diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober_manager.go
index 0a88c146ba5..147082721cb 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober_manager.go
@@ -47,24 +47,6 @@ var ProberResults = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
 		"pod_uid"},
 )
 
-// DeprecatedProberResults stores the results of a probe as prometheus metrics.
-// This metrics is deprecated, will be removed in a future release.
-// Please convert to the metrics of counter type above.
-var DeprecatedProberResults = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
-	prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-		Subsystem: "prober",
-		Name:      "probe_result",
-		Help:      "(Deprecated) The result of a liveness or readiness probe for a container.",
-	},
-	[]string{"probe_type",
-		"container_name",
-		"container",
-		"pod_name",
-		"pod",
-		"namespace",
-		"pod_uid"},
-)
-
 // Manager manages pod probing. It creates a probe "worker" for every container that specifies a
 // probe (AddPod). The worker periodically probes its assigned container and caches the results. The
 // manager use the cached probe results to set the appropriate Ready state in the PodStatus when
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker.go b/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker.go
index 6dd0d05d955..c502e0245c2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/worker.go
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ type worker struct {
 	onHold bool
 
 	// proberResultsMetricLabels holds the labels attached to this worker
-	// for the ProberResults metric.
-	proberResultsMetricLabels           prometheus.Labels
+	// for the ProberResults metric by result.
 	proberResultsSuccessfulMetricLabels prometheus.Labels
 	proberResultsFailedMetricLabels     prometheus.Labels
 	proberResultsUnknownMetricLabels    prometheus.Labels
@@ -109,10 +108,6 @@ func newWorker(
 		"pod_uid":    string(w.pod.UID),
 	}
 
-	w.proberResultsMetricLabels = deepCopyPrometheusLabels(basicMetricLabels)
-	w.proberResultsMetricLabels["container_name"] = w.container.Name
-	w.proberResultsMetricLabels["pod_name"] = w.pod.Name
-
 	w.proberResultsSuccessfulMetricLabels = deepCopyPrometheusLabels(basicMetricLabels)
 	w.proberResultsSuccessfulMetricLabels["result"] = probeResultSuccessful
 
@@ -146,7 +141,6 @@ func (w *worker) run() {
 		ProberResults.Delete(w.proberResultsSuccessfulMetricLabels)
 		ProberResults.Delete(w.proberResultsFailedMetricLabels)
 		ProberResults.Delete(w.proberResultsUnknownMetricLabels)
-		DeprecatedProberResults.Delete(w.proberResultsMetricLabels)
 	}()
 
 probeLoop:
@@ -260,7 +254,6 @@ func (w *worker) doProbe() (keepGoing bool) {
 	}
 
 	w.resultsManager.Set(w.containerID, result, w.pod)
-	DeprecatedProberResults.With(w.proberResultsMetricLabels).Set(result.ToPrometheusType())
 
 	if w.probeType == liveness && result == results.Failure {
 		// The container fails a liveness check, it will need to be restarted.
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
index a384c92a0c0..a4f75116558 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ func (s *Server) InstallDefaultHandlers() {
 	// prober metrics are exposed under a different endpoint
 	p := prometheus.NewRegistry()
 	p.MustRegister(prober.ProberResults)
-	p.MustRegister(prober.DeprecatedProberResults)
 	s.restfulCont.Handle(proberMetricsPath,
 		promhttp.HandlerFor(p, promhttp.HandlerOpts{ErrorHandling: promhttp.ContinueOnError}),
 	)