diff --git a/.github/workflows/images.yaml b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
index 63a72dd3a..38df87f78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ jobs:
       ext-auth-example-authsvc: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.ext-auth-example-authsvc }}
       nginx: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.nginx }}
       nginx125: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.nginx125 }}
-      opentelemetry: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.opentelemetry }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@ jobs:
               - 'images/ext-auth-example-authsvc/**'
             nginx:
               - 'images/nginx/**'
-            opentelemetry:
-              - 'images/opentelemetry/**'
             nginx125:
               - 'images/nginx-1.25/TAG'
 
@@ -166,23 +163,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd images/ && make NAME=kube-webhook-certgen test test-e2e
 
-  opentelemetry:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      PLATFORMS: linux/amd64,linux/arm,linux/arm64
-    needs: changes
-    if: |
-      (needs.changes.outputs.opentelemetry == 'true')
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        nginx: ['1.25.3', '1.21.6']
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-    - name: image build
-      run: |
-        cd images/opentelemetry && make NGINX_VERSION=${{ matrix.nginx }} build
-
   nginx125:
     permissions:
       contents: write
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 5cf5bb179..f7ea20199 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.extraContainers | list | `[]` | Additional containers to be added to the controller pod. See https://github.com/lemonldap-ng-controller/lemonldap-ng-controller as example. |
 | controller.extraEnvs | list | `[]` | Additional environment variables to set |
 | controller.extraInitContainers | list | `[]` | Containers, which are run before the app containers are started. |
-| controller.extraModules | list | `[]` | Modules, which are mounted into the core nginx image. See values.yaml for a sample to add opentelemetry module |
+| controller.extraModules | list | `[]` | Modules, which are mounted into the core nginx image. |
 | controller.extraVolumeMounts | list | `[]` | Additional volumeMounts to the controller main container. |
 | controller.extraVolumes | list | `[]` | Additional volumes to the controller pod. |
 | controller.healthCheckHost | string | `""` | Address to bind the health check endpoint. It is better to set this option to the internal node address if the Ingress-Nginx Controller is running in the `hostNetwork: true` mode. |
@@ -393,21 +393,6 @@ As of version `1.26.0` of this chart, by simply not providing any clusterIP valu
 | controller.name | string | `"controller"` |  |
 | controller.networkPolicy.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable 'networkPolicy' or not |
 | controller.nodeSelector | object | `{"kubernetes.io/os":"linux"}` | Node labels for controller pod assignment # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/ # |
-| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop[0] | string | `"ALL"` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem | bool | `true` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.runAsGroup | int | `65532` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot | bool | `true` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.runAsUser | int | `65532` | The image's default user, inherited from its base image `cgr.dev/chainguard/static`. |
-| controller.opentelemetry.containerSecurityContext.seccompProfile.type | string | `"RuntimeDefault"` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.image.digest | string | `"sha256:f7604ac0547ed64d79b98d92133234e66c2c8aade3c1f4809fed5eec1fb7f922"` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.image.distroless | bool | `true` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.image.image | string | `"ingress-nginx/opentelemetry-1.25.3"` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.image.registry | string | `"registry.k8s.io"` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.image.tag | string | `"v20240813-b933310d"` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.name | string | `"opentelemetry"` |  |
-| controller.opentelemetry.resources | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to be added to controller pods # |
 | controller.podLabels | object | `{}` | Labels to add to the pod container metadata |
 | controller.podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security context for controller pods |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-daemonset-extra-modules-values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-daemonset-extra-modules-values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index edf12e77e..000000000
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-daemonset-extra-modules-values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-controller:
-  image:
-    repository: ingress-controller/controller
-    tag: 1.0.0-dev
-    digest: null
-
-  service:
-    type: ClusterIP
-
-  kind: DaemonSet
-
-  extraModules:
-  - name: opentelemetry
-    image:
-      registry: registry.k8s.io
-      image: ingress-nginx/opentelemetry-1.25.3
-      tag: v20240813-b933310d
-      digest: sha256:f7604ac0547ed64d79b98d92133234e66c2c8aade3c1f4809fed5eec1fb7f922
-      distroless: true
-    containerSecurityContext:
-      runAsNonRoot: true
-      runAsUser: 65532
-      runAsGroup: 65532
-      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-      seccompProfile:
-        type: RuntimeDefault
-      capabilities:
-        drop:
-        - ALL
-      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-daemonset-opentelemetry-values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-daemonset-opentelemetry-values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 179ab2a85..000000000
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-daemonset-opentelemetry-values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-controller:
-  image:
-    repository: ingress-controller/controller
-    tag: 1.0.0-dev
-    digest: null
-
-  service:
-    type: ClusterIP
-
-  kind: DaemonSet
-
-  opentelemetry:
-    enabled: true
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-deployment-extra-modules-values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-deployment-extra-modules-values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d4083cc37..000000000
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-deployment-extra-modules-values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-controller:
-  image:
-    repository: ingress-controller/controller
-    tag: 1.0.0-dev
-    digest: null
-
-  service:
-    type: ClusterIP
-
-  kind: Deployment
-
-  extraModules:
-  - name: opentelemetry
-    image:
-      registry: registry.k8s.io
-      image: ingress-nginx/opentelemetry-1.25.3
-      tag: v20240813-b933310d
-      digest: sha256:f7604ac0547ed64d79b98d92133234e66c2c8aade3c1f4809fed5eec1fb7f922
-      distroless: true
-    containerSecurityContext:
-      runAsNonRoot: true
-      runAsUser: 65532
-      runAsGroup: 65532
-      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-      seccompProfile:
-        type: RuntimeDefault
-      capabilities:
-        drop:
-        - ALL
-      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-deployment-opentelemetry-values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-deployment-opentelemetry-values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9443ddefc..000000000
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/controller-deployment-opentelemetry-values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-controller:
-  image:
-    repository: ingress-controller/controller
-    tag: 1.0.0-dev
-    digest: null
-
-  service:
-    type: ClusterIP
-
-  kind: Deployment
-
-  opentelemetry:
-    enabled: true
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
index fcc633d3d..b8f9c331c 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-daemonset.yaml
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ spec:
               hostPort: {{ $key }}
               {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
-        {{- if (or .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName .Values.controller.extraVolumeMounts .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
+        {{- if (or .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName .Values.controller.extraVolumeMounts .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.extraModules) }}
           volumeMounts:
-          {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
+          {{- if .Values.controller.extraModules }}
             - name: modules
             {{- if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
               mountPath: /chroot/modules_mount
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ spec:
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraContainers }}
         {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraContainers | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
-    {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraInitContainers .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
+    {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraInitContainers .Values.controller.extraModules) }}
       initContainers:
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraInitContainers }}
         {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@ spec:
           {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled }}
-        {{- with .Values.controller.opentelemetry }}
-          {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- end }}
-      {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
       hostNetwork: {{ .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
@@ -209,9 +203,9 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "ingress-nginx.serviceAccountName" . }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ .Values.controller.terminationGracePeriodSeconds }}
-    {{- if (or .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName .Values.controller.extraVolumeMounts .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.extraVolumes .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
+    {{- if (or .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName .Values.controller.extraVolumeMounts .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.extraVolumes .Values.controller.extraModules) }}
       volumes:
-      {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled)}}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.extraModules }}
         - name: modules
           emptyDir: {}
       {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index c046311b0..286ec06b3 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ spec:
               hostPort: {{ $key }}
               {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
-        {{- if (or .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName .Values.controller.extraVolumeMounts .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
+        {{- if (or .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName .Values.controller.extraVolumeMounts .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.extraModules) }}
           volumeMounts:
-          {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
+          {{- if .Values.controller.extraModules }}
             - name: modules
             {{- if .Values.controller.image.chroot }}
               mountPath: /chroot/modules_mount
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ spec:
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraContainers }}
         {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraContainers | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
-    {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraInitContainers .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
+    {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraInitContainers .Values.controller.extraModules) }}
       initContainers:
       {{- if .Values.controller.extraInitContainers }}
         {{- toYaml .Values.controller.extraInitContainers | nindent 8 }}
@@ -191,12 +191,6 @@ spec:
           {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled }}
-        {{- with .Values.controller.opentelemetry }}
-          {{- $containerSecurityContext := .containerSecurityContext | default $.Values.controller.containerSecurityContext }}
-          {{- include "extraModules" (dict "name" .name "image" .image "containerSecurityContext" $containerSecurityContext "resources" .resources) | nindent 8 }}
-        {{- end }}
-      {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
     {{- if .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
       hostNetwork: {{ .Values.controller.hostNetwork }}
@@ -215,9 +209,9 @@ spec:
     {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ template "ingress-nginx.serviceAccountName" . }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ .Values.controller.terminationGracePeriodSeconds }}
-    {{- if (or .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName .Values.controller.extraVolumeMounts .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.extraVolumes .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled) }}
+    {{- if (or .Values.controller.customTemplate.configMapName .Values.controller.extraVolumeMounts .Values.controller.admissionWebhooks.enabled .Values.controller.extraVolumes .Values.controller.extraModules) }}
       volumes:
-      {{- if (or .Values.controller.extraModules .Values.controller.opentelemetry.enabled)}}
+      {{- if .Values.controller.extraModules }}
         - name: modules
           emptyDir: {}
       {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index c2a0a1541..dd3faba59 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ controller:
   #   image: busybox
   #   command: ['sh', '-c', 'until nslookup myservice; do echo waiting for myservice; sleep 2; done;']
 
-  # -- Modules, which are mounted into the core nginx image. See values.yaml for a sample to add opentelemetry module
+  # -- Modules, which are mounted into the core nginx image.
   extraModules: []
   # - name: mytestmodule
   #   image:
@@ -711,31 +711,6 @@ controller:
   # will be executed as initContainers, to move its config files within the
   # mounted volume.
 
-  opentelemetry:
-    enabled: false
-    name: opentelemetry
-    image:
-      registry: registry.k8s.io
-      image: ingress-nginx/opentelemetry-1.25.3
-      ## for backwards compatibility consider setting the full image url via the repository value below
-      ## use *either* current default registry/image or repository format or installing chart by providing the values.yaml will fail
-      ## repository:
-      tag: v20240813-b933310d
-      digest: sha256:f7604ac0547ed64d79b98d92133234e66c2c8aade3c1f4809fed5eec1fb7f922
-      distroless: true
-    containerSecurityContext:
-      runAsNonRoot: true
-      # -- The image's default user, inherited from its base image `cgr.dev/chainguard/static`.
-      runAsUser: 65532
-      runAsGroup: 65532
-      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-      seccompProfile:
-        type: RuntimeDefault
-      capabilities:
-        drop:
-          - ALL
-      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-    resources: {}
   admissionWebhooks:
     name: admission
     annotations: {}
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/opentelemetry.md b/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/opentelemetry.md
index 32b17d2ca..255ba1ffa 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/opentelemetry.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/third-party-addons/opentelemetry.md
@@ -147,17 +147,7 @@ graph TB
 
 To install the example and collectors run:
 
-1. Enable Ingress addon with:
-
-    ```yaml
-      opentelemetry:
-        enabled: true
-        image: registry.k8s.io/ingress-nginx/opentelemetry-1.25.3:v20240813-b933310d@sha256:f7604ac0547ed64d79b98d92133234e66c2c8aade3c1f4809fed5eec1fb7f922
-        containerSecurityContext:
-        allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-    ```
-
-2. Enable OpenTelemetry and set the otlp-collector-host:
+1. Enable OpenTelemetry and set the otlp-collector-host:
 
     ```yaml
     $ echo '
@@ -183,7 +173,7 @@ To install the example and collectors run:
       ' | kubectl replace -f -
     ```
 
-4. Deploy otel-collector, grafana and Jaeger backend:
+2. Deploy otel-collector, grafana and Jaeger backend:
 
     ```bash
     # add helm charts needed for grafana and OpenTelemetry collector
@@ -218,7 +208,7 @@ To install the example and collectors run:
     make deploy-app
     ```
 
-5. Make a few requests to the Service:
+4. Make a few requests to the Service:
 
     ```bash
     kubectl port-forward --namespace=ingress-nginx service/ingress-nginx-controller 8090:80
@@ -247,7 +237,7 @@ To install the example and collectors run:
     RawContentLength  : 21
     ```
 
-6. View the Grafana UI:
+5. View the Grafana UI:
 
     ```bash
     kubectl port-forward --namespace=observability service/grafana 3000:80
@@ -255,7 +245,7 @@ To install the example and collectors run:
     In the Grafana interface we can see the details:
     ![grafana screenshot](../../images/otel-grafana-demo.png "grafana screenshot")
 
-7. View the Jaeger UI:
+6. View the Jaeger UI:
 
     ```bash
     kubectl port-forward --namespace=observability service/jaeger-all-in-one-query 16686:16686
@@ -263,7 +253,7 @@ To install the example and collectors run:
     In the Jaeger interface we can see the details:
     ![Jaeger screenshot](../../images/otel-jaeger-demo.png "Jaeger screenshot")
 
-8. View the Zipkin UI:
+7. View the Zipkin UI:
 
     ```bash
     kubectl port-forward --namespace=observability service/zipkin 9411:9411
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/Makefile b/images/opentelemetry/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index eae435bef..000000000
--- a/images/opentelemetry/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-.DEFAULT_GOAL:=build
-
-# set default shell
-SHELL=/bin/bash -o pipefail -o errexit
-
-DIR:=$(strip $(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))))
-INIT_BUILDX=$(DIR)/../../hack/init-buildx.sh
-
-# 0.0.0 shouldn't clobber any released builds
-SHORT_SHA ?=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-TAG ?=v$(shell date +%Y%m%d)-$(SHORT_SHA)
-
-REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx
-
-IMAGE = $(REGISTRY)/opentelemetry
-
-# required to enable buildx
-export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
-
-# build with buildx
-PLATFORMS?=linux/amd64,linux/arm,linux/arm64
-OUTPUT=
-PROGRESS=plain
-
-precheck:
-ifndef NGINX_VERSION
-	$(error NGINX_VERSION variable is required)
-endif
-
-build: precheck ensure-buildx
-	docker buildx build \
-		--label=org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx \
-		--label=org.opencontainers.image.licenses=Apache-2.0 \
-		--label=org.opencontainers.image.description="Ingress NGINX Opentelemetry image" \
-		--platform=${PLATFORMS} $(OUTPUT) \
-		--progress=$(PROGRESS) \
-		--build-arg=NGINX_VERSION=$(NGINX_VERSION) \
-		--pull \
-		--tag $(IMAGE)-$(NGINX_VERSION):$(TAG) rootfs
-
-# push the cross built image
-push: OUTPUT=--push
-push: build
-
-# enable buildx
-ensure-buildx:
-# this is required for cloudbuild
-ifeq ("$(wildcard $(INIT_BUILDX))","")
-	@curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/main/hack/init-buildx.sh | bash
-else
-	@exec $(INIT_BUILDX)
-endif
-	@echo "done"
-
-.PHONY: build precheck push ensure-buildx
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/TAG b/images/opentelemetry/TAG
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ec25f750..000000000
--- a/images/opentelemetry/TAG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-v1.0.0
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/cloudbuild.yaml b/images/opentelemetry/cloudbuild.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index df86d37e7..000000000
--- a/images/opentelemetry/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-options:
-  # Increase machine type for multi-arch builds.
-  machineType: E2_HIGHCPU_8
-  # Ignore Prow provided substitutions.
-  substitution_option: ALLOW_LOOSE
-steps:
-  - name: gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20240523-a15ad90fc9
-    env:
-      - REGISTRY=gcr.io/k8s-staging-ingress-nginx
-    entrypoint: bash
-    args:
-      - -c
-      - gcloud auth configure-docker && cd images/opentelemetry && make NGINX_VERSION=1.21.6 push && make NGINX_VERSION=1.25.3 push
-timeout: 1800s
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/CMakeLists.txt b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c68d6fc6..000000000
--- a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.11 FATAL_ERROR)
-
-project(
-  dependencies
-  LANGUAGES CXX
-  VERSION 0.0.1)
-
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-O2 -fpic")
-set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON CACHE BOOL "ON" FORCE)
-
-set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
-    Release
-    CACHE STRING "Build type" FORCE)
-
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
-
-set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
-    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
-    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
-    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
-
-set(INSTALL_LIBDIR
-    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-    CACHE PATH "directory for libraries")
-set(INSTALL_BINDIR
-    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-    CACHE PATH "directory for executables")
-set(INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR
-    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
-    CACHE PATH "directory for header files")
-
-set(DEF_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR share/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
-set(INSTALL_CMAKEDIR
-    ${DEF_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}
-    CACHE PATH "directory for CMake files")
-
-set_property(DIRECTORY PROPERTY EP_BASE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/subs)
-
-set(STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/stage)
-message(STATUS "${PROJECT_NAME} staged install: ${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-
-find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
-message("OpenSSL include dir: ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-message("OpenSSL libraries: ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
-
-find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
-find_package(gRPC REQUIRED)
-find_package(OpentelemetryCPP REQUIRED)
-
-install(
-  DIRECTORY ${STAGED_INSTALL_PREFIX}/
-  DESTINATION .
-  USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS)
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b64b96a6..000000000
--- a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors. All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-
-FROM alpine:3.20 AS base
-
-RUN mkdir -p /opt/third_party/install
-COPY . /opt/third_party/
-
-# install build tools
-RUN apk update \
-	&& apk upgrade \
-	&& apk add -U bash \
-	&& bash /opt/third_party/build.sh -p
-
-ENV NINJA_STATUS="[%p/%f/%t] "
-
-# install otel_ngx_module.so
-FROM base AS nginx
-ARG NGINX_VERSION=1.25.3
-RUN bash /opt/third_party/build.sh -n ${NGINX_VERSION}
-
-FROM golang:1.22.7-bullseye AS build-init
-
-WORKDIR /go/src/app
-COPY . .
-
-RUN go mod download
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o /go/bin/init_module
-
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian11 AS final
-COPY --from=build-init /go/bin/init_module /
-COPY --from=nginx /etc/nginx/modules /etc/nginx/modules
-
-CMD ["/init_module"]
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/build.sh b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6f803fc9f..000000000
--- a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-set -x
-# Check for recent changes: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/compare/v1.2.0...main
-export OPENTELEMETRY_CPP_VERSION=${OPENTELEMETRY_CPP_VERSION:="v1.11.0"}
-export INSTALL_DIR=/opt/third_party/install
-
-export NGINX_VERSION=${NGINX_VERSION:="1.25.3"}
-# improve compilation times
-CORES=$(($(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo) - 1))
-
-rm -rf \
-   /var/cache/debconf/* \
-   /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-   /var/log/* \
-   /tmp/* \
-   /var/tmp/*
-
-export BUILD_PATH=/tmp/build
-mkdir --verbose -p "$BUILD_PATH"
-
-Help()
-{
-   # Display Help
-   echo "Add description of the script functions here."
-   echo
-   echo "Syntax: scriptTemplate [-h|o|n|p|]"
-   echo "options:"
-   echo "h     Print Help."
-   echo "o     OpenTelemetry git tag"
-   echo "n     install nginx"
-   echo "p     prepare"
-   echo
-}
-
-prepare()
-{
-  echo "https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" >> /etc/apk/repositories
-  echo "https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community" >> /etc/apk/repositories
-  echo "https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" >> /etc/apk/repositories
-
-  apk add \
-    linux-headers \
-    cmake \
-    ninja \
-    openssl \
-    curl-dev \
-    openssl-dev \
-    gtest-dev \
-    c-ares-dev \
-    pcre-dev \
-    curl \
-    git \
-    build-base \
-    coreutils \
-    build-base \
-    openssl-dev \
-    pkgconfig \
-    c-ares-dev \
-    re2-dev \
-    grpc-dev \
-    protobuf-dev \
-    opentelemetry-cpp-dev
-
-  git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1
-  git config --global http.postBuffer 157286400
-}
-
-install_otel()
-{
-  cd ${BUILD_PATH}
-  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+LD_LIBRARY_PATH:}${INSTALL_DIR}/lib:/usr/local"
-  export PATH="${PATH}:${INSTALL_DIR}/bin"
-  git clone --recurse-submodules -j ${CORES} --depth=1 -b \
-    ${OPENTELEMETRY_CPP_VERSION} https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp.git opentelemetry-cpp-${OPENTELEMETRY_CPP_VERSION}
-  cd "opentelemetry-cpp-${OPENTELEMETRY_CPP_VERSION}"
-  mkdir -p .build
-  cd .build
-
-  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-        -G Ninja \
-        -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
-        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=TRUE  \
-        -DWITH_ZIPKIN=OFF \
-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_DIR} \
-        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-        -DWITH_BENCHMARK=OFF \
-        -DWITH_FUNC_TESTS=OFF \
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
-        -DWITH_OTLP_GRPC=ON \
-        -DWITH_OTLP_HTTP=OFF \
-        -DWITH_ABSEIL=ON \
-        -DWITH_EXAMPLES=OFF \
-        -DWITH_NO_DEPRECATED_CODE=ON \
-        ..
-  cmake --build . -j ${CORES} --target install
-}
-
-install_nginx()
-{
-
-  # Check for recent changes: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp-contrib/compare/e11348bb400d5472bf1da5d6128bead66fa111ff...main
-  export OPENTELEMETRY_CONTRIB_COMMIT=e11348bb400d5472bf1da5d6128bead66fa111ff
-
-  mkdir -p /etc/nginx
-  cd "$BUILD_PATH"
-
-  # TODO fix curl
-  # get_src 0528e793a97f942868616449d49326160f9cb67b2253fb2c4864603ac6ab09a9 \
-  #         "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp-contrib/archive/$OPENTELEMETRY_CONTRIB_COMMIT.tar.gz"
-
-  git clone https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp-contrib.git \
-    opentelemetry-cpp-contrib-${OPENTELEMETRY_CONTRIB_COMMIT}
-  cd ${BUILD_PATH}/opentelemetry-cpp-contrib-${OPENTELEMETRY_CONTRIB_COMMIT}
-  git reset --hard ${OPENTELEMETRY_CONTRIB_COMMIT}
-  cd ${BUILD_PATH}/opentelemetry-cpp-contrib-${OPENTELEMETRY_CONTRIB_COMMIT}/instrumentation/nginx
-  mkdir -p build
-  cd build
-  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-        -G Ninja \
-        -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_DIR} \
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
-        -DNGINX_VERSION=${NGINX_VERSION} \
-        ..
-  cmake --build . -j ${CORES} --target install
-
-  mkdir -p /etc/nginx/modules
-  cp ${INSTALL_DIR}/otel_ngx_module.so /etc/nginx/modules/otel_ngx_module.so
-}
-
-while getopts ":phn:" option; do
-   case $option in
-    h) # display Help
-         Help
-         exit;;
-    p) # prepare
-        prepare
-        exit;;
-    n) # install nginx
-        NGINX_VERSION=${OPTARG}
-        install_nginx
-        exit;;
-    \?)
-        Help
-        exit;;
-   esac
-done
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/go.mod b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 207d1d914..000000000
--- a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module init-otel
-
-go 1.22.7
diff --git a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/init_module.go b/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/init_module.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d285052d..000000000
--- a/images/opentelemetry/rootfs/init_module.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	// Enable error handling for all operations
-	err := run()
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: %v\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
-
-func run() error {
-	// Create the target directory if it doesn't exist
-	targetDir := "/modules_mount/etc/nginx/modules/otel"
-	err := os.MkdirAll(targetDir, os.ModePerm)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create target directory: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Copy files from source directory to target directory
-	sourceDir := "/etc/nginx/modules/"
-	err = filepath.Walk(sourceDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// Skip directories
-		if info.IsDir() {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		// Calculate the destination path
-		relPath, err := filepath.Rel(sourceDir, path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		destPath := filepath.Join(targetDir, relPath)
-
-		// Create the destination directory if it doesn't exist
-		destDir := filepath.Dir(destPath)
-		err = os.MkdirAll(destDir, os.ModePerm)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		// Copy the file
-		err = copyFile(path, destPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy files: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func copyFile(sourcePath, destPath string) error {
-	sourceFile, err := os.Open(sourcePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer sourceFile.Close()
-
-	destFile, err := os.Create(destPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer destFile.Close()
-
-	_, err = io.Copy(destFile, sourceFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/magefiles/utils/helm.go b/magefiles/utils/helm.go
index 677e322f5..cb8acae57 100644
--- a/magefiles/utils/helm.go
+++ b/magefiles/utils/helm.go
@@ -207,13 +207,6 @@ type IngressChartValue struct {
 		ExtraVolumes          []interface{} `yaml:"extraVolumes"`
 		ExtraInitContainers   []interface{} `yaml:"extraInitContainers"`
 		ExtraModules          []interface{} `yaml:"extraModules"`
-		Opentelemetry         struct {
-			Enabled                  bool   `yaml:"enabled"`
-			Image                    string `yaml:"image"`
-			ContainerSecurityContext struct {
-				AllowPrivilegeEscalation bool `yaml:"allowPrivilegeEscalation"`
-			} `yaml:"containerSecurityContext"`
-		} `yaml:"opentelemetry"`
 		AdmissionWebhooks struct {
 			Annotations          struct{}      `yaml:"annotations"`
 			Enabled              bool          `yaml:"enabled"`