diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/log/stream/s3/telemetry/TelemetryManager.java b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/log/stream/s3/telemetry/TelemetryManager.java
index 993a451627..7a6ad2b077 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/log/stream/s3/telemetry/TelemetryManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/log/stream/s3/telemetry/TelemetryManager.java
@@ -327,9 +327,6 @@ private Optional<String> getOTLPEndpoint(String endpoint) {
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(endpoint)) {
             return Optional.empty();
         }
-        if (!endpoint.startsWith("http://")) {
-            endpoint = "https://" + endpoint;
-        }
         return Optional.of(endpoint);
     }
 
diff --git a/docker/telemetry/README.md b/docker/telemetry/README.md
index 6348f1816a..d9aa5670ac 100644
--- a/docker/telemetry/README.md
+++ b/docker/telemetry/README.md
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ due to performance and security concerns.
    
     # Sample OTLP endpoints
     # OTel Collector (gRPC): http://${endpoint}:4317
-    # OTel Collector (HTTP): http://${endpoint}:4318
-    # Prometheus OTLP receiver: http://${endpoint}:9090/api/v1/otlp/v1/metrics
+    # OTel Collector (HTTP): http://${endpoint}:4318/v1/metrics
+    # Prometheus (OpenSource) OTLP receiver: http://${endpoint}:9090/api/v1/otlp/v1/metrics
    
     # Metrics report interval
     s3.telemetry.exporter.report.interval.ms=5000