From b0bfd0c3e010e699847dd28bc2ef0ba3192f4b60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Povilas Versockas <povilas.versockas@coralogix.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:50:52 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] [k8sclusterreceiver] remove opencensus.resourcetype resource
 attribute

---
 .chloggen/k8sclusterreceiver-opencensus.yaml  | 27 +++++++++++++++++++
 receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md  |  1 -
 .../clusterresourcequotas.go                  |  1 -
 .../internal/container/containers.go          |  1 -
 .../internal/cronjob/cronjobs.go              |  1 -
 .../internal/demonset/daemonsets.go           |  1 -
 .../internal/deployment/deployments.go        |  1 -
 .../k8sclusterreceiver/internal/jobs/jobs.go  |  1 -
 .../internal/metadata/generated_config.go     |  4 ---
 .../metadata/generated_config_test.go         |  4 ---
 .../internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go    |  3 ---
 .../metadata/generated_metrics_test.go        |  5 ----
 .../internal/metadata/generated_resource.go   |  7 -----
 .../metadata/generated_resource_test.go       |  8 +-----
 .../internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml    |  4 ---
 .../internal/namespace/namespaces.go          |  1 -
 .../k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go |  1 -
 .../k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go   |  1 -
 .../internal/replicaset/replicasets.go        |  1 -
 .../replicationcontrollers.go                 |  1 -
 .../internal/resourcequota/resourcequotas.go  |  1 -
 .../internal/statefulset/statefulsets.go      |  1 -
 receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml     |  7 -----
 23 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 .chloggen/k8sclusterreceiver-opencensus.yaml

diff --git a/.chloggen/k8sclusterreceiver-opencensus.yaml b/.chloggen/k8sclusterreceiver-opencensus.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..1a1db9205460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/k8sclusterreceiver-opencensus.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: k8sclusterreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "Remove opencensus.resourcetype resource attribute"
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [26487]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
index 1f2cbf8f2bf6..15acf9331c1f 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
@@ -438,6 +438,5 @@ Current status reason of the pod (1 - Evicted, 2 - NodeAffinity, 3 - NodeLost, 4
 | k8s.resourcequota.uid | The k8s resourcequota uid. | Any Str | true |
 | k8s.statefulset.name | The k8s statefulset name. | Any Str | true |
 | k8s.statefulset.uid | The k8s statefulset uid. | Any Str | true |
-| opencensus.resourcetype | The OpenCensus resource type. | Any Str | false |
 | openshift.clusterquota.name | The k8s ClusterResourceQuota name. | Any Str | true |
 | openshift.clusterquota.uid | The k8s ClusterResourceQuota uid. | Any Str | true |
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/clusterresourcequota/clusterresourcequotas.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/clusterresourcequota/clusterresourcequotas.go
index f2d90593f064..76afaf001700 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/clusterresourcequota/clusterresourcequotas.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/clusterresourcequota/clusterresourcequotas.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *metadata.MetricsBuilder, crq *quotav1.ClusterResourceQuot
 	rb := mb.NewResourceBuilder()
 	rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaName(crq.Name)
 	rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaUID(string(crq.UID))
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/container/containers.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/container/containers.go
index 53eb807b2e18..9879d9ca71a6 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/container/containers.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/container/containers.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ func RecordSpecMetrics(logger *zap.Logger, mb *imetadata.MetricsBuilder, c corev
 	rb.SetK8sPodName(pod.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sNodeName(pod.Spec.NodeName)
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(pod.Namespace)
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("container")
 	rb.SetContainerID(utils.StripContainerID(containerID))
 	rb.SetK8sContainerName(c.Name)
 	image, err := docker.ParseImageName(imageStr)
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/cronjob/cronjobs.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/cronjob/cronjobs.go
index f514192d65cf..844a3fe452e7 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/cronjob/cronjobs.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/cronjob/cronjobs.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *metadata.MetricsBuilder, cj *batchv1.CronJob, ts pcommon.
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(cj.Namespace)
 	rb.SetK8sCronjobUID(string(cj.UID))
 	rb.SetK8sCronjobName(cj.Name)
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/demonset/daemonsets.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/demonset/daemonsets.go
index 303e9c9a24d9..da941cea39f9 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/demonset/daemonsets.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/demonset/daemonsets.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *metadata.MetricsBuilder, ds *appsv1.DaemonSet, ts pcommon
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(ds.Namespace)
 	rb.SetK8sDaemonsetName(ds.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sDaemonsetUID(string(ds.UID))
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/deployment/deployments.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/deployment/deployments.go
index 207b5c5caaa0..6f3eb2463ff6 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/deployment/deployments.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/deployment/deployments.go
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *imetadata.MetricsBuilder, dep *appsv1.Deployment, ts pcom
 	rb.SetK8sDeploymentName(dep.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sDeploymentUID(string(dep.UID))
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(dep.Namespace)
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/jobs/jobs.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/jobs/jobs.go
index fdd0e4e07ade..e54b5f22e3fc 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/jobs/jobs.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/jobs/jobs.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *metadata.MetricsBuilder, j *batchv1.Job, ts pcommon.Times
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(j.Namespace)
 	rb.SetK8sJobName(j.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sJobUID(string(j.UID))
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
index 38c82e014053..91adaecbfd67 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ type ResourceAttributesConfig struct {
 	K8sResourcequotaUID          ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.resourcequota.uid"`
 	K8sStatefulsetName           ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.statefulset.name"`
 	K8sStatefulsetUID            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.statefulset.uid"`
-	OpencensusResourcetype       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"opencensus.resourcetype"`
 	OpenshiftClusterquotaName    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"openshift.clusterquota.name"`
 	OpenshiftClusterquotaUID     ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"openshift.clusterquota.uid"`
 }
@@ -352,9 +351,6 @@ func DefaultResourceAttributesConfig() ResourceAttributesConfig {
 		K8sStatefulsetUID: ResourceAttributeConfig{
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
-		OpencensusResourcetype: ResourceAttributeConfig{
-			Enabled: false,
-		},
 		OpenshiftClusterquotaName: ResourceAttributeConfig{
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
index 97a1c8af9218..82e839640f5f 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ func TestMetricsBuilderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					K8sResourcequotaUID:          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					K8sStatefulsetName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					K8sStatefulsetUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					OpencensusResourcetype:       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				},
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ func TestMetricsBuilderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					K8sResourcequotaUID:          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					K8sStatefulsetName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					K8sStatefulsetUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					OpencensusResourcetype:       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				},
@@ -255,7 +253,6 @@ func TestResourceAttributesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				K8sResourcequotaUID:          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				K8sStatefulsetName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				K8sStatefulsetUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				OpencensusResourcetype:       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 			},
@@ -293,7 +290,6 @@ func TestResourceAttributesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				K8sResourcequotaUID:          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				K8sStatefulsetName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				K8sStatefulsetUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				OpencensusResourcetype:       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 			},
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
index f3fa59fd1250..1f1eea8778fb 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics.go
@@ -2197,9 +2197,6 @@ func WithStartTime(startTime pcommon.Timestamp) metricBuilderOption {
 }
 
 func NewMetricsBuilder(mbc MetricsBuilderConfig, settings receiver.CreateSettings, options ...metricBuilderOption) *MetricsBuilder {
-	if mbc.ResourceAttributes.OpencensusResourcetype.enabledSetByUser {
-		settings.Logger.Warn("[WARNING] `opencensus.resourcetype` should not be configured: This resource_attribute is deprecated and will be removed soon.")
-	}
 	mb := &MetricsBuilder{
 		config:                                  mbc,
 		startTime:                               pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.Now()),
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index be9f7b8fd361..2afd291beaa7 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			mb := NewMetricsBuilder(loadMetricsBuilderConfig(t, test.name), settings, WithStartTime(start))
 
 			expectedWarnings := 0
-			if test.configSet == testSetAll || test.configSet == testSetNone {
-				assert.Equal(t, "[WARNING] `opencensus.resourcetype` should not be configured: This resource_attribute is deprecated and will be removed soon.", observedLogs.All()[expectedWarnings].Message)
-				expectedWarnings++
-			}
 
 			assert.Equal(t, expectedWarnings, observedLogs.Len())
 
@@ -261,7 +257,6 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			rb.SetK8sResourcequotaUID("k8s.resourcequota.uid-val")
 			rb.SetK8sStatefulsetName("k8s.statefulset.name-val")
 			rb.SetK8sStatefulsetUID("k8s.statefulset.uid-val")
-			rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("opencensus.resourcetype-val")
 			rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaName("openshift.clusterquota.name-val")
 			rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaUID("openshift.clusterquota.uid-val")
 			res := rb.Emit()
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
index 07a55e32d575..59b13e98c30c 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
@@ -231,13 +231,6 @@ func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetK8sStatefulsetUID(val string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// SetOpencensusResourcetype sets provided value as "opencensus.resourcetype" attribute.
-func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetOpencensusResourcetype(val string) {
-	if rb.config.OpencensusResourcetype.Enabled {
-		rb.res.Attributes().PutStr("opencensus.resourcetype", val)
-	}
-}
-
 // SetOpenshiftClusterquotaName sets provided value as "openshift.clusterquota.name" attribute.
 func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetOpenshiftClusterquotaName(val string) {
 	if rb.config.OpenshiftClusterquotaName.Enabled {
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
index 6a2604011004..a26162228b51 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			rb.SetK8sResourcequotaUID("k8s.resourcequota.uid-val")
 			rb.SetK8sStatefulsetName("k8s.statefulset.name-val")
 			rb.SetK8sStatefulsetUID("k8s.statefulset.uid-val")
-			rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("opencensus.resourcetype-val")
 			rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaName("openshift.clusterquota.name-val")
 			rb.SetOpenshiftClusterquotaUID("openshift.clusterquota.uid-val")
 
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			case "default":
 				assert.Equal(t, 30, res.Attributes().Len())
 			case "all_set":
-				assert.Equal(t, 33, res.Attributes().Len())
+				assert.Equal(t, 32, res.Attributes().Len())
 			case "none_set":
 				assert.Equal(t, 0, res.Attributes().Len())
 				return
@@ -212,11 +211,6 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			if ok {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "k8s.statefulset.uid-val", val.Str())
 			}
-			val, ok = res.Attributes().Get("opencensus.resourcetype")
-			assert.Equal(t, test == "all_set", ok)
-			if ok {
-				assert.EqualValues(t, "opencensus.resourcetype-val", val.Str())
-			}
 			val, ok = res.Attributes().Get("openshift.clusterquota.name")
 			assert.True(t, ok)
 			if ok {
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
index b04c4253e2c9..c78018044e86 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ all_set:
       enabled: true
     k8s.statefulset.uid:
       enabled: true
-    opencensus.resourcetype:
-      enabled: true
     openshift.clusterquota.name:
       enabled: true
     openshift.clusterquota.uid:
@@ -303,8 +301,6 @@ none_set:
       enabled: false
     k8s.statefulset.uid:
       enabled: false
-    opencensus.resourcetype:
-      enabled: false
     openshift.clusterquota.name:
       enabled: false
     openshift.clusterquota.uid:
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/namespace/namespaces.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/namespace/namespaces.go
index 19fc86377049..2e317e79c65c 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/namespace/namespaces.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/namespace/namespaces.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *imetadata.MetricsBuilder, ns *corev1.Namespace, ts pcommo
 	rb := mb.NewResourceBuilder()
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceUID(string(ns.UID))
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(ns.Name)
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(imetadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go
index 8aeda3629eb0..9d939d1711be 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/node/nodes.go
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ func CustomMetrics(set receiver.CreateSettings, rb *metadata.ResourceBuilder, no
 
 	rb.SetK8sNodeUID(string(node.UID))
 	rb.SetK8sNodeName(node.Name)
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	rb.SetK8sKubeletVersion(node.Status.NodeInfo.KubeletVersion)
 	rb.SetK8sKubeproxyVersion(node.Status.NodeInfo.KubeProxyVersion)
 	rb.Emit().MoveTo(rm.Resource())
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go
index 67f05951bae8..ffcff3e2c6ea 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(logger *zap.Logger, mb *metadata.MetricsBuilder, pod *corev1.
 	rb.SetK8sNodeName(pod.Spec.NodeName)
 	rb.SetK8sPodName(pod.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sPodUID(string(pod.UID))
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 
 	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/replicaset/replicasets.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/replicaset/replicasets.go
index d3fde6ca6f3c..8d9672dc0e60 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/replicaset/replicasets.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/replicaset/replicasets.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *metadata.MetricsBuilder, rs *appsv1.ReplicaSet, ts pcommo
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(rs.Namespace)
 	rb.SetK8sReplicasetName(rs.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sReplicasetUID(string(rs.UID))
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/replicationcontroller/replicationcontrollers.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/replicationcontroller/replicationcontrollers.go
index f4fb422c5356..0cd02810848e 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/replicationcontroller/replicationcontrollers.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/replicationcontroller/replicationcontrollers.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *metadata.MetricsBuilder, rc *corev1.ReplicationController
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(rc.Namespace)
 	rb.SetK8sReplicationcontrollerName(rc.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sReplicationcontrollerUID(string(rc.UID))
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/resourcequota/resourcequotas.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/resourcequota/resourcequotas.go
index 6d286a95c2c4..d20d2134befc 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/resourcequota/resourcequotas.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/resourcequota/resourcequotas.go
@@ -33,6 +33,5 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *metadata.MetricsBuilder, rq *corev1.ResourceQuota, ts pco
 	rb.SetK8sResourcequotaUID(string(rq.UID))
 	rb.SetK8sResourcequotaName(rq.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(rq.Namespace)
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(metadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/statefulset/statefulsets.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/statefulset/statefulsets.go
index e1d4b29e1ce3..36968edb1c29 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/statefulset/statefulsets.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/statefulset/statefulsets.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ func RecordMetrics(mb *imetadata.MetricsBuilder, ss *appsv1.StatefulSet, ts pcom
 	rb.SetK8sStatefulsetUID(string(ss.UID))
 	rb.SetK8sStatefulsetName(ss.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sNamespaceName(ss.Namespace)
-	rb.SetOpencensusResourcetype("k8s")
 	mb.EmitForResource(imetadata.WithResource(rb.Emit()))
 }
 
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
index edb10e1a2f67..fceeccb83c3e 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -172,13 +172,6 @@ resource_attributes:
     type: string
     enabled: true
 
-  opencensus.resourcetype:
-    description: The OpenCensus resource type.
-    type: string
-    enabled: false
-    warnings:
-      if_configured: This resource_attribute is deprecated and will be removed soon.
-
 attributes:
   k8s.namespace.name:
     description: The k8s namespace name.