diff --git a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
index 98acff37fa6..fc6537df1bc 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/fluentd-gcp/fluentd-gcp-configmap.yaml
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ data:
           type counter
           name logging_line_count
           desc Total number of lines generated by application containers
-          <labels>
-            tag ${tag}
-          </labels>
         </metric>
       </store>
       <store>
@@ -342,9 +339,8 @@ data:
         <metric>
           type counter
           name logging_entry_count
-          desc Total number of log entries generated by either an application container or a system component
+          desc Total number of log entries generated by either application containers or system components
           <labels>
-            tag ${tag}
             component container
           </labels>
         </metric>
@@ -376,9 +372,8 @@ data:
         <metric>
           type counter
           name logging_entry_count
-          desc Total number of log entries generated by either an application container or a system component
+          desc Total number of log entries generated by either application containers or system components
           <labels>
-            tag ${tag}
             component system
           </labels>
         </metric>