diff --git a/src/paymentservice/opentelemetry.js b/src/paymentservice/opentelemetry.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ba569cd30..0000000000
--- a/src/paymentservice/opentelemetry.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-const opentelemetry = require("@opentelemetry/sdk-node")
-const {getNodeAutoInstrumentations} = require("@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node")
-const {OTLPTraceExporter} = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc')
-const {OTLPMetricExporter} = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc')
-const {PeriodicExportingMetricReader} = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics')
-const {alibabaCloudEcsDetector} = require('@opentelemetry/resource-detector-alibaba-cloud')
-const {awsEc2Detector, awsEksDetector} = require('@opentelemetry/resource-detector-aws')
-const {containerDetector} = require('@opentelemetry/resource-detector-container')
-const {gcpDetector} = require('@opentelemetry/resource-detector-gcp')
-const {envDetector, hostDetector, osDetector, processDetector} = require('@opentelemetry/resources')
-
-const sdk = new opentelemetry.NodeSDK({
-  traceExporter: new OTLPTraceExporter(),
-  instrumentations: [
-    getNodeAutoInstrumentations({
-      // only instrument fs if it is part of another trace
-      '@opentelemetry/instrumentation-fs': {
-        requireParentSpan: true,
-      },
-    })
-  ],
-  metricReader: new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
-    exporter: new OTLPMetricExporter()
-  }),
-  resourceDetectors: [
-    containerDetector,
-    envDetector,
-    hostDetector,
-    osDetector,
-    processDetector,
-    alibabaCloudEcsDetector,
-    awsEksDetector,
-    awsEc2Detector,
-    gcpDetector
-  ],
-})
-
-sdk.start();
diff --git a/src/paymentservice/package-lock.json b/src/paymentservice/package-lock.json
index 058be8814c..f2377b0f61 100644
--- a/src/paymentservice/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/paymentservice/package-lock.json
@@ -16,16 +16,6 @@
         "@openfeature/server-sdk": "1.14.0",
         "@opentelemetry/api": "1.8.0",
         "@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node": "0.46.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/core": "1.24.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc": "0.51.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc": "0.51.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-alibaba-cloud": "0.28.9",
-        "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-aws": "1.5.0",
-        "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-container": "0.3.9",
-        "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-gcp": "0.29.9",
-        "@opentelemetry/resources": "1.24.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "1.24.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/sdk-node": "0.51.1",
         "grpc-js-health-check": "1.1.0",
         "pino": "8.16.1",
         "simple-card-validator": "1.1.0",
@@ -1387,45 +1377,6 @@
         "node": ">=14"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc": {
-      "version": "0.51.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc/-/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc-0.51.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-YhND/e3zvQMvChrF9nduDqT+rZN4X5BDZUidiupYtHe+yhLyUSACkJcTuygMLrJfrGccJiwCZoZxJmz8hw0Vog==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.7.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/core": "1.24.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-http": "0.51.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/otlp-exporter-base": "0.51.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/otlp-grpc-exporter-base": "0.51.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/otlp-transformer": "0.51.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/resources": "1.24.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "1.24.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.3.0"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-http": {
-      "version": "0.51.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-http/-/exporter-metrics-otlp-http-0.51.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-oFXvif9iksHUxrzG3P8ohMLt7xSrl+oDMqxD/3XXndU761RFAKSbRDpfrQs25U5D+A2aMV3qk+4kfUWdJhZ77g==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/core": "1.24.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/otlp-exporter-base": "0.51.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/otlp-transformer": "0.51.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/resources": "1.24.1",
-        "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "1.24.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "@opentelemetry/api": "^1.3.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto": {
       "version": "0.52.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto/-/exporter-metrics-otlp-proto-0.52.0.tgz",
diff --git a/src/paymentservice/package.json b/src/paymentservice/package.json
index 4143f6e005..be29893782 100644
--- a/src/paymentservice/package.json
+++ b/src/paymentservice/package.json
@@ -19,16 +19,6 @@
     "@openfeature/server-sdk": "1.14.0",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "1.8.0",
     "@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node": "0.46.1",
-    "@opentelemetry/core": "1.24.1",
-    "@opentelemetry/exporter-metrics-otlp-grpc": "0.51.1",
-    "@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc": "0.51.1",
-    "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-alibaba-cloud": "0.28.9",
-    "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-aws": "1.5.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-container": "0.3.9",
-    "@opentelemetry/resource-detector-gcp": "0.29.9",
-    "@opentelemetry/resources": "1.24.1",
-    "@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics": "1.24.1",
-    "@opentelemetry/sdk-node": "0.51.1",
     "grpc-js-health-check": "1.1.0",
     "pino": "8.16.1",
     "simple-card-validator": "1.1.0",