diff --git a/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go b/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
index 82c59bb74..a652160f2 100644
--- a/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
@@ -163,11 +163,6 @@ func run() int {
 			return 1
 		}
 
-		// NOTE: This is temporary fix for issue #1092, calling kingpin.Parse
-		// twice makes slices flags duplicate its value, this clean up
-		// the first parse before the second call.
-		*webConfig.WebListenAddresses = (*webConfig.WebListenAddresses)[1:]
-
 		// Parse flags once more to include those discovered in configuration file(s).
 		if _, err = app.Parse(os.Args[1:]); err != nil {
 			logger.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to parse CLI args from YAML file",
@@ -177,6 +172,12 @@ func run() int {
 			return 1
 		}
 
+		// NOTE: This is temporary fix for issue #1092, calling kingpin.Parse
+		// twice makes slices flags duplicate its value, this clean up
+		// the first parse before the second call.
+		slices.Sort(*webConfig.WebListenAddresses)
+		*webConfig.WebListenAddresses = slices.Clip(slices.Compact(*webConfig.WebListenAddresses))
+
 		logger, err = log.New(logConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			//nolint:sloglint // we do not have an logger yet