diff --git a/tests/monitoring/metrics.go b/tests/monitoring/metrics.go
index 87a2159847a0..53b4a828f520 100644
--- a/tests/monitoring/metrics.go
+++ b/tests/monitoring/metrics.go
@@ -118,12 +118,7 @@ func setupVM(virtClient kubecli.KubevirtClient) {
 }
 
 func createRunningVM(virtClient kubecli.KubevirtClient) *v1.VirtualMachine {
-	vmi := libvmi.New(
-		libvmi.WithNamespace(testsuite.GetTestNamespace(nil)),
-		libvmi.WithInterface(libvmi.InterfaceDeviceWithMasqueradeBinding()),
-		libvmi.WithNetwork(v1.DefaultPodNetwork()),
-		libvmi.WithResourceMemory("8192Ki"),
-	)
+	vmi := libvmi.NewGuestless(libvmi.WithNamespace(testsuite.GetTestNamespace(nil)))
 	vm := libvmi.NewVirtualMachine(vmi, libvmi.WithRunning())
 	vm, err := virtClient.VirtualMachine(testsuite.GetTestNamespace(vm)).Create(context.Background(), vm)
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())