diff --git a/operations/mimir/config.libsonnet b/operations/mimir/config.libsonnet
index 3c4cf5453b6..6369513cd63 100644
--- a/operations/mimir/config.libsonnet
+++ b/operations/mimir/config.libsonnet
@@ -312,6 +312,30 @@
     // These are the defaults.
     limits: $._config.overrides.extra_small_user,
 
+    // These are all the flags for the default limits.
+    distributorLimitsConfig: {
+      'distributor.ingestion-rate-limit-strategy': 'global',
+      'distributor.ingestion-rate-limit': $._config.limits.ingestion_rate,
+      'distributor.ingestion-burst-size': $._config.limits.ingestion_burst_size,
+    },
+    ingesterLimitsConfig: {
+      'ingester.max-series-per-user': $._config.limits.max_series_per_user,
+      'ingester.max-series-per-metric': $._config.limits.max_series_per_metric,
+      'ingester.max-global-series-per-user': $._config.limits.max_global_series_per_user,
+      'ingester.max-global-series-per-metric': $._config.limits.max_global_series_per_metric,
+      'ingester.max-series-per-query': $._config.limits.max_series_per_query,
+      'ingester.max-samples-per-query': $._config.limits.max_samples_per_query,
+    },
+    rulerLimitsConfig: {
+      'ruler.max-rules-per-rule-group': $._config.limits.ruler_max_rules_per_rule_group,
+      'ruler.max-rule-groups-per-tenant': $._config.limits.ruler_max_rule_groups_per_tenant,
+    },
+    compactorLimitsConfig: {
+      'compactor.blocks-retention-period': $._config.limits.compactor_blocks_retention_period,
+    },
+
+    limitsConfig: self.distributorLimitsConfig + self.ingesterLimitsConfig + self.rulerLimitsConfig + self.compactorLimitsConfig,
+
     overrides_configmap: 'overrides',
 
     overrides: {
diff --git a/operations/mimir/distributor.libsonnet b/operations/mimir/distributor.libsonnet
index 02c8767b51f..436c7fc8020 100644
--- a/operations/mimir/distributor.libsonnet
+++ b/operations/mimir/distributor.libsonnet
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     $._config.grpcConfig +
     $._config.ringConfig +
     $._config.distributorConfig +
+    $._config.distributorLimitsConfig +
     {
       target: 'distributor',
 
@@ -29,10 +30,6 @@
       'server.grpc.keepalive.max-connection-age-grace': '5m',
       'server.grpc.keepalive.max-connection-idle': '1m',
 
-      'distributor.ingestion-rate-limit-strategy': 'global',
-      'distributor.ingestion-rate-limit': $._config.limits.ingestion_rate,
-      'distributor.ingestion-burst-size': $._config.limits.ingestion_burst_size,
-
       // The ingestion rate global limit requires the distributors to form a ring.
       'distributor.ring.consul.hostname': 'consul.%s.svc.cluster.local:8500' % $._config.namespace,
       'distributor.ring.prefix': '',
diff --git a/operations/mimir/ingester.libsonnet b/operations/mimir/ingester.libsonnet
index e0753d843ee..3078db366bd 100644
--- a/operations/mimir/ingester.libsonnet
+++ b/operations/mimir/ingester.libsonnet
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     $._config.storageConfig +
     $._config.blocksStorageConfig +
     $._config.distributorConfig +  // This adds the distributor ring flags to the ingester.
+    $._config.ingesterLimitsConfig +
     {
       target: 'ingester',
 
@@ -24,12 +25,6 @@
 
       // Limits config.
       'ingester.max-chunk-idle': $._config.max_chunk_idle,
-      'ingester.max-series-per-user': $._config.limits.max_series_per_user,
-      'ingester.max-series-per-metric': $._config.limits.max_series_per_metric,
-      'ingester.max-global-series-per-user': $._config.limits.max_global_series_per_user,
-      'ingester.max-global-series-per-metric': $._config.limits.max_global_series_per_metric,
-      'ingester.max-series-per-query': $._config.limits.max_series_per_query,
-      'ingester.max-samples-per-query': $._config.limits.max_samples_per_query,
       'runtime-config.file': '/etc/cortex/overrides.yaml',
       'server.grpc-max-concurrent-streams': 10000,
       'server.grpc-max-send-msg-size-bytes': 10 * 1024 * 1024,
diff --git a/operations/mimir/ruler.libsonnet b/operations/mimir/ruler.libsonnet
index dfb5727e9e7..c503defe08f 100644
--- a/operations/mimir/ruler.libsonnet
+++ b/operations/mimir/ruler.libsonnet
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
       'ruler.ring.consul.hostname': 'consul.%s.svc.cluster.local:8500' % $._config.namespace,
 
       // Limits
-      'ruler.max-rules-per-rule-group': $._config.limits.ruler_max_rules_per_rule_group,
-      'ruler.max-rule-groups-per-tenant': $._config.limits.ruler_max_rule_groups_per_tenant,
       'server.grpc-max-send-msg-size-bytes': 10 * 1024 * 1024,
       'server.grpc-max-recv-msg-size-bytes': 10 * 1024 * 1024,
 
diff --git a/operations/mimir/tsdb.libsonnet b/operations/mimir/tsdb.libsonnet
index 2a91f8b4d3b..1ce3c028563 100644
--- a/operations/mimir/tsdb.libsonnet
+++ b/operations/mimir/tsdb.libsonnet
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
     $._config.grpcConfig +
     $._config.storageConfig +
     $._config.blocksStorageConfig +
+    $._config.compactorLimitsConfig +
     {
       target: 'compactor',
 
@@ -162,7 +163,6 @@
 
       // Limits config.
       'runtime-config.file': '/etc/cortex/overrides.yaml',
-      'compactor.blocks-retention-period': $._config.limits.compactor_blocks_retention_period,
     },
 
   compactor_ports:: $.util.defaultPorts,