diff --git a/docs/severity.md b/docs/severity.md
index 149003026..f05c3304c 100644
--- a/docs/severity.md
+++ b/docs/severity.md
@@ -1212,7 +1212,6 @@
 |Detector|Critical|Major|Minor|Warning|Info|
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |Nginx heartbeat|X|-|-|-|-|
-|Nginx dropped connections|X|X|-|-|-|
 
 
 ## smart-agent_ntp
diff --git a/modules/smart-agent_nginx/README.md b/modules/smart-agent_nginx/README.md
index de09f7c9d..3263d46ad 100644
--- a/modules/smart-agent_nginx/README.md
+++ b/modules/smart-agent_nginx/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ This module creates the following SignalFx detectors which could contain one or
 |Detector|Critical|Major|Minor|Warning|Info|
 |---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |Nginx heartbeat|X|-|-|-|-|
-|Nginx dropped connections|X|X|-|-|-|
 
 ## How to collect required metrics?
 
@@ -117,8 +116,7 @@ parameter to the corresponding monitor configuration:
     datapointsToExclude:
       - metricNames:
         - '*'
-        - '!connections.failed'
-        - '!nginx_connections.reading'
+        - '!nginx.connections_current'
 
 ```
 
diff --git a/modules/smart-agent_nginx/detectors-gen.tf b/modules/smart-agent_nginx/detectors-gen.tf
index aba4f75c1..ca57fa0db 100644
--- a/modules/smart-agent_nginx/detectors-gen.tf
+++ b/modules/smart-agent_nginx/detectors-gen.tf
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ resource "signalfx_detector" "heartbeat" {
 
   program_text = <<-EOF
     from signalfx.detectors.not_reporting import not_reporting
-    signal = data('nginx_connections.reading', filter=%{if var.heartbeat_exclude_not_running_vm}${local.not_running_vm_filters} and %{endif}${module.filtering.signalflow})${var.heartbeat_aggregation_function}${var.heartbeat_transformation_function}.publish('signal')
+    signal = data('nginx.connections_current', filter=%{if var.heartbeat_exclude_not_running_vm}${local.not_running_vm_filters} and %{endif}${module.filtering.signalflow})${var.heartbeat_aggregation_function}${var.heartbeat_transformation_function}.publish('signal')
     not_reporting.detector(stream=signal, resource_identifier=None, duration='${var.heartbeat_timeframe}', auto_resolve_after='${local.heartbeat_auto_resolve_after}').publish('CRIT')
 EOF
 
@@ -25,44 +25,3 @@ EOF
 
   max_delay = var.heartbeat_max_delay
 }
-
-resource "signalfx_detector" "dropped_connections" {
-  name = format("%s %s", local.detector_name_prefix, "Nginx dropped connections")
-
-  authorized_writer_teams = var.authorized_writer_teams
-  teams                   = try(coalescelist(var.teams, var.authorized_writer_teams), null)
-  tags                    = compact(concat(local.common_tags, local.tags, var.extra_tags))
-
-  program_text = <<-EOF
-    signal = data('connections.failed', filter=${module.filtering.signalflow})${var.dropped_connections_aggregation_function}${var.dropped_connections_transformation_function}.publish('signal')
-    detect(when(signal > ${var.dropped_connections_threshold_critical}%{if var.dropped_connections_lasting_duration_critical != null}, lasting='${var.dropped_connections_lasting_duration_critical}', at_least=${var.dropped_connections_at_least_percentage_critical}%{endif})).publish('CRIT')
-    detect(when(signal > ${var.dropped_connections_threshold_major}%{if var.dropped_connections_lasting_duration_major != null}, lasting='${var.dropped_connections_lasting_duration_major}', at_least=${var.dropped_connections_at_least_percentage_major}%{endif}) and (not when(signal > ${var.dropped_connections_threshold_critical}%{if var.dropped_connections_lasting_duration_critical != null}, lasting='${var.dropped_connections_lasting_duration_critical}', at_least=${var.dropped_connections_at_least_percentage_critical}%{endif}))).publish('MAJOR')
-EOF
-
-  rule {
-    description           = "is too high > ${var.dropped_connections_threshold_critical}"
-    severity              = "Critical"
-    detect_label          = "CRIT"
-    disabled              = coalesce(var.dropped_connections_disabled_critical, var.dropped_connections_disabled, var.detectors_disabled)
-    notifications         = try(coalescelist(lookup(var.dropped_connections_notifications, "critical", []), var.notifications.critical), null)
-    runbook_url           = try(coalesce(var.dropped_connections_runbook_url, var.runbook_url), "")
-    tip                   = var.dropped_connections_tip
-    parameterized_subject = var.message_subject == "" ? local.rule_subject : var.message_subject
-    parameterized_body    = var.message_body == "" ? local.rule_body : var.message_body
-  }
-
-  rule {
-    description           = "is too high > ${var.dropped_connections_threshold_major}"
-    severity              = "Major"
-    detect_label          = "MAJOR"
-    disabled              = coalesce(var.dropped_connections_disabled_major, var.dropped_connections_disabled, var.detectors_disabled)
-    notifications         = try(coalescelist(lookup(var.dropped_connections_notifications, "major", []), var.notifications.major), null)
-    runbook_url           = try(coalesce(var.dropped_connections_runbook_url, var.runbook_url), "")
-    tip                   = var.dropped_connections_tip
-    parameterized_subject = var.message_subject == "" ? local.rule_subject : var.message_subject
-    parameterized_body    = var.message_body == "" ? local.rule_body : var.message_body
-  }
-
-  max_delay = var.dropped_connections_max_delay
-}
-
diff --git a/modules/smart-agent_nginx/outputs.tf b/modules/smart-agent_nginx/outputs.tf
index a127998b6..606361b57 100644
--- a/modules/smart-agent_nginx/outputs.tf
+++ b/modules/smart-agent_nginx/outputs.tf
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-output "dropped_connections" {
-  description = "Detector resource for dropped_connections"
-  value       = signalfx_detector.dropped_connections
-}
-
 output "heartbeat" {
   description = "Detector resource for heartbeat"
   value       = signalfx_detector.heartbeat
diff --git a/modules/smart-agent_nginx/variables-gen.tf b/modules/smart-agent_nginx/variables-gen.tf
index b03a269b3..d79769563 100644
--- a/modules/smart-agent_nginx/variables-gen.tf
+++ b/modules/smart-agent_nginx/variables-gen.tf
@@ -53,94 +53,3 @@ variable "heartbeat_timeframe" {
   type        = string
   default     = "25m"
 }
-
-# dropped_connections detector
-
-variable "dropped_connections_notifications" {
-  description = "Notification recipients list per severity overridden for dropped_connections detector"
-  type        = map(list(string))
-  default     = {}
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_aggregation_function" {
-  description = "Aggregation function and group by for dropped_connections detector (i.e. \".mean(by=['host'])\")"
-  type        = string
-  default     = ""
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_transformation_function" {
-  description = "Transformation function for dropped_connections detector (i.e. \".mean(over='5m')\")"
-  type        = string
-  default     = ".min(over='5m')"
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_max_delay" {
-  description = "Enforce max delay for dropped_connections detector (use \"0\" or \"null\" for \"Auto\")"
-  type        = number
-  default     = null
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_tip" {
-  description = "Suggested first course of action or any note useful for incident handling"
-  type        = string
-  default     = ""
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_runbook_url" {
-  description = "URL like SignalFx dashboard or wiki page which can help to troubleshoot the incident cause"
-  type        = string
-  default     = ""
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_disabled" {
-  description = "Disable all alerting rules for dropped_connections detector"
-  type        = bool
-  default     = null
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_disabled_critical" {
-  description = "Disable critical alerting rule for dropped_connections detector"
-  type        = bool
-  default     = null
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_disabled_major" {
-  description = "Disable major alerting rule for dropped_connections detector"
-  type        = bool
-  default     = null
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_threshold_critical" {
-  description = "Critical threshold for dropped_connections detector"
-  type        = number
-  default     = 1
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_lasting_duration_critical" {
-  description = "Minimum duration that conditions must be true before raising alert"
-  type        = string
-  default     = null
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_at_least_percentage_critical" {
-  description = "Percentage of lasting that conditions must be true before raising alert (>= 0.0 and <= 1.0)"
-  type        = number
-  default     = 1
-}
-variable "dropped_connections_threshold_major" {
-  description = "Major threshold for dropped_connections detector"
-  type        = number
-  default     = 0
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_lasting_duration_major" {
-  description = "Minimum duration that conditions must be true before raising alert"
-  type        = string
-  default     = null
-}
-
-variable "dropped_connections_at_least_percentage_major" {
-  description = "Percentage of lasting that conditions must be true before raising alert (>= 0.0 and <= 1.0)"
-  type        = number
-  default     = 1
-}