diff --git a/.chloggen/rm-connectors-featuregate.yaml b/.chloggen/rm-connectors-featuregate.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5b2f0205856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/rm-connectors-featuregate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# 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. otlpreceiver)
+component: service
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Remove 'service.connectors' featuregate
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [7952]
+
+# (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:
diff --git a/otelcol/config.go b/otelcol/config.go
index 65292cddc64..31e51a1dafe 100644
--- a/otelcol/config.go
+++ b/otelcol/config.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
-	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol/internal/sharedgate"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/service"
 )
 
@@ -97,10 +96,6 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(cfg.Connectors) != 0 && !sharedgate.ConnectorsFeatureGate.IsEnabled() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("connectors require feature gate: %s", sharedgate.ConnectorsFeatureGate.ID())
-	}
-
 	if err := cfg.Service.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/otelcol/internal/sharedgate/sharedgate.go b/otelcol/internal/sharedgate/sharedgate.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 590096a6787..00000000000
--- a/otelcol/internal/sharedgate/sharedgate.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-// Package sharedgate exposes a featuregate that is used by multiple packages.
-package sharedgate // import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol/internal/sharedgate"
-
-import "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate"
-
-var ConnectorsFeatureGate = featuregate.GlobalRegistry().MustRegister(
-	"service.connectors",
-	featuregate.StageStable,
-	featuregate.WithRegisterFromVersion("v0.71.0"),
-	featuregate.WithRegisterDescription("Enables 'connectors', a new type of component for transmitting signals between pipelines."),
-	featuregate.WithRegisterReferenceURL("https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/2336"),
-	featuregate.WithRegisterToVersion("v0.78.0"))