diff --git a/conf.d/load.yaml b/conf.d/load.yaml
index dc4ea406..75c8e261 100644
--- a/conf.d/load.yaml
+++ b/conf.d/load.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ init_config:
 instances:
     # Load check only supports one configured instance
     - name: load_stats
+      # (optional) Additional dimensions to dimensions each metric with
+      # dimensions:
+      #   dim1: value1
diff --git a/monasca_agent/collector/checks_d/load.py b/monasca_agent/collector/checks_d/load.py
index b3ed68a3..cd137e43 100644
--- a/monasca_agent/collector/checks_d/load.py
+++ b/monasca_agent/collector/checks_d/load.py
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ class Load(checks.AgentCheck):
         # Split out the 3 load average values
         load = [res.replace(',', '.') for res in re.findall(r'([0-9]+[\.,]\d+)', uptime)]
 
-        dimensions = self._set_dimensions(None)
-
         #
         # Normalize the load averages by number of cores
         # so the metric is useful for alarming across