diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/default.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/default.pp
index 4aa086b..f6def27 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/default.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/default.pp
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # these exporters will be setup on all nodes
 class profiles::metrics::default (
   Boolean $node_exporter      = true,
-  Boolean $systemd_exporter   = true,
+  Boolean $systemd_exporter   = false,
 ) {
 
-  include prometheus::node_exporter
-  include prometheus::systemd_exporter
+  if $node_exporter { include prometheus::node_exporter }
+  if $systemd_exporter { include prometheus::systemd_exporter }
 }