diff --git a/examples/enable-network-explorer/rendered_manifests/network-explorer/kernel-collector-daemonset.yaml b/examples/enable-network-explorer/rendered_manifests/network-explorer/kernel-collector-daemonset.yaml
index be4cf0a8dc..48700caafd 100644
--- a/examples/enable-network-explorer/rendered_manifests/network-explorer/kernel-collector-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/examples/enable-network-explorer/rendered_manifests/network-explorer/kernel-collector-daemonset.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ spec:
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           args:
             - --config-file=/etc/network-explorer/config.yaml
-            - --force-docker-metadata
             - --disable-nomad-metadata
             - --warning
           # TODO: liveness probe
@@ -69,9 +68,6 @@ spec:
           - mountPath: /etc/network-explorer
             name: default-splunk-otel-collector-config
             readOnly: true
-          - mountPath: /var/run/docker.sock
-            name: docker-sock
-            readOnly: false
       dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       hostNetwork: true
       hostPID: true
@@ -93,10 +89,6 @@ spec:
         hostPath:
           path: /var/cache
           type: DirectoryOrCreate
-      - name: docker-sock
-        hostPath:
-          path: /var/run/docker.sock
-          type: Socket
       tolerations:
         - effect: NoExecute
           operator: Exists
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
index 89f4bc0b8a..235eb2622e 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
@@ -1126,8 +1126,8 @@ networkExplorer:
     # uncomment the line below to disable automatic kernel headers fetching
     # fetchKernelHeaders: false
 
-    # assumes docker is being used for kubernetes containers
-    useDockerMetadata: true
+    # uncomment to enable enrichment using Docker metadata
+    # useDockerMetadata: true
 
     # uncomment to enable enrichment using Nomad metadata (https://www.nomadproject.io/)
     # collectNomadMetadata: true