diff --git a/.changelog/3122.changed.txt b/.changelog/3122.changed.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a2cec4c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3122.changed.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+feat(metrics): split metadata extraction from otel collector
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/collector/otelcol/config.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/collector/otelcol/config.yaml
index af7c809cfc..6aa887f94d 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/collector/otelcol/config.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/collector/otelcol/config.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 exporters:
-{{ tpl (.Files.Get "conf/metrics/otelcol/exporters.yaml") . | indent 2 }}
+  otlphttp:
+    endpoint: http://${METADATA_METRICS_SVC}.${NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local.:4318
+    sending_queue:
+      queue_size: 10000
+      num_consumers: 10
+      storage: file_storage
 
 extensions:
   health_check: {}
-{{ if .Values.metadata.persistence.enabled }}
-  ## Configuration for File Storage extension
+  pprof: {}
   file_storage:
     directory: /var/lib/storage/otc
     timeout: 10s
     compaction:
       on_rebound: true
       directory: /tmp
-{{ end }}
-  pprof: {}
 
-processors:
-{{ tpl (.Files.Get "conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml") . | indent 2 }}
+processors: {}
 
 receivers:
   prometheus:
@@ -116,11 +117,10 @@ service:
       address: 0.0.0.0:8888 # this is the default, but setting it explicitly lets the operator add it automatically
   extensions:
     - health_check
-{{- if .Values.metadata.persistence.enabled }}
-    - file_storage
-{{- end }}
     - pprof
+    - file_storage
   pipelines:
     metrics:
-{{ tpl (.Files.Get "conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml") . | indent 6 }}
+      exporters: [otlphttp]
+      receivers: [prometheus]
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml
index f0cdbcd492..8d3c7335e3 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ receivers:
         paths = [
 {{ include "metric.endpoints" . | indent 10 }}
         ]
+  otlp:
+    protocols:
+      http:
+        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
 
 service:
   extensions:
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml
index 7fbb43a827..94f6244be2 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,5 @@ processors:
   - batch
   - routing
 receivers:
-{{- if not .Values.sumologic.metrics.collector.otelcol.enabled }}
   - telegraf
-{{- else }}
-  - prometheus
-{{- end }}
+  - otlp
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/collector/otelcol/opentelemetrycollector.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/collector/otelcol/opentelemetrycollector.yaml
index bc7d6e2f5b..5d861f69d3 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/collector/otelcol/opentelemetrycollector.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/collector/otelcol/opentelemetrycollector.yaml
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ spec:
     enabled: true
     prometheusCR:
       enabled: true
-      serviceMonitorSelector: 
+      serviceMonitorSelector:
         {{ .Values.sumologic.metrics.collector.otelcol.serviceMonitorSelector | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
-      podMonitorSelector: 
+      podMonitorSelector:
         {{ .Values.sumologic.metrics.collector.otelcol.podMonitorSelector | toYaml | nindent 8 }}
 {{- if .Values.sumologic.metrics.collector.otelcol.nodeSelector }}
   nodeSelector:
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ spec:
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
   env:
-{{- $ctx := .Values -}}
-{{- include "kubernetes.sources.envs" (dict "Context" $ctx "Type" "metrics") | nindent 4 -}}
-{{- include "proxy-env-variables" . | nindent 4 -}}
-{{- if .Values.metadata.metrics.statefulset.extraEnvVars }}
-{{ toYaml .Values.metadata.metrics.statefulset.extraEnvVars | nindent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
+  - name: METADATA_METRICS_SVC
+    value: {{ template "sumologic.metadata.name.metrics.service" . }} # no need for remote write proxy here
+  - name: NAMESPACE
+    valueFrom:
+      fieldRef:
+        fieldPath: metadata.namespace
   podSecurityContext:
     {{ .Values.sumologic.metrics.collector.otelcol.securityContext | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
   ports:
@@ -73,28 +73,13 @@ spec:
   volumes:
   - name: tmp
     emptyDir: {}
+  - name: file-storage
+    emptyDir: {}
   volumeMounts:
   - name: tmp
     mountPath: /tmp
-{{- if .Values.metadata.persistence.enabled }}
   - name: file-storage
     mountPath: /var/lib/storage/otc
-{{- end }}
-{{- if .Values.metadata.persistence.enabled }}
-  volumeClaimTemplates:
-  - metadata:
-      name: file-storage
-{{- if .Values.metadata.persistence.pvcLabels }}
-      labels:
-{{ toYaml .Values.metadata.persistence.pvcLabels | indent 8 }}
-{{- end }}
-    spec:
-      accessModes: [{{ .Values.metadata.persistence.accessMode }}]
-      storageClassName: {{ .Values.metadata.persistence.storageClass }}
-      resources:
-        requests:
-          storage: {{ .Values.metadata.persistence.size }}
-{{- end }}
   config: |
 {{- (tpl (.Files.Get "conf/metrics/collector/otelcol/config.yaml") .) | nindent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service-headless.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service-headless.yaml
index db96583474..afa775b93f 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service-headless.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service-headless.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ spec:
     app: {{ template "sumologic.labels.app.metrics.pod" . }}
   clusterIP: None
   ports:
+  - name: otlphttp
+    port: 4318
+    protocol: TCP
   - name: prom-write
     port: 9888
     targetPort: 9888
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service.yaml
index 89a2f2825a..27a065f16a 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ spec:
   selector:
     app: {{ template "sumologic.labels.app.metrics.pod" . }}
   ports:
+  - name: otlphttp
+    port: 4318
+    protocol: TCP
   - name: prom-write
     port: 9888
     targetPort: 9888
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/configmap.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/configmap.yaml
index 4e08ac053f..9d34917ac4 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/configmap.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/configmap.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{ if and (eq (include "metrics.otelcol.enabled" .) "true") (not .Values.sumologic.metrics.collector.otelcol.enabled) }}
+{{ if eq (include "metrics.otelcol.enabled" .) "true" }}
 {{ $baseConfig := (tpl (.Files.Get "conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml") .) | fromYaml }}
 {{ $mergeConfig := .Values.metadata.metrics.config.merge }}
 {{ $overrideConfig := .Values.metadata.metrics.config.override }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/statefulset.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/statefulset.yaml
index 6b9bc34b51..5ce3432812 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/statefulset.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{ if and (eq (include "metrics.otelcol.enabled" .) "true") (not .Values.sumologic.metrics.collector.otelcol.enabled) }}
+{{ if eq (include "metrics.otelcol.enabled" .) "true" }}
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: StatefulSet
 metadata:
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ spec:
           {{- toYaml .Values.metadata.metrics.statefulset.containers.otelcol.securityContext | nindent 10 }}
         {{- end }}
         ports:
+        - name: otlphttp
+          containerPort: 4318
+          protocol: TCP
         - name: prom-write
           containerPort: 9888
           protocol: TCP
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/additional_endpoints.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/additional_endpoints.output.yaml
index b3c761b806..bdbda8fbd3 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/additional_endpoints.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/additional_endpoints.output.yaml
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ data:
       sumologic_schema:
         add_cloud_namespace: false
     receivers:
+      otlp:
+        protocols:
+          http:
+            endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
       telegraf:
         agent_config: |
           [agent]
@@ -303,6 +307,7 @@ data:
           - routing
           receivers:
           - telegraf
+          - otlp
       telemetry:
         logs:
           level: info
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/basic.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/basic.output.yaml
index 839944024c..5341aa7d66 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/basic.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/basic.output.yaml
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ data:
       sumologic_schema:
         add_cloud_namespace: false
     receivers:
+      otlp:
+        protocols:
+          http:
+            endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
       telegraf:
         agent_config: |
           [agent]
@@ -301,6 +305,7 @@ data:
           - routing
           receivers:
           - telegraf
+          - otlp
       telemetry:
         logs:
           level: info
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc_statefulset/basic.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc_statefulset/basic.output.yaml
index 4faf2d5bdf..364481cb63 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc_statefulset/basic.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc_statefulset/basic.output.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ spec:
               cpu: 500m
               memory: 768Mi
           ports:
+            - name: otlphttp
+              containerPort: 4318
+              protocol: TCP
             - name: prom-write
               containerPort: 9888
               protocol: TCP
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc_statefulset/custom.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc_statefulset/custom.output.yaml
index 3eaf6bafbb..d0a6cb25d0 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc_statefulset/custom.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc_statefulset/custom.output.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ spec:
               cpu: 100m
               memory: 777Mi
           ports:
+            - name: otlphttp
+              containerPort: 4318
+              protocol: TCP
             - name: prom-write
               containerPort: 9888
               protocol: TCP
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metrics_collector_otc/basic.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metrics_collector_otc/basic.output.yaml
index f6bf25a593..7493d98255 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metrics_collector_otc/basic.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metrics_collector_otc/basic.output.yaml
@@ -24,49 +24,12 @@ spec:
       serviceMonitorSelector: {}
       podMonitorSelector: {}
   env:
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_APISERVER_METRICS_SOURCE
+    - name: METADATA_METRICS_SVC
+      value: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-metadata-metrics # no need for remote write proxy here
+    - name: NAMESPACE
       valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-apiserver
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROL_PLANE_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-control_plane_metrics_source
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROLLER_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-kube-controller-manager
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_KUBELET_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-kubelet
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_NODE_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-node-exporter
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_SCHEDULER_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-kube-scheduler
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_STATE_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-kube-state
-
-    - name: NO_PROXY
-      value: kubernetes.default.svc
+        fieldRef:
+          fieldPath: metadata.namespace
   podSecurityContext:
     fsGroup: 999
   ports:
@@ -82,118 +45,25 @@ spec:
   volumes:
     - name: tmp
       emptyDir: {}
+    - name: file-storage
+      emptyDir: {}
   volumeMounts:
     - name: tmp
       mountPath: /tmp
     - name: file-storage
       mountPath: /var/lib/storage/otc
-  volumeClaimTemplates:
-    - metadata:
-        name: file-storage
-      spec:
-        accessModes: [ReadWriteOnce]
-        storageClassName:
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            storage: 10Gi
   config: |
     exporters:
-      sumologic/apiserver:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_APISERVER_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/control_plane:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROL_PLANE_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/controller:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROLLER_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/default:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
+      otlphttp:
+        endpoint: http://${METADATA_METRICS_SVC}.${NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local.:4318
         sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
+          queue_size: 10000
           num_consumers: 10
-          ## setting queue_size a high number, so we always use maximum space of the storage
-          ## minimal alert non-triggering queue size (if only one exporter is being used): 10GB/16MB = 640
-          queue_size: 10_000
           storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/kubelet:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_KUBELET_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/node:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_NODE_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/scheduler:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_SCHEDULER_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/state:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_STATE_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      
 
     extensions:
       health_check: {}
-
-      ## Configuration for File Storage extension
+      pprof: {}
       file_storage:
         directory: /var/lib/storage/otc
         timeout: 10s
@@ -201,177 +71,7 @@ spec:
           on_rebound: true
           directory: /tmp
 
-      pprof: {}
-
-    processors:
-      ## Configuration for Batch Processor
-      ## The batch processor accepts spans and places them into batches grouped by node and resource
-      batch:
-        ## Maximum number of spans sent at once
-        send_batch_max_size: 2_048
-        ## Number of spans after which a batch will be sent regardless of time
-        send_batch_size: 1_024
-        ## Time duration after which a batch will be sent regardless of size
-        timeout: 1s
-      
-      # Prometheus receiver puts all labels in record-level attributes, and we need them in resource
-      groupbyattrs:
-        keys:
-          - container
-          - namespace
-          - pod
-          - service
-      
-      ## The Kubernetes sprocessor automatically tags logs, metrics and traces with Kubernetes metadata like pod name, namespace name etc.
-      k8s_tagger:
-        extract:
-          delimiter: "_"
-          labels:
-            - key: "*"
-              tag_name: "pod_labels_%s"
-          metadata:
-            ## extract the following well-known metadata fields
-            - daemonSetName
-            - deploymentName
-            - nodeName
-            - replicaSetName
-            - serviceName
-            - statefulSetName
-        owner_lookup_enabled: true  # To enable fetching additional metadata using `owner` relationship
-        ## Has to be false to enrich metadata
-        passthrough: false
-        pod_association:
-          - from: build_hostname  # Pods are identified by Pod name and namespace
-      
-      ## Configuration for Memory Limiter Processor
-      ## The memory_limiter processor is used to prevent out of memory situations on the collector.
-      memory_limiter:
-        ## check_interval is the time between measurements of memory usage for the
-        ## purposes of avoiding going over the limits. Defaults to zero, so no
-        ## checks will be performed. Values below 1 second are not recommended since
-        ## it can result in unnecessary CPU consumption.
-        check_interval: 5s
-        ## Maximum amount of memory, in %, targeted to be allocated by the process heap.
-        limit_percentage: 75
-        ## Spike limit (calculated from available memory). Must be less than limit_percentage.
-        spike_limit_percentage: 20
-      
-      ## Configuration for Metrics Transform Processor
-      metricstransform:
-        transforms:
-          ## rename all prometheus_remote_write_$name metrics to $name
-          action: update
-          include: ^prometheus_remote_write_(.*)$$
-          match_type: regexp
-          new_name: $$1
-      
-      ## Configuration for Resource Processor
-      resource:
-        attributes:
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: namespace
-            key: k8s.namespace.name
-          - action: delete
-            key: namespace  # remove namespace to avoid duplication when attribute translation is enabled
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: pod
-            key: k8s.pod.name
-          - action: delete
-            key: pod  # remove pod to avoid duplication when attribute translation is enabled
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: container
-            key: k8s.container.name  # add container in OpenTelemetry convention to unify configuration for Source processor
-          - action: delete
-            key: container  # remove container to avoid duplication when attribute translation is enabled
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: service
-            key: prometheus_service
-          - action: delete
-            key: service
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: service.name
-            key: job
-          - action: delete  # we don't want service.name to be set, as the schema processor translates it to "service"
-            key: service.name
-          - action: upsert
-            key: _origin  # add "_origin" metadata to metrics to keep the same format as for metrics from Fluentd
-            value: kubernetes
-          - action: upsert
-            key: cluster
-            value: "kubernetes"
-      
-      ## NOTE: Drop these for now and and when proper configuration options
-      ## are exposed and source processor is configured then send them
-      ## as headers.
-      resource/delete_source_metadata:
-        attributes:
-          - action: delete
-            key: _sourceCategory
-          - action: delete
-            key: _sourceHost
-          - action: delete
-            key: _sourceName
-      resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name:
-        attributes:
-          - action: delete
-            key: k8s.pod.pod_name
-      
-      ## NOTE: below listed rules could be simplified if routingprocessor
-      ## supports regex matching. At this point we could group route entries
-      ## going to the same set of exporters.
-      routing:
-        attribute_source: resource
-        default_exporters:
-          - sumologic/default
-        drop_resource_routing_attribute: true
-        from_attribute: http_listener_v2_path
-        table:
-          ## apiserver metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/apiserver
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.apiserver
-          ## container metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/kubelet
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.container
-          ## control-plane metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/control_plane
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.control-plane.coredns
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/control_plane
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.control-plane.kube-etcd
-          ## controller metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/controller
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.controller-manager
-          ## kubelet metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/kubelet
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.kubelet
-          ## node metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/node
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.node
-          ## scheduler metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/scheduler
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.scheduler
-          ## state metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/state
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.state
-      
-      ## Configuration for Source Processor
-      ## Source processor adds Sumo Logic related metadata
-      source:
-        collector: "kubernetes"
-      
-      ## The Sumo Logic Schema processor modifies the metadata on logs, metrics and traces sent to Sumo Logic
-      ## so that the Sumo Logic apps can make full use of the ingested data.
-      sumologic_schema:
-        add_cloud_namespace: false
-      
+    processors: {}
 
     receivers:
       prometheus:
@@ -472,30 +172,9 @@ spec:
           address: 0.0.0.0:8888 # this is the default, but setting it explicitly lets the operator add it automatically
       extensions:
         - health_check
-        - file_storage
         - pprof
+        - file_storage
       pipelines:
         metrics:
-          exporters:
-            - sumologic/default
-            - sumologic/apiserver
-            - sumologic/control_plane
-            - sumologic/controller
-            - sumologic/kubelet
-            - sumologic/node
-            - sumologic/scheduler
-            - sumologic/state
-          processors:
-            - memory_limiter
-            - metricstransform
-            - groupbyattrs
-            - resource
-            - k8s_tagger
-            - source
-            - resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name
-            - resource/delete_source_metadata
-            - sumologic_schema
-            - batch
-            - routing
-          receivers:
-            - prometheus
+          exporters: [otlphttp]
+          receivers: [prometheus]
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metrics_collector_otc/custom.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metrics_collector_otc/custom.output.yaml
index 26ebffb935..c5cf317e9c 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metrics_collector_otc/custom.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metrics_collector_otc/custom.output.yaml
@@ -46,55 +46,12 @@ spec:
     targetCPUUtilization: 95
     targetMemoryUtilization: 90
   env:
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_APISERVER_METRICS_SOURCE
+    - name: METADATA_METRICS_SVC
+      value: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-metadata-metrics # no need for remote write proxy here
+    - name: NAMESPACE
       valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-apiserver
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROL_PLANE_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-control_plane_metrics_source
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROLLER_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-kube-controller-manager
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_KUBELET_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-kubelet
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_NODE_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-node-exporter
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_SCHEDULER_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-kube-scheduler
-    - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_STATE_METRICS_SOURCE
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          name: sumologic
-          key: endpoint-metrics-kube-state
-
-    - name: NO_PROXY
-      value: kubernetes.default.svc
-
-    - name: VALUE_FROM_SECRET
-      valueFrom:
-        secretKeyRef:
-          key: secret_key
-          name: secret_name
+        fieldRef:
+          fieldPath: metadata.namespace
   podSecurityContext:
     fsGroup: 999
   ports:
@@ -110,120 +67,25 @@ spec:
   volumes:
     - name: tmp
       emptyDir: {}
+    - name: file-storage
+      emptyDir: {}
   volumeMounts:
     - name: tmp
       mountPath: /tmp
     - name: file-storage
       mountPath: /var/lib/storage/otc
-  volumeClaimTemplates:
-    - metadata:
-        name: file-storage
-        labels:
-          pvcLabel: pvcValue
-      spec:
-        accessModes: [mode]
-        storageClassName: my-class
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            storage: 123Gi
   config: |
     exporters:
-      sumologic/apiserver:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_APISERVER_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/control_plane:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROL_PLANE_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
+      otlphttp:
+        endpoint: http://${METADATA_METRICS_SVC}.${NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local.:4318
         sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
+          queue_size: 10000
           num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
           storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/controller:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROLLER_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/default:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          ## setting queue_size a high number, so we always use maximum space of the storage
-          ## minimal alert non-triggering queue size (if only one exporter is being used): 10GB/16MB = 640
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/kubelet:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_KUBELET_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/node:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_NODE_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/scheduler:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_SCHEDULER_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      sumologic/state:
-        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_STATE_METRICS_SOURCE}
-        max_request_body_size: 16_777_216  # 16 MB before compression
-        metric_format: prometheus
-        sending_queue:
-          enabled: true
-          num_consumers: 10
-          queue_size: 10_000
-          storage: file_storage
-        ## set timeout to 30s due to big requests
-        timeout: 30s
-      
 
     extensions:
       health_check: {}
-
-      ## Configuration for File Storage extension
+      pprof: {}
       file_storage:
         directory: /var/lib/storage/otc
         timeout: 10s
@@ -231,177 +93,7 @@ spec:
           on_rebound: true
           directory: /tmp
 
-      pprof: {}
-
-    processors:
-      ## Configuration for Batch Processor
-      ## The batch processor accepts spans and places them into batches grouped by node and resource
-      batch:
-        ## Maximum number of spans sent at once
-        send_batch_max_size: 2_048
-        ## Number of spans after which a batch will be sent regardless of time
-        send_batch_size: 1_024
-        ## Time duration after which a batch will be sent regardless of size
-        timeout: 1s
-      
-      # Prometheus receiver puts all labels in record-level attributes, and we need them in resource
-      groupbyattrs:
-        keys:
-          - container
-          - namespace
-          - pod
-          - service
-      
-      ## The Kubernetes sprocessor automatically tags logs, metrics and traces with Kubernetes metadata like pod name, namespace name etc.
-      k8s_tagger:
-        extract:
-          delimiter: "_"
-          labels:
-            - key: "*"
-              tag_name: "pod_labels_%s"
-          metadata:
-            ## extract the following well-known metadata fields
-            - daemonSetName
-            - deploymentName
-            - nodeName
-            - replicaSetName
-            - serviceName
-            - statefulSetName
-        owner_lookup_enabled: true  # To enable fetching additional metadata using `owner` relationship
-        ## Has to be false to enrich metadata
-        passthrough: false
-        pod_association:
-          - from: build_hostname  # Pods are identified by Pod name and namespace
-      
-      ## Configuration for Memory Limiter Processor
-      ## The memory_limiter processor is used to prevent out of memory situations on the collector.
-      memory_limiter:
-        ## check_interval is the time between measurements of memory usage for the
-        ## purposes of avoiding going over the limits. Defaults to zero, so no
-        ## checks will be performed. Values below 1 second are not recommended since
-        ## it can result in unnecessary CPU consumption.
-        check_interval: 5s
-        ## Maximum amount of memory, in %, targeted to be allocated by the process heap.
-        limit_percentage: 75
-        ## Spike limit (calculated from available memory). Must be less than limit_percentage.
-        spike_limit_percentage: 20
-      
-      ## Configuration for Metrics Transform Processor
-      metricstransform:
-        transforms:
-          ## rename all prometheus_remote_write_$name metrics to $name
-          action: update
-          include: ^prometheus_remote_write_(.*)$$
-          match_type: regexp
-          new_name: $$1
-      
-      ## Configuration for Resource Processor
-      resource:
-        attributes:
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: namespace
-            key: k8s.namespace.name
-          - action: delete
-            key: namespace  # remove namespace to avoid duplication when attribute translation is enabled
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: pod
-            key: k8s.pod.name
-          - action: delete
-            key: pod  # remove pod to avoid duplication when attribute translation is enabled
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: container
-            key: k8s.container.name  # add container in OpenTelemetry convention to unify configuration for Source processor
-          - action: delete
-            key: container  # remove container to avoid duplication when attribute translation is enabled
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: service
-            key: prometheus_service
-          - action: delete
-            key: service
-          - action: upsert
-            from_attribute: service.name
-            key: job
-          - action: delete  # we don't want service.name to be set, as the schema processor translates it to "service"
-            key: service.name
-          - action: upsert
-            key: _origin  # add "_origin" metadata to metrics to keep the same format as for metrics from Fluentd
-            value: kubernetes
-          - action: upsert
-            key: cluster
-            value: "kubernetes"
-      
-      ## NOTE: Drop these for now and and when proper configuration options
-      ## are exposed and source processor is configured then send them
-      ## as headers.
-      resource/delete_source_metadata:
-        attributes:
-          - action: delete
-            key: _sourceCategory
-          - action: delete
-            key: _sourceHost
-          - action: delete
-            key: _sourceName
-      resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name:
-        attributes:
-          - action: delete
-            key: k8s.pod.pod_name
-      
-      ## NOTE: below listed rules could be simplified if routingprocessor
-      ## supports regex matching. At this point we could group route entries
-      ## going to the same set of exporters.
-      routing:
-        attribute_source: resource
-        default_exporters:
-          - sumologic/default
-        drop_resource_routing_attribute: true
-        from_attribute: http_listener_v2_path
-        table:
-          ## apiserver metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/apiserver
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.apiserver
-          ## container metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/kubelet
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.container
-          ## control-plane metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/control_plane
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.control-plane.coredns
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/control_plane
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.control-plane.kube-etcd
-          ## controller metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/controller
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.controller-manager
-          ## kubelet metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/kubelet
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.kubelet
-          ## node metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/node
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.node
-          ## scheduler metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/scheduler
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.scheduler
-          ## state metrics
-          - exporters:
-              - sumologic/state
-            value: /prometheus.metrics.state
-      
-      ## Configuration for Source Processor
-      ## Source processor adds Sumo Logic related metadata
-      source:
-        collector: "kubernetes"
-      
-      ## The Sumo Logic Schema processor modifies the metadata on logs, metrics and traces sent to Sumo Logic
-      ## so that the Sumo Logic apps can make full use of the ingested data.
-      sumologic_schema:
-        add_cloud_namespace: false
-      
+    processors: {}
 
     receivers:
       prometheus:
@@ -502,30 +194,9 @@ spec:
           address: 0.0.0.0:8888 # this is the default, but setting it explicitly lets the operator add it automatically
       extensions:
         - health_check
-        - file_storage
         - pprof
+        - file_storage
       pipelines:
         metrics:
-          exporters:
-            - sumologic/default
-            - sumologic/apiserver
-            - sumologic/control_plane
-            - sumologic/controller
-            - sumologic/kubelet
-            - sumologic/node
-            - sumologic/scheduler
-            - sumologic/state
-          processors:
-            - memory_limiter
-            - metricstransform
-            - groupbyattrs
-            - resource
-            - k8s_tagger
-            - source
-            - resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name
-            - resource/delete_source_metadata
-            - sumologic_schema
-            - batch
-            - routing
-          receivers:
-            - prometheus
+          exporters: [otlphttp]
+          receivers: [prometheus]
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/services_with_service_monitor_labels/services_with_service_monitor_labels/default.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/services_with_service_monitor_labels/services_with_service_monitor_labels/default.output.yaml
index 3fb1bedfdc..586ed4c0b5 100644
--- a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/services_with_service_monitor_labels/services_with_service_monitor_labels/default.output.yaml
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/services_with_service_monitor_labels/services_with_service_monitor_labels/default.output.yaml
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ spec:
       targetPort: 4320
       protocol: TCP
 ---
+---
 # Source: sumologic/templates/metrics/common/service.yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
@@ -211,6 +212,9 @@ spec:
   selector:
     app: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-otelcol-metrics
   ports:
+    - name: otlphttp
+      port: 4318
+      protocol: TCP
     - name: prom-write
       port: 9888
       targetPort: 9888
diff --git a/tests/integration/features.go b/tests/integration/features.go
index 11e0d1a313..b67b6820a0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/features.go
+++ b/tests/integration/features.go
@@ -543,34 +543,7 @@ func CheckOtelcolMetricsCollectorInstall(builder *features.FeatureBuilder) *feat
 					stepfuncs.ReleaseFormatter("%s-sumologic-metrics-collector"),
 				),
 			),
-		).
-		Assess("otelcol metrics collector buffers PVCs are created and bound",
-			func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, envConf *envconf.Config) context.Context {
-				res := envConf.Client().Resources(ctxopts.Namespace(ctx))
-				pvcs := corev1.PersistentVolumeClaimList{}
-				cond := conditions.
-					New(res).
-					ResourceListMatchN(&pvcs, 1,
-						func(object k8s.Object) bool {
-							pvc := object.(*corev1.PersistentVolumeClaim)
-							if pvc.Status.Phase != corev1.ClaimBound {
-								log.V(0).Infof("PVC %q not bound yet", pvc.Name)
-								return false
-							}
-							return true
-						},
-						resources.WithLabelSelector(
-							fmt.Sprintf("app.kubernetes.io/instance=%s.%s-sumologic-metrics", ctxopts.Namespace(ctx), ctxopts.HelmRelease(ctx)),
-						),
-					)
-				require.NoError(t,
-					wait.For(cond,
-						wait.WithTimeout(waitDuration),
-						wait.WithInterval(tickDuration),
-					),
-				)
-				return ctx
-			})
+		)
 }
 
 func CheckOtelcolMetadataLogsInstall(builder *features.FeatureBuilder) *features.FeatureBuilder {
diff --git a/tests/integration/helm_ot_metrics_test.go b/tests/integration/helm_ot_metrics_test.go
index 9a0cbb6ed5..14a76e1078 100644
--- a/tests/integration/helm_ot_metrics_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/helm_ot_metrics_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func Test_Helm_OT_Metrics(t *testing.T) {
 
 	installChecks := []featureCheck{
 		CheckSumologicSecret(8),
+		CheckOtelcolMetadataMetricsInstall,
 		CheckOtelcolMetricsCollectorInstall,
 	}