diff --git a/collector/lib/CollectionMethod.cpp b/collector/lib/CollectionMethod.cpp
index 29864ddd6f..1e684d6b7c 100644
--- a/collector/lib/CollectionMethod.cpp
+++ b/collector/lib/CollectionMethod.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const char* CollectionMethodName(CollectionMethod method) {
       return "ebpf";
     case CollectionMethod::CORE_BPF:
       return "core_bpf";
+    case CollectionMethod::PROCFS_ONLY:
+      return "procfs_only";
     default:
       CLOG(WARNING) << "Unexpected CollectionMethod: " << static_cast<uint8_t>(method);
       return "unknown";
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ CollectionMethod ParseCollectionMethod(std::string_view method) {
     return CollectionMethod::CORE_BPF;
   }
 
+  if (cm == "procfs_only") {
+    return CollectionMethod::PROCFS_ONLY;
+  }
+
   CLOG(WARNING) << "Invalid collection-method (" << cm << "), using CO-RE BPF";
   return CollectionMethod::CORE_BPF;
 }
diff --git a/collector/lib/CollectionMethod.h b/collector/lib/CollectionMethod.h
index 4dcb68b9a7..35e768273b 100644
--- a/collector/lib/CollectionMethod.h
+++ b/collector/lib/CollectionMethod.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace collector {
 enum class CollectionMethod : uint8_t {
   EBPF = 0,
   CORE_BPF,
+  PROCFS_ONLY,
 };
 
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, CollectionMethod method);
diff --git a/collector/lib/CollectorConfig.h b/collector/lib/CollectorConfig.h
index 454ac07019..b05a42bc28 100644
--- a/collector/lib/CollectorConfig.h
+++ b/collector/lib/CollectorConfig.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class CollectorConfig {
   static constexpr bool kTurnOffScrape = false;
   static constexpr int kScrapeInterval = 30;
   static constexpr int64_t kMaxConnectionsPerMinute = 2048;
-  static constexpr CollectionMethod kCollectionMethod = CollectionMethod::CORE_BPF;
+  // static constexpr CollectionMethod kCollectionMethod = CollectionMethod::CORE_BPF;
+  static constexpr CollectionMethod kCollectionMethod = CollectionMethod::PROCFS_ONLY;
   static constexpr const char* kSyscalls[] = {
       "accept",
       "accept4",
diff --git a/collector/lib/CollectorService.cpp b/collector/lib/CollectorService.cpp
index 78f66b9a1e..c3e3bc9b19 100644
--- a/collector/lib/CollectorService.cpp
+++ b/collector/lib/CollectorService.cpp
@@ -119,13 +119,17 @@ void CollectorService::RunForever() {
     server.addHandler(collector_config_inspector->kBaseRoute, collector_config_inspector.get());
   }
 
-  system_inspector_.Init(config_, conn_tracker);
-  system_inspector_.Start();
+  if (config_.GetCollectionMethod() != CollectionMethod::PROCFS_ONLY) {
+    system_inspector_.Init(config_, conn_tracker);
+    system_inspector_.Start();
+  }
 
   ControlValue cv;
   while ((cv = control_->load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) != STOP_COLLECTOR) {
-    system_inspector_.Run(*control_);
-    CLOG(DEBUG) << "Interrupted collector!";
+    if (config_.GetCollectionMethod() != CollectionMethod::PROCFS_ONLY) {
+      system_inspector_.Run(*control_);
+      CLOG(DEBUG) << "Interrupted collector!";
+    }
   }
 
   int signal = signum_.load();
@@ -144,7 +148,9 @@ void CollectorService::RunForever() {
   exporter.stop();
   server.close();
 
-  system_inspector_.CleanUp();
+  if (config_.GetCollectionMethod() != CollectionMethod::PROCFS_ONLY) {
+    system_inspector_.CleanUp();
+  }
 }
 
 bool CollectorService::InitKernel() {
@@ -158,6 +164,10 @@ bool CollectorService::WaitForGRPCServer() {
 }
 
 bool SetupKernelDriver(CollectorService& collector, const CollectorConfig& config) {
+  if (config.GetCollectionMethod() == CollectionMethod::PROCFS_ONLY) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   auto& startup_diagnostics = StartupDiagnostics::GetInstance();
   std::string cm_name(CollectionMethodName(config.GetCollectionMethod()));
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/pkg/config/config.go b/integration-tests/pkg/config/config.go
index 47febb7cd4..36cca64e16 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/integration-tests/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	CollectionMethodEBPF    = "ebpf"
-	CollectionMethodCoreBPF = "core-bpf"
+	CollectionMethodEBPF       = "ebpf"
+	CollectionMethodCoreBPF    = "core-bpf"
+	CollectionMethodProcfsOnly = "procfs_only"
 
 	runtimeDefaultCommand     = "docker"
 	runtimeDefaultSocket      = "/var/run/docker.sock"
@@ -27,8 +28,9 @@ const (
 
 var (
 	qa_tag            = ReadEnvVar(envQATag)
-	collection_method = ReadEnvVarWithDefault(envCollectionMethod, CollectionMethodCoreBPF)
-	stop_timeout      = ReadEnvVarWithDefault(envStopTimeout, defaultStopTimeoutSeconds)
+	collection_method = ReadEnvVarWithDefault(envCollectionMethod, CollectionMethodProcfsOnly)
+	//collection_method = ReadEnvVarWithDefault(envCollectionMethod, CollectionMethodCoreBPF)
+	stop_timeout = ReadEnvVarWithDefault(envStopTimeout, defaultStopTimeoutSeconds)
 
 	image_store       *ImageStore
 	collector_options *CollectorOptions