diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/Commands/MetaCommands.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/Commands/MetaCommands.cs
index 8b543af..1887507 100644
--- a/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/Commands/MetaCommands.cs
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Bot/Commands/MetaCommands.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class MetaCommands(
             await channelApi.EditMessageAsync(msg.ChannelID, msg.ID, content: "", embeds: embeds);
     }
 
-    // TODO: add more checks around response format
+    // TODO: add more checks around response format, configurable prometheus endpoint
     private async Task<double?> MessagesRate()
     {
         if (!config.Logging.EnableMetrics)
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ public class MetaCommands(
         try
         {
             var query = HttpUtility.UrlEncode("increase(catalogger_received_messages[5m])");
-            var prometheusUrl = config.Logging.PrometheusUrl ?? "http://localhost:9090";
-            var resp = await _client.GetAsync($"{prometheusUrl}/api/v1/query?query={query}");
+            var resp = await _client.GetAsync($"http://localhost:9090/api/v1/query?query={query}");
             resp.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
 
             var data = await resp.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<PrometheusResponse>();
diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/Config.cs b/Catalogger.Backend/Config.cs
index 831c439..612b91e 100644
--- a/Catalogger.Backend/Config.cs
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/Config.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ public class Config
         public bool EnableMetrics { get; init; } = true;
 
         public string? SeqLogUrl { get; init; }
-        public string? PrometheusUrl { get; init; }
     }
 
     public class DatabaseConfig
diff --git a/Catalogger.Backend/config.example.ini b/Catalogger.Backend/config.example.ini
index 3f12c79..9b74c55 100644
--- a/Catalogger.Backend/config.example.ini
+++ b/Catalogger.Backend/config.example.ini
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ LogQueries = false
 SeqLogUrl = http://localhost:5341
 # Whether to enable Prometheus metrics. If disabled, Catalogger will update metrics manually every so often.
 EnableMetrics = false
-# The URL for the Prometheus server. Used for message rate if metrics are enabled.
-# Defaults to http://localhost:9090, should be changed if Prometheus is on another server.
-PrometheusUrl = http://localhost:9090
 
 [Database]
 Url = Host=localhost;Database=postgres;Username=postgres;Password=postgres