diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..04faf1a265223c7549a5cc4e1a4c386e10c3180d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+[
+  // Drop all kubelet metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
+  {
+    sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
+    regex: 'kubelet_(pod_worker_latency_microseconds|pod_start_latency_microseconds|cgroup_manager_latency_microseconds|pod_worker_start_latency_microseconds|pleg_relist_latency_microseconds|pleg_relist_interval_microseconds|runtime_operations|runtime_operations_latency_microseconds|runtime_operations_errors|eviction_stats_age_microseconds|device_plugin_registration_count|device_plugin_alloc_latency_microseconds)',
+    action: 'drop',
+  },
+  // Drop all scheduler metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
+  {
+    sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
+    regex: 'scheduler_(e2e_scheduling_latency_microseconds|scheduling_algorithm_predicate_evaluation|scheduling_algorithm_priority_evaluation|scheduling_algorithm_preemption_evaluation|scheduling_algorithm_latency_microseconds|binding_latency_microseconds|scheduling_latency_seconds)',
+    action: 'drop',
+  },
+  // Drop all apiserver metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
+  {
+    sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
+    regex: 'apiserver_(request_count|request_latencies|request_latencies_summary|dropped_requests|storage_data_key_generation_latencies_microseconds|storage_transformation_failures_total|storage_transformation_latencies_microseconds|proxy_tunnel_sync_latency_secs)',
+    action: 'drop',
+  },
+  // Drop all docker metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
+  {
+    sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
+    regex: 'docker_(operations|operations_latency_microseconds|operations_errors|operations_timeout)',
+    action: 'drop',
+  },
+  // Drop all reflector metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
+  {
+    sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
+    regex: 'reflector_(items_per_list|items_per_watch|list_duration_seconds|lists_total|short_watches_total|watch_duration_seconds|watches_total)',
+    action: 'drop',
+  },
+  // Drop all etcd metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
+  {
+    sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
+    regex: 'etcd_(helper_cache_hit_count|helper_cache_miss_count|helper_cache_entry_count|request_cache_get_latencies_summary|request_cache_add_latencies_summary|request_latencies_summary)',
+    action: 'drop',
+  },
+  // Drop all transformation metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
+  {
+    sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
+    regex: 'transformation_(transformation_latencies_microseconds|failures_total)',
+    action: 'drop',
+  },
+  // Drop all other metrics which are deprecated in kubernetes.
+  {
+    sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
+    regex: 'network_plugin_operations_latency_microseconds|data_key_generation_latencies_microse|sync_proxy_rules_latency_microseconds|rest_client_request_latency_seconds',
+    action: 'drop',
+  },
+]
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
index 42f9191150b78bc05c5d504ce8745e5e1cd7346d..d3b9fccd5f26d696cd4b08f5b2ec33966f0bc869 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus/prometheus.libsonnet
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
       local resourceRequirements = container.mixin.resourcesType;
       local selector = statefulSet.mixin.spec.selectorType;
 
+
       local resources =
         resourceRequirements.new() +
         resourceRequirements.withRequests({ memory: '400Mi' });
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
               relabelings: [
                 {
                   sourceLabels: ['__metrics_path__'],
-                  targetLabel: 'metrics_path'
+                  targetLabel: 'metrics_path',
                 },
               ],
             },
@@ -304,10 +305,10 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
               relabelings: [
                 {
                   sourceLabels: ['__metrics_path__'],
-                  targetLabel: 'metrics_path'
+                  targetLabel: 'metrics_path',
                 },
               ],
-              metricRelabelings: [
+              metricRelabelings: (import 'kube-prometheus/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet') + [
                 // Drop a bunch of metrics which are disabled but still sent, see
                 // https://github.com/google/cadvisor/issues/1925.
                 {
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
             {
               port: 'http-metrics',
               interval: '30s',
-              metricRelabelings: [
+              metricRelabelings: (import 'kube-prometheus/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet') + [
                 {
                   sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
                   regex: 'etcd_(debugging|disk|request|server).*',
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.4/k.libsonnet';
                 serverName: 'kubernetes',
               },
               bearerTokenFile: '/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token',
-              metricRelabelings: [
+              metricRelabelings: (import 'kube-prometheus/dropping-deprecated-metrics-relabelings.libsonnet') + [
                 {
                   sourceLabels: ['__name__'],
                   regex: 'etcd_(debugging|disk|request|server).*',