diff --git a/internal/coreinternal/textutils/encoding.go b/internal/coreinternal/textutils/encoding.go
index 209c2cbc7754..512b6a6f7da4 100644
--- a/internal/coreinternal/textutils/encoding.go
+++ b/internal/coreinternal/textutils/encoding.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ var encodingOverrides = map[string]encoding.Encoding{
 }
 
 func lookupEncoding(enc string) (encoding.Encoding, error) {
-	if e, ok := encodingOverrides[strings.ToLower(enc)]; ok {
+	if e, ok := EncodingOverridesMap.Get(strings.ToLower(enc)); ok {
 		return e, nil
 	}
 	e, err := ianaindex.IANA.Encoding(enc)
@@ -94,3 +94,12 @@ func IsNop(enc string) bool {
 	}
 	return e == encoding.Nop
 }
+
+var EncodingOverridesMap = encodingOverridesMap{}
+
+type encodingOverridesMap struct{}
+
+func (e *encodingOverridesMap) Get(key string) (encoding.Encoding, bool) {
+	v, ok := encodingOverrides[key]
+	return v, ok
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ottl/ottlfuncs/func_decode.go b/pkg/ottl/ottlfuncs/func_decode.go
index 374bb897de79..d6dc5efc0364 100644
--- a/pkg/ottl/ottlfuncs/func_decode.go
+++ b/pkg/ottl/ottlfuncs/func_decode.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"golang.org/x/text/encoding"
 	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/ianaindex"
-	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode"
 
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/textutils"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pkg/ottl"
 )
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func Decode[K any](target ottl.Getter[K], encoding string) (ottl.ExprFunc[K], er
 }
 
 func getEncoding(encoding string) (encoding.Encoding, error) {
-	if e, ok := encodingOverrides[strings.ToLower(encoding)]; ok {
+	if e, ok := textutils.EncodingOverridesMap.Get(strings.ToLower(encoding)); ok {
 		return e, nil
 	}
 	e, err := ianaindex.IANA.Encoding(encoding)
@@ -101,14 +101,3 @@ func getEncoding(encoding string) (encoding.Encoding, error) {
 	}
 	return e, nil
 }
-
-var encodingOverrides = map[string]encoding.Encoding{
-	"":         unicode.UTF8,
-	"nop":      encoding.Nop,
-	"ascii":    unicode.UTF8,
-	"us-ascii": unicode.UTF8,
-	"utf8":     unicode.UTF8,
-	"utf-8":    unicode.UTF8,
-	"utf16":    unicode.UTF16(unicode.LittleEndian, unicode.IgnoreBOM),
-	"utf-16":   unicode.UTF16(unicode.LittleEndian, unicode.IgnoreBOM),
-}
diff --git a/pkg/stanza/decode/decode.go b/pkg/stanza/decode/decode.go
index af40643a0cc6..0af0e3f3c361 100644
--- a/pkg/stanza/decode/decode.go
+++ b/pkg/stanza/decode/decode.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import (
 
 	"golang.org/x/text/encoding"
 	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/ianaindex"
-	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode"
 	"golang.org/x/text/transform"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/coreinternal/textutils"
 )
 
 type Decoder struct {
@@ -46,20 +47,9 @@ func (d *Decoder) Decode(msgBuf []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-var encodingOverrides = map[string]encoding.Encoding{
-	"":         unicode.UTF8,
-	"nop":      encoding.Nop,
-	"ascii":    unicode.UTF8,
-	"us-ascii": unicode.UTF8,
-	"utf8":     unicode.UTF8,
-	"utf-8":    unicode.UTF8,
-	"utf16":    unicode.UTF16(unicode.LittleEndian, unicode.IgnoreBOM),
-	"utf-16":   unicode.UTF16(unicode.LittleEndian, unicode.IgnoreBOM),
-}
-
 // LookupEncoding attempts to match the string name provided with a character set encoding.
 func LookupEncoding(enc string) (encoding.Encoding, error) {
-	if e, ok := encodingOverrides[strings.ToLower(enc)]; ok {
+	if e, ok := textutils.EncodingOverridesMap.Get(strings.ToLower(enc)); ok {
 		return e, nil
 	}
 	e, err := ianaindex.IANA.Encoding(enc)