diff --git a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/apply.sh b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/apply.sh
index d09aba61ba..961a9e4fb2 100755
--- a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/apply.sh
+++ b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/apply.sh
@@ -30,9 +30,5 @@ chmod 0700 $chroot/$bosh_dir/etc/monitrc
 mkdir -p $chroot/$bosh_app_dir/monit
 touch $chroot/$bosh_app_dir/monit/empty.monitrc
 
-# nftables rules for monit
-mkdir -p $chroot/etc/nftables
-cp $dir/assets/monit-nftables.nft $chroot/etc/nftables/monit.nft
-
 cp "$(dirname "$0")/assets/monit.service" "${chroot}/lib/systemd/system/"
 run_in_chroot "${chroot}" "systemctl enable monit.service"
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diff --git a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit-nftables.nft b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit-nftables.nft
deleted file mode 100644
index 3709be6dbd..0000000000
--- a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit-nftables.nft
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-table inet filter {
-    # Chain rules
-    chain monit_output {
-        type filter hook output priority 0; policy accept;
-
-        # Allow established and related connections
-        ct state established,related accept
-
-        socket cgroupv2 level 2 "system.slice/bosh-agent.service" ip daddr 127.0.0.1 tcp dport 2822 log prefix "Matched cgroup bosh-agent monit rule: " accept
-        skuid 0 ip daddr 127.0.0.1 tcp dport 2822 log prefix "Matched skuid monit rule:" accept
-        ip daddr 127.0.0.1 tcp dport 2822 log prefix "dropped monit rule:" drop
-    }
-}
diff --git a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit.service b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit.service
index 736e905292..8e447ad127 100644
--- a/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit.service
+++ b/stemcell_builder/stages/bosh_monit/assets/monit.service
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ After=network.target
 ConditionPathExists=/var/vcap/data/sys/run
 
 [Service]
-ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nft -f /etc/nftables/monit.nft
 ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'PATH=/var/vcap/bosh/bin:$PATH exec nice -n -10 /var/vcap/bosh/bin/monit -I -c /var/vcap/bosh/etc/monitrc'
-ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/nft flush chain inet filter monit_output
 Restart=always
 KillMode=process