diff --git a/.werft/observability/monitoring-satellite.ts b/.werft/observability/monitoring-satellite.ts
index 4b23605922ed01..a5d6ba47195746 100644
--- a/.werft/observability/monitoring-satellite.ts
+++ b/.werft/observability/monitoring-satellite.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export class MonitoringSatelliteInstaller {
                 domain: '${previewDomain}',
                 nodeExporterPort: ${nodeExporterPort},
             },
-            ${"nodeAffinity: { nodeSelector: { 'gitpod.io/workload_services': 'true' }, },"}
             stackdriver: {
                 defaultProject: '${stackdriverServiceAccount.project_id}',
                 clientEmail: '${stackdriverServiceAccount.client_email}',