diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml
index 279af14e6..f72d8c0a0 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ filter/drop_unnecessary_metrics:
       - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
 {{- if .Values.sumologic.metrics.dropHistogramBuckets }}
       # drop histograms we've extracted sums and counts from, but don't want the full thing
-      - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+      - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket")
 {{- end }}
 
 # Prometheus receiver puts all labels in record-level attributes, and we need them in resource
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/additional_endpoints.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/additional_endpoints.output.yaml
index 98069a47d..0dd0f9447 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/additional_endpoints.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/additional_endpoints.output.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ data:
           metric:
           - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
           - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM
-            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket")
       groupbyattrs:
         keys:
         - container
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/basic.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/basic.output.yaml
index 98e775b33..9723ea1b0 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/basic.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/basic.output.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ data:
           metric:
           - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
           - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM
-            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket")
       groupbyattrs:
         keys:
         - container
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom.output.yaml
index 74b78e538..9ea3b748a 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom.output.yaml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ data:
           metric:
           - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
           - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM
-            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket")
       groupbyattrs:
         keys:
         - container
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug.output.yaml
index 7778a16c2..84800fcfa 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug.output.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ data:
           metric:
           - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
           - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM
-            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket")
       groupbyattrs:
         keys:
         - container
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock.output.yaml
index c399b9a01..a90af0b7f 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock.output.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ data:
           metric:
           - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
           - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM
-            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket")
       groupbyattrs:
         keys:
         - container
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http.output.yaml
index 130971593..7ed2166af 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http.output.yaml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ data:
           metric:
           - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
           - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM
-            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket")
       groupbyattrs:
         keys:
         - container
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/filtered_app_metrics.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/filtered_app_metrics.output.yaml
index ad245b6ce..b35590bdd 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/filtered_app_metrics.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/filtered_app_metrics.output.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ data:
           metric:
           - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
           - type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM
-            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket")
       groupbyattrs:
         keys:
         - container
diff --git a/tests/integration/helm_prometheus_metrics_test.go b/tests/integration/helm_prometheus_metrics_test.go
index 8408a0667..b9d2cb956 100644
--- a/tests/integration/helm_prometheus_metrics_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/helm_prometheus_metrics_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func Test_Helm_Prometheus_Metrics(t *testing.T) {
 	// defaults without otel metrics collector metrics, but with Prometheus metrics
 	expectedMetricsGroups := make([][]string, len(internal.DefaultExpectedMetricsGroups))
 	copy(expectedMetricsGroups, internal.DefaultExpectedMetricsGroups)
-	expectedMetricsGroups = append(expectedMetricsGroups, internal.PrometheusMetrics, internal.DefaultOtelcolMetrics, internal.BucketMetrics)
+	expectedMetricsGroups = append(expectedMetricsGroups, internal.PrometheusMetrics, internal.DefaultOtelcolMetrics)
 	for _, metrics := range expectedMetricsGroups {
 		expectedMetrics = append(expectedMetrics, metrics...)
 	}
diff --git a/tests/integration/internal/constants.go b/tests/integration/internal/constants.go
index 5c19edb5f..91bbb0ec5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/internal/constants.go
+++ b/tests/integration/internal/constants.go
@@ -354,19 +354,6 @@ var (
 		"scrape_duration_seconds",
 	}
 
-	// Bucket metrics are completely removed in OTC, but there may be still available in Prometheus
-	BucketMetrics = []string{
-		"etcd_disk_wal_fsync_duration_seconds_bucket",
-		"scheduler_scheduling_attempt_duration_seconds_bucket",
-		"scheduler_scheduling_algorithm_duration_seconds_bucket",
-		"otelcol_processor_groupbyattrs_metric_groups_bucket",
-		"prometheus_remote_storage_sent_batch_duration_seconds_bucket",
-		"otelcol_processor_batch_batch_send_size_bucket",
-		"etcd_disk_backend_commit_duration_seconds_bucket",
-		"coredns_proxy_request_duration_seconds_bucket",
-		"scheduler_framework_extension_point_duration_seconds_bucket",
-	}
-
 	// Some metrics might change over k8s versions
 	versionDependentMetrics = map[*version.Version](struct {
 		before []string