89aa43e057cedd3 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
       local coreRule = policyRule.new() +
                        policyRule.withApiGroups(['']) +
                        policyRule.withResources([
-                         'nodes',
                          'services',
                          'endpoints',
                          'pods',
diff --git a/jsonnetfile.lock.json b/jsonnetfile.lock.json
index 1ae4e5219151c3784a25db6ed6e7b017090300c6..46794798ca92593fa5dda5636c61a25517418790 100644
--- a/jsonnetfile.lock.json
+++ b/jsonnetfile.lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                     "subdir": "contrib/kube-prometheus/jsonnet/kube-prometheus"
                 }
             },
-            "version": "9c0d2e34fa0a8bc22049e50bae46f4bb87ec2045"
+            "version": "d5f758dc5d07b214cd5cdf639847ab0197f42f76"
         },
         {
             "name": "ksonnet",
diff --git a/manifests/prometheus-roleSpecificNamespaces.yaml b/manifests/prometheus-roleSpecificNamespaces.yaml
index b305774acb0327f0048282118132d635578cea2f..b920b886e3cfee0fe48648533df5206f277fe041 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus-roleSpecificNamespaces.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus-roleSpecificNamespaces.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ items:
   - apiGroups:
     - ""
     resources:
-    - nodes
     - services
     - endpoints
     - pods
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ items:
   - apiGroups:
     - ""
     resources:
-    - nodes
     - services
     - endpoints
     - pods
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ items:
   - apiGroups:
     - ""
     resources:
-    - nodes
     - services
     - endpoints
     - pods