diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e32b53ee48..987d101e35 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-test/deep v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.4-0.20181002190808-e7a84e9525fe // indirect
+	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.4-0.20181002190808-e7a84e9525fe
 	github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190726142602-4481cbc300e2 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible // indirect
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/scaleway/scaleway-sdk-go v1.0.0-beta.21 // indirect
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.1 // indirect
-	github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf v0.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf v0.0.3
 	github.com/signalfx/defaults v1.2.2-0.20180531161417-70562fe60657 // indirect
 	github.com/signalfx/gohistogram v0.0.0-20160107210732-1ccfd2ff5083 // indirect
 	github.com/signalfx/ingest-protocols v0.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics.go b/internal/configconverter/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92dc93656b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+// Copyright  Splunk, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package configconverter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+
+	sfxpb "github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf/model"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap"
+
+	"github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/internal/configconverter/dpfilters"
+)
+
+// Metrics deprecated by kubeletstats receiver that need to be disabled if not explicitly included in signalfx exporter.
+const (
+	k8sNodeCPUUtilization   = "k8s.node.cpu.utilization"
+	k8sPodCPUUtilization    = "k8s.pod.cpu.utilization"
+	containerCPUUtilization = "container.cpu.utilization"
+)
+
+// signalfxExporterConfig is the configuration for the signalfx exporter that contains the metrics filters.
+type signalfxExporterConfig struct {
+	ExcludeMetrics []dpfilters.MetricFilter `mapstructure:"exclude_metrics"`
+	IncludeMetrics []dpfilters.MetricFilter `mapstructure:"include_metrics"`
+}
+
+// DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics is a MapConverter that disables the following deprecated metrics:
+// - `k8s.node.cpu.utilization`
+// - `k8s.pod.cpu.utilization`
+// - `container.cpu.utilization`
+// The converter disables the metrics at the receiver level to avoid showing users a warning message because
+// they are excluded in signalfx exporter by default.
+// We don't disable them in case if users explicitly include them in signalfx exporter.
+type DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics struct{}
+
+func (DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics) Convert(_ context.Context, cfgMap *confmap.Conf) error {
+	if cfgMap == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics on nil *confmap.Conf")
+	}
+
+	receivers, err := cfgMap.Sub("receivers")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil // Ignore invalid config. Rely on the config validation to catch this.
+	}
+	kubeletReceiverConfigs := map[string]map[string]any{}
+	for receiverName, receiverCfg := range receivers.ToStringMap() {
+		if regexp.MustCompile(`kubeletstats(/\w+)?`).MatchString(receiverName) {
+			if v, ok := receiverCfg.(map[string]any); ok {
+				kubeletReceiverConfigs[receiverName] = v
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	exporters, err := cfgMap.Sub("exporters")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil // Ignore invalid config. Rely on the config validation to catch this.
+	}
+	sfxExporterConfigs := map[string]map[string]any{}
+	for exporterName, exporterCfg := range exporters.ToStringMap() {
+		if regexp.MustCompile(`signalfx(/\w+)?`).MatchString(exporterName) {
+			if v, ok := exporterCfg.(map[string]any); ok {
+				sfxExporterConfigs[exporterName] = v
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If there is no signalfx exporter or kubeletstats receiver, there is nothing to do.
+	if len(kubeletReceiverConfigs) == 0 || len(sfxExporterConfigs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	disableMetrics := map[string]bool{
+		k8sNodeCPUUtilization:   true,
+		k8sPodCPUUtilization:    true,
+		containerCPUUtilization: true,
+	}
+
+	// Check if the metrics are explicitly included in signalfx exporter.
+	// If they are not included, we will disable them in kubeletstats receiver.
+	for _, cm := range sfxExporterConfigs {
+		cfg := signalfxExporterConfig{}
+		err = confmap.NewFromStringMap(cm).Unmarshal(&cfg, confmap.WithIgnoreUnused())
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil // Ignore invalid config. Rely on the config validation to catch this.
+		}
+		if len(cfg.ExcludeMetrics) == 0 {
+			// Apply default excluded metrics if not explicitly set.
+			// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/f2d8efe507083b0f38b6567f8dba3f37053bfa86/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/default_metrics.go#L133
+			cfg.ExcludeMetrics = []dpfilters.MetricFilter{
+				{MetricNames: []string{"/^(?i:(container)|(k8s\\.node)|(k8s\\.pod))\\.cpu\\.utilization$/"}},
+			}
+		}
+
+		var filter *dpfilters.FilterSet
+		filter, err = dpfilters.NewFilterSet(cfg.ExcludeMetrics, cfg.IncludeMetrics)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil // Ignore invalid config. Rely on the config validation to catch this.
+		}
+		for metricName := range disableMetrics {
+			if !filter.Matches(&sfxpb.DataPoint{Metric: metricName}) {
+				disableMetrics[metricName] = false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Disable the metrics in kubeletstats receiver.
+	for receiverName, cfg := range kubeletReceiverConfigs {
+		metricsCfg := map[string]any{}
+		if cfg["metrics"] != nil {
+			if v, ok := cfg["metrics"].(map[string]any); ok {
+				metricsCfg = v
+			}
+		}
+		if _, ok := metricsCfg[k8sNodeCPUUtilization]; !ok && disableMetrics[k8sNodeCPUUtilization] {
+			metricsCfg[k8sNodeCPUUtilization] = map[string]any{"enabled": false}
+		}
+		if _, ok := metricsCfg[k8sPodCPUUtilization]; !ok && disableMetrics[k8sPodCPUUtilization] {
+			metricsCfg[k8sPodCPUUtilization] = map[string]any{"enabled": false}
+		}
+		if _, ok := metricsCfg[containerCPUUtilization]; !ok && disableMetrics[containerCPUUtilization] {
+			metricsCfg[containerCPUUtilization] = map[string]any{"enabled": false}
+		}
+		metricsCfgKey := fmt.Sprintf("receivers::%s::metrics", receiverName)
+		if len(metricsCfg) > 0 {
+			if err = cfgMap.Merge(confmap.NewFromStringMap(map[string]any{metricsCfgKey: metricsCfg})); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics_test.go b/internal/configconverter/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f33e19c50b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Copyright  Splunk, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package configconverter
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
+)
+
+func TestDisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		input      string
+		wantOutput string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "no_kubeletstats_receiver",
+			input:      "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_kubeletstats_receiver.yaml",
+			wantOutput: "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_kubeletstats_receiver.yaml",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "no_signalfx_exporter",
+			input:      "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_signalfx_exporter.yaml",
+			wantOutput: "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_signalfx_exporter.yaml",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "disable_all_metrics",
+			input:      "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/disable_all_metrics_input.yaml",
+			wantOutput: "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/disable_all_metrics_output.yaml",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "do_not_change_enabled_metrics",
+			input:      "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/do_not_change_enabled_metrics_input.yaml",
+			wantOutput: "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/do_not_change_enabled_metrics_output.yaml",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "all_metrics_included_in_signalfx_exporter",
+			input:      "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/all_metrics_included_in_signalfx_exporter.yaml",
+			wantOutput: "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/all_metrics_included_in_signalfx_exporter.yaml",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter",
+			input:      "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter_input.yaml",
+			wantOutput: "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter_output.yaml",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter",
+			input:      "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter_input.yaml",
+			wantOutput: "testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter_output.yaml",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			expectedCfgMap, err := confmaptest.LoadConf(tt.wantOutput)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NotNil(t, expectedCfgMap)
+
+			cfgMap, err := confmaptest.LoadConf(tt.input)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NotNil(t, cfgMap)
+
+			err = DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics{}.Convert(context.Background(), cfgMap)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, expectedCfgMap, cfgMap)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/datapoint.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/datapoint.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ae5900148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/datapoint.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/dpfilters"
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	sfxpb "github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf/model"
+)
+
+type dataPointFilter struct {
+	metricFilter     *StringFilter
+	dimensionsFilter *dimensionsFilter
+}
+
+// newDataPointFilter returns a new dataPointFilter filter with the given configuration.
+func newDataPointFilter(metricNames []string, dimSet map[string][]string) (*dataPointFilter, error) {
+	var metricFilter *StringFilter
+	if len(metricNames) > 0 {
+		var err error
+		metricFilter, err = NewStringFilter(metricNames)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	var dimensionsFilter *dimensionsFilter
+	if len(dimSet) > 0 {
+		var err error
+		dimensionsFilter, err = newDimensionsFilter(dimSet)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if metricFilter == nil && dimensionsFilter == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("metric filter must have at least one metric or dimension defined on it")
+	}
+
+	return &dataPointFilter{
+		metricFilter:     metricFilter,
+		dimensionsFilter: dimensionsFilter,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Matches tests a datapoint to see whether it is excluded by this
+func (f *dataPointFilter) Matches(dp *sfxpb.DataPoint) bool {
+	metricNameMatched := f.metricFilter == nil || f.metricFilter.Matches(dp.Metric)
+	if metricNameMatched {
+		return f.dimensionsFilter == nil || f.dimensionsFilter.Matches(dp.Dimensions)
+	}
+	return false
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/dimensions.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/dimensions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38267efe04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/dimensions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/dpfilters"
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	sfxpb "github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf/model"
+)
+
+type dimensionsFilter struct {
+	filterMap map[string]*StringFilter
+}
+
+// newDimensionsFilter returns a filter that matches against a
+// sfxpb.Dimension slice. The filter will return false if there's
+// at least one dimension in the slice that fails to match. In case`
+// there are no filters for any of the dimension keys in the slice,
+// the filter will return false.
+func newDimensionsFilter(m map[string][]string) (*dimensionsFilter, error) {
+	filterMap := map[string]*StringFilter{}
+	for k := range m {
+		if len(m[k]) == 0 {
+			return nil, errors.New("string map value in filter cannot be empty")
+		}
+
+		var err error
+		filterMap[k], err = NewStringFilter(m[k])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &dimensionsFilter{
+		filterMap: filterMap,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (f *dimensionsFilter) Matches(dimensions []*sfxpb.Dimension) bool {
+	if len(dimensions) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	var atLeastOneMatchedDimension bool
+	for _, dim := range dimensions {
+		dimF := f.filterMap[dim.Key]
+		// Skip if there are no filters associated with current dimension key.
+		if dimF == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !dimF.Matches(dim.Value) {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if !atLeastOneMatchedDimension {
+			atLeastOneMatchedDimension = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return atLeastOneMatchedDimension
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/dimensions_test.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/dimensions_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc3cc0b36b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/dimensions_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	sfxpb "github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf/model"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestDimensionsFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		filter      map[string][]string
+		input       []*sfxpb.Dimension
+		shouldMatch bool
+		shouldError bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "Empty filter does not empty slice of dimensions",
+			filter:      map[string][]string{},
+			input:       []*sfxpb.Dimension{},
+			shouldMatch: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Non-empty filter does not match empty slice of dimensions",
+			filter: map[string][]string{
+				"app": {"test"},
+			},
+			input:       []*sfxpb.Dimension{},
+			shouldMatch: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Filter does not match different dimension",
+			filter: map[string][]string{
+				"app": {"test"},
+			},
+			input: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+				{
+					Key:   "version",
+					Value: "latest",
+				},
+			},
+			shouldMatch: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Filter matches on exact match of a dimension",
+			filter: map[string][]string{
+				"app":     {"test"},
+				"version": {"*"},
+			},
+			input: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+				{
+					Key:   "app",
+					Value: "test",
+				},
+			},
+			shouldMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Filter matches on exact match with multiple dimensions in input slice",
+			filter: map[string][]string{
+				"app": {"test"},
+			},
+			input: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+				{
+					Key:   "app",
+					Value: "test",
+				},
+				{
+					Key:   "version",
+					Value: "2.0",
+				},
+			},
+			shouldMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Filter matches on regex with multiple dimensions in input slice",
+			filter: map[string][]string{
+				"version": {`/\d+\.\d+/`},
+			},
+			input: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+				{
+					Key:   "app",
+					Value: "test",
+				},
+				{
+					Key:   "version",
+					Value: "2.0",
+				},
+			},
+			shouldMatch: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Filter does not match on regex",
+			filter: map[string][]string{
+				"version": {`/\d+\.\d+/`},
+			},
+			input: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+				{
+					Key:   "app",
+					Value: "test",
+				},
+				{
+					Key:   "version",
+					Value: "bad",
+				},
+			},
+			shouldMatch: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Error creating filter with no dimension values",
+			filter: map[string][]string{
+				"version": {},
+			},
+			shouldError: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			f, err := newDimensionsFilter(test.filter)
+			if test.shouldError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			require.Equal(t, test.shouldMatch, f.Matches(test.input))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/filterset.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/filterset.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..216d1210ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/filterset.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/dpfilters"
+
+import sfxpb "github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf/model"
+
+// FilterSet is a collection of datapont filters, any one of which must match
+// for a datapoint to be matched.
+type FilterSet struct {
+	excludeFilters []*dataPointFilter
+	includeFilters []*dataPointFilter
+}
+
+// Matches sends a datapoint through each of the filters in the set and returns
+// true if at least one of them matches the datapoint.
+func (fs *FilterSet) Matches(dp *sfxpb.DataPoint) bool {
+	for _, ex := range fs.excludeFilters {
+		if ex.Matches(dp) {
+			// If we match an exclusionary filter, run through each inclusion
+			// filter and see if anything includes the metrics.
+			for _, in := range fs.includeFilters {
+				if in.Matches(dp) {
+					return false
+				}
+			}
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func NewFilterSet(excludes []MetricFilter, includes []MetricFilter) (*FilterSet, error) {
+	excludeSet, err := getDataPointFilters(excludes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	includeSet, err := getDataPointFilters(includes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &FilterSet{
+		excludeFilters: excludeSet,
+		includeFilters: includeSet,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func getDataPointFilters(metricFilters []MetricFilter) ([]*dataPointFilter, error) {
+	out := make([]*dataPointFilter, len(metricFilters))
+	for i, f := range metricFilters {
+		dimSet, err := f.normalize()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		dpf, err := newDataPointFilter(f.MetricNames, dimSet)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		out[i] = dpf
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/filterset_test.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/filterset_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b0ff73434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/filterset_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	sfxpb "github.com/signalfx/com_signalfx_metrics_protobuf/model"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestFilterSet(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name               string
+		wantErrMsg         string
+		excludes           []MetricFilter
+		includes           []MetricFilter
+		expectedMatches    []*sfxpb.DataPoint
+		expectedNonMatches []*sfxpb.DataPoint
+		wantErr            bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "Match based on simple metric name as string",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{MetricName: "cpu.utilization"}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "memory.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Match based on simple metric name",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{MetricNames: []string{"cpu.utilization"}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "memory.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Match based on multiple metric names",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{MetricNames: []string{"cpu.utilization", "memory.utilization"}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+				{
+					Metric: "memory.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "disk.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Match based on regex metric name",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{MetricNames: []string{`/cpu\..*/`}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "disk.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Match based on glob metric name",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{MetricNames: []string{`cpu.util*`, "memor*"}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+				{
+					Metric: "memory.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "disk.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Match based on dimension name as string",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": "PO",
+				}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "PO"}},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "disk.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "test"}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Match based on dimension name",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": []any{"PO"},
+				}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "PO"}},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "disk.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "test"}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Match based on dimension name regex",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": []any{`/^[A-Z][A-Z]$/`},
+				}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "PO"}},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "disk.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "test"}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Match based on dimension presence",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": []any{`/.+/`},
+				}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "test"}},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "host", Value: "localhost"}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Match based on dimension name glob",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": []any{`*O*`},
+				}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "POD"}},
+				},
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "POD123"}},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "disk.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "test"}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Match based on conjunction of both dimensions and metric name",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				MetricNames: []string{"*.utilization"},
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": []any{"test"},
+				},
+			}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "disk.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "test"}},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "not matching"}},
+				}, {
+					Metric:     "disk.usage",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "test"}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Doesn't match if no dimension filter specified",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{MetricNames: []string{"cpu.utilization"}}},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "disk.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "test"}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Doesn't match if no metric name filter specified",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": []any{"mycontainer"},
+				}}},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Doesn't match metric when no (matching) dimensions exist",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"host":   []any{"localhost"},
+					"system": []any{"r4"},
+				}}},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+						{Key: "Host", Value: "localhost"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Matches on at least one dimension",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"host":   []any{"localhost"},
+					"system": []any{"r4"},
+				}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+						{Key: "host", Value: "localhost"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Matches against all dimension pairs",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"host":   []any{"localhost"},
+					"system": []any{"r4"},
+				}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+						{Key: "host", Value: "localhost"},
+						{Key: "system", Value: "r4"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{
+						{Key: "host", Value: "localhost"},
+						{Key: "system", Value: "r3"},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Negated dim values take precedent",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": []any{"*", "!pause", "!/.*idle/"},
+				}}},
+			expectedMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "mycontainer"}},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "pause"}},
+				},
+				{
+					Metric:     "cpu.utilization",
+					Dimensions: []*sfxpb.Dimension{{Key: "container_name", Value: "is_idle"}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Error creating exclude empty filter",
+			excludes:   []MetricFilter{{}},
+			wantErr:    true,
+			wantErrMsg: "metric filter must have at least one metric or dimension defined on it",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Error creating include empty filter",
+			includes:   []MetricFilter{{}},
+			wantErr:    true,
+			wantErrMsg: "metric filter must have at least one metric or dimension defined on it",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Error creating filter with empty dimension list",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"dim": []any{},
+				}}},
+			wantErr:    true,
+			wantErrMsg: "string map value in filter cannot be empty",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Error creating filter with invalid glob",
+			excludes:   []MetricFilter{{MetricNames: []string{"cpu.*["}}},
+			wantErr:    true,
+			wantErrMsg: "unexpected end of input",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Error creating filter with invalid glob in dimensions",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"container_name": []any{"cpu.*["},
+				}}},
+			wantErr:    true,
+			wantErrMsg: "unexpected end of input",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Error on invalid dimensions input",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{
+				Dimensions: map[string]any{
+					"host": 1,
+				}}},
+			wantErr:    true,
+			wantErrMsg: "1 should be either a string or string list",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "Match in include filters correctly overrides exclude",
+			excludes: []MetricFilter{{MetricNames: []string{"cpu.utilization"}}},
+			includes: []MetricFilter{{MetricNames: []string{"cpu.utilization"}}},
+			expectedNonMatches: []*sfxpb.DataPoint{
+				{
+					Metric: "cpu.utilization",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			f, err := NewFilterSet(test.excludes, test.includes)
+			if test.wantErr {
+				require.EqualError(t, err, test.wantErrMsg)
+				require.Nil(t, f)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			for _, metric := range test.expectedMatches {
+				require.True(t, f.Matches(metric))
+			}
+
+			for _, metric := range test.expectedNonMatches {
+				require.False(t, f.Matches(metric))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/matching.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/matching.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31a4cbf0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/matching.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/dpfilters"
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+)
+
+// Contains all of the logic for glob and regex based filtering.
+
+func isGlobbed(s string) bool {
+	return strings.ContainsAny(s, "*?[]{}!")
+}
+
+func isRegex(s string) bool {
+	return len(s) > 2 && s[0] == '/' && s[len(s)-1] == '/'
+}
+
+// remove the bracketing slashes for a regex.
+func stripSlashes(s string) string {
+	return s[1 : len(s)-1]
+}
+
+// stripNegation checks if a string is prefixed with "!"
+// and will returned the stripped string and true if so
+// else, return original value and false.
+func stripNegation(value string) (string, bool) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(value, "!") {
+		return value[1:], true
+	}
+	return value, false
+}
+
+type matcher interface {
+	// Returns whether the string matched and whether it was a negated match.
+	Matches(s string) (bool, bool)
+}
+
+type regexMatcher struct {
+	re      *regexp.Regexp
+	negated bool
+}
+
+var _ matcher = (*regexMatcher)(nil)
+
+func (m *regexMatcher) Matches(s string) (bool, bool) {
+	return m.re.MatchString(s), m.negated
+}
+
+type globMatcher struct {
+	glob    glob.Glob
+	negated bool
+}
+
+var _ matcher = &globMatcher{}
+
+func (m *globMatcher) Matches(s string) (bool, bool) {
+	return m.glob.Match(s), m.negated
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/metricfilter.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/metricfilter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fe7682395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/metricfilter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/dpfilters"
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type MetricFilter struct {
+	Dimensions  map[string]any `mapstructure:"dimensions"`
+	MetricName  string         `mapstructure:"metric_name"`
+	MetricNames []string       `mapstructure:"metric_names"`
+}
+
+func (mf *MetricFilter) normalize() (map[string][]string, error) {
+	if mf.MetricName != "" {
+		mf.MetricNames = append(mf.MetricNames, mf.MetricName)
+	}
+
+	dimSet := map[string][]string{}
+	for k, v := range mf.Dimensions {
+		switch s := v.(type) {
+		case []any:
+			var newSet []string
+			for _, iv := range s {
+				newSet = append(newSet, fmt.Sprintf("%v", iv))
+			}
+			dimSet[k] = newSet
+		case string:
+			dimSet[k] = []string{s}
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v should be either a string or string list", v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return dimSet, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/string.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/string.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a06453da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/signalfxexporter/internal/translation/dpfilters"
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+)
+
+// StringFilter will match if any one of the given strings is a match.
+type StringFilter struct {
+	staticSet        map[string]bool
+	regexps          []regexMatcher
+	globs            []globMatcher
+	anyStaticNegated bool
+}
+
+// NewStringFilter returns a filter that can match against the provided items.
+func NewStringFilter(items []string) (*StringFilter, error) {
+	staticSet := make(map[string]bool)
+	var regexps []regexMatcher
+	var globs []globMatcher
+
+	anyStaticNegated := false
+	for _, i := range items {
+		m, negated := stripNegation(i)
+		switch {
+		case isRegex(m):
+			var re *regexp.Regexp
+			var err error
+
+			reText := stripSlashes(m)
+			re, err = regexp.Compile(reText)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			regexps = append(regexps, regexMatcher{re: re, negated: negated})
+		case isGlobbed(m):
+			g, err := glob.Compile(m)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			globs = append(globs, globMatcher{glob: g, negated: negated})
+		default:
+			staticSet[m] = negated
+			if negated {
+				anyStaticNegated = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &StringFilter{
+		staticSet:        staticSet,
+		regexps:          regexps,
+		globs:            globs,
+		anyStaticNegated: anyStaticNegated,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Matches if s is positively matched by the filter items OR
+// if it is positively matched by a non-glob/regex pattern exactly
+// and is negated as well.  See the unit tests for examples.
+func (f *StringFilter) Matches(s string) bool {
+	if f == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	negated, matched := f.staticSet[s]
+	// If a metric is negated and it matched it won't match anything else by
+	// definition.
+	if matched && negated {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, reMatch := range f.regexps {
+		reMatched, negated := reMatch.Matches(s)
+		if reMatched && negated {
+			return false
+		}
+		matched = matched || reMatched
+	}
+
+	for _, globMatcher := range f.globs {
+		globMatched, negated := globMatcher.Matches(s)
+		if globMatched && negated {
+			return false
+		}
+		matched = matched || globMatched
+	}
+	return matched
+}
+
+func (f *StringFilter) UnmarshalText(in []byte) error {
+	sf, err := NewStringFilter([]string{string(in)})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*f = *sf
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/string_test.go b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/string_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad74b3dd0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/dpfilters/string_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// Temporary copied from the SignalFx exporter to be used in DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics converter.
+
+package dpfilters
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestStringFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		filter      []string
+		inputs      []string
+		shouldMatch []bool
+		shouldError bool
+	}{
+		{
+			filter:      []string{},
+			inputs:      []string{"process_", "", "asdf"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"*",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"app", "asdf", "", "*"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{true, true, true, true},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"!app",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"app", "other"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"app",
+				"!app",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"app", "other"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"other",
+				"!app",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"other", "something", "app"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{true, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"/^process_/",
+				"/^node_/",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"process_", "node_", "process_asdf", "other"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{true, true, true, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"!/^process_/",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"process_", "other"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"app",
+				"!/^process_/",
+				"process_",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"other", "app", "process_cpu", "process_"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, true, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"asdfdfasdf",
+				"/^node_/",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"node_test"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{true},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"process_*",
+				"!process_cpu",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"process_mem", "process_cpu", "asdf"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{true, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"*",
+				"!process_cpu",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"process_mem", "process_cpu", "asdf"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{true, false, true},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"metric_?",
+				"!metric_a",
+				"!metric_b",
+				"random",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"metric_a", "metric_b", "metric_c", "asdf", "random"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, false, true, false, true},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"!process_cpu",
+				// Order doesn't matter
+				"*",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"process_mem", "process_cpu", "asdf"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{true, false, true},
+		},
+		{
+			filter: []string{
+				"/a.*/",
+				"!/.*z/",
+				"b",
+				// Static match should not override the negated regex above
+				"alz",
+			},
+			inputs:      []string{"", "asdf", "asdz", "b", "wrong", "alz"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, true, false, true, false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter:      []string{"!memory*"},
+			inputs:      []string{"cpu.utilization", "memory.utilization"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, false},
+		},
+		{
+			filter:      []string{"/!memor*(/"},
+			shouldError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			filter:      nil,
+			inputs:      []string{"cpu.utilization", "memory.utilization"},
+			shouldMatch: []bool{false, false},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			f, err := NewStringFilter(test.filter)
+			if test.shouldError {
+				assert.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+			for i := range test.inputs {
+				assert.Equal(t, test.shouldMatch[i], f.Matches(test.inputs[i]))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/all_metrics_included_in_signalfx_exporter.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/all_metrics_included_in_signalfx_exporter.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f01060d60b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/all_metrics_included_in_signalfx_exporter.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+    include_metrics:
+      - metric_names:
+          - /^(?i:(container)|(k8s\.node)|(k8s\.pod))\.cpu\.utilization$/
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/disable_all_metrics_input.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/disable_all_metrics_input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b54e6307e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/disable_all_metrics_input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/disable_all_metrics_output.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/disable_all_metrics_output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..890a1b35de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/disable_all_metrics_output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+    metrics:
+      k8s.node.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+      k8s.pod.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+      container.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/do_not_change_enabled_metrics_input.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/do_not_change_enabled_metrics_input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..547a5fa47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/do_not_change_enabled_metrics_input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+    metrics:
+      k8s.pod.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: true
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/do_not_change_enabled_metrics_output.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/do_not_change_enabled_metrics_output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b01b29472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/do_not_change_enabled_metrics_output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+    metrics:
+      k8s.node.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+      k8s.pod.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: true
+      container.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_kubeletstats_receiver.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_kubeletstats_receiver.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6774f36ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_kubeletstats_receiver.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  debug:
+    verbosity: normal
+    sampling_initial: 2
+    sampling_thereafter: 500
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - logging
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_signalfx_exporter.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_signalfx_exporter.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..757c0938db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/no_signalfx_exporter.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  debug:
+    verbosity: normal
+    sampling_initial: 2
+    sampling_thereafter: 500
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - logging
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter_input.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter_input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49f5864e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter_input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+    exclude_metrics:
+      - metric_name: /^k8s\.(node|pod)\.cpu\.utilization$/
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter_output.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter_output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df88ed3ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_excluded_in_signalfx_exporter_output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+    metrics:
+      k8s.node.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+      k8s.pod.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+    exclude_metrics:
+      - metric_name: /^k8s\.(node|pod)\.cpu\.utilization$/
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter_input.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter_input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5813c4b56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter_input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats/bar:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx/foo:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+    include_metrics:
+      - metric_name: container.cpu.utilization
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats/bar
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx/foo
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter_output.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter_output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7be543cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/partially_included_in_signalfx_exporter_output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats/bar:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+    metrics:
+      k8s.node.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+      k8s.pod.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  signalfx/foo:
+    access_token: MY_SIGNALFX_API_TOKEN
+    realm: MY_SIGNALFX_REALM
+    include_metrics:
+      - metric_name: container.cpu.utilization
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats/bar
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - signalfx/foo
diff --git a/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/utilization_metrics_disabled.yaml b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/utilization_metrics_disabled.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f09ebcbae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configconverter/testdata/disable_kubelet_utilization_metrics/utilization_metrics_disabled.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+receivers:
+  hostmetrics:
+    collection_interval: 1s
+    scrapers:
+      cpu:
+  kubeletstats:
+    collection_interval: 2s
+    metrics:
+      k8s.node.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+      k8s.pod.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+      container.cpu.utilization:
+        enabled: false
+processors:
+  memory_limiter:
+    check_interval: 1s
+    limit_mib: 4000
+    spike_limit_mib: 800
+    ballast_size_mib: 64
+exporters:
+  debug:
+    verbosity: normal
+    sampling_initial: 2
+    sampling_thereafter: 500
+service:
+  pipelines:
+    metrics:
+      receivers:
+        - hostmetrics
+        - kubeletstats
+      processors:
+        - memory_limiter
+      exporters:
+        - logging
diff --git a/internal/settings/settings.go b/internal/settings/settings.go
index e7aae81dbb..70d2f42dbc 100644
--- a/internal/settings/settings.go
+++ b/internal/settings/settings.go
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ func (s *Settings) ConfMapConverters() []confmap.Converter {
 			configconverter.RenameK8sTagger{},
 			configconverter.NormalizeGcp{},
 			configconverter.LogLevelToVerbosity{},
+			configconverter.DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics{},
 		)
 	}
 	return confMapConverters
diff --git a/internal/settings/settings_test.go b/internal/settings/settings_test.go
index ecda8c7695..ad85b67b94 100644
--- a/internal/settings/settings_test.go
+++ b/internal/settings/settings_test.go
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ func TestNewSettingsConvertConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		configconverter.RenameK8sTagger{},
 		configconverter.NormalizeGcp{},
 		configconverter.LogLevelToVerbosity{},
+		configconverter.DisableKubeletUtilizationMetrics{},
 	}, settings.ConfMapConverters())
 	require.Equal(t, []string{"--feature-gates", "foo", "--feature-gates", "-bar", "--feature-gates", "-telemetry.useOtelForInternalMetrics"}, settings.ColCoreArgs())
 }