diff --git a/Core/RDS/ingest/main.tf b/Core/RDS/ingest/main.tf
index 701c8fe5..ce18c794 100644
--- a/Core/RDS/ingest/main.tf
+++ b/Core/RDS/ingest/main.tf
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ resource "aws_db_instance" "hydrovis" {
 
   tags = {
     "hv-vpp-${var.environment}-data-ingest-rdsdbtag" : "hv-vpp-${var.environment}-data-ingest-rdsdbtag"
-    "noaa:monitoring"                                : "true"
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Core/RDS/viz/main.tf b/Core/RDS/viz/main.tf
index 163449e4..818b71a1 100644
--- a/Core/RDS/viz/main.tf
+++ b/Core/RDS/viz/main.tf
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ resource "aws_db_instance" "hydrovis" {
 
   tags = {
     "hv-vpp-${var.environment}-viz-processing-rdsdbtag" : "hv-vpp-${var.environment}-viz-processing-rdsdbtag"
-    "noaa:monitoring"                                   : "true"
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Core/StepFunctions/rnr/main.tf b/Core/StepFunctions/rnr/main.tf
index 1d74a720..ac8a590d 100644
--- a/Core/StepFunctions/rnr/main.tf
+++ b/Core/StepFunctions/rnr/main.tf
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ resource "aws_sfn_state_machine" "replace_route_step_function" {
     })
 
     tags = {
-      "noaa:monitoring" : "true"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Core/StepFunctions/viz/main.tf b/Core/StepFunctions/viz/main.tf
index f4e9ee9f..9589d1c6 100644
--- a/Core/StepFunctions/viz/main.tf
+++ b/Core/StepFunctions/viz/main.tf
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ resource "aws_sfn_state_machine" "viz_pipeline_step_function" {
     })
 
     tags = {
-      "noaa:monitoring" : "true"
     }
 }