diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 12573eb5a..5ef81be33 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1478,11 +1478,6 @@ func (c *Config) buildSerializerOld(tbl *ast.Table) (telegraf.Serializer, error)
 	c.getFieldString(tbl, "template", &sc.Template)
 	c.getFieldStringSlice(tbl, "templates", &sc.Templates)
 
-	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "prometheus_export_timestamp", &sc.PrometheusExportTimestamp)
-	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "prometheus_sort_metrics", &sc.PrometheusSortMetrics)
-	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "prometheus_string_as_label", &sc.PrometheusStringAsLabel)
-	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "prometheus_compact_encoding", &sc.PrometheusCompactEncoding)
-
 	if c.hasErrs() {
 		return nil, c.firstErr()
 	}
@@ -1548,9 +1543,7 @@ func (c *Config) missingTomlField(_ reflect.Type, key string) error {
 	case "data_type", "influx_parser_type":
 
 	// Serializer options to ignore
-	case "prefix", "template", "templates",
-		"prometheus_export_timestamp", "prometheus_sort_metrics", "prometheus_string_as_label",
-		"prometheus_compact_encoding":
+	case "prefix", "template", "templates":
 	default:
 		c.unusedFieldsMutex.Lock()
 		c.UnusedFields[key] = true
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/v2/collector.go b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/v2/collector.go
index a12c17571..4505c980d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/v2/collector.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/v2/collector.go
@@ -44,18 +44,14 @@ type Collector struct {
 }
 
 func NewCollector(expire time.Duration, stringsAsLabel bool, exportTimestamp bool) *Collector {
-	config := serializer.FormatConfig{}
-	if stringsAsLabel {
-		config.StringHandling = serializer.StringAsLabel
-	}
-
-	if exportTimestamp {
-		config.TimestampExport = serializer.ExportTimestamp
+	cfg := serializer.FormatConfig{
+		StringAsLabel:   stringsAsLabel,
+		ExportTimestamp: exportTimestamp,
 	}
 
 	return &Collector{
 		expireDuration: expire,
-		coll:           serializer.NewCollection(config),
+		coll:           serializer.NewCollection(cfg),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/all/prometheus.go b/plugins/serializers/all/prometheus.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cbe32946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/serializers/all/prometheus.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build !custom || serializers || serializers.prometheus
+
+package all
+
+import (
+	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/prometheus" // register plugin
+)
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/collection.go b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/collection.go
index 452341278..3754c2920 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/collection.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/collection.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (c *Collection) createLabels(metric telegraf.Metric) []LabelPair {
 		labels = append(labels, LabelPair{Name: name, Value: tag.Value})
 	}
 
-	if c.config.StringHandling != StringAsLabel {
+	if !c.config.StringAsLabel {
 		return labels
 	}
 
@@ -352,13 +352,13 @@ func (c *Collection) Expire(now time.Time, age time.Duration) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *Collection) GetEntries(order MetricSortOrder) []Entry {
+func (c *Collection) GetEntries() []Entry {
 	entries := make([]Entry, 0, len(c.Entries))
 	for _, entry := range c.Entries {
 		entries = append(entries, entry)
 	}
 
-	if order == SortMetrics {
+	if c.config.SortMetrics {
 		sort.Slice(entries, func(i, j int) bool {
 			lhs := entries[i].Family
 			rhs := entries[j].Family
@@ -372,13 +372,13 @@ func (c *Collection) GetEntries(order MetricSortOrder) []Entry {
 	return entries
 }
 
-func (c *Collection) GetMetrics(entry Entry, order MetricSortOrder) []*Metric {
+func (c *Collection) GetMetrics(entry Entry) []*Metric {
 	metrics := make([]*Metric, 0, len(entry.Metrics))
 	for _, metric := range entry.Metrics {
 		metrics = append(metrics, metric)
 	}
 
-	if order == SortMetrics {
+	if c.config.SortMetrics {
 		sort.Slice(metrics, func(i, j int) bool {
 			lhs := metrics[i].Labels
 			rhs := metrics[j].Labels
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ func (c *Collection) GetMetrics(entry Entry, order MetricSortOrder) []*Metric {
 func (c *Collection) GetProto() []*dto.MetricFamily {
 	result := make([]*dto.MetricFamily, 0, len(c.Entries))
 
-	for _, entry := range c.GetEntries(c.config.MetricSortOrder) {
+	for _, entry := range c.GetEntries() {
 		mf := &dto.MetricFamily{
 			Name: proto.String(entry.Family.Name),
 			Type: MetricType(entry.Family.Type),
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ func (c *Collection) GetProto() []*dto.MetricFamily {
 			mf.Help = proto.String(helpString)
 		}
 
-		for _, metric := range c.GetMetrics(entry, c.config.MetricSortOrder) {
+		for _, metric := range c.GetMetrics(entry) {
 			l := make([]*dto.LabelPair, 0, len(metric.Labels))
 			for _, label := range metric.Labels {
 				l = append(l, &dto.LabelPair{
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func (c *Collection) GetProto() []*dto.MetricFamily {
 				Label: l,
 			}
 
-			if c.config.TimestampExport == ExportTimestamp {
+			if c.config.ExportTimestamp {
 				m.TimestampMs = proto.Int64(metric.Time.UnixNano() / int64(time.Millisecond))
 			}
 
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/collection_test.go b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/collection_test.go
index 67447e664..b386e37e4 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/collection_test.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/collection_test.go
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ func TestExportTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			c := NewCollection(FormatConfig{TimestampExport: ExportTimestamp})
+			c := NewCollection(FormatConfig{ExportTimestamp: true})
 			for _, item := range tt.input {
 				c.Add(item.metric, item.addtime)
 			}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 3be4f4bcf..d259640fb 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -7,48 +7,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-)
-
-// TimestampExport controls if the output contains timestamps.
-type TimestampExport int
-
-const (
-	NoExportTimestamp TimestampExport = iota
-	ExportTimestamp
-)
-
-// MetricSortOrder controls if the output is sorted.
-type MetricSortOrder int
-
-const (
-	NoSortMetrics MetricSortOrder = iota
-	SortMetrics
-)
-
-// StringHandling defines how to process string fields.
-type StringHandling int
-
-const (
-	DiscardStrings StringHandling = iota
-	StringAsLabel
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
 type FormatConfig struct {
-	TimestampExport TimestampExport
-	MetricSortOrder MetricSortOrder
-	StringHandling  StringHandling
+	ExportTimestamp bool `toml:"prometheus_export_timestamp"`
+	SortMetrics     bool `toml:"prometheus_sort_metrics"`
+	StringAsLabel   bool `toml:"prometheus_string_as_label"`
 	// CompactEncoding defines whether to include
 	// HELP metadata in Prometheus payload. Setting to true
 	// helps to reduce payload size.
-	CompactEncoding bool
+	CompactEncoding bool `toml:"prometheus_compact_encoding"`
 }
 
 type Serializer struct {
-	config FormatConfig
-}
-
-func NewSerializer(config FormatConfig) *Serializer {
-	return &Serializer{config: config}
+	FormatConfig
 }
 
 func (s *Serializer) Serialize(metric telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -56,7 +29,7 @@ func (s *Serializer) Serialize(metric telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (s *Serializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
-	coll := NewCollection(s.config)
+	coll := NewCollection(s.FormatConfig)
 	for _, metric := range metrics {
 		coll.Add(metric, time.Now())
 	}
@@ -72,3 +45,21 @@ func (s *Serializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	return buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
+
+func init() {
+	serializers.Add("prometheus",
+		func() serializers.Serializer {
+			return &Serializer{}
+		},
+	)
+}
+
+// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
+func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
+	s.FormatConfig.CompactEncoding = cfg.PrometheusCompactEncoding
+	s.FormatConfig.SortMetrics = cfg.PrometheusSortMetrics
+	s.FormatConfig.StringAsLabel = cfg.PrometheusStringAsLabel
+	s.FormatConfig.ExportTimestamp = cfg.PrometheusExportTimestamp
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus_test.go b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
index 30518f69f..356e4363c 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/prometheus/prometheus_test.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ http_request_duration_seconds_count 0
 		{
 			name: "simple with timestamp",
 			config: FormatConfig{
-				TimestampExport: ExportTimestamp,
+				ExportTimestamp: true,
 			},
 			metric: testutil.MustMetric(
 				"cpu",
@@ -182,12 +182,14 @@ cpu_time_idle{host="example.org"} 42
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			s := NewSerializer(FormatConfig{
-				MetricSortOrder: SortMetrics,
-				TimestampExport: tt.config.TimestampExport,
-				StringHandling:  tt.config.StringHandling,
-				CompactEncoding: tt.config.CompactEncoding,
-			})
+			s := &Serializer{
+				FormatConfig{
+					SortMetrics:     true,
+					ExportTimestamp: tt.config.ExportTimestamp,
+					StringAsLabel:   tt.config.StringAsLabel,
+					CompactEncoding: tt.config.CompactEncoding,
+				},
+			}
 
 			actual, err := s.Serialize(tt.metric)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -536,7 +538,7 @@ cpu_time_idle 42
 		{
 			name: "string as label",
 			config: FormatConfig{
-				StringHandling: StringAsLabel,
+				StringAsLabel: true,
 			},
 			metrics: []telegraf.Metric{
 				testutil.MustMetric(
@@ -558,7 +560,7 @@ cpu_time_idle{cpu="cpu0"} 42
 		{
 			name: "string as label duplicate tag",
 			config: FormatConfig{
-				StringHandling: StringAsLabel,
+				StringAsLabel: true,
 			},
 			metrics: []telegraf.Metric{
 				testutil.MustMetric(
@@ -582,7 +584,7 @@ cpu_time_idle{cpu="cpu0"} 42
 		{
 			name: "replace characters when using string as label",
 			config: FormatConfig{
-				StringHandling: StringAsLabel,
+				StringAsLabel: true,
 			},
 			metrics: []telegraf.Metric{
 				testutil.MustMetric(
@@ -698,11 +700,13 @@ rpc_duration_seconds_count 2693
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			s := NewSerializer(FormatConfig{
-				MetricSortOrder: SortMetrics,
-				TimestampExport: tt.config.TimestampExport,
-				StringHandling:  tt.config.StringHandling,
-			})
+			s := &Serializer{
+				FormatConfig{
+					SortMetrics:     true,
+					ExportTimestamp: tt.config.ExportTimestamp,
+					StringAsLabel:   tt.config.StringAsLabel,
+				},
+			}
 			actual, err := s.SerializeBatch(tt.metrics)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/registry.go b/plugins/serializers/registry.go
index 101498df4..a454c097a 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/registry.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/registry.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/prometheus"
 )
 
 // Creator is the function to create a new serializer
@@ -154,50 +153,18 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // NewSerializer a Serializer interface based on the given config.
 func NewSerializer(config *Config) (Serializer, error) {
-	var err error
-	var serializer Serializer
-	switch config.DataFormat {
-	case "prometheus":
-		serializer, err = NewPrometheusSerializer(config), nil
-	default:
-		creator, found := Serializers[config.DataFormat]
-		if !found {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid data format: %s", config.DataFormat)
-		}
-
-		// Try to create new-style serializers the old way...
-		serializer := creator()
-		p, ok := serializer.(SerializerCompatibility)
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("serializer for %q cannot be created the old way", config.DataFormat)
-		}
-		err := p.InitFromConfig(config)
-
-		return serializer, err
+	creator, found := Serializers[config.DataFormat]
+	if !found {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid data format: %s", config.DataFormat)
 	}
+
+	// Try to create new-style serializers the old way...
+	serializer := creator()
+	p, ok := serializer.(SerializerCompatibility)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("serializer for %q cannot be created the old way", config.DataFormat)
+	}
+	err := p.InitFromConfig(config)
+
 	return serializer, err
 }
-
-func NewPrometheusSerializer(config *Config) Serializer {
-	exportTimestamp := prometheus.NoExportTimestamp
-	if config.PrometheusExportTimestamp {
-		exportTimestamp = prometheus.ExportTimestamp
-	}
-
-	sortMetrics := prometheus.NoSortMetrics
-	if config.PrometheusExportTimestamp {
-		sortMetrics = prometheus.SortMetrics
-	}
-
-	stringAsLabels := prometheus.DiscardStrings
-	if config.PrometheusStringAsLabel {
-		stringAsLabels = prometheus.StringAsLabel
-	}
-
-	return prometheus.NewSerializer(prometheus.FormatConfig{
-		TimestampExport: exportTimestamp,
-		MetricSortOrder: sortMetrics,
-		StringHandling:  stringAsLabels,
-		CompactEncoding: config.PrometheusCompactEncoding,
-	})
-}