diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 20e1b2e8..49339cd0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ config/database.yml
 config/sidekiq.yml
 coverage/*
 dump.rdb
-otel-collector-config.yaml
 public/assets
 public/cache
 public/screenshots
diff --git a/config/otel-collector-config.yaml.example b/config/otel-collector-config.yaml.example
deleted file mode 100644
index 25268f48..00000000
--- a/config/otel-collector-config.yaml.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-receivers:
-  prometheus:
-    config:
-      scrape_configs:
-        - job_name: "prometheus"
-          scrape_interval: 15s
-          static_configs:
-            - targets: ["pender:3200"] 
-
-processors:
-  batch:
-
-exporters:
-  otlp/metrics:
-    endpoint: "api.honeycomb.io:443" # US instance
-    #endpoint: "api.eu1.honeycomb.io:443" # EU instance
-    headers:
-      "x-honeycomb-team": "<Honeycomb API KEY>"
-      "x-honeycomb-dataset": "pender"
-
-service:
-  # telemetry:
-  #   logs:
-  #     level: "debug"
-  pipelines:
-    metrics:
-      receivers: [prometheus]
-      processors: []
-      exporters: [otlp/metrics]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 21973603..64c6edf8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -59,9 +59,3 @@ services:
       DEPLOY_ENV: local
       RAILS_ENV: development
       SERVER_PORT: 3200
-  otel-collector:
-    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
-    volumes:
-      - ./config/otel-collector-config.yaml:/etc/otelcol-contrib/config.yaml
-    depends_on:
-      - pender