diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
index 0cd727dddeabb48ef04abb414ef5401017579211..bd76f608a2659f17482f1c2b18b3ad636c6b9353 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
@@ -420,6 +420,11 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
                   regex: 'apiserver_admission_step_admission_latencies_seconds_.*',
                   action: 'drop',
                 },
+                {
+                  sourceLabels: ['__name__', 'le'],
+                  regex: 'apiserver_request_duration_seconds_bucket;(0.15|0.25|0.3|0.35|0.4|0.45|0.6|0.7|0.8|0.9|1.25|1.5|1.75|2.5|3|3.5|4.5|6|7|8|9|15|25|30|50)',
+                  action: 'drop',
+                },
               ],
             },
           ],
diff --git a/manifests/prometheus-serviceMonitorApiserver.yaml b/manifests/prometheus-serviceMonitorApiserver.yaml
index 8f481da44a21502dc19a5e0e30499c7cf6f6233a..500c0d3e74e49b21eed9c300e2dafc9f64e73d09 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus-serviceMonitorApiserver.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus-serviceMonitorApiserver.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ spec:
       regex: apiserver_admission_step_admission_latencies_seconds_.*
       sourceLabels:
       - __name__
+    - action: drop
+      regex: apiserver_request_duration_seconds_bucket;(0.15|0.25|0.3|0.35|0.4|0.45|0.6|0.7|0.8|0.9|1.25|1.5|1.75|2.5|3|3.5|4.5|6|7|8|9|15|25|30|50)
+      sourceLabels:
+      - __name__
+      - le
     port: https
     scheme: https
     tlsConfig: