diff --git a/tempo/config.yaml b/tempo/config.yaml
index 083f831..5eb2b21 100644
--- a/tempo/config.yaml
+++ b/tempo/config.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,5 @@ storage:
 
 overrides:
   defaults:
-    metrics_generator:
-      processors: [service-graphs, span-metrics] # enables metrics generator
     global:
       max_bytes_per_trace: 10000000