diff --git a/internal/controller/codercontrolplane_controller.go b/internal/controller/codercontrolplane_controller.go
index e870c419..1b0a0705 100644
--- a/internal/controller/codercontrolplane_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/codercontrolplane_controller.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (r *CoderControlPlaneReconciler) reconcileDeployment(ctx context.Context, c
 			image = defaultCoderImage
 		}
 
-		args := []string{"server", "--http-address=0.0.0.0:3000"}
+		args := []string{"--http-address=0.0.0.0:3000"}
 		args = append(args, coderControlPlane.Spec.ExtraArgs...)
 
 		deployment.Spec.Replicas = &replicas
diff --git a/internal/controller/codercontrolplane_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/codercontrolplane_controller_test.go
index 9525de1f..aa5e0885 100644
--- a/internal/controller/codercontrolplane_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/codercontrolplane_controller_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package controller_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -45,8 +46,9 @@ func TestReconcile_ExistingResource(t *testing.T) {
 			Namespace: "default",
 		},
 		Spec: coderv1alpha1.CoderControlPlaneSpec{
-			Image:    "test-image:latest",
-			Replicas: &replicas,
+			Image:     "test-image:latest",
+			Replicas:  &replicas,
+			ExtraArgs: []string{"--prometheus-enable=false"},
 			Service: coderv1alpha1.ServiceSpec{
 				Port: 8080,
 			},
@@ -86,6 +88,15 @@ func TestReconcile_ExistingResource(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected deployment replicas %d, got %#v", replicas, deployment.Spec.Replicas)
 	}
 
+	if len(deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected one container in deployment pod spec, got %d", len(deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers))
+	}
+	container := deployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]
+	expectedArgs := []string{"--http-address=0.0.0.0:3000", "--prometheus-enable=false"}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(container.Args, expectedArgs) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected container args %v, got %v", expectedArgs, container.Args)
+	}
+
 	service := &corev1.Service{}
 	if err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: cp.Name, Namespace: cp.Namespace}, service); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected service to be reconciled: %v", err)