diff --git a/config/confighttp/confighttp.go b/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
index d2e71d2fd1f..14cecc23262 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
+++ b/config/confighttp/confighttp.go
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/cors"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
-
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/middleware"
 )
@@ -144,18 +142,10 @@ func (hss *HTTPServerSettings) ToListener() (net.Listener, error) {
 // returned by HTTPServerSettings.ToServer().
 type toServerOptions struct {
 	errorHandler middleware.ErrorHandler
-	logger       *zap.Logger
 }
 
 type ToServerOption func(opts *toServerOptions)
 
-// WithLogger allows to specify optional logger used during initialization.
-func WithLogger(logger *zap.Logger) ToServerOption {
-	return func(opts *toServerOptions) {
-		opts.logger = logger
-	}
-}
-
 // WithErrorHandler overrides the HTTP error handler that gets invoked
 // when there is a failure inside middleware.HTTPContentDecompressor.
 func WithErrorHandler(e middleware.ErrorHandler) ToServerOption {
@@ -172,10 +162,8 @@ func (hss *HTTPServerSettings) ToServer(handler http.Handler, opts ...ToServerOp
 	if len(hss.CorsOrigins) > 0 {
 		co := cors.Options{AllowedOrigins: hss.CorsOrigins, AllowedHeaders: hss.CorsHeaders}
 		handler = cors.New(co).Handler(handler)
-	} else if len(hss.CorsHeaders) > 0 && serverOpts.logger != nil {
-		serverOpts.logger.Warn(
-			"CORS needs to be enabled via `cors_allowed_origins` for `cors_allowed_headers` to have an effect")
 	}
+	// TODO: emit a warning when non-empty CorsHeaders and empty CorsOrigins.
 
 	handler = middleware.HTTPContentDecompressor(
 		handler,
diff --git a/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go b/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
index 652ffcc8bbd..a78b05dbc63 100644
--- a/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
+++ b/config/confighttp/confighttp_test.go
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
-
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls"
 )
 
@@ -391,7 +389,7 @@ func TestHttpCorsInvalidSettings(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// This effectively does not enable CORS but should also not cause an error
-	s := hss.ToServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {}), WithLogger(zap.NewNop()))
+	s := hss.ToServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {}))
 	require.NotNil(t, s)
 	require.NoError(t, s.Close())
 }
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/otlp.go b/receiver/otlpreceiver/otlp.go
index c00a38601a7..875ea52b350 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/otlp.go
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/otlp.go
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ func (r *otlpReceiver) startProtocolServers(host component.Host) error {
 		r.serverHTTP = r.cfg.HTTP.ToServer(
 			r.gatewayMux,
 			confighttp.WithErrorHandler(errorHandler),
-			confighttp.WithLogger(r.logger),
 		)
 		err = r.startHTTPServer(r.cfg.HTTP, host)
 		if err != nil {