diff --git a/apps/monitoring/prometheus.yaml b/apps/monitoring/prometheus.yaml
index 2b44490..e8abfeb 100644
--- a/apps/monitoring/prometheus.yaml
+++ b/apps/monitoring/prometheus.yaml
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ metadata:
   name: prometheus
 spec:
   serviceAccountName: prometheus
-  serviceMonitorSelector: # match all service monitors by default
-    matchLabels: {}
-  serviceMonitorNamespaceSelector: # match all namespaces by default
-    matchLabels: {}
   resources:
     requests:
       memory: 400Mi
diff --git a/kluster-deployments/monitoring/application.yaml b/kluster-deployments/monitoring/application.yaml
index 36deee1..74ca47c 100644
--- a/kluster-deployments/monitoring/application.yaml
+++ b/kluster-deployments/monitoring/application.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ spec:
     automated:
       prune: true
       selfHeal: true
+    syncOptions:
+    - Replace=true
+    # because the prom crds exceed the default 256Ki limit
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