diff --git a/metricbeat/templates/daemonset.yaml b/metricbeat/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 090af1355..75024b89c 100644
--- a/metricbeat/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/metricbeat/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ spec:
         - "-e"
         - "-E"
         - "http.enabled=true"
+        - "--system.hostfs=/hostfs"
         livenessProbe:
           exec:
             command:
diff --git a/metricbeat/values.yaml b/metricbeat/values.yaml
index 4e8b501f6..28c2608a6 100755
--- a/metricbeat/values.yaml
+++ b/metricbeat/values.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # such as metricbeat.yml
 metricbeatConfig:
   metricbeat.yml: |
-    system:
-      hostfs: /hostfs
     metricbeat.modules:
     - module: kubernetes
       metricsets: