diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3db7cba46c7..0ed4df38f23 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -118,13 +118,6 @@ var (
 
 // InitFlags initializes all command-line flags.
 func InitFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
-	fs.StringVar(
-		&metricsAddr,
-		"metrics-bind-addr",
-		"localhost:8080",
-		"The address the metric endpoint binds to.",
-	)
-
 	fs.BoolVar(
 		&enableLeaderElection,
 		"leader-elect",