diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
index 788750d9914..896cace6ea9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/types.go
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ type NodeGroup struct {
 	// +optional
 	MaxSize *int `json:"maxSize,omitempty"`
 	// +optional
-	MetricsCollection []MetricsCollection `json:"metricsCollection,omitempty"`
+	ASGMetricsCollection []MetricsCollection `json:"metricsCollection,omitempty"`
 
 	// +optional
 	EBSOptimized *bool `json:"ebsOptimized,omitempty"`
@@ -806,8 +806,6 @@ type ScalingConfig struct {
 	MinSize *int `json:"minSize,omitempty"`
 	// +optional
 	MaxSize *int `json:"maxSize,omitempty"`
-	// +optional
-	MetricsCollection []MetricsCollection `json:"metricsCollection,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ManagedNodeGroup defines an EKS-managed nodegroup
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 98c6849bd6e..09279b71461 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eksctl.io/v1alpha5/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ func (in *NodeGroup) DeepCopyInto(out *NodeGroup) {
 		*out = new(int)
 		**out = **in
 	}
-	if in.MetricsCollection != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MetricsCollection, &out.MetricsCollection
+	if in.ASGMetricsCollection != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ASGMetricsCollection, &out.ASGMetricsCollection
 		*out = make([]MetricsCollection, len(*in))
 		for i := range *in {
 			(*in)[i].DeepCopyInto(&(*out)[i])
diff --git a/pkg/cfn/builder/nodegroup.go b/pkg/cfn/builder/nodegroup.go
index 8beae6c86a2..f2f3e84182c 100644
--- a/pkg/cfn/builder/nodegroup.go
+++ b/pkg/cfn/builder/nodegroup.go
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ func nodeGroupResource(launchTemplateName *gfn.Value, vpcZoneIdentifier interfac
 	if ng.MaxSize != nil {
 		ngProps["MaxSize"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", *ng.MaxSize)
 	}
-	if len(ng.MetricsCollection) > 0 {
-		ngProps["MetricsCollection"] = ng.MetricsCollection
+	if len(ng.ASGMetricsCollection) > 0 {
+		ngProps["ASGMetricsCollection"] = ng.ASGMetricsCollection
 	}
 	if len(ng.ClassicLoadBalancerNames) > 0 {
 		ngProps["LoadBalancerNames"] = ng.ClassicLoadBalancerNames