diff --git a/src/main/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/yammer/YammerMetricWrapper.java b/src/main/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/yammer/YammerMetricWrapper.java
index 23ccc70..8a65729 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/yammer/YammerMetricWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/yammer/YammerMetricWrapper.java
@@ -41,11 +41,10 @@ public YammerMetricWrapper(String prometheusName, String scope, Metric metric, S
      */
     public static String prometheusName(MetricName metricName) {
         return PrometheusNaming.prometheusName(
-                    "kafka_server_" +
-                    PrometheusNaming.sanitizeMetricName(
-                            metricName.getGroup() + '_' +
-                            metricName.getType() + '_' +
-                            metricName.getName()).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
+                PrometheusNaming.sanitizeMetricName(
+                        metricName.getGroup() + '_' +
+                        metricName.getType() + '_' +
+                        metricName.getName()).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT));
     }
 
     static Labels labelsFromScope(String scope, String metricName) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/YammerPrometheusMetricsReporterTest.java b/src/test/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/YammerPrometheusMetricsReporterTest.java
index e427116..94d762a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/YammerPrometheusMetricsReporterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/YammerPrometheusMetricsReporterTest.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public void setup() {
     @Test
     public void testLifeCycle() throws Exception {
         YammerPrometheusMetricsReporter reporter = new YammerPrometheusMetricsReporter(registry, collector);
-        configs.put(PrometheusMetricsReporterConfig.ALLOWLIST_CONFIG, "kafka_server_group_type.*");
+        configs.put(PrometheusMetricsReporterConfig.ALLOWLIST_CONFIG, "group_type.*");
         reporter.init(new VerifiableProperties(configs));
 
         HttpServers.ServerCounter httpServer = null;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public void testLifeCycle() throws Exception {
             newCounter("group", "type", "name");
             metrics = getMetrics(port);
             assertEquals(1, metrics.size());
-            assertEquals("kafka_server_group_type_name_total 0.0", metrics.get(0));
+            assertEquals("group_type_name_total 0.0", metrics.get(0));
 
             // Removing the metric
             removeMetric("group", "type", "name");
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/yammer/YammerMetricWrapperTest.java b/src/test/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/yammer/YammerMetricWrapperTest.java
index f9f7e28..edad975 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/yammer/YammerMetricWrapperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/strimzi/kafka/metrics/yammer/YammerMetricWrapperTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public void testLabelsFromScope() {
     @Test
     public void testYammerMetricName() {
         String metricName = YammerMetricWrapper.prometheusName(new MetricName("Kafka.Server", "Log", "NumLogSegments"));
-        assertEquals("kafka_server_kafka_server_log_numlogsegments", metricName);
+        assertEquals("kafka_server_log_numlogsegments", metricName);
     }
 
     @Test