diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/known_addons.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/known_addons.go
index 6b67e47d24..f9a3c7e692 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/known_addons.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/known_addons.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ var KnownAddons = map[string]struct {
 	AWSEBSCSIDriverAddon: {},
 	AWSEFSCSIDriverAddon: {},
 	MetricsServerAddon: {
-		IsDefault:             true,
 		CreateBeforeNodeGroup: false, // Create after nodegroup so we get scheduled on Fargate profiles.
 		IsDefaultAutoMode:     true,
 		ExcludedRegions: []string{