diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/metric.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/metric.rs
index 83a5cfc7b4..30899e681e 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/metric.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/metric.rs
@@ -274,14 +274,12 @@ impl MetricsExporter {
             None => endpoint,
         }
         .timeout(config.timeout)
-        .connect_lazy()
-        .map_err::<crate::Error, _>(Into::into)?;
+        .connect_lazy();
 
         #[cfg(not(feature = "tls"))]
         let channel = endpoint
             .timeout(config.timeout)
-            .connect_lazy()
-            .map_err::<crate::Error, _>(Into::into)?;
+            .connect_lazy();
 
         let client = MetricsServiceClient::new(channel);
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/span.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/span.rs
index e569fe1844..c6363084aa 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/src/span.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/src/span.rs
@@ -333,10 +333,10 @@ impl SpanExporter {
             None => endpoint,
         }
         .timeout(config.timeout)
-        .connect_lazy()?;
+        .connect_lazy();
 
         #[cfg(not(feature = "tls"))]
-        let channel = endpoint.timeout(config.timeout).connect_lazy()?;
+        let channel = endpoint.timeout(config.timeout).connect_lazy();
 
         SpanExporter::from_tonic_channel(config, tonic_config, channel)
     }