diff --git a/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/deploy/DefaultApplicationDeployer.java b/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/deploy/DefaultApplicationDeployer.java
index f58c9c2b24..820cb1e4d7 100644
--- a/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/deploy/DefaultApplicationDeployer.java
+++ b/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/deploy/DefaultApplicationDeployer.java
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ public class DefaultApplicationDeployer extends AbstractDeployer<ApplicationMode
         Optional<MetricsConfig> configOptional = configManager.getMetrics();
         // If no specific metrics type is configured and there is no Prometheus dependency in the dependencies.
         MetricsConfig metricsConfig = configOptional.orElse(new MetricsConfig(applicationModel));
+        if (PROTOCOL_PROMETHEUS.equals(metricsConfig.getProtocol()) && !isSupportPrometheus()) {
+            return;
+        }
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(metricsConfig.getProtocol())) {
             metricsConfig.setProtocol(isSupportPrometheus() ? PROTOCOL_PROMETHEUS : PROTOCOL_DEFAULT);
         }
diff --git a/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/deploy/DefaultApplicationDeployerTest.java b/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/deploy/DefaultApplicationDeployerTest.java
index e424fb34b2..1cd39c7da8 100644
--- a/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/deploy/DefaultApplicationDeployerTest.java
+++ b/dubbo-config/dubbo-config-api/src/test/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/deploy/DefaultApplicationDeployerTest.java
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@
 package org.apache.dubbo.config.deploy;
 
 import org.apache.dubbo.common.utils.Assert;
+import org.apache.dubbo.config.MetricsConfig;
 import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.model.ApplicationModel;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.MetricsConstants.PROTOCOL_PROMETHEUS;
+
 class DefaultApplicationDeployerTest {
 
     @Test
@@ -29,4 +32,13 @@ class DefaultApplicationDeployerTest {
                 new DefaultApplicationDeployer(ApplicationModel.defaultModel()).isSupportPrometheus();
         Assert.assertTrue(supportPrometheus, "DefaultApplicationDeployer.isSupportPrometheus() should return true");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void isImportPrometheus() {
+        MetricsConfig metricsConfig = new MetricsConfig();
+        metricsConfig.setProtocol("prometheus");
+        boolean importPrometheus = PROTOCOL_PROMETHEUS.equals(metricsConfig.getProtocol())
+                && !DefaultApplicationDeployer.isSupportPrometheus();
+        Assert.assertTrue(!importPrometheus, " should return false");
+    }
 }