diff --git a/charts/governor/Chart.lock b/charts/governor/Chart.lock
index 05c9ea2..f72907c 100644
--- a/charts/governor/Chart.lock
+++ b/charts/governor/Chart.lock
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@ dependencies:
 - name: common
   repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
   version: 2.13.0
-- name: k8s-otel-collector
-  repository: https://helm.equinixmetal.com
-  version: 0.10.0
-digest: sha256:77dc513ebd4f275a212913825d22f8912ed2e905cc453de33427e332b8189dac
-generated: "2024-02-17T00:35:25.807122054Z"
+digest: sha256:8d088cc826d96f2164e5aca8f2ece88fa641e1dfc5eccc7921a6353db063a3c0
+generated: "2025-01-02T10:52:44.166198-06:00"
diff --git a/charts/governor/Chart.yaml b/charts/governor/Chart.yaml
index a90f61c..a0c0aee 100644
--- a/charts/governor/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/governor/Chart.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,3 @@ dependencies:
     tags:
       - bitnami-common
     version: 2.13.0
-  - name: k8s-otel-collector
-    repository: https://helm.equinixmetal.com
-    version: 0.10.0
diff --git a/charts/governor/README.md b/charts/governor/README.md
index 671421c..5b19b09 100644
--- a/charts/governor/README.md
+++ b/charts/governor/README.md
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ helm install governor-api equinixmetal/governor-api
 | api.tracing | object | `{"enabled":true,"secrets":{"enabled":false,"honeycombKey":null}}` | tracing settings |
 | api.tracing.secrets | object | `{"enabled":false,"honeycombKey":null}` | tracing secrets, set to `true` if you want to set the value directly in the chart (not recommended) |
 | audit | object | `{"auditImage":{"pullPolicy":"IfNotPresent","repository":"ghcr.io/metal-toolbox/audittail","tag":"v0.8.0"},"enabled":true,"initContainer":{"resources":{"limits":{"cpu":"100m","memory":"20Mi"},"requests":{"cpu":"100m","memory":"20Mi"}}},"resources":{"limits":{"cpu":"500m","memory":"1Gi"},"requests":{"cpu":"100m","memory":"128Mi"}},"securityContext":{"capabilities":{"drop":["ALL"]},"readOnlyRootFilesystem":true,"runAsNonRoot":true,"runAsUser":1000}}` | audit sidecar settings |
-| k8s-otel-collector | object | `{"include_otel_attributes":false}` | settings for the otel collector sub-chart ref https://github.com/equinixmetal-helm/k8s-otel-collector |
 | slackAddon | object | `{"api":{"audience":"https://api.governor.example.com","clientId":"gov-slack-addon-governor","url":"https://api.governor.example.com"},"autoscaling":{"enabled":false},"debug":false,"dryrun":false,"enabled":true,"hydra":{"url":"https://hydra.example.com/oauth2/token"},"image":{"pullPolicy":"IfNotPresent","repository":"ghcr.io/metal-toolbox/governor-slack-addon","tag":"46-c41b0158"},"labels":{"app.kubernetes.io/instance":"gov-slack-addon","app.kubernetes.io/managed-by":"Helm","app.kubernetes.io/name":"gov-slack-addon"},"matchLabels":{"app.kubernetes.io/instance":"gov-slack-addon","app.kubernetes.io/name":"gov-slack-addon"},"nats":{"credsPath":"/nats","subjectPrefix":"governor.events","url":"tls://nats.governor.example.com:4222,"},"nodeSelector":null,"ports":[{"containerPort":8000,"name":"http"}],"pretty":false,"reconciler":{"interval":"1h","locking":true},"replicas":1,"resources":{"limits":{"cpu":"500m","memory":"500Mi"},"requests":{"cpu":"250m","memory":"500Mi"}},"securityContext":{"capabilities":{"drop":["ALL"]},"readOnlyRootFilesystem":true,"runAsNonRoot":true,"runAsUser":1000},"service":{"port":80},"tolerations":null}` | slack-addon settings |
 | slackAddon.api | object | `{"audience":"https://api.governor.example.com","clientId":"gov-slack-addon-governor","url":"https://api.governor.example.com"}` | governor-api settings to retrieve required information by the slack addon |
 | slackAddon.debug | bool | `false` | set to true to turn on debug logging |
diff --git a/charts/governor/charts/k8s-otel-collector-0.10.0.tgz b/charts/governor/charts/k8s-otel-collector-0.10.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index e26e60c..0000000
Binary files a/charts/governor/charts/k8s-otel-collector-0.10.0.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/charts/governor/values.yaml b/charts/governor/values.yaml
index 2d44c61..3cbb6d3 100644
--- a/charts/governor/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/governor/values.yaml
@@ -221,8 +221,3 @@ audit:
     readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
     runAsNonRoot: true
     runAsUser: 1000
-
-# -- settings for the otel collector sub-chart
-# ref https://github.com/equinixmetal-helm/k8s-otel-collector
-k8s-otel-collector:
-  include_otel_attributes: false