diff --git a/src/config/config_impl.go b/src/config/config_impl.go
index e19b5ce0..306226ad 100644
--- a/src/config/config_impl.go
+++ b/src/config/config_impl.go
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ func (this *rateLimitConfigImpl) GetLimit(
 	}
 
 	if descriptor.GetLimit() != nil {
-		rateLimitKey := domain + "." + this.descriptorToKey(descriptor)
+		//rateLimitKey := domain + "." + this.descriptorToKey(descriptor)
+		// when ip is unique for each request it generates too many stats counters and never cleans them up
+		rateLimitKey := domain + ".override"
 		rateLimitOverrideUnit := pb.RateLimitResponse_RateLimit_Unit(descriptor.GetLimit().GetUnit())
 		rateLimit = NewRateLimit(
 			descriptor.GetLimit().GetRequestsPerUnit(),