diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 97ea2ba..8c5262b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 [submodule "csi-s3/node-driver-registrar"]
 	path = csi-s3/node-driver-registrar
 	url = https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/node-driver-registrar.git
-[submodule "apps/postgresql/postgres_exporter"]
-	path = apps/postgresql/postgres_exporter
-	url = https://github.com/wrouesnel/postgres_exporter.git
 [submodule "apps/tekton/dashboard"]
 	path = apps/tekton/dashboard
 	url = https://github.com/tektoncd/dashboard.git
diff --git a/apps/postgresql/postgres_exporter b/apps/postgresql/postgres_exporter
deleted file mode 160000
index b12c8ab..0000000
--- a/apps/postgresql/postgres_exporter
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit b12c8ab04e077ba493b5b490f8733b8a44e0ef22
diff --git a/apps/postgresql/postgresql-deploy.yaml b/apps/postgresql/postgresql-deploy.yaml
index 7be5d53..e9fed96 100644
--- a/apps/postgresql/postgresql-deploy.yaml
+++ b/apps/postgresql/postgresql-deploy.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ spec:
         env: live
     spec:
       containers:
+      - name: postgres-exporter
+        image: quay.io/prometheuscommunity/postgres-exporter
+        ports:
+          - containerPort: 9187
+            protocol: TCP
       - name: postgres
         image: postgres
         ports: