diff --git a/plugins/prometheus_plugin/include/eosio/prometheus_plugin/prometheus_plugin.hpp b/plugins/prometheus_plugin/include/eosio/prometheus_plugin/prometheus_plugin.hpp
index 0413bd57c1..1ca104cf67 100644
--- a/plugins/prometheus_plugin/include/eosio/prometheus_plugin/prometheus_plugin.hpp
+++ b/plugins/prometheus_plugin/include/eosio/prometheus_plugin/prometheus_plugin.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <eosio/chain/application.hpp>
 #include <eosio/http_plugin/http_plugin.hpp>
 #include <eosio/chain_plugin/chain_plugin.hpp>
+#include <eosio/producer_plugin/producer_plugin.hpp>
+#include <eosio/net_plugin/net_plugin.hpp>
 
 namespace eosio {
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ namespace eosio {
       prometheus_plugin();
       ~prometheus_plugin() override;
 
-      APPBASE_PLUGIN_REQUIRES((http_plugin)(chain_plugin))
+      APPBASE_PLUGIN_REQUIRES((http_plugin)(chain_plugin)(producer_plugin)(net_plugin))
 
       void set_program_options(options_description&, options_description& cfg) override;
 
diff --git a/plugins/prometheus_plugin/prometheus_plugin.cpp b/plugins/prometheus_plugin/prometheus_plugin.cpp
index 2f14e5eba3..ff929d282f 100644
--- a/plugins/prometheus_plugin/prometheus_plugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/prometheus_plugin/prometheus_plugin.cpp
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 #include <eosio/chain/plugin_interface.hpp>
 #include <eosio/chain/thread_utils.hpp>
 #include <eosio/http_plugin/macros.hpp>
-#include <eosio/net_plugin/net_plugin.hpp>
 #include <eosio/http_plugin/http_plugin.hpp>
-#include <eosio/producer_plugin/producer_plugin.hpp>
 
 #include <fc/log/logger.hpp>
 
@@ -36,9 +34,6 @@ namespace eosio {
    prometheus_plugin::~prometheus_plugin() = default;
 
    void prometheus_plugin::set_program_options(options_description&, options_description& cfg) {
-      cfg.add_options()
-         ("prometheus-exporter-address", bpo::value<string>()->default_value("127.0.0.1:9101"),
-            "The local IP and port to listen for incoming prometheus metrics http request.");
    }
 
    struct prometheus_api_handle {