diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/oconf/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/oconf/options.go
index 873b207f58c..a85f2712224 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/oconf/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc/internal/oconf/options.go
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ func NewGRPCConfig(opts ...GRPCOption) Config {
 	if cfg.Metrics.Compression == GzipCompression {
 		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.UseCompressor(gzip.Name)))
 	}
-	if len(cfg.DialOptions) != 0 {
-		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, cfg.DialOptions...)
-	}
 	if cfg.ReconnectionPeriod != 0 {
 		p := grpc.ConnectParams{
 			Backoff:           backoff.DefaultConfig,
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/oconf/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/oconf/options.go
index 20cb840388f..59468b9a5ed 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/oconf/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp/internal/oconf/options.go
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ func NewGRPCConfig(opts ...GRPCOption) Config {
 	if cfg.Metrics.Compression == GzipCompression {
 		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.UseCompressor(gzip.Name)))
 	}
-	if len(cfg.DialOptions) != 0 {
-		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, cfg.DialOptions...)
-	}
 	if cfg.ReconnectionPeriod != 0 {
 		p := grpc.ConnectParams{
 			Backoff:           backoff.DefaultConfig,
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/otlpconfig/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
index 19b8434d4d2..dddb1f334de 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
@@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ func NewGRPCConfig(opts ...GRPCOption) Config {
 	if cfg.Traces.Compression == GzipCompression {
 		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.UseCompressor(gzip.Name)))
 	}
-	if len(cfg.DialOptions) != 0 {
-		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, cfg.DialOptions...)
-	}
 	if cfg.ReconnectionPeriod != 0 {
 		p := grpc.ConnectParams{
 			Backoff:           backoff.DefaultConfig,
diff --git a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
index 9a595c36a62..8401bd7f155 100644
--- a/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
+++ b/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp/internal/otlpconfig/options.go
@@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ func NewGRPCConfig(opts ...GRPCOption) Config {
 	if cfg.Traces.Compression == GzipCompression {
 		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.UseCompressor(gzip.Name)))
 	}
-	if len(cfg.DialOptions) != 0 {
-		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, cfg.DialOptions...)
-	}
 	if cfg.ReconnectionPeriod != 0 {
 		p := grpc.ConnectParams{
 			Backoff:           backoff.DefaultConfig,
diff --git a/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/oconf/options.go.tmpl b/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/oconf/options.go.tmpl
index f4e1b2194e8..c4f9d0830f4 100644
--- a/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/oconf/options.go.tmpl
+++ b/internal/shared/otlp/otlpmetric/oconf/options.go.tmpl
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ func NewGRPCConfig(opts ...GRPCOption) Config {
 	if cfg.Metrics.Compression == GzipCompression {
 		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.UseCompressor(gzip.Name)))
 	}
-	if len(cfg.DialOptions) != 0 {
-		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, cfg.DialOptions...)
-	}
 	if cfg.ReconnectionPeriod != 0 {
 		p := grpc.ConnectParams{
 			Backoff:           backoff.DefaultConfig,
diff --git a/internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/otlpconfig/options.go.tmpl b/internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/otlpconfig/options.go.tmpl
index 99d9e4804e9..9270e506a9c 100644
--- a/internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/otlpconfig/options.go.tmpl
+++ b/internal/shared/otlp/otlptrace/otlpconfig/options.go.tmpl
@@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ func NewGRPCConfig(opts ...GRPCOption) Config {
 	if cfg.Traces.Compression == GzipCompression {
 		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.UseCompressor(gzip.Name)))
 	}
-	if len(cfg.DialOptions) != 0 {
-		cfg.DialOptions = append(cfg.DialOptions, cfg.DialOptions...)
-	}
 	if cfg.ReconnectionPeriod != 0 {
 		p := grpc.ConnectParams{
 			Backoff:           backoff.DefaultConfig,