diff --git a/pkg/models/metrics/metricsruleconst.go b/pkg/models/metrics/metricsruleconst.go
index 4be60151aef5c0daa748be0135b0b905c7296105..45f46d77c269269f695b73e96c20324f17daee84 100644
--- a/pkg/models/metrics/metricsruleconst.go
+++ b/pkg/models/metrics/metricsruleconst.go
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package metrics
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-)
-
 const (
 	ResultTypeVector             = "vector"
 	ResultTypeMatrix             = "matrix"
@@ -735,11 +731,3 @@ var RulePromQLTmplMap = MetricMap{
 	"prometheus_up_sum":                          `prometheus:up:sum`,
 	"prometheus_tsdb_head_samples_appended_rate": `prometheus:prometheus_tsdb_head_samples_appended:sum_rate`,
 }
-
-func init() {
-	for metric, promql := range RulePromQLTmplMap {
-
-		// Use absent() to fill missing data with zero
-		RulePromQLTmplMap[metric] = fmt.Sprintf("%s or absent(%s)-1", promql, promql)
-	}
-}