diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f437590936e2..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, buildGoModule
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, installShellFiles
-, testers
-, nixosTests
-, opentelemetry-collector
-}:
-
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "opentelemetry-collector";
-  version = "0.109.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "open-telemetry";
-    repo = "opentelemetry-collector";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ShVUBohSnIoeq2aTWJ9IMXKt0CeRv3CZjlqpYHR9DhY=";
-  };
-  # there is a nested go.mod
-  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/cmd/otelcorecol";
-  vendorHash = "sha256-rXC4lm2ZvO3k6h1ZiYB+FskhW0c2uJyPLZg6n125MZE=";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
-
-  # upstream strongly recommends disabling CGO
-  # additionally dependencies have had issues when GCO was enabled that weren't caught upstream
-  # https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#using-cgo
-  CGO_ENABLED = 0;
-
-  preBuild = ''
-    # set the build version, can't be done via ldflags
-    sed -i -E 's/Version:(\s*)".*"/Version:\1"${version}"/' main.go
-  '';
-
-  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    installShellCompletion --cmd otelcorecol \
-      --bash <($out/bin/otelcorecol completion bash) \
-      --fish <($out/bin/otelcorecol completion fish) \
-      --zsh <($out/bin/otelcorecol completion zsh)
-  '';
-
-  passthru.tests = {
-    version = testers.testVersion {
-      inherit version;
-      package = opentelemetry-collector;
-      command = "otelcorecol -v";
-    };
-    inherit (nixosTests) opentelemetry-collector;
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    description = "Vendor-agnostic implementation on how to receive, process and export telemetry data";
-    longDescription = ''
-      The OpenTelemetry Collector offers a vendor-agnostic implementation on how
-      to receive, process and export telemetry data. In addition, it removes the
-      need to run, operate and maintain multiple agents/collectors in order to
-      support open-source telemetry data formats (e.g. Jaeger, Prometheus, etc.)
-      sending to multiple open-source or commercial back-ends.
-    '';
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ uri-canva jk ];
-    mainProgram = "otelcorecol";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 00fdf1b7eb86..b13a8ed50431 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4793,7 +4793,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   update-systemd-resolved = callPackage ../tools/networking/openvpn/update-systemd-resolved.nix { };
 
-  opentelemetry-collector = callPackage ../tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector { };
+  opentelemetry-collector = opentelemetry-collector-releases.otelcol;
   opentelemetry-collector-releases = callPackage ../tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/releases.nix { };
   opentelemetry-collector-contrib = callPackage ../tools/misc/opentelemetry-collector/contrib.nix { };