diff --git a/pkg/metrics/admissionrequests/admissionRequests.go b/pkg/metrics/admissionrequests/admissionRequests.go
index d9ad22afa6..bd114065ba 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/admissionrequests/admissionRequests.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/admissionrequests/admissionRequests.go
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (pm PromMetrics) registerAdmissionRequestsMetric(
-	resourceName, resourceKind, resourceNamespace string,
+	resourceKind, resourceNamespace string,
 	resourceRequestOperation metrics.ResourceRequestOperation,
 ) error {
 	pm.AdmissionRequests.With(prom.Labels{
-		"resource_name":              resourceName,
 		"resource_kind":              resourceKind,
 		"resource_namespace":         resourceNamespace,
 		"resource_request_operation": string(resourceRequestOperation),
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) ProcessEngineResponses(engineResponses []*response.EngineR
 	if len(engineResponses) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	resourceName, resourceNamespace, resourceKind := engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Name, engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Namespace, engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Kind
+	resourceNamespace, resourceKind := engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Namespace, engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Kind
 	totalValidateRulesCount, totalMutateRulesCount, totalGenerateRulesCount := 0, 0, 0
 	for _, e := range engineResponses {
 		validateRulesCount, mutateRulesCount, generateRulesCount := 0, 0, 0
@@ -49,5 +48,5 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) ProcessEngineResponses(engineResponses []*response.EngineR
 	if totalValidateRulesCount+totalMutateRulesCount+totalGenerateRulesCount == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return pm.registerAdmissionRequestsMetric(resourceName, resourceKind, resourceNamespace, resourceRequestOperation)
+	return pm.registerAdmissionRequestsMetric(resourceKind, resourceNamespace, resourceRequestOperation)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/admissionreviewduration/admissionReviewDuration.go b/pkg/metrics/admissionreviewduration/admissionReviewDuration.go
index 92d0a232c0..5cab35b9df 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/admissionreviewduration/admissionReviewDuration.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/admissionreviewduration/admissionReviewDuration.go
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (pm PromMetrics) registerAdmissionReviewDurationMetric(
-	resourceName, resourceKind, resourceNamespace string,
+	resourceKind, resourceNamespace string,
 	resourceRequestOperation metrics.ResourceRequestOperation,
 	admissionRequestLatency float64,
 ) error {
 	pm.AdmissionReviewDuration.With(prom.Labels{
-		"resource_name":              resourceName,
 		"resource_kind":              resourceKind,
 		"resource_namespace":         resourceNamespace,
 		"resource_request_operation": string(resourceRequestOperation),
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) ProcessEngineResponses(engineResponses []*response.EngineR
 	if len(engineResponses) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	resourceName, resourceNamespace, resourceKind := engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Name, engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Namespace, engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Kind
+	resourceNamespace, resourceKind := engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Namespace, engineResponses[0].PolicyResponse.Resource.Kind
 	totalValidateRulesCount, totalMutateRulesCount, totalGenerateRulesCount := 0, 0, 0
 	for _, e := range engineResponses {
 		validateRulesCount, mutateRulesCount, generateRulesCount := 0, 0, 0
@@ -51,5 +50,5 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) ProcessEngineResponses(engineResponses []*response.EngineR
 		return nil
 	}
 	admissionReviewLatencyDurationInSeconds := float64(admissionReviewLatencyDuration) / float64(1000*1000*1000)
-	return pm.registerAdmissionReviewDurationMetric(resourceName, resourceKind, resourceNamespace, resourceRequestOperation, admissionReviewLatencyDurationInSeconds)
+	return pm.registerAdmissionReviewDurationMetric(resourceKind, resourceNamespace, resourceRequestOperation, admissionReviewLatencyDurationInSeconds)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index 7e88d76cd5..e300932222 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func NewPromConfig() *PromConfig {
 
 	policyResultsLabels := []string{
 		"policy_validation_mode", "policy_type", "policy_background_mode", "policy_name", "policy_namespace",
-		"resource_name", "resource_kind", "resource_namespace", "resource_request_operation",
+		"resource_kind", "resource_namespace", "resource_request_operation",
 		"rule_name", "rule_result", "rule_type", "rule_execution_cause",
 	}
 	policyResultsMetric := prom.NewCounterVec(
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func NewPromConfig() *PromConfig {
 
 	policyExecutionDurationLabels := []string{
 		"policy_validation_mode", "policy_type", "policy_background_mode", "policy_name", "policy_namespace",
-		"resource_name", "resource_kind", "resource_namespace", "resource_request_operation",
+		"resource_kind", "resource_namespace", "resource_request_operation",
 		"rule_name", "rule_result", "rule_type", "rule_execution_cause", "generate_rule_latency_type",
 	}
 	policyExecutionDurationMetric := prom.NewHistogramVec(
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func NewPromConfig() *PromConfig {
 	)
 
 	admissionReviewDurationLabels := []string{
-		"resource_name", "resource_kind", "resource_namespace", "resource_request_operation",
+		"resource_kind", "resource_namespace", "resource_request_operation",
 	}
 	admissionReviewDurationMetric := prom.NewHistogramVec(
 		prom.HistogramOpts{
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func NewPromConfig() *PromConfig {
 	)
 
 	admissionRequestsLabels := []string{
-		"resource_name", "resource_kind", "resource_namespace", "resource_request_operation",
+		"resource_kind", "resource_namespace", "resource_request_operation",
 	}
 	admissionRequestsMetric := prom.NewCounterVec(
 		prom.CounterOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/policyexecutionduration/policyExecutionDuration.go b/pkg/metrics/policyexecutionduration/policyExecutionDuration.go
index 0b88c8761c..c690ef7fc9 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/policyexecutionduration/policyExecutionDuration.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/policyexecutionduration/policyExecutionDuration.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) registerPolicyExecutionDurationMetric(
 	policyType metrics.PolicyType,
 	policyBackgroundMode metrics.PolicyBackgroundMode,
 	policyNamespace, policyName string,
-	resourceName, resourceKind, resourceNamespace string,
+	resourceKind, resourceNamespace string,
 	resourceRequestOperation metrics.ResourceRequestOperation,
 	ruleName string,
 	ruleResult metrics.RuleResult,
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) registerPolicyExecutionDurationMetric(
 		"policy_background_mode":     string(policyBackgroundMode),
 		"policy_namespace":           policyNamespace,
 		"policy_name":                policyName,
-		"resource_name":              resourceName,
 		"resource_kind":              resourceKind,
 		"resource_namespace":         resourceNamespace,
 		"resource_request_operation": string(resourceRequestOperation),
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) ProcessEngineResponse(policy kyverno.ClusterPolicy, engine
 
 	resourceSpec := engineResponse.PolicyResponse.Resource
 
-	resourceName := resourceSpec.Name
 	resourceKind := resourceSpec.Kind
 	resourceNamespace := resourceSpec.Namespace
 
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) ProcessEngineResponse(policy kyverno.ClusterPolicy, engine
 			policyType,
 			policyBackgroundMode,
 			policyNamespace, policyName,
-			resourceName, resourceKind, resourceNamespace,
+			resourceKind, resourceNamespace,
 			resourceRequestOperation,
 			ruleName,
 			ruleResult,
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/policyresults/policyResults.go b/pkg/metrics/policyresults/policyResults.go
index c0a2440002..82e0266534 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/policyresults/policyResults.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/policyresults/policyResults.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) registerPolicyResultsMetric(
 	policyType metrics.PolicyType,
 	policyBackgroundMode metrics.PolicyBackgroundMode,
 	policyNamespace, policyName string,
-	resourceName, resourceKind, resourceNamespace string,
+	resourceKind, resourceNamespace string,
 	resourceRequestOperation metrics.ResourceRequestOperation,
 	ruleName string,
 	ruleResult metrics.RuleResult,
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) registerPolicyResultsMetric(
 		"policy_background_mode":     string(policyBackgroundMode),
 		"policy_namespace":           policyNamespace,
 		"policy_name":                policyName,
-		"resource_name":              resourceName,
 		"resource_kind":              resourceKind,
 		"resource_namespace":         resourceNamespace,
 		"resource_request_operation": string(resourceRequestOperation),
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) ProcessEngineResponse(policy kyverno.ClusterPolicy, engine
 
 	resourceSpec := engineResponse.PolicyResponse.Resource
 
-	resourceName := resourceSpec.Name
 	resourceKind := resourceSpec.Kind
 	resourceNamespace := resourceSpec.Namespace
 
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ func (pm PromMetrics) ProcessEngineResponse(policy kyverno.ClusterPolicy, engine
 			policyType,
 			policyBackgroundMode,
 			policyNamespace, policyName,
-			resourceName, resourceKind, resourceNamespace,
+			resourceKind, resourceNamespace,
 			resourceRequestOperation,
 			ruleName,
 			ruleResult,