diff --git a/manifests/05-service.yaml b/manifests/05-service.yaml
index ce2dd8f2d0..fc57860991 100644
--- a/manifests/05-service.yaml
+++ b/manifests/05-service.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   annotations:
     service.alpha.openshift.io/serving-cert-secret-name: openshift-insights-serving-cert
+    exclude.release.openshift.io/internal-openshift-hosted: "true"
   labels:
     app: insights-operator
   name: metrics
diff --git a/manifests/06-deployment.yaml b/manifests/06-deployment.yaml
index 32f141be8e..7f8b968f6a 100644
--- a/manifests/06-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/06-deployment.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: openshift-insights
   annotations:
     config.openshift.io/inject-proxy: operator
+    exclude.release.openshift.io/internal-openshift-hosted: "true"
 spec:
   strategy:
     type: Recreate
diff --git a/manifests/07-cluster-operator.yaml b/manifests/07-cluster-operator.yaml
index 882c4f742a..f5d3489b27 100644
--- a/manifests/07-cluster-operator.yaml
+++ b/manifests/07-cluster-operator.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
 kind: ClusterOperator
 metadata:
   name: insights
+  annotations:
+    exclude.release.openshift.io/internal-openshift-hosted: "true"
 spec: {}
 status:
   versions:
diff --git a/manifests/07-servicemonitor.yaml b/manifests/07-servicemonitor.yaml
index 2371525d66..161943f050 100644
--- a/manifests/07-servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/manifests/07-servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
   name: insights-operator
   namespace: openshift-insights
+  annotations:
+    exclude.release.openshift.io/internal-openshift-hosted: "true"
 spec:
   endpoints:
   - bearerTokenFile: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token