diff --git a/cmd/controller/controller.go b/cmd/controller/controller.go
index d3cc4d5e62b5..79aa9de66139 100644
--- a/cmd/controller/controller.go
+++ b/cmd/controller/controller.go
@@ -460,11 +460,7 @@ func (c *command) start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	if c.EnableMetricsScraper {
-		metricsSaver, err := controller.NewManifestsSaver("metrics", c.K0sVars.DataDir)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create metrics manifests saver: %w", err)
-		}
-		metrics, err := controller.NewMetrics(c.K0sVars, metricsSaver, adminClientFactory, nodeConfig.Spec.Storage.Type)
+		metrics, err := controller.NewMetrics(c.K0sVars, adminClientFactory, nodeConfig.Spec.Storage.Type)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create metrics reconciler: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/component/controller/metrics.go b/pkg/component/controller/metrics.go
index bf59a44bb1d4..848aeebb49a4 100644
--- a/pkg/component/controller/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/component/controller/metrics.go
@@ -25,14 +25,18 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 
+	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/internal/pkg/dir"
+	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/internal/pkg/file"
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/internal/pkg/templatewriter"
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/pkg/apis/k0s/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/pkg/component/manager"
 	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/k0sproject/k0s/pkg/constant"
 	kubeutil "github.com/k0sproject/k0s/pkg/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -48,7 +52,6 @@ type Metrics struct {
 
 	hostname    string
 	K0sVars     *config.CfgVars
-	saver       manifestsSaver
 	restClient  rest.Interface
 	storageType v1beta1.StorageType
 
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ var _ manager.Component = (*Metrics)(nil)
 var _ manager.Reconciler = (*Metrics)(nil)
 
 // NewMetrics creates new Metrics reconciler
-func NewMetrics(k0sVars *config.CfgVars, saver manifestsSaver, clientCF kubeutil.ClientFactoryInterface, storageType v1beta1.StorageType) (*Metrics, error) {
+func NewMetrics(k0sVars *config.CfgVars, clientCF kubeutil.ClientFactoryInterface, storageType v1beta1.StorageType) (*Metrics, error) {
 	hostname, err := os.Hostname()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -82,13 +85,16 @@ func NewMetrics(k0sVars *config.CfgVars, saver manifestsSaver, clientCF kubeutil
 		storageType: storageType,
 		hostname:    hostname,
 		K0sVars:     k0sVars,
-		saver:       saver,
 		restClient:  restClient,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// Init does nothing
-func (m *Metrics) Init(_ context.Context) error {
+// Init implements [manager.Component].
+func (m *Metrics) Init(context.Context) error {
+	if err := dir.Init(filepath.Join(m.K0sVars.ManifestsDir, "metrics"), constant.ManifestsDirMode); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	var j *job
 	j, err := m.newJob("kube-scheduler", "https://localhost:10259/metrics")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -121,7 +127,8 @@ func (m *Metrics) Init(_ context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Run runs the metric server reconciler
+// Start implements [manager.Component].
+// Starts the metric server reconciler.
 func (m *Metrics) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	ctx, m.tickerDone = context.WithCancel(ctx)
 
@@ -132,7 +139,8 @@ func (m *Metrics) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Stop stops the reconciler
+// Stop implements [manager.Component].
+// Stops the metric server reconciler.
 func (m *Metrics) Stop() error {
 	if m.tickerDone != nil {
 		m.tickerDone()
@@ -159,7 +167,9 @@ func (m *Metrics) Reconcile(_ context.Context, clusterConfig *v1beta1.ClusterCon
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		err = m.saver.Save("pushgateway.yaml", output.Bytes())
+		err = file.AtomicWithTarget(filepath.Join(m.K0sVars.ManifestsDir, "metrics", "pushgateway.yaml")).
+			WithPermissions(constant.CertMode).
+			Write(output.Bytes())
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}