diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh b/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
index c6f9374c..3193a013 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx-custom-annotations.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ echo '>>> Installing NGINX Ingress'
 helm upgrade -i nginx-ingress stable/nginx-ingress --version=${NGINX_HELM_VERSION} \
 --wait \
 --namespace ingress-nginx \
---set controller.stats.enabled=true \
 --set controller.metrics.enabled=true \
 --set controller.podAnnotations."prometheus\.io/scrape"=true \
 --set controller.podAnnotations."prometheus\.io/port"=10254 \
diff --git a/test/e2e-nginx.sh b/test/e2e-nginx.sh
index ad8934d6..eb7b8e8d 100755
--- a/test/e2e-nginx.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-nginx.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ kubectl create ns ingress-nginx
 helm upgrade -i nginx-ingress stable/nginx-ingress --version=${NGINX_HELM_VERSION} \
 --wait \
 --namespace ingress-nginx \
---set controller.stats.enabled=true \
 --set controller.metrics.enabled=true \
 --set controller.podAnnotations."prometheus\.io/scrape"=true \
 --set controller.podAnnotations."prometheus\.io/port"=10254 \