diff --git a/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml b/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
index b22d105758..5b4c2c0526 100644
--- a/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
+++ b/examples/daemonsetsharding/deployment-no-node-pods.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/component: exporter
-    app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: kube-state-metrics-global
     app.kubernetes.io/version: 2.10.0
-  name: kube-state-metrics-pods
+  name: kube-state-metrics-global
   namespace: kube-system
 spec:
   replicas: 1
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
index 4ac16fbbc3..a492ef1a9b 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-state-metrics/kube-state-metrics.libsonnet
@@ -373,6 +373,30 @@
         },
       ),
 
+    deploymentNoNodePods:
+      local c = ksm.deployment.spec.template.spec.containers[0] {
+        args: [
+          '--resources=pods',
+          '--node=""',
+        ],
+      };
+      local shardksmname = ksm.name + "-global";
+      std.mergePatch(ksm.deployment,
+        {
+          metadata: {
+            name: shardksmname,
+            labels: {'app.kubernetes.io/name': shardksmname}
+          },
+          spec: {
+            template: {
+              spec: {
+                containers: [c],
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      ),
+
     daemonset:
       // extending the default container from above
       local c0 = ksm.deployment.spec.template.spec.containers[0] {
diff --git a/pkg/options/options.go b/pkg/options/options.go
index dc20bf0e79..c89ef63f43 100644
--- a/pkg/options/options.go
+++ b/pkg/options/options.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	Namespaces               NamespaceList   `yaml:"namespaces"`
 	NamespacesDenylist       NamespaceList   `yaml:"namespaces_denylist"`
 	Node                     NodeType        `yaml:"node"`
-	NoNodeScrape             bool            `yaml:"no_node_scrape"`
 	Pod                      string          `yaml:"pod"`
 	Port                     int             `yaml:"port"`
 	Resources                ResourceSet     `yaml:"resources"`