diff --git a/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller.go b/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller.go
index bf88a0a52..7192b2177 100644
--- a/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller.go
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ func (r *MultiClusterEngineReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.R
 		return result, err
 	}
 
+	err = r.removeLegacyCLCPrometheusConfig(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
+
 	result, err = r.ensureToggleableComponents(ctx, backplaneConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
diff --git a/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller_test.go b/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller_test.go
index dc3b79625..88af4cb2b 100644
--- a/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/backplaneconfig_controller_test.go
@@ -1051,5 +1051,64 @@ var _ = Describe("BackplaneConfig controller", func() {
 
 			})
 		})
+		Context("Legacy clean up tasks", func() {
+			It("Removes the legacy CLC Prometheus configuration", func() {
+				By("creating the backplane config with nonexistant secret")
+				backplaneConfig := &v1.MultiClusterEngine{
+					TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+						APIVersion: "multicluster.openshift.io/v1",
+						Kind:       "MultiClusterEngine",
+					},
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Name: BackplaneConfigName,
+					},
+					Spec: v1.MultiClusterEngineSpec{
+						TargetNamespace: DestinationNamespace,
+						ImagePullSecret: "nonexistant",
+					},
+				}
+				createCtx := context.Background()
+				Expect(k8sClient.Create(createCtx, backplaneConfig)).Should(Succeed())
+				By("Creating the legacy CLC ServiceMonitor")
+				sm := &unstructured.Unstructured{
+					Object: map[string]interface{}{
+						"spec": map[string]interface{}{
+							"endpoints": []interface{}{
+								map[string]interface{}{
+									"path": "/some/path",
+								},
+							},
+							"selector": map[string]interface{}{
+								"matchLabels": map[string]interface{}{
+									"app": "grc",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				}
+				sm.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Group:   "monitoring.coreos.com",
+					Kind:    "ServiceMonitor",
+					Version: "v1",
+				})
+				sm.SetName("clusterlifecycle-state-metrics-v2")
+				sm.SetNamespace("openshift-monitoring")
+
+				err := k8sClient.Create(context.TODO(), sm)
+				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+
+				By("Running the cleanup of the legacy Prometheus configuration")
+				err = reconciler.removeLegacyCLCPrometheusConfig(context.TODO())
+				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+
+				By("Verifying that the legacy CLC ServiceMonitor is deleted")
+				err = k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), client.ObjectKeyFromObject(sm), sm)
+				Expect(errors.IsNotFound(err)).To(BeTrue())
+
+				By("Running the cleanup of the legacy Prometheus configuration again should do nothing")
+				err = reconciler.removeLegacyCLCPrometheusConfig(context.TODO())
+				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			})
+		})
 	})
 })
diff --git a/controllers/uninstall.go b/controllers/uninstall.go
index fde8a9b02..d99c2abe7 100644
--- a/controllers/uninstall.go
+++ b/controllers/uninstall.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 
 	backplanev1 "github.com/stolostron/backplane-operator/api/v1"
 	"github.com/stolostron/backplane-operator/pkg/toggle"
+	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
@@ -132,3 +134,33 @@ func (r *MultiClusterEngineReconciler) uninstall(backplaneConfig *backplanev1.Mu
 	}
 	return false, nil
 }
+
+// removeLegacyCLCPrometheusConfig will remove the CLC PrometheusRule and ServiceMonitor in the openshift-monitoring
+// namespace. This configuration should be in the controller namespace instead.
+func (r *MultiClusterEngineReconciler) removeLegacyCLCPrometheusConfig(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log := log.FromContext(ctx)
+	obj := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
+	obj.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
+		Group:   "monitoring.coreos.com",
+		Kind:    "ServiceMonitor",
+		Version: "v1",
+	})
+	obj.SetName("clusterlifecycle-state-metrics-v2")
+	obj.SetNamespace("openshift-monitoring")
+
+	err := r.Client.Delete(ctx, obj)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.IsNotFound(err) && !apimeta.IsNoMatchError(err) {
+			log.Error(
+				err,
+				"Error while deleting ServiceMonitor: clusterlifecycle-state-metrics-v2",
+			)
+
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Info("Deleted the legacy CLC Prometheus configuration", "kind", "ServiceMonitor", "name", obj.GetName())
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}