diff --git a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OtlpExporterProvider.java b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OtlpExporterProvider.java
index e7aff0612c956..4d8b016d97b02 100644
--- a/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OtlpExporterProvider.java
+++ b/extensions/opentelemetry/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/opentelemetry/runtime/exporter/otlp/OtlpExporterProvider.java
@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@
 import jakarta.enterprise.inject.Produces;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 
-import io.quarkus.arc.DefaultBean;
-
 @Deprecated
 @Singleton
 public class OtlpExporterProvider {
     @Produces
     @Singleton
-    @DefaultBean
     public LateBoundBatchSpanProcessor batchSpanProcessorForOtlp() {
         return new LateBoundBatchSpanProcessor();
     }