diff --git a/bundles/telegraf/items.py b/bundles/telegraf/items.py
index 81b6375..4ee5ef2 100644
--- a/bundles/telegraf/items.py
+++ b/bundles/telegraf/items.py
@@ -11,7 +11,19 @@ telegraf_config = {
         'quiet': False,
         'round_interval': False,
     },
-    'inputs': {
+    'outputs': {
+        'influxdb_v2': [{
+            'urls': [node.metadata.get('telegraf/influxdb_url', repo.libs.defaults.influxdb_url)],
+            'token': node.metadata.get('telegraf/influxdb_token', repo.vault.decrypt(repo.libs.defaults.influxdb_token)),
+            'organization': node.metadata.get('telegraf/influxdb_org', repo.vault.decrypt(repo.libs.defaults.influxdb_org)),
+            'bucket': node.metadata.get('telegraf/influxdb_bucket', repo.vault.decrypt(repo.libs.defaults.influxdb_bucket)),
+        }],
+    },
+    'inputs': {},
+}
+
+if node.metadata.get('telegraf/collect_default_metrics', True):
+    telegraf_config['inputs'] = {
         'cpu': [{
             'percpu': False,
             'totalcpu': True,
@@ -43,17 +55,9 @@ telegraf_config = {
         'nstat': [{}],
         'processes': [{}],
         'system': [{}],
-        **node.metadata.get('telegraf/input_plugins/builtin', {}),
-    },
-    'outputs': {
-        'influxdb_v2': [{
-            'urls': [node.metadata.get('telegraf/influxdb_url', repo.libs.defaults.influxdb_url)],
-            'token': node.metadata.get('telegraf/influxdb_token', repo.vault.decrypt(repo.libs.defaults.influxdb_token)),
-            'organization': node.metadata.get('telegraf/influxdb_org', repo.vault.decrypt(repo.libs.defaults.influxdb_org)),
-            'bucket': node.metadata.get('telegraf/influxdb_bucket', repo.vault.decrypt(repo.libs.defaults.influxdb_bucket)),
-        }],
-    },
-}
+    }
+
+telegraf_config['inputs'].update(node.metadata.get('telegraf/input_plugins/builtin', {}))
 
 # Bundlewrap can't merge lists. To work around this, telegraf/input_plugins/exec(d)
 # is a dict, of which we only use the value of it. This also allows us